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Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock
Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock (2012)
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Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock was originally intended to be part of a trilogy, however the sequels were later canceled. It's speculated that they were shelved due to the bugs present in the game at launch, and it receiving average review scores. The BBC has said that a sequel could still be made in the future, but did not have anything planned at the time.
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Cancelled Release, Development, Early Idea, General, Glitch, Real Life, Rumor, Theory
person KnowledgeBase calendar_month May 18, 2014
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Battlefield 4
Battlefield 4 (2013)
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A megalodon was rumored to be hidden somewhere on the multiplayer map "Paracel Storm", but players were never able to find it.

An Easter egg was later added in the "Naval Strike" DLC, where players can summon a megalodon by gathering 10 players around a particular bouy on the "Nansha Strike" map.
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Easter Egg, Reference, Rumor, Secret, Theory
person VegetarianBoy calendar_month May 4, 2014
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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
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Attachment For a long time it was rumoured that Atari buried its inventory of unsold E.T. cartridges in the New Mexico desert. More than 30 years later, the E.T. cartridges were found, along with other buried games and even Atari consoles themselves.
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General, Real Life, Rumor, Theory
person retrolinkx calendar_month April 26, 2014
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Rayman 2: The Great Escape
Rayman 2: The Great Escape (1999)
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Attachment In the PlayStation version of the game, collecting at least 720 Lum will unlock a secret 2D level. It is believed that this is a remaining level from the cancelled 2D sequel planned for the original Rayman.
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Bonus Content, Easter Egg, General, Rumor, Secret, Theory
person Tadaboody calendar_month April 2, 2014
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Franchise: Pokémon
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Attachment There's a theory that Wobbuffet's blue body is a decoy, and that the black tail is the actual Pokemon. Many believe this due to the fact that Wobbuffet can take such a beating and not be affected. Multiple Pokedex entries also say that Wobbuffet is very protective of its tail. The Pokedex entry in Pokemon Silver claims "To keep its pitch-black tail hidden, it lives quietly in the darkness." In Pokemon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, the Pokedex entries claim "It desperately tries to keep its black tail hidden. It is said to be proof the tail hides a secret." On top of all of that, the tail does possess a pair of eyes, which further supports this theory.
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Rumor, Theory
person ISayWynaut calendar_month March 9, 2014
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Twisted Metal
Twisted Metal (2012)
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Attachment A rumor was circulated that the game was based on ideas left behind from another game, Twisted Metal: Apocalypse, which was cancelled after the tragic death of 6 members of the the creative team, who passed away in an airplane crash.

This story was perpetuated by Lead developer David Jaffe during an interview to promote a future Twisted Metal release. In it he states "there were a number of people who were working on the team -- and I wasn't working with the team -- that were killed. They died in a plane crash in Utah on a ski trip." However, he later rescinds that comment in a back and forth with a reporter from 1up.com. During that, Jaffe says, "We never used- and I never would- a tragedy (real or fake) to promote ANYTHING. The story of the developers dying in the plane crash (totally fake) was never used to promote that game."
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Rumor, Theory
person dolopodog calendar_month February 20, 2014
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Knuckles' Chaotix
Knuckles' Chaotix (1995)
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Attachment Mighty the Armadillo's sprite sheet is nearly identical to Sonic's sprite sheet from Sonic Crackers, a Genesis prototype game from which Knuckles Chaotix drew its elastic ring mechanic.

This has led fans to speculate that Sonic was originally intended to be in the game instead of Mighty, but was changed late in development. This, as well as the theory that Tails was also meant to be included, is backed up by other assets in the game, including Amy Rose being hidden in a sound test and Sonic and Tails appearing in the ending screen when the game is completed with all 7 Chaos Rings.
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Cancelled Release, Development, Early Idea, Rumor, Similarities, Theory, Unused Character, Unused Content, Unused Graphic
person MidwayCJ calendar_month February 12, 2014
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Crash Team Racing
Crash Team Racing (1999)
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There is a persistent rumor that N. Oxide was intended to be a playable character, unlocked through completing various tasks and beating certain records in the game. Although he can be selected using a cheat device, he is extremely buggy, and will most likely crash the game. According to the developers, they once considered making him a playable character, but were unable to due to the extremely limited memory of the Playstation, and his boss level was designed with those limitations in mind in order to make him functional.
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Bonus Content, Debug, Development, Early Idea, General, Rumor, Theory, Unused Character, Unused Content
person CosmykTheDolfyn calendar_month December 31, 2013
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Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (2000)
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Shiver Star, the game's 5th world, appears to be a frozen-over version of Earth, containing several uninhabited urban areas. Nintendo has confirmed that Shiver Star was once inhabited, but the climate drove them to evacuate the planet. This has led fans to speculate that Shiver Star is a post-apocalyptic version of Earth. Though Nintendo's intentions during the making of Shiver Star remains unknown, it can be inferred that the world is either a message about climate change, or the suggestion that the "Kirby" series takes place in our own universe.
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Development, General, Inspiration, Real Life, Rumor, Similarities, Suggested, Theory
person VinchVolt calendar_month September 15, 2013
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Franchise: Monkey Island
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Attachment While Curse of Monkey Island was being developed, an animated feature film based off of the game series was in consideration. It was believed that Curse of Monkey island was the said movie. However. According to Sam and Max creator Steve Purcell, who was one of the artists providing concept art for the said film, the film would have had an original story as well as introduce new characters. The film never happened, but it's believed that the first Pirates of the Caribbean film from Disney is based off of the purposed script for the Monkey Island film.
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Development, Inspiration, Rumor, Theory
person CLXcool calendar_month July 18, 2013
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Dark Souls
Dark Souls (2011)
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Attachment It is commonly speculated that Gwyndolin was a son of Lord Gwyn raised as a woman due to his affinity to the moon. Unsurprisingly this leads to him having feminine traits such as long hair, fair skin, and feminine clothing. But surprisingly he also has breasts. This is because the character model used for Gwyndolin is a female character model, despite the fact the character is actually male. This trait is also present in the Dark Souls Art Book.
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Development, General, Rumor, Suggested, Theory
person VNRob calendar_month July 7, 2013
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Donkey Kong Country
Donkey Kong Country (1994)
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It was rumored that Shigeru Miyamoto disliked Donkey Kong Country. The rumor stated that Miyamoto said "Donkey Kong Country proves that players will put up with mediocre game play as long as the art is good."

Later in an interview with IGN, Miyamoto clarified that he did in fact like Donkey Kong Country, and that he worked very closely with Rare on the game.
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Development, General, Real Life, Rumor, Theory
person ThisGuyInTheSuit calendar_month July 7, 2013
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Touhou Koumakyou: The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil
Touhou Koumakyou: The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil (2002)
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Looking through the code in EoSD reveals a third playable character who was scrapped due to time constraints. The character's name is "Rin Satsuki", who would have wielded Flower Sign (Type A) and Wind Sign (Type B) Spell Cards. The character was speculated to be a Kirin or a nurse. The only official artwork of this character that exists is from Comiket 62.
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Development, Early Idea, Rumor, Theory, Unused Character, Unused Code, Unused Content
person TailsFiraga calendar_month July 3, 2013
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Collection: Swordquest
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Attachment Sword Quest had a contest with 5 items made with real gold and jewels. Only 2 were won by gamers but the last 3 items were lost due to the video game crash of 1983, and Atari was sold off. The remaining items were once rumored to be in the hands of the then-new owner of Atari, Jack Tramiel.
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General, Real Life, Rumor, Theory
person Funland47 calendar_month June 28, 2013
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Donkey Kong 64
Donkey Kong 64 (1999)
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It was originally believed that the only reason the game needed the Expansion Pak to run was because it fixed a game-breaking bug that caused the 4 megabyte game cartridge to randomly crash. Rare couldn't find any other solution, so they bundled the Expansion Pak with the game, costing them a lot of money. They still don't know what caused the bug. According to software engineer Chris Marlow:

"There was a bug that caused the game to randomly crash that only occurred in the 4meg-only version ... and they couldn't find out what it was, so they had to shift with the memory card in it for free and it cost them a fortune."

However, developer Mark Stevenson claimed that while there was a game-breaking bug, it only affected one hardware revision of the Nintendo 64 that would be resolved on later models. He claims that the actual reason the Expansion Pak was required was because Rare's management instructed the game's developers to support it early in development to accommodate advanced graphical effects like dynamic lighting. Stevenson speculated that these two stories were likely conflated into one, creating the memory leak rumor that persisted for years.

Ultimately, Simon Craddick, one of the four engineers who worked on the Expansion Pak's implementation into Donkey Kong 64, claimed in a Facebook group that the only thing the Expansion Pak actually did was add vertex lighting to the levels.
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Development, General, Glitch, Real Life, Rumor, Theory
person Charlie calendar_month May 30, 2013
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Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat (1992)
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In the audit menu of the arcade version, there is a useless row of text that says "ERMACS" (which stands for Error Macros) and is listed under "Reptile Battles." Because of this, players thought that Ermac was a hidden boss like Reptile. Ermac became a running joke for the developers, so much so that they even made him a real character for Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, with his BIO saying he was hiding in the first Mortal Kombat.
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Bonus Content, Development, General, Inspiration, Rumor, Theory, Unused Content, Unused Text
person gamemaster1991 calendar_month May 7, 2013
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Metroid II: Return of Samus
Metroid II: Return of Samus (1991)
subdirectory_arrow_right Metroid II: Return of Samus DX (Game)
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Attachment There was a rumored Game Boy Color port of the game called "Metroid II: Return of Samus DX" featured once in the German gaming magazine "Club Nintendo" that was claimed to make use of the Game Boy Color's vast color-palette. However, the game never released and its existence has been contested by a testimony from Nintendo of America translator Dan Owsen who was unaware of plans for the port, suggesting that the screenshot featured in the magazine may be a mock-up.
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Cancelled Release, Development, Rumor, Theory
person gamemaster1991 calendar_month April 24, 2013
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Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008)
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Attachment The Pokemon Trainer has an unused jumping animation. Some fans have speculated he may have been playable on his own, but it seems more likely that this jumping was planned to help him traverse large areas like The Subspace Emissary.
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Development, Early Idea, Rumor, Theory, Unused Content, Unused Graphic
person ClaudX calendar_month April 21, 2013
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Resident Evil 2
Resident Evil 2 (1998)
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Attachment The S.T.A.R.S. group photo has an unidentified member on the far left. It is speculated that he is either the predecessor of Rebecca Chambers or an early concept of Kevin Dooley, an RPD pilot who sometimes helped the S.T.A.R.S. team on their missions. The latter would make sense as there is an RPD helicopter in the background.
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Development, Early Idea, Rumor, Theory
person Mass Distraction calendar_month April 19, 2013
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Mega Man 10
Mega Man 10 (2010)
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According to Capcom, there is a secret somewhere in the game that players have yet to uncover, similar to the one in Mega Man 9. It's unknown what it is or if Capcom is even telling the truth.
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Easter Egg, Rumor, Secret, Theory
person KnowledgeBase calendar_month April 16, 2013
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