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GoldenEye 007
GoldenEye 007 (1997)
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David Doak, a video game developer who once worked for Rare, was part of the Goldeneye 007 development team. He was rendered into the game as Dr. Doak in the 2nd mission.
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Development, General, Inspiration, Real Life
person Matthew Neuteboom calendar_month March 18, 2013
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Minecraft
Minecraft (2011)
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Attachment The creepers were based on a failed model of a pig. The length and the height of the pig model were accidentally inverted, resulting in a tall mid section with small legs.

"I don't have any modeling programs to do the models, I just write them in code. And I accidentally made them (the creepers) tall instead of long, so it was like a tall thing with four little feet. And that became the creeper. As opposed to a pig." - Minecraft creator 'Notch'
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Development, Inspiration
person pyoro64 calendar_month March 17, 2013
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Sonic Generations
Sonic Generations (2011)
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Perfect Chaos' appearance in this game is different to its appearance in Sonic Adventure; in Sonic Adventure, it was a creature made entirely out of water, whereas in Sonic Generations, it has scaly, reptile-like skin. According to an interview with Takashi Iizuka in the Prima Strategy Guide for Sonic Generations, Perfect Chaos' 2011 design is how the team had originally planned the monster; it had had to be changed in Sonic Adventure due to the technical restraints of the Dreamcast.
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Development, Inspiration
person lividd3ad calendar_month March 17, 2013
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The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (2000)
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The development for Majora's Mask started out of a lack of enthusiasm to work on the unreleased expansion for Ocarina of Time for the Nintendo 64 Disc Drive, dubbed "Ura Zelda". Eiji Aonuma protested the expansion, so Shigeru Miyamoto challenged him to make a sequel for the game within 1 year, in exchange, they would no longer have to make Ura Zelda.
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person devilwaffle calendar_month March 17, 2013
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Minecraft
Minecraft (2011)
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Attachment Diamonds were originally called Emeralds. Because of the light blue color they had, Notch decided to change the name to diamonds. In the code of Minecraft, Diamonds were still referred to as emeralds until 1.3, which introduced the current item known as Emeralds.
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person AsparagusEduardo calendar_month March 17, 2013
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Resident Evil
Resident Evil (1996)
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Resident Evil was actually born from a project to create a successor to Capcom's Famicom game Sweet Home, which in turn was based on a movie of the same name.
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person Mass Distraction calendar_month March 17, 2013
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Metal Gear Solid
Metal Gear Solid (1998)
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The production team came up with many designs for the game's areas by building miniatures out of LEGO.
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person retrolinkx calendar_month March 17, 2013
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Resident Evil
Resident Evil (1996)
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Resident Evil's original Japanese name, Biohazard, was changed because trademarking "Biohazard" would have been too difficult, mostly due to a DOS game and a band of the same name. The name "Resident Evil" came from a naming contest held within the company.
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Development, Inspiration, Regional Difference, Version Difference
person Mass Distraction calendar_month March 17, 2013
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Super Mario 3D Land
Super Mario 3D Land (2011)
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World 5-2 is designed in a Legend of Zelda format, using a top-down view, lots of rooms, and no stompable enemies. Also, if you light all of the torches in a certain room using a Fire Flower, a secret door opens and a Zelda sound effect is heard. The level was designed in honor of LoZ's 25th anniversary, hinted at by the level number: "5-2" is "25" backwards.
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person WiiWizard calendar_month March 16, 2013
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Franchise: Pokémon
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Despite looking black-faced, Jynx wasn't meant to be racist. It is actually based off the Japanese Myth, Yama-Uba. Yama-Uba was described as having bright blond hair and a torn red kimono much similar to the design of Jynx.
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Development, General, Inspiration, Similarities, Theory
person DotWaffler calendar_month March 16, 2013
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Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy VII (1997)
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During development, series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi's mother passed away. At the time, Sakaguchi wanted to craft a story that would show just because somebody has passed on, it doesn't mean that they are forever lost. He also wanted to present a realistic death, rather than a Hollywood sacrificial end. These two desires resulted in the concept of the Lifestream and Aeris' iconic death. The characters continuing to go on, attempting to save the world, after Aeris' death is a reflection of his own feelings coping with his mother's tragic death.
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person DidYouKnowGaming calendar_month March 16, 2013
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Franchise: Monkey Island
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Ron Gilbert was inspired by the novel "On Stranger Tides" by Tim Powers and partly by Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean ride to create Monkey Island.
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Development, Inspiration
person KnowledgeBase calendar_month March 16, 2013
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Ratchet & Clank
Ratchet & Clank (2002)
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Attachment In Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage! there is a large orange enemy with a wrench and a small robot accompanying him. They seem to have served as the basis for the characters Ratchet and Clank. Insomniac Games developed both titles.
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person DidYouKnowGaming calendar_month March 15, 2013
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Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!
Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage! (1999)
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Attachment There is a large orange enemy with a wrench and a small robot accompanying him. They seem to have served as the basis for the characters Ratchet and Clank. Insomniac Games developed both titles.
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person DidYouKnowGaming calendar_month March 15, 2013
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Street Fighter II
Street Fighter II (1991)
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The "Combo" system developed for the game was a bug. A bug in the game's code enabled the player to "cancel" during the animation of some moves by performing another move, allowing for a combination of several basic and special moves. This "combo" system was later adopted as a standard feature of fighting games, and was expanded upon in subsequent Street Figher installments.
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Development, General, Glitch, Inspiration
person DidYouKnowGaming calendar_month March 15, 2013
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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998)
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Attachment The Iron Knuckles enemies are actually Gerudo Thieves in armor. Removing the chest plate reveals a curvy feminine figure, and since the Gerudo are all female it seems that this was intentional, and Nintendo didn't just aimlessly use them as a base.
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Development, Easter Egg, General, Inspiration, Unused Content, Unused Graphic
person DidYouKnowGaming calendar_month March 15, 2013
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Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong (1981)
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According to series creator Shigeru Miyamoto, Mario's appearance was the result of graphical limitations in the original Donkey Kong: his overalls allowed his arms to be visible against his body (as there was no room for outlines), his hat substituted for hair and eyebrows (and did not need to be animated when he jumped), and the large nose and mustache made up for the lack of space to depict a mouth.

Miyamoto additionally stated that the design was influenced by the decision to make Mario Italian-American, identifying his large nose in particular as a distinctly western feature.
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Character Design, Development, General, Inspiration, Sprite/Graphical Animation
person DidYouKnowGaming calendar_month March 15, 2013
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Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988)
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It was once planned for Mario to have a power up that turned him into a Centaur. This isn't as outlandish as it seems; the Tanooki suit was also inspired by the legendary Tanuki.
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person DidYouKnowGaming calendar_month March 14, 2013
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Metal Gear Solid
Metal Gear Solid (1998)
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Attachment Solid Snake's design in Metal Gear Solid was inspired by the body of Jean Claude Van-Damme and the face of Christopher Walken.
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person DidYouKnowGaming calendar_month March 14, 2013
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Franchise: Sonic The Hedgehog
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Sonic's shoes were inspired by Michael Jackson's boots and the color scheme of Santa Claus. Sonic's personality was inspired by Bill Clinton.
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person DidYouKnowGaming calendar_month March 14, 2013
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