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Metal Gear Solid
Metal Gear Solid (1998)
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The word Solid in the title has three meanings. The first refers to the main character, Soild Snake. The second comes from the fact that this was the first 3D Metal Gear game. The last meaning is a take on the rival company, Square. As Hideo Kojima said, "A square is a two- dimension thing. And I guess the president of Konami wanted this game to surpass Square. They wanted to make it a cube, you know, like solid 3D."
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person gamemaster1991 calendar_month November 26, 2013
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Dead Rising
Dead Rising (2006)
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The rights-holder for George Romero's film "Dawn of the Dead" sued Capcom for plagiarism. The lawsuit claimed that Dead Rising ripped off Dawn of the Dead, and listed the following similarities between the two titles:

•Both works are set in a bi-level shopping mall.
•The mall has a gun shop, in which action takes place.
•The mall is located in a rural area with the National Guard patrolling its environs.
•Both works are set in motion by a helicopter that takes the lead characters to a mall besieged by zombies.
•Many of the zombies wear plaid shirts.
•Both works feature a subtext critique of sensationalistic journalism through their use of tough, cynical journalists with short brown hair and leather jackets as a lead male character.
•Both works feature the creative use of items such as propane tanks, chainsaws, and vehicles to kill zombies.
•Both works are a parody of rampant consumerism.
•Both works use music in the mall for comedic effect.
•Dead Rising's use of the word "hell" references the tagline for Dawn of the Dead's release ("When there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth.").

The suit was dismissed in court.
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General, Real Life, Similarities, Theory
person Makarov calendar_month November 25, 2013
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Psychonauts
Psychonauts (2005)
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Psychonauts was originally intended to be an Xbox exclusive at the request of Ed Fries, then vice president of game publishing at Microsoft, to give the console's library an artistic flair. When Ed left Microsoft in 2004, however, the company lost interest and the game went multi-platform.
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Development, Early Idea, General, Real Life
person Makarov calendar_month November 25, 2013
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Skullgirls
Skullgirls (2012)
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Fans of the Hasbro TV show "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic" set out on making a fighting game called "My Little Pony: Fighting is Magic." Developed by a team of fans called "Mane6," the game would use locales and characters from the show. However, after receiving a cease and desist from Hasbro Corporation, Lab Zero Games added a stretch goal in their Skullgirls Indiegogo campaign to allow the Mane6 dev team to use the Skullgirls engine. The stretch goal was met, allowing Mane6 to continue their game with different assets.
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General, Real Life
person RoboBadnik calendar_month November 25, 2013
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Guitar Hero
Guitar Hero (2005)
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Attachment In October of 2006, Detroit Tigers pitcher Joel Zumaya was benched during the American League Championship series with inflammation in his right arm. His injury was caused by excessively playing Guitar Hero.
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General, Real Life
person Pogue-Mahone calendar_month November 25, 2013
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CarnEvil
CarnEvil (1998)
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Attachment Inside the game's files is an unused image of Jeffrey Dahmer holding a paper bag with the head of Neil Nicastro (executive producer, and CEO of Midway Games until 2004) in it. The image appears several times in various sizes, and was most likely used to fill empty space in the game's data.
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General, Real Life, Unused Content, Unused Graphic
person DeerBoarDude calendar_month November 25, 2013
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Raiders of the Lost Ark
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1982)
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Raiders of the Lost Ark for Atari 2600 was the first video game to be based on a movie license.
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General, Real Life
person Mass Distraction calendar_month November 25, 2013
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Donkey Kong Country Returns
Donkey Kong Country Returns (2010)
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At the end of the level "Lift-off Launch", green lights can be seen in the sky. These lights can be found in northern parts of the world, and go by the name of the "Northern Lights". This suggests that the game takes place in a northern part of the world.
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General, Real Life, Suggested, Theory
person Mawille calendar_month November 25, 2013
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Platform: Xbox
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Attachment The Xbox controller was redesigned to appeal to Japanese gamers because Microsoft had trouble selling the Xbox to a Japanese audience. In the end Microsoft came up with the Controller S, an Xbox controller which was more compact and attractive to the Japanese demographic. This design would eventually be adopted in America as well, and a decade later became the standard.
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Development, General, Inspiration, Real Life
person Makarov calendar_month November 25, 2013
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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
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Attachment Entering L1TTLVN (little one) as a password will display a picture of a newborn baby, along with the words "Congratulations Tom & Yvonne". The only "Tom" credited in the game is Tom Heaton, who worked on Game and Level Design.
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Development, Easter Egg, General, Real Life, Secret
person DeerBoarDude calendar_month November 25, 2013
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Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne (2003)
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Attachment There is a secret room in Chapter 7, "The Million Dollar Question." When walking on some scaffolding, following the ledge past the first open window will reveal a second open window. Inside this window is a small shrine with a memorial for Miika Forssell, a developer who died during the development of the game.
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Development, Easter Egg, General, Real Life, Secret
person gamemaster1991 calendar_month November 25, 2013
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Saints Row IV
Saints Row IV (2013)
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Attachment An edition called the Super Dangerous Wad Wad Edition was released for the price of $1 million. Only one was made available and came with a capsule wardrobe, Lamborghini, Toyota Prius, plastic surgery, personal shopper, spy training, space flight, hostage rescue experience, full sized replica dub-step gun, super car membership and a stay at a number of luxury hotels.
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General, Real Life
person Dazz calendar_month November 25, 2013
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Grid 2
Grid 2 (2013)
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Attachment Codemasters released a special edition of Grid 2 titled "Grid 2: Mono Edition" which came with a real BAC Mono supercar. The edition was awarded the Guinness World Record for most expensive game and still hasn't been sold.
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General, Real Life
person Dazz calendar_month November 25, 2013
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Mega Man 10
Mega Man 10 (2010)
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On the game's official website there is artwork by Philippe Poulin, designer and programmer of "Mega man Unlimited", which was previously called "Mega man 10". The artwork was uploaded without Phillippe's consent, but Philippe allowed Capcom to keep his artwork in exchange for a trip to 'Captivate 2010' to meet Keiji Inafune.
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General, Real Life
person Lauro27 calendar_month November 25, 2013
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Epic Mickey
Epic Mickey (2010)
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While Walt Disney created Oswald the Lucky Rabbit and the cartoons featuring him, Universal distributed them and owned the rights to the character. In 2006, in order to acquire the rights to use Oswald, Disney made a deal that included trading the services of sportscaster Al Michaels to Universal to get Oswald back.

There is some debate over the legitimacy of this deal, as there are no records of Oswald's debut cartoon - "Trolley Troubles" - having its copyright renewed by Universal when it should have in 1955, meaning that Oswald could have been a public domain character as far back as the 50s and it was likely just the trademark that was traded. This is something Disney would still end up utilizing as Oswald has made appearances in merchandising, commercials, and parks that would require trademark ownership, but would not likely inherently be required for a video game project. Oswald is unquestionably confirmed to be a public domain character as of 2023 following the 95-year anniversary of "Trolley Troubles".
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Copyright, General, Real Life
person Funland47 calendar_month November 25, 2013
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Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. (1985)
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Attachment Super Mario Bros. was the first ever game to receive a movie adaptation, both animated and live-action. The first animated film was called Super Mario Bros.: Peach-Hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen! released in 1986 only in Japan. The first live-action film was the infamous Super Mario Bros. movie released in 1993.
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General, Real Life
person Mass Distraction calendar_month November 25, 2013
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Surgeon Simulator 2013
Surgeon Simulator 2013 (2013)
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Attachment The Pills that can be seen at the reception desk (the blue pills in the bottle) are a real type of drug called Diazepam which is used to treat anxiety, panic attacks, insomnia, seizures, muscle spasms, restless legs syndrome, alcohol withdrawal, benzodiazepine withdrawal, opiate withdrawal syndrome and Ménière's disease. It may also be used before certain medical procedures to reduce tension and anxiety, and in some surgical procedures to induce amnesia.
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General, Real Life
person Acuraman calendar_month November 25, 2013
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Collection: LocoRoco
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The gibberish language that all the characters speak was created so that the music lyrics wouldn't have to be redubbed for a foreign audience.
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person gamemaster1991 calendar_month November 19, 2013
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LEGO Island 2: The Brickster's Revenge
LEGO Island 2: The Brickster's Revenge (2001)
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In the PC version of the game, after obtaining 100% completion, it's possible to open a portal on the side of Space Mountain where a cave can be seen. To open the portal, the player must type in the code "sdreams". Inside the portal are LEGO Minifigure versions of most of the development team that worked on the game at Silicon Dreams.
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Bonus Content, Cameo, Console Difference, Debug, Development, Easter Egg, General, Real Life, Version Difference
person frankfrost2 calendar_month November 18, 2013
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Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation
Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation (1999)
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Within the game's executable file is a hidden message from programmer Richard Flower. It reads:
Tomb Raider IV - The Last Relevation -- Dedicated to my fiance Jay for putting
up with this game taking over our lifes,my step sons Craig,Jamie & Aiden (Show
this to your mates at school, they'll believe you now!!),also for my daughters
Sophie and Jody - See you in another hex dump - Richard Flower
11/11/1999
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person DeerBoarDude calendar_month November 18, 2013
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