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There was a cutscene with Spider-Man planned for the game, placed sometime before the Magneto boss fight. Rino Romano (reprising his role from Spider-Man Unlimited) had recorded his lines before being cut. The removed scene can be unlocked by collecting all the dog tags in the game.
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In the "Ink & Paint Club", you can find Jessica Rabbit's phone number which is an actual real-world number to call. Players could dial the number which would then have a recorded message set-up by LJN providing hints for the game. However, calling the number now will direct you to a phone-sex hotline.
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The Kuruma is referenced in an episode of CBS crime drama "NCIS" where a witness tells Ziva David that the getaway car was a "Kuruma", who gets told by her superior Agent Gibbs that "kuruma" means car, and that her description of the car is car. Agent McGee steps in and tells his confused co-workers, "Kuruma is the name of a car in Grand Theft Auto III, it's a Chrysler Sebring Sedan, boss."
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Originally, Batman: Arkham Asylum was to be Mark Hamill's last performance as the Joker, as he wanted to leave on a 'high note'. However, after hearing that writer Paul Dini would return to write the sequel, and that Kevin Conroy would reprise his role as Batman, Hamill agreed to play the role one last time.
Spoiler:He would once more reprise the role for the hallucination scenes in Batman: Arkham Knight.
Spoiler:He would once more reprise the role for the hallucination scenes in Batman: Arkham Knight.
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As a part of the US promotion of the game, Nintendo gave packets of seeds to 500 buyers who registered the game on the game's official website.
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This game was released before the second Yu-Gi-Oh series was televised, but includes many of its characters. For reference, this game was released December 9th 1999 in Japan. All dates are from their Japanese release, as this is where they originate.
•Pegasus appeared in the first episode of the second series, April 18th, 2000.
•Rex and Weevil appeared in the 2nd episode, April 25th, 2000.
•Mai Valentine appeared in the 3rd, May 5th 2000.
•Bandit Keith appeared in the anime in the 16th episode, August 8th 2000.
•Ishizu Ishtar, Priest Seto, and Pharaoh Atem (whom the player controls) all appeared in episode 52, April 24th 2001.
•Shimon Muran (Simon in the game) would make his first appearance in episode 201 on April 21st 2004.
•Pegasus appeared in the first episode of the second series, April 18th, 2000.
•Rex and Weevil appeared in the 2nd episode, April 25th, 2000.
•Mai Valentine appeared in the 3rd, May 5th 2000.
•Bandit Keith appeared in the anime in the 16th episode, August 8th 2000.
•Ishizu Ishtar, Priest Seto, and Pharaoh Atem (whom the player controls) all appeared in episode 52, April 24th 2001.
•Shimon Muran (Simon in the game) would make his first appearance in episode 201 on April 21st 2004.
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A special version of Gradius was given away by ArchiMENdes, a ramen noodle company. The Vic Viper would power up using cups of ramen noodles rather than the usual pods.
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According to Tetsuya Nomura, the idea to put Sea-Salt Ice-Cream in the game came from the time he went to Tokyo DisneySea, where they sold this type of ice cream. He stated he liked the treat so much, he asked Disney if he could put it into the game as a treat the kids in Twilight Town ate during summer vacation.
Collection: Leisure Suit Larry
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A Leisure Suit Larry 4 was once in production. According to Al Lowe, the game was meant to be the first multiplayer online adventure game, and was going to use a new way to play the game. However, there were many problems with the technology they had at the time, so the game was shelved. The ending to Leisure Suit Larry 3 was also very definite and had almost no way to lead to another game. Because of both of these reasons, the developers decided to skip 4 and go straight to 5 to be able to do what ever they wanted with it. The 4th game is now considered an in-joke among fans and developers.
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Warner and Atari were so confident that they would have the biggest game of 1982, they ended up paying somewhere in the region of 20-25 million dollars for the license. They then assigned the project to Howard Scott Warshaw, (who programmed Yar's Revenge amongst other games for Atari) and gave him a strict deadline to make the game in time for the 1982 holiday season. That deadline was anywhere between four weeks and a couple of months. Atari felt confident that the game would sell well based off of the name recognition alone. They produced 5 million copies of ET (more games than there were 2600 consoles in homes), and only managed to sell 1-2 million. The leftover unsold inventory is believed to be buried in a New Mexico landfill.
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The game experienced great sales at first, but due to most players not understanding how to play the game, which is explained in the manual, many were returned. Atari didn't earn as much money as they expected, and consequently this game is considered to be one of several factors to Atari's downfall. Alongside the port of Pac-Man for the Atari 2600, it is also a huge contributing factor to the Video Game Crash of 1983.
subdirectory_arrow_right Super Punch-Out!! (Game)
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Many of the original Punch-Out!! and Super Punch-Out!! cabinets were converted in to "Play Choose 10" cabinets, as they had the same design. Nintendo even sold conversion kits to help arcade operators. Because of this, finding an original intact cabinet of either game is very rare.
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Depending on the day the CD-i's clock is set to, very brief messages will appear underneath the loading screen of the game's first level in place of the standard "HERE WE GO!" message:
•January 1st = "HAPPY NEW YEAR!"
•February 14th = "HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!"
•February 17th = "ITS HOLLIES BIRTHDAY!", celebrating the birthday of Play Consultant Hollie S. Lohff.
•May 8th = "DO NOT FORGET MOTHERS DAY!"
•July 4th = "HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!"
•August 31st = "READY TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL?"
•October 31st = "BOOOOOOOOO!!!"
•November 24th = "HAPPY TURKEY DAY! GOBBLE GOBBLE!"
•December 25th = "HAPPY HOLIDAYS!"
•December 31st = "HAPPY NEW YEAR!"
In regards to the February 17th message, Hollie S. Lohff is the daughter of one of the game's engineers, Thomas Lohff. She was brought in to playtest the game and commented that Mario should be able to jump, as it was weird to play a Mario game without that mechanic. The developers took her advice and added her to the game credits as "Play Consultant."
The French version of the game features its own unique messages to indicate French holidays:
•January 1st = "BONNE ANNEE" ("Happy New Year.")
•Late January = "ALLONS CHERCHER LA FEVE" ("Let's find the charm." Displays in a time of year where in France the people eat some "Galette des Rois" (King's Pie) and there is a charm hidden in the pie.)
•February 14th = "C'EST LA SAINT VALENTIN" ("It's Valentine's Day.")
•Carnival celebration in France = "ON SE DEGUISERA POUR LE MARDI GRAS" ("We'll be dressing up for Mardi Gras.")
•Easter = "OU SONT CACHES LES OEUFS" ("Where are the eggs hidden?")
•Last Sunday in May = "BONNE FETE MAMAN" ("Happy Mother's Day, Mom!")
•May 31st = "L'ECOLE EST BIENTOT FINIE" ("School is almost over." Displays when most schools began Summer vacation at the time.)
•Third Sunday of June = "BONNE FETE PAPA" ("Happy Father's Day, Dad!")
•July 14th = "ALLONS ENFANT DE LA PATRIIIIEEE" ("Arise, children of the Fatherland." Displays on France's national celebration. Taken from the French national anthem "La Marseillaise", although "ENFANT" should be "ENFANTS" due to the plural grammar rule.)
•August 31st = "PREPAREZ VOS CARTABLES" ("Prepare your schoolbags." Referring to returning to school. Displays when most schools were ending Summer vacation at the time.)
•December 25th = "JOYEUX NOEL" ("Merry Christmas.")
•December 31st = "BONNE ANNEE" ("Happy New Year")
•January 1st = "HAPPY NEW YEAR!"
•February 14th = "HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!"
•February 17th = "ITS HOLLIES BIRTHDAY!", celebrating the birthday of Play Consultant Hollie S. Lohff.
•May 8th = "DO NOT FORGET MOTHERS DAY!"
•July 4th = "HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!"
•August 31st = "READY TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL?"
•October 31st = "BOOOOOOOOO!!!"
•November 24th = "HAPPY TURKEY DAY! GOBBLE GOBBLE!"
•December 25th = "HAPPY HOLIDAYS!"
•December 31st = "HAPPY NEW YEAR!"
In regards to the February 17th message, Hollie S. Lohff is the daughter of one of the game's engineers, Thomas Lohff. She was brought in to playtest the game and commented that Mario should be able to jump, as it was weird to play a Mario game without that mechanic. The developers took her advice and added her to the game credits as "Play Consultant."
The French version of the game features its own unique messages to indicate French holidays:
•January 1st = "BONNE ANNEE" ("Happy New Year.")
•Late January = "ALLONS CHERCHER LA FEVE" ("Let's find the charm." Displays in a time of year where in France the people eat some "Galette des Rois" (King's Pie) and there is a charm hidden in the pie.)
•February 14th = "C'EST LA SAINT VALENTIN" ("It's Valentine's Day.")
•Carnival celebration in France = "ON SE DEGUISERA POUR LE MARDI GRAS" ("We'll be dressing up for Mardi Gras.")
•Easter = "OU SONT CACHES LES OEUFS" ("Where are the eggs hidden?")
•Last Sunday in May = "BONNE FETE MAMAN" ("Happy Mother's Day, Mom!")
•May 31st = "L'ECOLE EST BIENTOT FINIE" ("School is almost over." Displays when most schools began Summer vacation at the time.)
•Third Sunday of June = "BONNE FETE PAPA" ("Happy Father's Day, Dad!")
•July 14th = "ALLONS ENFANT DE LA PATRIIIIEEE" ("Arise, children of the Fatherland." Displays on France's national celebration. Taken from the French national anthem "La Marseillaise", although "ENFANT" should be "ENFANTS" due to the plural grammar rule.)
•August 31st = "PREPAREZ VOS CARTABLES" ("Prepare your schoolbags." Referring to returning to school. Displays when most schools were ending Summer vacation at the time.)
•December 25th = "JOYEUX NOEL" ("Merry Christmas.")
•December 31st = "BONNE ANNEE" ("Happy New Year")
Franchise: Guilty Gear
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The character Zato-ONE from Guilty Gear was replaced in Guilty Gear XX with a parasite named "Eddie." The character was killed off due to his voice actor, Kaneto Shiozawa, dying in 2000 from a severe concussion. Daisuke Ishiwatari wanted to keep Zato in the game out of respect, so they had Eddie take over Zato's corpse. Eddie is currently voiced by Takehito Koyasu, establishing him as a different character.As of Xrd, Zato has been resurrected and is once again playable under his original "Zato-ONE" name, albeit still voiced by Koyasu.
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The Nintendo 64 in the Japanese version looks rather unpolished and appears to have Super Famicom cartridges with it, which doesn't make sense since N64 cartridges are the same in design between America and Japan and Super Famicom games can be played when the Tristar 64 is attached but nothing seems to be attached.
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The talk show host of "Damn, It's Late", Johnny O'Lenoman, got his name by combining four popular talk show hosts names together. These being Johnny Carson, Conan O' Brien, Jay Leno and David Letterman.
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The game started out as a prototype for a new 3D Mario game in which the player played as Yoshi.
"The end came when we pitched to do a 3D platform game, the likes of which had never been done before. We mocked up a prototype using Yoshi. It was essentially the world's first 3D platform game and was obviously a big risk. [...] Nintendo had never let an outside company use their characters before, and weren't about to, either. This is the moment the deal fell apart. We later made that game into Croc: Legend of the Gobbos for the PlayStation, Saturn and PC, which became our biggest ever game in terms of sales and also in royalties, since we owned the IP."
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In the Arkham Penitentiary Control Room where Clayface is being contained, there is a strange inmate pacing around muttering to himself in one of the cells. This character is Luke Oliver, who won a contest to have his face rendered somewhere in the Arkham Asylum video game. His name is also on the Joker's Party List.
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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.
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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Nearly all of the scenery in the game were of shots taken of the Los Angeles area. Some of the background terrain textures were vacation type pictures taken from a helicopter in Hawaii by one of the developers before the game's actual development had started. The image's file sizes took up much of the game's RAM usage resulting in the slow scrolling backgrounds.