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Collection: Rock Band
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When Harmonix was secretly developing the Rock Band Network (a network that allows artists to make their music playable in Rock Band games), they gave it the unofficial code name "Rock Band: Nickelback" to avoid attracting attention, naming it after the post-grunge band of the same name. They thought adding "Nickelback" to the title would deflect any and all curiosity due to the extreme negative reception and disinterest to their music on the Internet, ensuring it wouldn't be leaked.
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General, Real Life
person DidYouKnowGaming calendar_month February 24, 2013
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Pokémon Puzzle League
Pokémon Puzzle League (2000)
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Pokémon Puzzle League is the first Pokémon game to be released exclusively to the Western market, and not in Japan.
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General, Regional Difference, Version Difference
person Dazz calendar_month February 24, 2013
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Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (2008)
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Attachment The "Solar Gun" can be obtained by getting all Boss Dolls after defeating the FROGS and BB Beast forms without using lethal weapons. The gun is a direct reference to the Hideo Kojima-produced game Lunar Knights, the fourth game in his Boktai series.

The gun itself is based on Aaron's "Knight" model, and requires the user to charge shots using sunlight, as you would in all Boktai games.
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Easter Egg, Reference
person Dazz calendar_month February 24, 2013
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The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2002)
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Attachment There are a large number of incomplete and test rooms in the code for The Wind Waker. Among them, there are even completely functional areas which were simply removed from the final game for various reasons. While not accessible via normal means, they can be accessed via cheat devices like Action Replay.
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Test, Unused Content, Unused Graphic
person Petie calendar_month February 23, 2013
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Adventure
Adventure (1979)
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Attachment There is a hidden room with the words "Created by Warren Robinett" written vertically down the screen. For years, this was thought to be the first Easter egg ever inserted into a game, until an earlier Easter egg was discovered in the 1973 DEC computer game Moonlander.
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Easter Egg, Hidden Credit
person Dazz calendar_month February 23, 2013
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L.A. Noire
L.A. Noire (2011)
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Many of the cases in the game are inspired by real-life crimes that occurred in L.A. around 1947.
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Development, Inspiration
person Dazz calendar_month February 22, 2013
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L.A. Noire
L.A. Noire (2011)
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Attachment To create a realistic post-war Los Angeles, the developers of the game studied photographs taken from a biplane by Robert Spence in the 1920s.
The developers used the photographs to create traffic patterns and public transport routes in the game, as well as the location and condition of buildings
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Development, General, Inspiration, Real Life
person Dazz calendar_month February 22, 2013
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L.A. Noire
L.A. Noire (2011)
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L.A. Noire was the first video game to be shown at the Tribeca Film Festival. It was shown as an hour-long film followed by a Q&A session where the audience could ask questions to the developers about the making of the game.
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General, Real Life
person Dazz calendar_month February 22, 2013
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Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (2013)
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Kojima initially wanted Gray Fox to play the main role in the game, but made the decision to have Raiden take the main role instead. This was to allow the younger members of his team to take control of the game.
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Development, Early Idea
person Dazz calendar_month February 22, 2013
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Mega Man X5
Mega Man X5 (2000)
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In the North American localization of the game, the 8 Mavericks' names were translated by Alyson Court, voice actress for Claire Redfield in the Resident Evil series. The translated names were based on members of the rock band Guns N' Roses:

Crescent Grizzly -> Grizzly Slash (Saul "Slash" Hudson)
Bolt Kraken -> Squid Adler (Steven Adler)
Shining Hotarunicus -> Izzy Glow (Izzy Stradlin)
Tidal Makkoeen -> Duff McWhalen (Duff McKagen)
Spiral Pegacion -> The Skiver (Michael "High as the Sky" Monroe)
Spike Rosered -> Axle the Red (Axl Rose)
Dark Necrobat -> Dark Dizzy (Dizzy Reed)
Burn Dinorex -> Mattrex (Matt Sorum)
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Easter Egg, Reference, Regional Difference, Version Difference
person Mighty Jetters calendar_month February 20, 2013
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Mega Man X5
Mega Man X5 (2000)
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Attachment In the Japanese version of the game, there were narrator voices for each of the Maverick's names that you would hear during their intro sequence after you selected their stage. These were removed in the US release. In order played, the names are: Tidal Makkoeen, Dark Necrobat, Spike Rosered, Burn Dinorex, Dynamo, Shining Hotarunicus, Spiral Pegasus, Crescent Grizzly, and Bolt Kraken.
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Regional Difference, Version Difference
person Mighty Jetters calendar_month February 20, 2013
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Earthworm Jim
Earthworm Jim (1994)
subdirectory_arrow_right Earthworm Jim: Special Edition (Game)
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In the Special Edition version of the game, when completing the game set to the easy difficulty, the player is told a variety of made up facts about worms.
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General, Release Difference, Version Difference
person Dazz calendar_month February 19, 2013
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Suikoden Tierkreis
Suikoden Tierkreis (2008)
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Attachment There are a number of images from various animes stored amongst the CG artwork for cutscenes in the game's ROM. The featured properties include Spice and Wolf, My Neighbor Totoro, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Azumanga Daioh, Nyorōn! Churuya-san, and Negima! Magister Negi Magi.
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Unused Content, Unused Graphic
person Dazz calendar_month February 18, 2013
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Mega Man 2
Mega Man 2 (1989)
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Attachment There is a noticeable difference in music tempo and gameplay speed between the European version of Mega Man 2 and the North American version (the EU version being around 83.3% of the US versions speed.) This is due to conversion issues that occurred during the games localisation from 60Hz (US Standard) to 50Hz (EU Standard). Strangely, Mega Man himself isn't slowed down, making some parts of the game (such as the Metal Man conveyor belts) easier in the EU version of the game.
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Regional Difference, Version Difference
person AntCGallagher calendar_month February 17, 2013
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Pokémon Gold Version
Pokémon Gold Version (1999)
subdirectory_arrow_right Pokémon Silver Version (Game)
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Attachment The gym in Goldenrod City is laid out in the shape of a Clefairy.
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Easter Egg, Secret
person Dazz calendar_month February 17, 2013
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Earthworm Jim
Earthworm Jim (1994)
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Pausing the game and entering "Y A B B A Y A B" on the SNES version will give a bizarre secret screen dedicated to Nick Jones, one of the game's programmers, telling him that "this is the old cheat code".
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Easter Egg, Hidden Credit
person Dazz calendar_month February 17, 2013
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Cool Spot
Cool Spot (1993)
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Attachment In the European release of Cool Spot, the 7 Up bottle seen in the introduction was changed to be opaque and contain an S.O.S. note. Presumably this was done to make the plastic bottle appear as a glass bottle, and remove all references to 7 Up, who at the time, in Europe, already had another mascot known as Fido Dido.
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Regional Difference, Version Difference
person Dazz calendar_month February 17, 2013
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Platform: Nintendo Entertainment System
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Attachment Known in Japan as the Famicom, it originally came with 2 hardwired controllers attached to the console, with the second controller featuring a microphone, but no start or select buttons.
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Regional Difference, Version Difference
person Dazz calendar_month February 16, 2013
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Company: Rovio Entertainment
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Peter Vesterbacka, the company's chief marketing officer from 2010 to 2016, also had the job title of "Mighty Eagle".
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General
person Dazz calendar_month February 16, 2013
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Bubsy in Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind
Bubsy in Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind (1993)
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When the Japanese version's passwords are put together in a string, they make up the first 114 digits of pi.
(3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510582097494459230781640628620899862803482534211706798214808651328)

The PAL and NTSC versions of the game use vowels instead of numbers, and are mostly made of random strings.
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Easter Egg, Hidden Message, Regional Difference, Version Difference
person Dazz calendar_month February 16, 2013
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