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Fun Fact #84 - Oscar-winning actor Marlon Brando recorded dialogue for EA's Godfather game shortly before he died, but it was deemed unusable due to the bloated thesp's ageing, mumbly voice. Instead, they hired in a sound-alike. What a waste of money, eh?
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Fun Fact #83 - In Pilotwings 64, the character Lark is actually the mascot for famous American games magazine Nintendo Power, Nester. His name was changed at the last minute, probably because PAL gamers wouldn't know who he was.
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Fun Fact #82 - In the video game sequel to John Carpenter's seminal sci-fi horror film The Thing, the legendary director made a cameo appearance as a character called Doctor Faraday. He also oversaw the production of the game to make sure it was faithful to his original vision.
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Fun Fact #81 - Rockstar also removed a character from Grand Theft Auto 3, although this time it was said to be because of the terrorist attacks on September 11th. He was called Darkel, a homeless guy who'd get you to rig buildings with explosives.
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Fun Fact #80 - A boss character called Binbag was removed from Rockstar's Manhunt early in its development. He was a psychopath wrapped in black refuse sacks. Lovely.
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Fun Fact #79 - The famously awful E.T. game for the Atari 2600 actually sold more than its most famous game, Space Invaders. E.T. sold 1.5 million, while Invaders only shifted a million.
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Fun Fact #78 - In the early stages of its development, Half-Life 2 featured a friendly alien that would follow Gordon Freeman around, feasting on the bodies of his fallen enemies. It was taken out when Valve discovered that the AI would be too difficult to convincingly program.
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Fun Fact #77 - In 1986, Nintendo released a special Disk System peripheral for the NES in Japan. Among its features was a microphone in the controller, which certain games used, including an updated version of the original Zelda. You could only destroy a certain enemy by shouting into the mic.
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Fun Fact #76 - Ever wondered what happens to Leon's cool leather jacket in Resident Evil 4? It inexplicably disappears after the scene in the village. Well, on the PS2 version, go through Ada's side-quest and one of the Ganado villagers will be wearing it.
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Fun Fact #75 - Matt Damon refused to appear in the recent Bourne Conspiracy game because he thought it was too violent.
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Fun Fact #74 - Sonic The Hedgehog isn't only the name of Sega's speedy mascot, but also a gene on chromosome 7 of the human genome. Well, it was until recently when the science community decided to ditch all of its 'comedy' names for genes.
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Fun Fact #73 - Did you know that rocket league is a follow up of the original version, Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars. It was too difficult to say the name because it was too long, but at the time, it was wacky and cool, so with some creative thinking, the developers came up a shorter title which is known as Rocket League.
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Fun Fact #72 - The original Japanese name Pac-Man was Puckman, which evolved from the Japanese word paku, meaning “chomp.” Did you know each of the four ghosts also have names! In Japanese they were originally called Fickle, Chaser, Ambusher and Stupid, but their English names are Inky, Blinky, Pinky and Clyde.
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Fun Fact #71 - In Animal Crossing, depending on the time of year, the aesthetic inside the well known shop Nook’s Cranny, changes appearance. Look out for all the different changes throughout the year. In the autumn, the shop is decked out with pumpkins.
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Fun Fact #70 - In the original Donkey Kong game produced in 1981, Donkey Kong is battling a recognisable character called Jumpman. It was only years later that Jumpman would become the well known Italian plumber, Mario.
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Fun Fact #69 - Some of the biggest artists have songs featured in the FIFA games! It is still a mystery as to how the tracks are chosen, with forums suggesting fan feedback and top management choices, but no one knows for sure.
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Fun Fact #68 - The Sims language is derived from real languages. It is called Simlish and combines Ukrainian, French, Latin, Finnish, English, Fijian, Cebuano, and Tagalog. Game developers opted to use inflections and tones in the language to portray a character’s feelings and emotions.
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Fun Fact #67 - Fortnite has more than 200 million accounts! Some parents are paying tutors £20 per hour to help their child get better at Fortnite.
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Fun Fact #66 - The oldest Zelda character is the Zelda of Twilight Princess. She actually runs the kingdom of Hyrule in that game, and, according to the official Prima guide, she’s only 20 years old, making her the oldest Zelda in the franchise and the only one older than Link.
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Fun Fact #65 - The team combat game Overwatch features an impressive amount of voice lines. These are action words said when character moves. When released, it had around 7 thousand voice lines! These were translated into 12 languages making a total of 84,000 voice lines!
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Fun Fact #64 - Did you know that Markus Persson (also known as notch) originally called Minecraft, Cave Game when he made it in 2009?
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Fun Fact #63 - Street Fighter II introduced one of video gaming’s first playable female characters, Chun-Li. (The very first playable human female video game character was found in the 1985 Taito arcade game Typhoon Gal.)
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Fun Fact #62 - Resident Evil is one of the most successful video game franchises in history, having spawned dozens of sequels, movies, toys, books, and board games. The original Resident Evil PlayStation game holds the record for worst video game dialogue, according to Guinness World Records Gamer’s Edition.
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Fun Fact #61 - The Nintendo Entertainment Systems Power Pad, which was released in 1988 along with the game World Class Track Meet, launched the exergame genre. A decade later in 1998, Konami’s Dance Dance Revolution became the most successful exergame ever (though it’s now considered a rhythm game).
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Fun Fact #60 - Sony and Nintendo entered into a development partnership to create a new console—a video game machine that would be one of the first to play CDs. Sony would provide the electronics, CD player, and other parts, but Nintendo killed the project. Sony decided to continue to develop the technology and launch it as a game system, now known to the world as the original PlayStation. To this day, the PS2 is the best-selling console of all time with 157.6 million units sold.
