30 Random Bits of Video-Game Trivia That Are Somehow Compatible With Every Brain Console on the Market

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30 Random Bits of Video-Game Trivia That Are Somehow Compatible With Every Brain Console on the Market

Developers make one game for different consoles, so we made one list for every brain. Yes, even readers who don’t speak English will somehow be able to take these in. We have no idea how our fact finders did it, since we’re not in those meetings. Us lowly pre-list blurb writers toil away in what can only be described as a janitor’s closet while the magic happens down the hall. 

Either way, we’re just happy to be involved in this solid batch of random video-game tidbits. Please help translate this blurb to non-English speaking pals so our work can reach a wider audience too. Thanks!

Grand Theft Auto (Third Time’s the Charm)

GRAND THEFT AUTO CRACKED.COM Grand Theft Auto, originally titled Race'n'Chase, struggled to find its identity during development. The game first gave players the option to play as law enforcing police, but after realizing playing as a criminal was more fun, they decided to lean into the mayhem the series became known for.

Pokemon Crystal

POKEMON CRYSTAL Nintendo PoKéMoN Gotta catch emall! PHM TRAINER RED wants to battle! GRACKED.COM AME BOY COLOR adidas INTERNATIONAL The Pokemon series was planned to end with Pokemon Gold and Silver, fighting your way back through the first game's gyms and using the original protagonist as the final boss was a fitting conclusion to the story. Of course, after the success of the previous games, the Pokemon Company decided to continue the franchise with Crystal.

Doom

DOOM ALIENS - are 43 100% 2 DIS 100% AMAG HEALTH ARMS ARMOR CRACKED.COM The original Doom game was based off of James Cameron's Aliens, where you would presumably fight waves of dangerous Xenomorphs. When negotiations between the developers and 20th Century Fox deteriorated, the setting of the game was changed from space to Hell itself.

Diddy Kong

DIDDY KONG RACING PLAYER SELECT 1 CRACKED.COM When game studio Rare needed more time to develop Banjo-Kazooie to compete with Super Mario 64, they pushed the generic title Pro-Am 64 for a Christmas release. There were concerns the IP wasn't strong enough and may hurt sales, so at the last minute assets were changed to the more familiar Diddy Kong.

Super Smash Bros.

SUPER SMASH BROS. LUIGI MARIO DK LINK SAMUS C.FALCON NESS YOSHI KIRBY FOX PIKACHU JIGGLYPUFF 2PH 3PHM 4 HMN CRACKED COM Super Smash Bros. was pitched as a 4-player brawler, but Nintendo did not initially want their licensed characters to appear. After the small team of developers added Mario, Link and Samus anyway, Nintendo liked the demo so much they granted them permission to use the characters.

Perfect Dark

PERFECT DARK Position Image er ightness OK CRACKED.COM Perfect Dark was to have a face-mapping feature that enabled players to change the appearance of enemies into that of family and friends using their GameBoy Camera. Insurmountable technical difficulties caused the feature to be scrapped; that, or the eventual lawsuits sure to follow.

Grand Theft Auto V

In Grand Theft Auto V, Michael can ride a BMX bike. Sometimes while bent over backward. There's more to GTA V than stealing cars and police chases. There's an entire world to explore, in which you can even take yoga classes. And, apparently, perform extreme yoga while cycling. CRACKED.COM http://www.ebaumsworld.com/videos/18-very-funny-grand-theft-auto-v-glitches/83557873/

Crysis

In Crysis, you have to fight off sharks with a machine gun. Unfortunately, these sharks can fly. Thanks to a glitch, not only will the sharks swim through the air and faceplant in the sand, they also inexplicably roar at you like deranged bears. And sometimes they attack in swarms. CRACKED.COM https//youtu.be/u4wAYp1ryq8

Pikachu

You can turn Hey You Pikachu into a monstrosity... ...thanks to a trick called cartridge tilting. Slightly misaligning the game cartridge in its slot turns Pikachu from adorable sidekick to terrifying hellbeast. Не babbles incoherently and his face becomes a gaping, tentacle-filled hole. CRACKED.COM http:/kotaku.com/glitches-turn-hey-you-pikachu-into-nightmare-fuel-1660730454

Mafia II

In Mafia II, the NPCs are SO realistic NNO that they pee. STORE And they won't stop, no matter what. In this game, characters just let it fly, and they will not stop regardless of what happens to them. Even if you start a fistfight, threaten them with a gun, or attack them with a bat. Nothing stops the stream. CRACKED.COM https://youtu.be/ZOBBUPy7_oA

Resident Evil 4

In Resident Evil 4, you can hop on a jet-ski to escape. The jet-ski stays behind, however. In the game, you've just rescued the president's daughter and need to escape from exploding zombies or something. But if you dick around while grabbing the key, you shoot off through the air, alone. CRACKED.COM http://residentevil.wikia.a .om/wiki/Ditman_Glitch#Ditman_glitch

Madden NFL 15

In Madden NFL 15, Jim Nantz looks a little ill. PHIL SIMMS JIM NANTZ SPORTS In fact he is literally green. The glitch only seems to affect Nantz - no other characters are altered, no graphics messed with, no game mechanics tweaked - exept that one of the announcers is now missing his skin and hair. CRACKED.COM https://youtu.be/88TlugQjD88

Tomb Raider

In Tomb Raider: Legend, Lara Croft free-climbs a cliff. She does SO by turning into a monster. During cutscenes, she'll morph into a Cronenbergian body horror that looks like the result of a transporter accident involving Lara, a spider, and a box of toothpicks. CRACKED.COM https//youtu.be/yq8WkDaoRrA

Skyrim

In Skyrim, you can put a basket over a merchant's head. A Stock Goat Cheese Wheel WEIGHT 2 VALUE 10 Then you can do some shoplifting. There are no penalties for the theft, either. In fact, there's no acknowledgement whatsoever-even if you're grabbing merchandise from the counter right in front of them. They can't see or hear you. CRACKED.COM https://youtu.be/bm/7994EOSk

Red Dead Redemption 2

The Pinkerton agency tried to sue the makers of Red Dead Redemption 2. Shortly after RDR2 came out, the historical detective agency sent Take-Two Interactive a cease-and-desist letter, demanding a slice of the profits for their appearance in the game (while complaining about being made out to be baddies). The suit was eventually dropped. CRACKED.COM

Lord of the Rings Online

30 Random Bits of Video-Game Trivia That Are Somehow Compatible With Every Brain Console on the Market

This Is the Only Level

This is the Only Level, for real. CRACKED.COM This Flash game has a unique approach to level design: don't. True to its name, this really is the only level, but the gameplay, even the controls, change every time you complete it. In some instances, the dead body of your player avatar (a flat elephant shape) can be used to help after you respawn, as these corpses don't disappear for a few seconds.

The Getaway

The Getaway gives you a minute to chill. CRACKED.COM This open world action-adventure game inspired by British gangster films is fairly grounded, allowing your character to heal by doing something we're all familiar with: leaning up against a wall until you can catch your breath. Sure, gunshot wounds miraculously closing up because you're taking a 5 second breather aren't super realistic, but we can forgive that.

Iji

Iji has an end-game weapon that ends the game. CRACKED.COM Unlike most weapons and powerups you get for completing a game 100%, the Null Driver in Iji tends to break the whole experience when it's used. As you fire the end-game weapon, glitches occur, replacing the tiled background with art assets from earlier portions of the game, until it's impossible to move on. The only way to get rid of the weapon is to quit the game.

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, and one controller. CRACKED.COM These two brothers are close, close enough to use a single controller to move both of them. One brother moves with the left thumbstick and trigger, while the other uses those on the right. Each brother has different strengths, which you use in tandem to complete levels.

Odama

Odama calls upon the pinball wizard to smite it's enemies. x o Stand by 00106 CRACKED.COM This Gamecube game, one of the last released on the console by Nintendo, merges pinball with feudal battle tactics. You plow through enemy forces by using flippers to launch the Odama, the giant sphere controlled by the remaining members of the Ninten-do clan. You also use the microphone to direct your soldiers, clearing a path of ultimate pinball destruction.

SCP — Containment Breach

SCP - Containment Breach doesn't want you to look away. CRACKED.COM This horror game involves making your way through a compound overrun by paranormal monsters, each with unique characteristics and methods of wrecking your . The main antagonist you'll encounter, SCP-173, only moves when you aren't looking at it, so you'll have to make sure to put something between you and it whenever you have to blink.

No More Heroes

No More Heroes wants you to erect a sword. 1 . CRACKED.COM The Wii game, unusually horny for a Nintendo release, has more than a few suggestive portions. The most egregious is one you can't avoid, that charges Travis' beam katana by vigorously pumping the Wiimote, causing the limp weapon to become rigid.

Eternal Darkness

Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem will make you think you're losing it. VOLUME CRACKED.COM As your in-game sanity meter depletes in this horror action-adventure title, the game plays tricks with the scenery, causing hallucinations. The fun doesn't stop there, the game will actually mess with you in real life, by making your controller not work at critical moments, turning the video signal off, and making it look like your memory card was wiped.

Typing of the Dead

Typing Of The Dead teaches you to spell, or die trying. Too many enemies Jolly Roger Out of breath CRACKED.COM First launched on Japanese arcade machines and then later ported to the Dreamcast, this game takes the familiar House Of The Dead setting and adds an educational twist. Instead of pulling the trigger to blast zombies in the head, players must quickly spell words that flash on screen before the undead are able to catch them.

Boktai

Boktai: The Sun Is In Your Hand, literally. OTAPYANGS with KONAMI boktai The San is in Your Hand Hiniondo AGB-U3IE-USA CRACKED.COM Fighting vampires on this Gameboy Advance title is hard, but it's a little easier in the daytime with the special light sensors equipped on the cartridge. By bringing your gameplay outside, you give yourself the edge in battling the warriors of the night, just as you would in real life. This kind of gameplay was made even more difficult before Nintendo incorporated the backlit screen into their handhelds.

Jurassic Park

Trespasser and its cleavage health gauge. CRACKED.COM This Jurassic Park PC game isn't well remembered or liked, despite some really great voice overs from Richard Attenborough's John Hammond that help to fill out the story. The most bizarre choice in this survival game is the placement of your health bar: a heart tattoo on the chest of your female character, that you view by looking down at your cleavage.

Metal Gear Solid

Metal Gear Solid's villain messes with your Playstation. I see that you enjoy Konami games. CRACKED.COM Psycho Mantis is constantly breaking the fourth wall, seemingly aware that he lives in a video game. This is never more clear than when you battle him in Metal Gear Solid 1 and he reads Snake's mind by going through the save files on your memory card. Не also changes your TV to HIDEO mode, which might make first time players panic and try switching inputs.

Grand Theft Auto

CRACKED PARENTS, DON'T LET YOUR KIDS PLAY GRAND THEFT AUTO- IT'S APPARENTLY BAD FOR THEM. Emmanuel Macron asked parents to stop their kids from taking part in the riots of June 2023. Не said that some of the young people seemed to be copying what they had seen in violent video games, which had intoxicated them. M H O E SUNSET HORES

Sega

The Sega Master System and Genesis are still produced under license and being sold in Brazil. 16-BIT T - F POHER - BRAVE SEOK MECA DRIVE SEGA CRACKED.COM The old systems routinely outsell modern game con- soles, due to high tariffs making imported consoles very expensive. Almost half of all Sega Master Sys- tems ever sold were sold in Brazil.

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