30 Video Game Facts We’ve Been Writing In to Nintendo Power for Decades

Even the nerdiest of video game nerds won’t know a few of these
30 Video Game Facts We’ve Been Writing In to Nintendo Power for Decades
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There’s bound to be a few facts on here that even the most seasoned video-game aficionados won’t know, right? Like, how can they know everything? It’s impossible. Plus, how bad do you think we are at our jobs if you think we can’t muster up some much lesser-known facts? 

Don’t answer that. We’re on thin ice as it is, and don’t need to give the Cracked higher-ups any more reasons to doubt our abilities. Whether you know these or not, enjoy! Please.

Starcraft

STARCRAFT During development Blizzard had trouble keeping the harvesting units from bunching up together like L.A. traffic because of their pathfinding. O of 100 Oas 22/26 activated Terran Refinery Veapane Ger 4992 700/750 Their good enough fix was to make harvesters the only units in the game that can walk through other units. CRACKED COM

Lego Star Wars Video Game

Not sure which character to play in Lego Star Wars ? How about Indiana Jones? If you watch the trailer for the Lego Indiana Jones game, in the movie room in Lego Star Wars, you can unlock a playable Indy. And rather than wielding a lightsaber, Indy fights with a whip and handgun. CRACKED.COM https://www. youtube

Lord of the Rings Online

If you're in the Shire in Lord of the Rings Online, visit the Bird and Baby Inn. OWEN FARFIELD CARLO WILLIAMS JACK LEWISDOWN While you're there, you can hang out with J.R.R. Tolkien's writer cronies. The inn doesn't exist in J.R.R. Tolkien's books. It's a reference to the Eagle and Child tavern in Oxford, England, which was frequented by the members of the Inklings literary discussion group. In the game, you'll encounter Hobbit versions of several writers talking about Ronald Dwale, who is an avatar for Tolkien himself. CRACKED.COM https /Motro-wiki com/index php/The_Bird_and_Baby_Imn

Skyrim

If you climb the 7,000* steps in Skyrim, you'll make it to High Hrothgar. *Actual number: around 750. And if you activate all the tablets on the way, you'll get a bonus buff. There are 10 tablets, which you'd probably miss if you didn't trudge up every step on foot. If you activate them all, you unlock protection from animal attacks for 24 real-life hours. CRACKED.COM http: //elderscrolls wikin com/wiki/High_Hrothgar

Metal Gear Solid 3

In Metal Gear Solid 3, you'll fight an old sniper named The End. Or you could make him die of old age. If you turn your PlayStation's clock ahead a few weeks, you'll unlock a special cutscene where you come across his dead body. CRACKED.COM http://metalgear. wikia .com/wiki/The_End

Silent Hill 4

In Silent Hill 4, you can see a creepy stuffed rabbit through a peep hole. And sometimes he'll look back at you. Your neighbor Eileen has a plush bunny on her bed that you can see when you spy on her. But if you look through the peep hole after she goes missing, the little monster stares back at you. CRACKED.COM https://youtu be/paHTsm09Mkw

Aliens: Colonial Marines

In Aliens: Colonial Marines, you find a containment capsule. It contains a tiny straw hat and cane. It's a reference to the scene from Spaceballs that parodies Alien with the Chuck Jones cartoon One Froggy Evening. CRACKED.COM https://youtu.be/ThyX0wAwbG8

Batman: Arkham City

In Batman: Arkham City, you briefly see this painting. It's called Cain and Abel: The Duality of Man, and it hangs in Harvey Dent's office. This is how the game ends. CRACKED.COM https. ://youtu be/NN6CN7Upiml

Bioshock

In Bioshock, you spend part of the game helping Atlas find his wife and kid. 8+ 8 Patrick and Heira HALL POSEIDON PLAZA 1 MUSICAL III STORY CE LOVE MITER DUNTH But if you look around the city, you'll realize he's lying. There are posters plastered everywhere advertising a musical called Patrick and Moira, which is about dead people. Atlas' supposedly missing son and wife? Patrick and Moira. CRACKED.COM http o//bioshock wikia com/wiki/Atlas

Metal Gear Solid 2

In Metal Gear Solid 2, Solid Snake and Otacon share a bro handshake. It goes up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right. Yep, it's the Konami code. But instead of finishing with BA or the start button, they bro-hug. CRACKED.COM https://youtu.be/BeUhmtlUg7Y

Elder Scrolls IV

Elder Scrolls IVis packed with NPCs. And they've got lives of their own. For example, this guy, Roderick Pierrane, is having an affair. If you follow him around, you'll catch him sneaking out of his house to sleep with another woman once a week. He's an inconsequential background character with no role in gameplay. CRACKED.COM http://uk.pc. gamespy.com/p/the-elder-scrolls-iv-oblivion/558955p4.html

Halo

One of the Halo developers left an M made of bullet holes in the game. It's a tribute to his girlfriend, Megg. It's insanely difficult to get to. It's on the ceiling in a locked room, and setting up a scenario where the door is open is incredibly complicated. CRACKED.COM https://www. youtube com/watch 7v=3kJLLUUFF4

Overwatch

GRACKED.COM Overwatch sound designer Paul Lackey wanted the game's hit confirmation sound effect to be satisfying to hear but couldn't find one, until he opened a bottle of beer one night. Не then reversed the sound and programmed it into the game. TECATE

Fallout 3

Fallout 3 GRAGKED.COM Due to nuclear warfare still being a sensitive subject in Japan, the Japanese version of Fallout 3 does not give the player the option to detonate the Megaton nuclear bomb.

Mechwarrior Online

CRACKED.COM In 2013, a special mech was introduced to Sarah's Jenner was released to MECHWARRIOR honor the memory ONLINE of Sarah Parries, a five-year-old MWO enthusiast who was taken by brain cancer. Designed with things she loved, it cost $10, and all proceeds (more than $122, 000) were donated to the Canadian Cancer Society. JR7-D(S) 10% ХР BOOST GENERAL WEAPONS G EQUIPMENT TONNAGE 35 LEFT ARM Medium Laser v2 ENGINE 300 XL LEFT TORSO Beagle Active Prube TOP SPEED 138.9 kph CENTER Streak SAM x2 MAX ENGINE 300 TORSO RATING RIGHT ARM Medium Laser v2 ARMOR 214 HARDPOINTS INTERNAL

Halo 3

In Halo 3, the Chief shoots a ridiculous number of bullets. GIVER G And every one has his name on it. That detail isn't visible during regular gameplay - the bullets go by too fast. The markings weren't discovered until somebody noticed them in video replay mode. CRACKED.COM http ://halo wikin .com/wiki/Chief_EG-X

Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back

Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back CRACKED COM A death animation that shows Crash getting crushed into a wobbling head/feet abomination was removed from the Japanese version. Around that time, a Japanese serial killer had left a severed head and a pair of shoes as kind of a gruseome calling card.

The Combatribes

The Combatribes CRACKED.COM / This game came out in the 90's, but when Nintendo re-released it for their Virtual Console (notably...post-9/11), they renamed the Ground Zero gang to Guilty Zero.

Final Fight

Final Fight CRACKED.COM The absolute prudes at Capcom USA made a whole range of changes. Bosses Damnd and Sodom became Thrasher and Katana, all drug and alcohol references were removed, and the exclamation Oh! My God became Oh! My car.

Batman Forever

Batman Forever 1995 CRACKED COM Awkward video-capture sprites of Batman and Robin sway and jump through ugly levels and constantly get their rubber-suited butts whipped by a bunch of crowbar wielding nobodies dressed like garbagemen.

Fight Club

Fight Club 2004 Angel Face CRACKED.COM If you remember the movie Fight Club for the message it's really cool to take off your shirt and punch people, then this game was made for you. Although stripped of the complexity that made the movie compelling, you can unlock Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst and break Jared Leto's spine.

The Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz 1993 CRACKED COM Taking a rather liberal interpretation of the source material, Dorothy straps on her ruby slippers and puts the beat-down on cactus cats, unicycle corn, and sentient furniture. It could have been an unusually rad tie-in game, but the controls and murky visual data made for a frustrating experience.

Back to the Future

Back to the Future 1989 H E TIME GRACKED.COM It's Marty McFly the way we all know him: as a muscle-shirt Greaser who walks down the street collecting alarm clocks and avoiding bees. The story is as non-existent as your character's health, so it's safe to say this is just a generic NES scroller with the barest Back To The Future sheen.

Black Ops II

CRACKED.COM RETIVISION Start O Select Interact LE Previous Same et Next Game Exit IN BLACK OPS II, NUKETOWN MAP, IF YOU SHOOT DOWN ALL THE MANNEQUINS® HEAD IN UNDER 1 MINUTE AND 30 SECONDS, WALK OVER TO THE LARGE TV IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MAP. FROM THERE, YOU CAN PLAY ACTIVISION'S CLASSICS LIKE PITFALL, H.E.R.O,, RIVER RAID AND KABOOM!

Halo 4

32 In Mission 6 of Halo 4, you'll find two marines standing near a forklift. If you wait around long enough, they 'Il begin talking, and you'll hear the voices of Conan O'Brien and Andy Richter. CRACKED COM

Metal Gear Solid 3 (Again)

AFTER THE VOLGIN TORTURE SCENE IN METAL GEAR SOLID 3: SNAKE EATER, SAVE AND TURN THE GAME OFF AND ON AGAIN. YOU WILL FIND YOURSELF REA IN SNAKE'S DREAM AND YOU WILL GET TO PLAY A MINI HACK N' SLASH GAME CALLED 'GUY SAVAGE' CRIME UUUU CRACKED.COM

The Force Unleashed

INSIDE THE TROPHY ROOM IN THE IMPERIAL KASHYKK LEVEL OF STAR WARS: THE FORCE UNLEASHED, YOU'LL FIND JAR JAR BINKS FROZEN IN CARBONITE. CRACKED.COM

Jet Li: Rise To Honor

... TELL US NOW. Jet Li: Rise to Honor GRACKED Seth В. says the sales pitch didn't end after you bought this game: there's one point in the game where they PLUG THE GAME YOU'RE ACTUALLY PLAYING.

Little Mac

Little Mac had to be little because two thirds of the screen was needed for the player to focus on the larger, more intricate opponents. 3 2:58 POINTS 4770 Rouno3 TKO And his name was indeed a play on the newly popular Big Mac. CRACKED.COM

Goldeneye

GOLDENEYE 007 MAGNUM E3E - 63 148 CRACKED.COM Since the team working on GoldenEye 007 was inexperienced and stretched thin, the game was initially intended to be a simple rail-shooter, lacking the immensely popular 4-person multiplayer that eventually made the game a bestseller on the Nintendo64.

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