101 things you didn't know about games.

benol · Post by **benol** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 3:58 pm

Dr. KillGood · Post by **Dr. KillGood** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 4:27 pm

"92. The speeding up of enemies in the 1978 original Space Invaders was an unintentional feature that stemmed from the way the game was programmed, but was retained."

O SHI!

lifeisbetterwithketchup · Mon Sep 24, 2007 4:57 pm

80. In the US release of Gameboy RPG Final Fantasy Legend II, Nintendoâ€™s censorship guidelines meant that a band of opium smugglers became banana smugglers instead.

Banana smugglers.

Kurt_ · Post by **Kurt_** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 6:31 pm

I read them all. I found these few particularly interesting:

62. Final Fantasy got its name from the fact that its creator, Square co-founder Hironobu Sakaguchi, intended it to be his last video game, using up the remainder of Squareâ€™s money after a number of unsuccessful projects.

58. There really is a game called â€˜Communist Mutants from Spaceâ€™, yâ€™know. Itâ€™s a Space Invaders clone released for the Atari 2600 in 1982.

61. â€œNintendoâ€

ganonbanned · Post by **ganonbanned** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 6:37 pm

Kurt_ wrote: 101. By exploiting a series of glitches, itâ€™s possible to complete Super Mario 64 after collecting just one of the gameâ€™s 120 stars. Normally, youâ€™re required to collect 70 of them.

how? i'll look into this...

Kurt_ · Post by **Kurt_** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 6:40 pm

A quick google search reveals this 9:02 minute video for a 5:50 speedrun

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/user ... 00611.html

One star, apparently. Watching it now.

EDIT: Freezes around 5 minutes in, right as the castle says he can't get into the room. Such suspense. Searching for a better one now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16OEqIzkUcQ

gamemasterAS · Post by **gamemasterAS** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 7:44 pm

Someone knows how to visit digg.com

I liked the one about all the speeding tickets and the lisence ( sp?) getting taken away.

benol · Post by **benol** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 7:48 pm

gamemasterAS wrote:Someone knows how to visit digg.com

I liked the one about all the speeding tickets and the lisence ( sp?) getting taken away.

Actually, I've never been to digg. I found this about from a link on ExtraLife.

License is how it's spelled. Firefox has spell-check.

gamemasterAS · Post by **gamemasterAS** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 8:32 pm

benol wrote:
gamemasterAS wrote:Someone knows how to visit digg.com

I liked the one about all the speeding tickets and the lisence ( sp?) getting taken away.
Actually, I've never been to digg. I found this about from a link on ExtraLife.

License is how it's spelled. Firefox has spell-check.

I know kiddo but for some reason it didn't wanna find a correct spelling for me.

benol · Post by **benol** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 8:33 pm

gamemasterAS wrote:
benol wrote:
gamemasterAS wrote:Someone knows how to visit digg.com

I liked the one about all the speeding tickets and the lisence ( sp?) getting taken away.
Actually, I've never been to digg. I found this about from a link on ExtraLife.

License is how it's spelled. Firefox has spell-check.
I know kiddo but for some reason it didn't wanna find a correct spelling for me.

You're right. It says Millicent for the number one correction.