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Fun Fact #90 - In The Legend Of Zelda: Link's Awakening, the advisor from the SNES version of Sim City, Dr Wright, appears in a house. He's named after Will Wright, the creator of the Sim series.
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Fun Fact #89 - Another unlikely celebrity cameo is UK chat show host Jonathan Ross, who 'starred' in Halo 3. He supplies the voice of one of the marines who helps Master Chief, although it's very rare that one of his lines comes up -it's a totally random, and rare, occurrence.
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Fun Fact #88 - UK Radio One DJ, Chris Moyles, was an enemy in the game spin-off of hit TV show 24. He played an Eastern European terrorist, who Jack Bauer found himself fighting at the end of an early level. It was only his face however; the voice was provided by another actor.
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Fun Fact #87 - The Little Sisters from BioShock didn't start their life as little girls at all, but rather tiny mole-like creatures who scuttled around Rapture collecting Adam. Early concept art also shows them as retro '50s-style robots, too. We think they made the right choice.
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Fun Fact #86 - DJ Atomica, the (some would say) annoying announcer in Burnout Paradise, is the same guy who provided the commentary for SSX 3. In Paradise, he makes reference to SSX several times, suggesting it's supposed to be the same character.
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Fun Fact #85 - Vivendi's underrated Scarface game also featured a sound-alike, but this one was personally chosen by Al Pacino himself, hence the spot-on likeness. His name is Andre Sogliuzzo and he's a veteran video game voice actor.
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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.
