Did you know... about gaming?

[Kovlak]

What do you think about sharing little trivia we know about gaming stuff?

Like did you know that Super Mario 64 was inspired by the developer Argonaut Software, that seeing their idea for a Mario game taken by Nintendo, ended up releasing the game Croc: Legend of the Gobbos?

Naughty, naughty Nintendo and Shigeru Miyamoto!

 

[sandogma sandogma]

Im not sure why inspiration is something to be considered naughty, unless you are insinuating something else. Mario 64 came out a full year before Croc did. It is true that Agonaut software had a relationship with Nintendo, after all they did develop StarFox for the SNES, and it is true that they showed Nintendo a tech demo they worked on as a concept for a potential Yoshi related game that Nintendo ended up not green lighting.

But what makes Mario 64 so special (and what makes it age so well) is how well it controls for an early 3D platformer. Every other 3D platform around that year controls nowhere near as well as Mario 64. And that is something that was not inspired from Croc, as it has a completely different control scheme for 3D movement (tank controls).

So while I do think that the Croc prototype could have reinforced some shared ideas both developers had, such as a free-roaming character that can move 360 degrees in a 3D environment with an adjustable camera, I think that is where the similarities end, as the execution of 3D platforming between the two games are very different.

 

[stealthRUSH stealthRUSH]

 

[skramz]

the fact you could crash ps2s in tony hawk's underground 2's multiplayer by typing a bunch of symbols with a keyboard sounds like the most made up thing ever but is actually real.

 

[Kovlak]

That makes me think of tonyhax, which is an exploit packed in with the PS1 version of Tony Hawk designed specifically to allow to play backup games.

 

[skramz]

That makes me think of tonyhax, which is an exploit packed in with the PS1 version of Tony Hawk designed specifically to allow to play backup games.

some people associate the birdman with landing the first 900, i associate him with being the first and only "pro skater" to crack the 360 ;)

 

[Lod 10]

In the Japanese version, Pokémon Diamond is available in the library to unlock, revealing which Pokémon have married humans.

 

[Nebulon_Galaxy]

In the Japanese version, Pokémon Diamond is available in the library to unlock, revealing which Pokémon have married humans.

yeah its me with Gardevoir and Meowscarada

 

[Lod 10]

Sim, sou eu com Gardevoir e Meowscarada.

Have a great week!

 

[bjork]

The original design for metroids were based on a dream that a hungover Gunpei Yokoi recalled after a particularly wild night at a hostess club

 

[SoThankful]

Man, this blew my mind.