5 anecdotes you didn’t know about these great video games

Multiple easter eggs that count GTA : Vice City to the creation of the Chomp in the license Super Mariohere are five very interesting anecdotes about these five video games.

#5 GTA : Vice City

Beyond being inspired by Tony Montana, main character of the film Scarface worn by Al Pacino, GTA : Vice City includes numerous references and easter eggs to cinema and other video games. The atmosphere of the game is reminiscent, for example, of the series Two cops in Miami. If his wanted index is high enough, the player can be chased by the white Ferrari Testarossa of the heroes of the series. In one of the missions, Tommy’s bank robbery is similar to the one in the movie Heat by Michael Mann. On the other hand, pornographic film producer Steve Scott of the Vice City studio may be referring to film director and producer Steven Spielberg. Indeed, Steve Scott broke down “SS” just like Steven Spielberg. In addition, Steve Scott repeatedly attempts to introduce a giant shark into his pornographic film, one of the wikis for the game reads. As a drug hubthe city of Vice City names its airport “Escobar International Airport” in reference to Pablo Escobar. While walking at sea, you can also notice the container ship sunk in a rescue mission. Grand Theft Auto III. And to materialize the many easter eggs in the game, the player can see an egg with writing on it “Happy Easter” in the building next to the VCN helicopter in the city center.

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#4 the chomp in Super MArio

Weapon of mass destruction in the series Mario Kart, unexpected ally in Link’s Awakeningguardian of a star in the first world in Super Mario 64, The Chomp is one of the key creatures that populate the world of the mustachioed plumber. Despite its appearance, this sketchy black ball with sharp teeth and constantly chained is inspired by the dog. Behind this crazy creation, Shigeru Miyamoto recalled being chased by a dog as a child, who turned out to be attached and therefore unable to reach him.

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#3 Dead Space

Horror is everywhere Dead Space. Its disturbing futuristic atmosphere, close to the Alien saga, its perfectly mastered sound design which can paralyze you, and of course its monsters which appear out of nowhere. A cocktail that allows the game to undoubtedly be a benchmark in terms of spatial FPS. But the developers wanted to go further in their representation of the corpses of necromorphs. Not finding them frightening enough, they modeled them inspired by photos of car accident victims and mutilated bodies by wars.

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Fallout 3

In good self-respecting RPG, Fallout 3 offers the player several narrative choices which will directly impact the rest of his adventure. The choice, or not, to defuse the bomb located in the middle of the city of Megaton is part of it. If your repair skill is high enough, then you can prevent the city and its inhabitants from disappearing. Alternatively, you can arm the bomb and jump Megaton However, the Japanese version does not allow such a possibility. This because of the trauma experienced by the country and its inhabitants during the dropping of the two atomic bombs by an American B-29 plane on the cities of Iroshima and Nagazaki, which, remember, left between 103,000 and 220,000 dead.

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Street Fighter

The twirling Chung-Li is among the oldest characters and appreciated by gamers. Street Fighter. Interesting anecdote about its design: if it was initially designed with pants, the character designer Akira Yasuda decided at the last moment to replace them with tights. He also chose to enlarge his thighs.

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