Random gaming trivia

[FinalGamer]

In Oblivion, the grave robber mentions Frodo's corpse in his journal. He looted a brooch, a green cloak and an enchanted short sword.

And on that note, there are two other game references in World of Warcraft.
A mid-30s guy in green fairy clothes whose quest is called "A Secret to Everyone".

There are also three certain vikings in the...Ulthar swamps or something like that. Since the makers of WoW made The Lost Vikings back in the day...

 

[-Seraph-]

Oh in one of Chrono Triggers alternate endings you can find a secret room containing the "Dream Team" as they were called. The 4 guys who made FF and DQ what they were: Hironobu Sakaguchi, Kazuhiko Aoki, Nobuo Uematsu, and Yuuji Horii. heh you can even talk to them last i remembered.

 

[Biek]

In Oblivion, the grave robber mentions Frodo's corpse in his journal. He looted a brooch, a green cloak and an enchanted short sword.

And on that note, there are two other game references in World of Warcraft.
A mid-30s guy in green fairy clothes whose quest is called "A Secret to Everyone".

There are also three certain vikings in the...Ulthar swamps or something like that. Since the makers of WoW made The Lost Vikings back in the day...

Wow is basically one big collection of references and easter eggs. You could fill a book listing them all.

 

[Gado911]

This is probably the most well kep secret in gaming history but i will tell you anyways. in the original PunchOut the refere is acctualy Mario.

 

[EeveeElectro]

When you first start RE5, leave it for a while and the characters have a conversation about communism.

The girl who voiced Rikku from FFX also voices Timmy Turner from Fairly Odd Parents.

 

[gigastrike]

Dragonite's stats are superior to that of Moltres.

Shuckle has the highest defense stat of any Pokemon.

Shuckle? Really?

/checks internet

Holy shit it's got 230!

 

[Enigma Syndrome]

Mother 3's boss "Natural Killer Cyborg" is based off "Natural killer cells" of the human body. The Natural Killer Cyborg is an elimination machine with the same objective as the human body's NK cells.

 

[FinalGamer]

In Oblivion, the grave robber mentions Frodo's corpse in his journal. He looted a brooch, a green cloak and an enchanted short sword.

And on that note, there are two other game references in World of Warcraft.
A mid-30s guy in green fairy clothes whose quest is called "A Secret to Everyone".

There are also three certain vikings in the...Ulthar swamps or something like that. Since the makers of WoW made The Lost Vikings back in the day...

Wow is basically one big collection of references and easter eggs. You could fill a book listing them all.

Or an entire Wikipedia article. Oh wait I think they did

Okay I'll throw another few in.

If you've ever seen Giegue from the original NES game Mother and also saw Mewtwo from Pokemon, you'd be forgiven for thinking they look oddly similar, since a few programmers of Mother went on to help make Pokemon.

In Star Wars: Shadow of the Empire, one of the collectible items that is usually the Rebel Alliance symbol, is in the shape of Max's head from Sam & Max.

Kingdom Hearts 2 is the first RPG to be translated into most if not all European languages in both voice and text.

 

[Sewer Rat]

In Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time there are pictures of Yoshi Mario and Bowser hidden in Hyrule Castle Courtyard (where you meet Zelda).

 

[SecretTacoNinja]

In Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time there are pictures of Yoshi Mario and Bowser hidden in Hyrule Castle Courtyard (where you meet Zelda).

Also if you shoot the pot plant in the other window some jerk throws a bomb at you.

The cannon guy in Twilight Princess has a Bullet Bill tattoo

There are torture devices and blood in some rooms of the Shadow Temple and Kakariko well

You can see the Bunny Hood and other masks in the Figurine gallery in Wind Waker

If you complete Malon's horse race in OoT, you receive a cow that lives in Link's tree house

I should know, I've played these games to death.

 

[Fightbulb]

Cliff Blezinski made Jill of the Jungle by himself (I believe), and also worked on/made Jazz Jackrabbit.

The woman who voices GlaDos is also a voice actress in all the other Valve games in the Orange Box.

Oh my god, what?

 

[FinalGamer]

In Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time there are pictures of Yoshi Mario and Bowser hidden in Hyrule Castle Courtyard (where you meet Zelda).

Also if you shoot the pot plant in the other window some jerk throws a bomb at you.

The cannon guy in Twilight Princess has a Bullet Bill tattoo

There are torture devices and blood in some rooms of the Shadow Temple and Kakariko well

You can see the Bunny Hood and other masks in the Figurine gallery in Wind Waker

If you complete Malon's horse race in OoT, you receive a cow that lives in Link's tree house

I should know, I've played these games to death.

And there's the song in Majora's Mask in an optional quest called Ballad of the Windfish, even if it doesn't sound much like the Link's Awakening original.
Huh, wouldn't it have been fun to have the Windfish appear in Wind Waker?

 

[SecretTacoNinja]

Also if you shoot the pot plant in the other window some jerk throws a bomb at you.

The cannon guy in Twilight Princess has a Bullet Bill tattoo

There are torture devices and blood in some rooms of the Shadow Temple and Kakariko well

You can see the Bunny Hood and other masks in the Figurine gallery in Wind Waker

If you complete Malon's horse race in OoT, you receive a cow that lives in Link's tree house

I should know, I've played these games to death.

And there's the song in Majora's Mask in an optional quest called Ballad of the Windfish, even if it doesn't sound much like the Link's Awakening original.
Huh, wouldn't it have been fun to have the Windfish appear in Wind Waker?

I was thinking that as I played it for the second time or so. Maybe the Windfish could've had something to do with the water dungeon that never showed up...

 

[Kif]

Harold (the ghoul with a tree in his head) is the only character to appear in Fallout 1, 2, 3 and Brotherhood of Steel.

Not a bug as such, but still quite cool.

 

[orangebandguy]

Dragonite's stats are superior to that of Moltres.

Shuckle has the highest defense stat of any Pokemon.

Shuckle, really? I had no idea.

 

[lordsandro]

In Runaway 2 when you find the sceleton of a man wearing familiar hat and a wip.
Nummeros secret places in Marvel Ultimate Alliance.

 

[Katherine Kerensky]

But anyway! In Half Life 2 during the Black Mesa East part when you talking to Eli theres a bookshelf and on that bookshelf theres a book named LOST.

Also in the base at the end of half life 2 ep 2 there is a hidden room from LOST

It has a computer on a table. it's hidden behind some kind of large gas tank which you need to jump on and crawl over to get in.

 

[JemJar]

One of the weirdest bugs to arise in later tests for System Shock 2 was the monkeys parrying melee attacks.

Because the entire game was built around the Thief Dark Engine, they'd built all the enemies from the guards from Thief, most of which carry swords and will parry melee attacks...

 

[Soulgaunt]

In Fallout 3, I've seen at least 3 characters holding there guns upside-down.
I have also seen a flying Deathclaw.
Those might count as glitches.

 

[traceur_]

In Turning Point: Fall of liberty, when you board the nazi airship, you go around one of the vehicles and there is a room with a door slightly ajar, inside the room is a giant banana.