In the original arcade Donkey Kong game, Mario was called Jumpman and he was a carpenter, not a plumber.
Michael Jackson, in some form or other, has appeared in Sonic the Hedgehog 3, Ready 2 Rumble Round 2, Space Channel 5 1 & 2, GTA: Vice City and, obviously, Moonwalker.
Tomb Raider's Lara Croft was originally called Laura Cruz.
Nintendo has never given Mario an official surname, even though ‘Mario Bros.’ suggests that it’s Mario Mario.
There really is a game called ‘Communist Mutants from Space’, y’know. It’s a Space Invaders clone released for the Atari 2600 in 1982.
Nintendo” translates as “Leave luck to heaven”.
Capcom is short for ‘Capsule Computers’.
The Chain Chomp enemies in Mario games were inspired by a dog, chained to a post that belonged to a neighbour of Miyamoto during his childhood.
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.
Mega Man is blue thanks to the first format he appeared on – the NES – having a limited, blue-tinted selection of colours to display.
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