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Fun Fact: How Metal Gear Changed Passwords Forever

Several passwords for Metal Gear on NES contain clever not so hidden profanity. This triggered Nintendo of America to impose taking vowels out of future passwords.

Posted byAdam (Neko Random)June 28, 2022June 27, 2022Posted inFun FactsTags:fun fact, NES, Nintendo, Konami1 Comment on Fun Fact: How Metal Gear Changed Passwords Forever

Fun Fact: Why Metal Gear Became a Stealth Game

Metal Gear was intended to be a straight shoot em up ripoff of Capcom’s Commando. But the MSX computers had a hard time processing so many enemies on the screen at once, so it morphed into a game with stealth as the main focus.

Posted byAdam (Neko Random)June 27, 2022Posted inFun Facts, Video GamesTags:fun fact, Konami, Metal Gear SolidLeave a comment on Fun Fact: Why Metal Gear Became a Stealth Game

Fun Fact: Contra’s Name in Europe

Outside America and Japan, Contra was called Gryzor.

Posted byAdam (Neko Random)June 20, 2022Posted inFun FactsTags:fun fact, KonamiLeave a comment on Fun Fact: Contra’s Name in Europe

Fun Fact: When Konami Had To Make Contra With Robots

The European release of Contra saw the human characters turned into robots due to censorship laws about violence in video games.

Posted byAdam (Neko Random)June 15, 2022Posted inFun FactsTags:fun fact, Konami, NESLeave a comment on Fun Fact: When Konami Had To Make Contra With Robots

Fun Fact: Why Belmonts Use a Whip in Castlevania

The Belmonts in Castlevania commonly use a whip as their main weapon. This was inspired by the Indiana Jones movie series.

Posted byAdam (Neko Random)June 12, 2022Posted inFun FactsTags:Castlevania, fun fact, Indiana Jones, Konami, NESLeave a comment on Fun Fact: Why Belmonts Use a Whip in Castlevania

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