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-Pac-Man

Behind the games that we enjoy, there are many background stories and facts in those games that some of us may haven't discovered yet. Some of them maybe odd and unusual, some also interesting and funny. Here is 10 video games facts that I wish you didn't know yet so you'll know it now from this post. 

Fat Man "DING" Sound Actually Bethesda's Lunch Room Bell

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If you play Fallout series then you know that the iconic Fat Man is a devastating mini nuke catapult that you must have even if you don't use it much. In Fallout 3, if you use Fat Man you'll hear a "ding" sound after the Fat Man realoded. Did you know that the "ding" sound is actually from the lunchroom bell at Bethesda's office? 

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Conan O'Brien In Halo 4

Did you know that Conan O'Brien and Andy Richter are included as an easter egg in Halo 4? At the beginning of the 6th mission of Halo 4, there are two UNSC soldiers who are actually 'unintentionally' voiced by Conan O'Brien and Andy Richter who goofed around and recorded their screaming and dialogue talking about loading crates in a Halo 4 voice recording booth before it came out. 

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Boo Is Based On Takashi Tezuka's Wife

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You know that character Boo, in Mario series that will shrinks when Mario looks at it, and will grow large and menacing when Mario turns away. Did you know that character is based on the creator's wife? The character Boo were based on the assistant director Takashi Tezuka's wife, who as he explained is normally very quiet but one day she 'exploded' and mad by all the time Tezuka spent at work. 

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Lara Croft's Breast Size Were Made By Accident

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Did you know that your favorite childhood crush Lara Croft has something on her that were made by accident? When Lara Croft were being developed, the designer Toby Gard intended to increase her breast size by 50% but somehow accidentally increased it to 150% instead. And then they decided to keep it that way. Dayum.

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451 Is The Pass Code To Many Locks In Games

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Did you know that many game used the code 451 in their locks? The code 451 was first used in Deus Ex to unlock a vault. Since then, for some reason the code has been used in many code locks we find in games. The code for the first door in System Shock is 451, in System Shock 2 it is 45100, a locked room in BioShock require the code 0451 to enter and so is a locked room in Fallout 4, a crate in Dishonored, and many other games used this code too. Also, this code mostly required in the first lock of the games. 

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The Legend of Zelda's Dungeons Layout Spells ZELDA

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Not many people realize this while wandering through Zelda's dungeons. Each dungeons' layout designd with a specific shape, level 1 of the first quest dungeon shaped like an eagle, the Skull dungeon shaped like a skull, and so on. But, did you know that the first five dungeons of the second quest spell the name Zelda?

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An Online Game Help Provides Solution To Scientist

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Foldit, the controversial online puzzle game for its contribution in solving the crystal structure of AIDS in 10 days. But did you know that there's another solution for scientists from Foldit players other than that? In January 2012 Scientific American reported that Foldit gamers achieved the first crowdsourced redesign of a protein. A team including  biochemist David Baker, designed the enzyme from scratch but found its potency needed improvement. Foldit players reengineered the enzyme, increasing its activity by more than 18 times.

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The Reaper Roar In Mass Effect 3 Were Made From Trash Can

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Sometimes movies and video games creator uses some unusual way to make a particular sound effects for the films/games. Did you know that the iconic Reaper roar ware actually made by repeatedly opening and closing a bear-proof trash can? 

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The Second Quest In The Legend of Zelda Made Because Of A Mistake

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Unlocking the second quest after beating the original Legend of Zelda is one of the most amazing thing about the game. But did you know that the second quest is there because of a mistake? When it was almost finished, the developers realize that they only use half the space on the cartridge and then the co-designer Takeshi Tezuka decided to add more to fill up the unused space with the second quest.

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Max Score In Pac-Man Is 3,333,360 Points

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I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one who thought the amount of scores we can get in Pac-Man was limitless. Did you know that the maximum points in Pac-Man is 3,333,360? This can be achieved if you perfectly did everything, eat every single dots, fruits, power pellets, and the enemies in the first 255 level without losing a single life and use the extra life in level 256.

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