:Fun Facts! : Jump 128 times in the lower right corner of any maze and then clear the maze. An Atari banner will appear across middle of the next maze.
: Fun Facts! : Death Race was the first video game to draw public controversy for violent content. The arcade game's objective was to drive over as many "Gremlins" as possible, but the blocky stick figures were thought to resemble pedestrians.
:Fun Facts! : Kid Icarus and Metroid were developed simultaneously by Nintendo using a similar core structure. Though some gamers cried foul at the time, such "game engines" are commonly used to develop a multitude of titles today.
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:Fun Facts! : Though many American gamers are familiar with the Gradius line of games few have heard of Parodius, a series of over-the-top parodies of Gradius that feature characters and elements of several Konami franchises. A *region-free!* compilation of the series was released in Japan earlier this year for the PSP.
:Fun Facts! : Based on the Japanese title Abarenbou Tengu, (Samurai) Zombie Nation features a giant disembodied floating zombie head that the player must pilot across several American landscapes, shooting lasers from his eyes and spewing radioactive vomit, to combat alien invaders and save the world. As often happens during the localization of Japanese games for the US, much was lost in translation.