Video game mascot Sonic the Hedgehog was named after Yuji Naka's landlord at the time, Sonic Segale.

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Due to a paperwork mixup at SCEA, the US release of ICO for the PS2 nearly had the NBA license attached to it.

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Up until a week before release, Jurassic Park for the Amiga contained no dinosaurs. It wasn't until a QA tester brought it to the team's attention that they added a Stegosaurus. #gaming #art #digitalart #aewcollision

Due to limitations of the hardware, the original release of John Madden Football for the Apple II only required players to gain about 8 and a half yards for a first down. #bears #lions #nfl #chivsdet #thanksgiving #gaming

Siskel and Ebert reviewed only one video game: Inindo - Way of the Ninja for the Super Nintendo. It received two thumbs down.

According to the first edition of David Sheff's book "Game Over", while working on Rockman 2, Keiji Inafune used to jokingly threaten the other artists by saying he'd "suck their blood" if they didn't work harder. #Retrogames #games #gaming #retro #secrets #books #booktok #booksky

The day of the cover shoot for James "Buster" Douglas Knockout Boxing for the Sega Genesis, Buster came down with the flu. Sega was forced to use look-alike, amateur boxer "Colonel" Frankie Futz instead. #Tyson #Gaming #Retrogames #JakePaul #PaulvsTyson #TysonvsPaul

In 1989, Konami hired Detroit Tigers Second Baseman Lou Whitaker to promote their brand new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles arcade game, however, the plan was nixed when the game took off on its own. #gaming #tmnt #secrets #retrogaming