No Bugs in Spring?

I found this kinda interesting... When the original Super Smash Bros was released in April 1999, the Volume 119 of Nintendo Power featured Beetle Adventure racing on the cover along with a small piece of Smash Bros artwork. Nearly a decade later, the Smash Bros franchise is huge, while the thrill of Beetle Adventure racing is long gone.

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I think I found the origin of the skull cap worn by the guards in Goldeneye 007. The skull on the cap is what SS soldiers wore on their hats and tunics.

Who could have imagined that Rareware would borrow an idea from Nazi Germany? If Hitler were still alive, he'd probably sue.

Hi, Awesome site. I loved Goldeneye, played it to death and over the years discovered many of the things listed (excluding Gameshark etc codes as I never used one of those devices). You probably have the most comprehensive list ever!

I noticed the reference to the original design of Goldeneye, and I remember reading it was once an 'on
rails' shooter (like Virtua Cop) before it was transformed into Goldeneye. Other on rails shooters have body specific hit animations in that era when many other FPS games did not... this was one thing that made Goldeneye
special] and flowed over from the old 'on rails' shooter engine.

If you ever found out more I'm sure people would be keen to hear

I was lucky enough to obtain that single video clip from 1995 that showed the player slowly moving forward, as if on a "track". Luckily, the game evolved beyond that, and completely revolutionized the first person shooter genre.