THE RACCOON CITY INCIDENT
THIS PARASITIC FUNGUS HIJACKS THE BODIES OF INSECTS AND WAS THE REAL-LIFE INSPIRATION FOR THE PANDEMIC IN THE LAST OF US.
WHILE THE BULK OF THIS GAME IS SET FIVE YEARS LATER, THE BEGINNING OF SYMPHONY OF THE NIGHT IS ACTUALLY A RETELLING OF THE CLIMAX OF THIS GAME.
THE FIRST EVER JEOPARDY VIDEO GAME WAS RELEASED ON THIS SYSTEM.
WHAT IS THE NES?
MAKING THREE BASKETS IN A ROW IN NBA JAM GIVES YOU THIS POWER UP.
THIS FAMOUS ARCADE BEAT 'EM UP WAS ENJOYED BY MANY PAIRS OF FRIENDS, BUT WHEN PORTED TO NES LOST SIMULTANEOUS MULTIPLAYER.
THIS DATA EAST FIGHTING GAME IS MOST WELL-KNOWN FOR A LAWSUIT DUE TO ITS SIMILARITY TO STREET FIGHTER II.
DEVELOPED BY UMBRELLA USA TO SURPASS THE TYRANT VIRUS, THIS VIRUS WAS ALSO INVOLVED IN THE RACOON CITY INCIDENT.
THE CASTLEVANIA ANIMATED SERIES ON NETFLIX WAS DEVELOPED AND WRITTEN BY THIS PROLIFIC COMIC BOOK WRITER.
THIS CAPCOM DEVELOPED QUIZ GAME COMBINES TRIVIA AND MONSTER BATTLES.
GOING IN A DOOR AND COMING OUT DRUNK IN SUNSET RIDERS GIVES YOU THIS POWER UP.
DRASTICALLY CHANGED FOR THE HOME RELEASE, THE NES NINJA GAIDEN LACKED THIS BUTTON FROM ITS ARCADE COUNTERPART.
OFTEN BELIEVED TO BE A BOOTLEG, THIS GAME WAS DEVELOPED BY FALCON AND OFFICIALLY LICENSED FOR DISTRIBUTION IN JAPAN DUE TO NINTENDO'S INABILITY TO KEEP UP WITH DEMAND.
WHAT IS CRAZY KONG?
THIS WORLD OF WARCRAFT STATUS EFFECT HAD A BUG THAT CAUSED AN OUTBREAK THAT WAS SO BAD, THE CDC USED IT AS A CASE STUDY FOR WHAT MAY HAPPEN IN A REAL-LIFE OUTBREAK.
THIS IS THE ONLY CASTLEVANIA GAME DEVELOPED SPECIFICALLY FOR THE ARCADE.
PROFESSOR PAC-MAN, WAS DEVELOPED WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION FROM NAMCO BY THIS COMPANY.
THE VEHICLES IN THE METAL SLUG SERIES ARE ALL CATEGORIZED UNDER THIS NAME.
WITH HARDWARE AND GAMES IDENTICAL TO THEIR ARCADE COUNTERPARTS, THE NEO GEO AES HOME CONSOLE ORIGINALLY RETAILED FOR THIS PRICE.
THIS KOREAN-DEVELOPED RHYTHM GAME TAKES THE DDR PAD AND ROTATES IT 45 DEGREES.
IN THE FINAL FANTASY SERIES, THE "VIRUS" OR "DISEASE" STATUS EFFECT TYPICALLY PREVENTS THIS.
SET IN 2036, DAWN OF SORROW IS THE SECOND GAME STARRING SOMA CRUZ, WHO IS REVEALED IS ACTUALLY THIS.
SAKI, A CHARACTER FROM CAPCOM'S QUIZ/DATING GAME QUIZ NANAIRO ALSO APPEARED AS A PLAYABLE CHARACTER IN THIS GAME.
THE WEAPON POWER-UPS IN CONTRA ARE ACTUALLY IN THE SHAPE THE LOGO OF THIS ENEMY ORGANIZATION.
WHEN CAPCOM REDESIGNED BIONIC COMMANDO FOR THE HOME RELEASE, THEY ADDED THIS PERSON AS THE SURPRISE VILLAINOUS BOSS WHOSE HEAD YOU GET TO EXPLODE.
COMPETING WITH THE MORE POPULAR MARIO BROTHERS, THESE SISTERS STARTED AS A MARIO COPY BUT DECADES LATER GAINED THEIR OWN DISTINCT SERIES.
WHO ARE THE GIANA SISTERS?
IN DR. MARIO, THERE ARE THREE COLORS OF VIRUSES TO ELIMINATE. RED IS FEVER, BLUE IS CHILL AND YELLOW IS THIS.
JOHN, ONE OF THE PROTAGONISTS OF CASTLEVANIA BLOODLINES, IS THE SON OF THIS CHARACTER FROM BRAM STOKER'S NOVEL, DRACULA.
NOW DEVELOPED BY JACKBOX GAMES AS PART OF THE JACBOX PARTY PACK, YOU DON'T KNOW JACK WAS ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED BY THIS STUDIO.
REQUIRING ALL HEART TANKS, UPGRADES, SUB TANKS AND BOSSES, RYU'S HADOUKEN CAN BE ACQUIRED IN MEGA MAN X BY REVISITING THIS STAGE.
ON THE SNES HOME PORT OF NINJA WARRIORS, THERE WAS ONLY ONE OF THESE, BUT THE ARCADE VERSION HAD THREE.
ALTHOUGH THEIR GAME IS NOW A HOUSEHOLD NAME, ATARI ENDED UP HAVING TO PAY ROYALTIES TO THIS PERSON WHEN THEY WERE ACCUSED OF COPYING A GAME FROM THE MAGNAVOX ODYSSEY WHEN MAKING PONG.