As part of a marketing stunt, Acclaim created dinosaurs and put their fossils in the ground to hype the release of Turok.

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As part of a marketing stunt, Acclaim created dinosaurs and put their fossils in the ground to hype the release of Turok.
Katamari Damacy was discovered when a kid put a broken copy of GTA in his Playstation. The characteristic snark of the King of All Cosmos is made up of broken dialog from the original game.
Nintendo finally made the switch to discs when they couldn’t get their cartridges to spin fast enough.
Nathan Drake (from the Uncharted series) is based on another fictional character, Hans Solo from Star Wars.