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    FUN FACT: The xbox weights approximately 4 kg, or 8.82 lbs!

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    Fun Fact! Halo for PC was a major dissapointment, just an average port and very very late.

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    FUN FACT: Color Dreams’ Robert Bonifacio also worked on various C64 games.

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    FUN FACT! Epyx liked olympic style games, they made Winter, Summer & California Games!

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    FUN FACT: Color Dreams’ Robert Bonifacio used to work for COSMI, but went to Color Dreams when COSMI decided not to publish games anymore.

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    FUN FACT: The original release of Impossible Mission for C64 has a timing error when playing the NTSC version on a PAL causing your agent to be fried anywhere in the room in certain circumstances.

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    Fun Fact - by 1989, Epyx was bankrupt.

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    FUN FACT: The Color Dreams logo was designed by Nina Bedner for $100.

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    FUN FACT! Konami was founded by Kagemasa Kozuki

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    FUN FACT: Color Dreams’ Robert Bonifacio’s first game “The Bonifas” was written for Atari, but was bought by COSMI and renamed “Aztec Challenge”. It was COSMI’s first hit game.

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    FUN FACT: In 1985, Epyx took their 3 Dunjonquest games, revamped them with new graphics and released it in one package called "Temple of Apshai Trilogy".

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    FUN FACT! Keir's top 10 Epyx games are : Jumpman, Jumpman Jr., Legend of Blacksilver, Sword of Fargoal, Temple of Apshai Trilogy, Gateway to Apshai, Impossible Mission, Rogue, Axe of Rage, Pitstop
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    FUN FACT! in 1989 EPYX filed for Chapter 11

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    FUN FACT: Robert Bonifacio was really THE only person at Cosmi in the early days aside from Paul Norman!

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    FUN FACT: Very early releases of the Commodore 64 used VIC-20 cases.

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    FUN FACT: Color Dreams' game Captain Comic was based on the shareware PC game of the same name.
    "First, we have aspirin. A common cure for things that aspirin cures. Leads to.....rabies."

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    FUN FACT - the sound and music for EPYX summer games was figured out by hand and custom coded.

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    FUN FACT: Early C64 releases by Epyx were published by CBS games.

    Btw I've had a look back through the thread and noticed at least one error: Capcom actually stands for CAPsule COMputers

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    FUN FACT - The Commodore 64 is an 8-bit computer that uses Commodore DOS instead of MS Dos or Windows

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    FUN FACT! Viewtiful Joe 2 is an upcoming release from Capcom...watch for it in stores soon.
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