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The Cutting Room Floor’s article on Gameboy Tetris has an interesting fact. The first 25,000 copies sold in Japan, distributed as part of a bundle, had different music! Instead of the now-iconic Russian tune Korobeiniki, a different, somewhat calmer song was used. You can either follow that link and find it on the page, or go here.

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Here’s an extra, one last piece of SDGQ 2026 content….

Every year (well, twice a year) the Mastodon account of Alex Zandra posts a thread of fun out-of-context things heard during Games Done Quick. Here is the thread for the recently-concluded program. A few call-outs, but mind I’ve left out a lot of good ones on purpose:

I was told to keep this short because I’m a yapper

who here had a childhood?

the hexahedron, more commonly known as the cube

sometimes you wanna change your hair color to match the elf that lives inside your head

I think a helicopter could be an egg

before fighting shaft and dracula I’m gonna equip buffalo stars in both hands

who’s ready for the overstimulation chamber?

it’s like a cat face, but very determined

shoutout to easy bosses named François

what will happen when armadillos inevitably spread to the NBA

you can drive either a kangaroo or a dinosaur

we love glitched meat here

wark or kweh?

there could not be a more deserving stack of fifteen animals

thanks to your donations, we will be eating the drywall

please don’t hit me jerk bird o/~
please don’t hit me jerk bird o/~
please don’t hit me jerk bird o/~
please don’t hiiiit me o/~