15 Amazing Video Game Discs Facts You Need To Know

CDs, DVDs and Blu-rays are an essential part of gaming history and they hold some surprising secrets.

Posted By | On 22nd, Oct. 2018

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0xD15EA5E

Nintendo Wii

Disease isn’t something you’d normally associate with the Nintendo Wii. However, for some reason, Nintendo used a hex code called 0xD15EA5E for separating the update and game partitions on a Wii game disc. In leet speak, D15EA5E essentially translates to “Disease”. Maybe it was a warning against all the terrible motion-control titles to come?


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