Trivia
The German voice of Mongoose is done by Rolf Schult, who also does the German voice acting for Robert Redford and Patrick Stewart
Not all the enemies in the game are pure fantasy. The look of at least two of them is based on real persons. One of them is Niels Bogdan, german PR-guy from Ubi Soft, the other one is more interesting:
In cooperation with the german games-show NBC GIGA GAMES, the designers gave the viewers of the show the chance to get themselves into the game. They just had to send pictures - and the other viewers decided, wich was the meanest looking villain, you could imagine.
Well, in the end, they didn't choose some mean looking guy - but a very, very mean, in a strange way, looking, young, ultra-nerdish guy. So, if you come across some really questionable villain who looks a bit like Bill Gates, you know why...
Contributed by
tarion (137) on Dec 31, 2003.
In the Canyon level, you can find three deserted graves. Unlike the tomb in the garden of the mansion, later on in the game, the names written on them do not refer to in-game characters, but to members of the development team: Olivier Dupin (2D), Marc Chevalier (3D Artists and Special Effects) and Nath Moschetti (Artistic Director).
Contributed by
Sciere 
(118927) on Dec 31, 2003.
The groovy seventies music is composed by artists associated with the San Francisco's Future Primitive Sound art collective. The soundtrack has been made available exclusively in a XIII game bundle that can be ordered from the Ubisoft site. There are no song titles, just 13 unidentified tracks that flow one into the other in one continuous mix.
Contributed by
Sciere (118927) on Dec 29, 2003.
The first XIII album appeared in 1984 and was titled "Jour du soleil noir" (Day of the black sun). The series has had annual releases mostly. At the time of writing, the last (15th) album appeared in 2002 and is called "Lâchez les chiens!" (Release the dogs!). Dargaud is the publisher.
The creator, Jean Van Hamme, also adapted his 'Largo Winch' novels into comic strips, which resulted in yet another successful comic series, illustrated by Philippe Francq. In 2002, a game based on these strips was published by Ubi Soft as well.
Contributed by
Sciere (118927) on Dec 06, 2003.
