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    Post by Chapel Mon May 09, 2011 4:16 am

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    Post by Marulu Mon May 09, 2011 4:48 am

    omg thats crazy ash is a ...


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    Post by Chapel Mon May 09, 2011 5:14 am

    One more before I go to bed tonight (it's 11PM here):

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    Post by Marulu Mon May 09, 2011 5:42 am

    hey i just used google and found something crazy probably fake
    its about a hounted Majoras Mask game :
    Majora’s Haunted Mask – This legend has a really involved back story, but the basic premise is that a video game was purchased at a garage sale that belonged to a boy named Ben who had died, most likely from drowning. Check out these videos from the affected game. They are definitely creepy if nothing else.





    crazy isn´t it ?


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    Post by AARST Mon May 09, 2011 6:08 am

    Ah yes, Ben, that one gave me nightmares even though it's obviously fake. I mean, the guy just happend to have his capture device turned on.
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    Post by Czernobog Mon May 09, 2011 2:48 pm

    You guys should check out this article:

    http://www.cracked.com/article_19172_8-creepy-video-game-urban-legends-that-happen-to-be-true.html
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    Post by Chapel Mon May 09, 2011 2:54 pm

    That's cheating. :p They do all the work for ya! lol
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    Post by Marulu Mon May 09, 2011 2:55 pm

    Czernobog wrote:You guys should check out this article:

    http://www.cracked.com/article_19172_8-creepy-video-game-urban-legends-that-happen-to-be-true.html

    about the wow bugs i´m the guy how found them check out my old youtube chanel https://www.youtube.com/user/MaruluExploit (i don´t play wow anymore)
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    Post by Chapel Mon May 09, 2011 2:57 pm

    Oh kick ass, bro.
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    Post by Czernobog Mon May 09, 2011 4:14 pm

    Marulu wrote:
    Czernobog wrote:You guys should check out this article:

    http://www.cracked.com/article_19172_8-creepy-video-game-urban-legends-that-happen-to-be-true.html

    about the wow bugs i´m the guy how found them check out my old youtube chanel https://www.youtube.com/user/MaruluExploit (i don´t play wow anymore)

    haha, awesome!
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    Post by YoshiEgg25 Mon May 09, 2011 5:13 pm

    One of my friends just found out about Pokémon Black.

    No, not the new DS one. The Game Boy one.

    http://tinycartridge.com/post/866743831/super-creepy-pokemon-hack
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    I stumbled on this unsettling story of an obscure Pokémon bootleg/art-hack that I thought might be neat to share on here. I think this originated from 4chan, so I’ve no idea if this hack actually exists. It probably doesn’t, but it’s still a great concept/tale!:

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    I’m what you could call a collector of bootleg Pokémon games. Pokémon Diamond & Jade, Chaos Black, etc. It’s amazing the frequency with which you can find them at pawnshops, Goodwill, flea markets, and such.

    They’re generally fun; even if they are unplayable (which they often are), the mistranslations and poor quality make them unintentionally humorous.

    I’ve been able to find most of the ones that I’ve played online, but there’s one that I haven’t seen any mention of. I bought it at a flea market about five years ago.
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    Here’s a picture of the cartridge, in case anyone recognizes it. Unfortunately, when I moved two years ago, I lost the game, so I can’t provide you with screencaps. Sorry.

    The game started with the familiar Nidorino and Gengar intro of Red and Blue version. However, the “press start” screen had been altered. Red was there, but the Pokémon did not cycle through. It also said “Black Version” under the Pokémon logo.

    Upon selecting “New Game”, the game started the Professor Oak speech, and it quickly became evident that the game was essentially Pokémon Red Version.

    After selecting your starter, if you looked at your Pokémon, you had in addition to Bulbasaur, Charmander, or Squirtle another Pokémon — “GHOST”.

    The Pokémon was level 1. It had the sprite of the Ghosts that are encountered in Lavender Tower before obtaining the Sliph Scope. It had one attack — “Curse”. I know that there is a real move named curse, but the attack did not exist in Generation 1, so it appears it was hacked in.

    Defending Pokémon were unable to attack Ghost — it would only say they were too scared to move. When the move “Curse” was used in battle, the screen would cut to black. The cry of the defending Pokémon would be heard, but it was distorted, played at a much lower pitch than normal. The battle screen would then reappear, and the defending Pokémon would be gone. If used in a battle against a trainer, when the Pokéballs representing their Pokemon would appear in the corner, they would have one fewer Pokéball.

    The implication was that the Pokémon died.

    What’s even stranger is that after defeating a trainer and seeing “Red received $200 for winning!”, the battle commands would appear again. If you selected “Run”, the battle would end as it normally does. You could also select Curse. If you did, upon returning to the overworld, the trainer’s sprite would be gone. After leaving and reentering the area, the spot [where] the trainer had been would be replaced with a tombstone like the ones at Lavender Tower.

    The move “Curse” was not usable in all instances. It would fail against Ghost Pokémon. It would also fail if it was used against trainers that you would have to face again, such as your Rival or Giovanni. It was usable in your final battle against them, however.

    I figured this was the gimmick of the game, allowing you to use the previously uncapturable Ghosts. And because Curse made the game so easy, I essentially used it throughout the whole adventure.

    The game changed quite a bit after defeating the Elite Four. After viewing the Hall of Fame, which consisted of Ghost and a couple of very under leveled Pokémon, the screen cut to black. A box appeared with the words “Many years later…” It then cut to Lavender Tower. An old man was standing, looking at tombstones. You then realized this man was your character.

    The man moved at only half of your normal walking speed. You no longer had any Pokémon with you, not even Ghost, who up to this point had been impossible to remove from your party through depositing in the PC. The overworld was entirely empty — there were no people at all. There were still the tombstones of the trainers that you used Curse on, however.

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    You could go pretty much anywhere in the overworld at this point, though your movement was limited by the fact that you had no Pokémon to use HMs. And regardless of where you went, the music of Lavender Town continued on an infinite loop. After wandering for a while, I found that if you go through Diglett’s Cave, one of the cuttable bushes that normally blocks the path on the other side is no longer there, allowing you to advance and return to Pallet Town.

    Upon entering your house and going to the exact tile where you start the game, the screen would cut to black.

    Then a sprite of a Caterpie appeared. It was the replaced by a Weedle, and then a Pidgey. I soon realized, as the Pokémon progressed from Rattata to Blastoise, that these were all of the Pokémon that I had used Curse on.

    After the end of my Rival’s team, a Youngster appeared, and then a Bug Catcher. These were the trainers I had Cursed.

    Throughout the sequence, the Lavender Town music was playing, but it was slowly decreasing in pitch. By the time your Rival appeared on screen, it was little more than a demonic rumble.

    Another cut to black. A few moments later, the battle screen suddenly appeared — your trainer sprite was now that of an old man, the same one as the one who teaches you how to catch Pokémon in Viridian City.

    Ghost appeared on the other side, along with the words “GHOST wants to fight!”.

    You couldn’t use items, and you had no Pokémon. If you tried to run, you couldn’t escape. The only option was “FIGHT”.

    Using fight would immediately cause you to use Struggle, which didn’t affect Ghost but did chip off a bit of your own HP. When it was Ghost’s turn to attack, it would simply say “…” Eventually, when your HP reached a critical point, Ghost would finally use Curse.

    The screen cut to black a final time.

    Regardless of the buttons you pressed, you were permanently stuck in this black screen. At this point, the only thing you could do was turn the Game Boy off. When you played again, “NEW GAME” was the only option — the game had erased the file.

    I played through this hacked game many, many times, and every time the game ended with this sequence. Several times I didn’t use Ghost at all, though he was impossible to remove from the party. In these cases, it did not show any Pokémon or trainers and simply cut to the climactic “battle with Ghost.

    I’m not sure what the motives were behind the creator of this hack. It wasn’t widely distributed, so it was presumably not for monetary gain. It was very well done for a bootleg.

    It seems he was trying to convey a message; though it seems I am the sole receiver of this message. I’m not entirely sure what it was — the inevitability of death? The pointlessness of it? Perhaps he was simply trying to morbidly inject death and darkness into a children’s game. Regardless, this children’s game has made me think, and it has made me cry.

    Best part? This "game" (which probably didn't exist in the first place) is being "remade" by a homebrew team as Pokémon Creepy Black.

    Thanks to my buddy noiseredux for this interview: http://www.rfgeneration.com/news/Game-Boy-Advance/Pokemon-Creepy-Black-1435.php

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