Video Game Urban Legends

[Sph1nx]

Gaming Urban Legends.. anyone have any they remember from the days when they were a guillable yougin?
Thought of this when I was playing paperboy for NES tonight.
I used to believe that if you passed from Monday till Friday without missing a single house you ended on saturday with the day off, and were sitting at home watching TV in the basement.... and a robber breaks in and you get a shotgun and have to kill him.
Thinking about it, I don't know why the hell I actually believed something like that. But it was like common fact in my neck of the woods... and I remember multiple people claiming they could get it to happen and many more trying.

Anyone else have similar experiences?

[zmweasel]

There isn't a better gaming urban legend than Polybius (http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/roundup.asp).

-- Z.

[§ Gideon §]

LOL. Dude, you need to read an article in Next Generation. It was a huge article back in '97 (I believe), and it dealt solely with urban legends in video games.

Anyways, there's the story of E.T. 2600 carts being hauled to the desert. That's a good one. There's also the urban legend about one of the woman fighters in Killer Instinct 64. For a taunt, she pulls back her shirt and faces her opponent, bearing all. The player, of course, only sees the back of her. Now, there's a stage with a mirror, and (so I've heard) if you manage to end the fight when she's standing in front of the mirror, Tit City, baby!

... Well, I've never even played the crappy game, personally. Who knows? Maybe the urban legend is actually true.

[LazingBlazers]

LOL That's too much, Ralph! A shotgun? All I can say is that would be awesome.

The only urban legend that I remember is... ???

I called Nintendo's 800 number (remember how you could just talk to them about games?) and told them that I was playing Super Mario Bros. and the Turtle jumped out of the screen and bit me in the dick. (maybe that would qualify as an urban legend that you wouldn't want to happen?)

Then again, I called up Snapple from work and told them that I swallowed a syringe that was in one of their drinks.

[NE146]

I was always taught (and believed... until I made it there for myself) that there was a Mspacman scene where the two get married. But of course it turns out they just chase and then have a kid.. skipping the marriage LOL But it was something I believed in for a long time :P

[Flack]

Anyways, there's the story of E.T. 2600 carts being hauled to the desert. That's a good one.

Snopes reports that as being true. Is it not?

http://www.snopes.com/business/market/atari.asp

[Red Warrior]

There's also the urban legend about one of the woman fighters in Killer Instinct 64. For a taunt, she pulls back her shirt and faces her opponent, bearing all. The player, of course, only sees the back of her.

... Well, I've never even played the crappy game, personally. Who knows? Maybe the urban legend is actually true.

I dunno about the N64 version of the game, but in the Super NES and arcade versions of Killer Instinct, Orchid has a finishing move where she unzips her shirt and flashes her opponent. His eyes then bug out and then he falls over dead. It's rather humorous. LOL

So yeah, at least in the original game, that's entirely true. I've done it many many times. My brother and I used to laugh at it all the time years ago. Like I said before tho, I can't remember if it's in the N64 version or not.

[zmweasel]

Anyways, there's the story of E.T. 2600 carts being hauled to the desert. That's a good one.

Snopes reports that as being true. Is it not?

http://www.snopes.com/business/market/atari.asp

Howard Scott Warshaw, the programmer of E.T., believes it's an urban legend:

http://www.atariage.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=422889#422889

There's another thread on the AtariAge website with a scan of the New York Times article that reported the E.T. landfill, but I can't locate it at the mo'.

-- Z.

[SoulBlazer]

With all due respect to HSW, one of the GREATEST men in the industry, I believe the story.

The Snoopes article the first guy linked to has that New York Times article listed as one of their sources, and a check at my local library turned it up. It's quite interesting.

As expensive as destroying a few million carts were, I believe the company still SAVED money by doing that and I strongly suspect the operation was done in high secrecy and the middle of teh night.

[NE146]

The Snoopes article the first guy linked to has that New York Times article listed as one of their sources, and a check at my local library turned it up. It's quite interesting.

Here is the scan of the New York Times article and the further debate that zmweasel referenced:

http://www.atariage.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=43467

Personally... I think the article is false. But who knows? :P

[gamergary]

I told people there was an Alantis type level you just had to get into the ocean in Super Mario 64.

[maxlords]

I've heard many times of the exiastence of a PCE Dracula X huCard. I've heard there are only about 6, and I've seen a pic of one. But I'm pretty darn sure it's all a hoax.

[slip81]

back when mortal kombat II first came out in the arcades, there was a rumor around here (R.I) of a nudeality for sonya blade. most of us being young teenagers at the time, believed it and tried relentlessly to figure out how to do it. Does this legend sound familiar to anyone, or was it just around here?

[Flack]

I remember playing Track and Field, and if you did the javelin and threw it straight up you could stick a bird and it would come down. I remember all sorts of rumors, like you could hit a chandelier, UFO, an angel, all kinds of things.

[VinnyT]

Everyones forgetting the major urban legend of 2002:

Sonic and Tails in SSB:M

Also, I heard of a version of Super Smash Brothers exists on the Super Famicon. Is that true?

[WiseSalesman]

There's also the urban legend about one of the woman fighters in Killer Instinct 64. For a taunt, she pulls back her shirt and faces her opponent, bearing all. The player, of course, only sees the back of her.

... Well, I've never even played the crappy game, personally. Who knows? Maybe the urban legend is actually true.

I dunno about the N64 version of the game, but in the Super NES and arcade versions of Killer Instinct, Orchid has a finishing move where she unzips her shirt and flashes her opponent. His eyes then bug out and then he falls over dead. It's rather humorous. LOL

So yeah, at least in the original game, that's entirely true. I've done it many many times. My brother and I used to laugh at it all the time years ago. Like I said before tho, I can't remember if it's in the N64 version or not.

Yeah, but what about the mirror thing? I'm guessing it's false, but you didn't really speak to it.

I remember when Tomb Raider first came out, all the fanboys were insisting there was a nude code for the game (which i never really blieved, nor cared about). Eventually, some guy made a nude PATCH for the PC version.

[Cmosfm]

I'm still looking for that hidden Chocolate Factory in Super Mario Bros.

LOL

Anyone remember this one?

[Jorpho]

Everyones forgetting the major urban legend of 2002:

Sonic and Tails in SSB:M

Also, I heard of a version of Super Smash Brothers exists on the Super Famicon. Is that true?

Are you thinking of Kart Fighter, the HK original for the Famicom?

[dreamcaster]

Also, I heard of a version of Super Smash Brothers exists on the Super Famicom. Is that true?

I don't know, but in SSBM on GCN, when you have a look around your 'room', there is a Super Famicom with cartridge in it.

The cartridge label is the Japanese box-art for SSBM.

I think some people have seen this and gone - "ooooh!!! SSB on teh Super Famicom OMG!!"

[Gamemaster_ca_2003]

no one mentioned about coleco f ing up their 2600 and INTV versions of games to make the Colecovision look better.

[Garry Silljo]

I was told that in punch out, if you could beat king hippo in less than 20 seconds there was a cut scene that showed a crane being brought in to lift his fat @!$ out of the ring. I thought that was a pretty good one.

[Achika]

There was not a SSB for Super Famicom, but the idea came about and it was originally going to be developed for the SF, IIRC, but due to the late development it was bumped and revamped for the N64.

[Packerfan66]

Some guy told me in Street Fighter 2 TURBO FOR SNES there is a old guy named Shentenos who has a bald head and can disappear like Dhalsim. Anyway the guy showed me the super famicom cart with fuzzy pic of Dhalsim disappearing in the back ground and told it was the old man. I remember writing into EGM and calling Nintendo Power to ask how to get to him. I can't believe I fell for that after EGM's Sheng Long BS story in the arcade version was found to be a hoax.[/list]

[Rev. Link]

I was once told a story by a friend about the original Castlevania.

He said he had just gotten to Death, and had to take a bathroom break. So he paused the game and left the room. When he came back, the game was unpaused and Death was gone. The only one around was his cat. So either the game had a major glitch, or this dude's cat beat Death in the original Castlevania! LOL

That, or it's all BS. You decide...

[Dangerboy]

a) You really can get the UFO's and animals in Track and Field. Even the original PSX version had them in there. It's all based on throw percentage/angle, etc.

b) I thought the Sonic / Tails thing was an EGM April Fools?

c) As for Killer Instinct, aren't they flat renders, and not true 3D polygons? I doubt Rare would have tossed that in there for fear of Nintendo jumping down their throats...

d) As for Castlevania PC-E the urban legend I heard was that the room in the ship that you can reach was always some sort of secret place for something. Turns out it was just there to mess with you.

Speaking of MK, the only urban legend I heard about that was during the release of MK3, apparently Liu Kang was supposed to have some regular move where he turned into a tiger a la Orchid and attack someone. The Brady Launch Game Guide even lists the move/controller motion. Never seen it in action, never gonna see it.

Jason

[Ze_ro]

There isn't a better gaming urban legend than Polybius

Damn, it's too bad this was a hoax... I'd love to give it a try. Any game that could give you amnesia and horrible nightmares must be one hell of a game!

There were always tons of stupid rumors going around my high school about the Mortal Kombat games... everyone coming up with ridiculous combinations that were supposed to trigger the Kano transformation and what not.

--Zero

[slip81]

Speaking of MK, the only urban legend I heard about that was during the release of MK3, apparently Liu Kang was supposed to have some regular move where he turned into a tiger a la Orchid and attack someone. The Brady Launch Game Guide even lists the move/controller motion. Never seen it in action, never gonna see it.

yeah now that you mention it, I do remember that MK rumor as well, that would have been a sweet move

[PongHit]

There's the (false) rumor that you could eventually make it to the volcano & mountains in Battle Zone...

And my friends used to think that if you quickly switched the 2600 off & on enough times that, sooner or later, you'd reach the maximum possible score without even playing...

-PongHit

[JLukas]

Reviving General Leo in FF3. I can't say I believed in it much but I DID go to that forest and kill the dinosaur a few times.

Another one was Rydia in FF3. On AOL's video game files section someone posted a pic of Rydia in battle, with the summon command (a real command that you can get with Game Genie) I didn't have much hope in that either but I e-mailed the guy who uploaded it, because that was one heck of a convincing photoshop job (considering this was back in the day before emulators, and when editting pics wasn't common or "easy") I'd like to find that screenshot again.

There was an interesting Chrono Trigger one on how to get Schala by waiting in one of the last village huts after Zeal is destroyed. That was on Bob's Squaresoft site (anyone remember that site?)

EGM's Ermac the red ninja in Mortal Kombat was another interesting one, I was a big fan of the game at the time.

[Jaker]

I just remembered the lucky guy who got GOKU on SSB by beating it on one life LOL

[WiseSalesman]

Reviving General Leo in FF3. I can't say I believed in it much but I DID go to that forest and kill the dinosaur a few times.

Another one was Rydia in FF3. On AOL's video game files section someone posted a pic of Rydia in battle, with the summon command (a real command that you can get with Game Genie) I didn't have much hope in that either but I e-mailed the guy who uploaded it, because that was one heck of a convincing photoshop job (considering this was back in the day before emulators, and when editting pics wasn't common or "easy") I'd like to find that screenshot again.

There was an interesting Chrono Trigger one on how to get Schala by waiting in one of the last village huts after Zeal is destroyed. That was on Bob's Squaresoft site (anyone remember that site?)

EGM's Ermac the red ninja in Mortal Kombat was another interesting one, I was a big fan of the game at the time.

Well, as far as General Leo goes, you CAN get the shock command, either with a game genie or by having Gau learn it on the Veldt. That's hardly the same thing though.

This reminds me also of a more recent rumor; when all the FF7 fanboys decided that you could revive Aeris. And then it was "Well, originally you could, but they cut it from the game". There was a whole interwoven story about how you had to go back to the church with the flowers, and take her spirit down under the water where Cloud had left her, and fight through a dungeon down there. It was all bullshit, of course. And ridiculous bullshit at that.

[Cmosfm]

oh, can't forget all those "how to fight reptile" in Mortal Kombat 1. Remember the contest they had going on, something about winning an arcade machine I believe if you could find, fight and defeat Reptile and record it. I remember spending SOOOO much time and hearing so many Urban Legends about it. Just can't remember any of them though.

[Red Warrior]

I dunno about the arcade version of MK1, but I know it wasn't too difficult to find Reptile in the SNES version. You just had to get two straight flawless victories against an opponent while playing in "The Pit" stage. I remember thinking Reptile was just a buncha hogwash until I actually found him one day. Shocked the crap outta me it did.

[Dr. Morbis]

The two urban legends in my neck of the woods were:

-that if you stood still just before the end pipe in an underwater level in Super Mario Bros., a whirlwind would pick you up and take you to the princess!

-that if you passed level 20 in T&C Surf Designs skateboard challenge, you would get to play on the halfpipes that were pictured on the back of the box.

I must have been a really gullible kid because I spent a *lot* of time trying to accomplish both of these.

[Dahne]

A few years back PSM had an April Fool's joke where they "previewed" a game called Valkyrie Wilde, or something to that effect. The premise was your basic run-of-the-mill action game, except for one major difference: the protaganist was a naked woman. They had a little article, and some photoshopped Tomb Raider screens.

Then, a local channel picked it up for the evening news. "Are video games too sexual?" LOL

[SoulBlazer]

I put a lot of stock into the 'Nintendo is going to buy out Sega' rumor a couple years ago. Now I don't think it's that silly anymore..... :P

[sleepycal]

Hey dudes. I'm just joined after seeing some of the cool topic threads.

I remember a story about Double Dragon. I didn't waste too many quarters trying to find out if it was true. Or even to check around now. If it is true, LMK. But somehow I doubt it.

Supposedly you could get a machine gun like the one the big boss had. I think the story was that your partner had to flip you onto a ledge at the edges of the last boss fight setting. Then you would pick up a gun similar to that one and then go to town baby!

[MoreEbolaForYou]

to get to reptile in mk1 you had to get a double flawless on the pit level while there was something flying over the moon. i think it was a witch. i actually saw it done in the arcade, so yeah, it was in there.

[Atari7800]

A few years back PSM had an April Fool's joke where they "previewed" a game called Valkyrie Wilde, or something to that effect. The premise was your basic run-of-the-mill action game, except for one major difference: the protaganist was a naked woman. They had a little article, and some photoshopped Tomb Raider screens.

Then, a local channel picked it up for the evening news. "Are video games too sexual?" LOL

I remember that one! I wondered where it went... I also fel for the "Buy a Sega Neptune that's been in storage for years" joke.

Orchid (of killer Instinct) does indeed have a move where she dazzles her opponent with her breasts (back turned to the player) but the whole "see them in a mirror" was a hoax... there are no mirrors in any of the games.

[whoisKeel]

I'm still looking for that hidden Chocolate Factory in Super Mario Bros.



Anyone remember this one?

haha, yeah i remember that one. supposedly you had to jump over the flagpole....which is false, you can jump over the flagpole in that game and the background just repeats itself til you run outta time. i also used to think that minus world was a hoax, but that turned out to be true. i remember the ermac think from mk2 and general leo revival from ff3...

as far as the rydia in ff3...i'm pretty sure snes emulators were around when ff3 came out...if not very shortly after as i remember playing ff5, so it wouldn't be hard to get a pic of that and edit it.

[hu6800]

I dunno about the arcade version of MK1, but I know it wasn't too difficult to find Reptile in the SNES version. You just had to get two straight flawless victories against an opponent while playing in "The Pit" stage. I remember thinking Reptile was just a buncha hogwash until I actually found him one day. Shocked the crap outta me it did.

I not only found him.. I played as him on the snes version.
It took me a long time to generate a code but i got it working.

The one that comes to mind for me the most was thinking
somebody could actually beat "Deep Blue" for the TG16

[GamecubeFreek]

I'm still looking for that hidden Chocolate Factory in Super Mario Bros.



Anyone remember this one?

haha, yeah i remember that one. supposedly you had to jump over the flagpole....which is false, you can jump over the flagpole in that game and the background just repeats itself til you run outta time. i also used to think that minus world was a hoax, but that turned out to be true. i remember the ermac think from mk2 and general leo revival from ff3...

as far as the rydia in ff3...i'm pretty sure snes emulators were around when ff3 came out...if not very shortly after as i remember playing ff5, so it wouldn't be hard to get a pic of that and edit it.

Speaking of the flagpoles in Mario.... I had heard that you could make the pole bend if you jumped at the very tippy top. I spent a lot of time trying it, but it never happend...actually, I dont even know why I spent so long trying it because that's a pretty stupid myth, but it kept me enthralled nonetheless.

[PapaStu]

I remember the "nudealitys" for both MK2 and 3... I remember being told by friends about them, but i would never get regualr fatalities to work, so i gave up on ever seeing them.

Also the whole nude thing that was rumored in DOA:XBV (the peeking from the swimsuits) and the nude code that EGM published as an april fools joke last year... those were hilarious.... I even tried it, though i knew that it would work, just ot be on the safe side

[Ed Oscuro]

I was once told a story by a friend about the original Castlevania.

He said he had just gotten to Death, and had to take a bathroom break. So he paused the game and left the room. When he came back, the game was unpaused and Death was gone. The only one around was his cat. So either the game had a major glitch, or this dude's cat beat Death in the original Castlevania! LOL

That, or it's all BS. You decide...

Time would've run out, unless it was a really quick break.

That said, people have been getting some really wierd glitches in that game recently with corrupt carts or game pins going out.

Still...I WANT THAT DUDE'S CAT :D

[orrimarrko]

I can only address two of these with 100% accuracy.

I have the Killer Instinct arcade game, and Orchid is the character I use most. Mostly, because she's the easiest, in my opinion.

I can say that there is definitely a move that she turns her back, and unzips her suit. While the opponent is spinning, it stops, the eyes "pop out" (looney-toon style), and then the opponent falls over. Nothing crazy, but fun!

As far as the mirror part, if I am not mistaken (I will have to fire it up to check) but I believe that there is a mirror in the background of either Sabretooth or Jago's stage. I will confirm that this week.

The other thing is the Javelin stunt from track n Field. I can confirm that the bird trick is 100% true. It absolutely depends on the angle, speed, and release point, but it is one of the 1000 point stage "bonuses".

In 5 of the 6 Trank n Field events, there is a 1000 point bonus you can get. Some of them are damn near impossible. In both of the "dash events", the lead character from the game Tutankham would come out and award you with a key if you and your opponent ran a "dead heat"/tied. In the long jump, the Tutankham guy would come out if you jumped the exact same distance three times in a row. A sky high toss in the javelin stage would hit a bird - bingo! 1000 points. Finally, in the high jump, an ugly mouse or some rodent-like thing would come out and say, "NICE" if you make it over the qualifying height after missing the first two attempts. As far as the Hammer Throw stage goes, I'm sure there is one, but no one seems to know what it is.

That's what I know.

Very cool topic though!

Carry on...

Steve

[GaijinPunch]

I'm surprised nobody mentioend this... perhaps the greatest NES urban legend.

Mike Tyson's Punchout... guy in the crowd... gun...

ring any bells?

[drwily008]

Can anyone confirm the american release of MOTHER (or earthbound) for 8-bit NES. I saw couple different pictures floating around, but can't tell if they are fakes or not. Any info would be helpful!!

[drwily008]

One other thing...I am almost positive that I played Goonies part 1 on a Play Choice Ten....did this game ever exist for the NES? Sorry for the double post, but I really need to know.

[SoulBlazer]

Concerning Earthbound Mother -- I'm sure someone else can correct me on this if I'm wrong, but from what I have read, Nintendo planned to release the game in the States. They had the game translated and all set to go out when for some reason they changed their mind. Never did find out why. Anyway, one of the employes at NOA got ahold of one of the translated prototypes and it ended up in the hands of a NES collector who dumped the cart so anyone could play the ROM.

I played it a couple years ago. It was okay, but not great. Not as good as the SNES game. Got stuck also, and there was no walkthrough at the time to help. Maybe that's changed.

Still looking forward to Mother 3 on the GBA. :)

[Rev. Link]

One other thing...I am almost positive that I played Goonies part 1 on a Play Choice Ten....did this game ever exist for the NES? Sorry for the double post, but I really need to know.

From what I've learned, this game was released in Japan and maybe Europe, but not America. Doesn't make much sense, considering it was based off of an American movie, but that's what I've heard.

What's this thing about a dude with a gun in Punch-Out?

[TheSmirk]

Speaking of MK, the only urban legend I heard about that was during the release of MK3, apparently Liu Kang was supposed to have some regular move where he turned into a tiger a la Orchid and attack someone. The Brady Launch Game Guide even lists the move/controller motion. Never seen it in action, never gonna see it.

yeah now that you mention it, I do remember that MK rumor as well, that would have been a sweet move
MK1 and MK2 had obscene amounts of "legends", I remember reading crazy FAQs that people took as the gospel truth, well because "I got this off the internet!", and some of them were purposeful.....anyone else remember the "Kano transformations" controversy? LOL

[Sauza12]

I heard another one from Punch-out. I heard that if you managed to get a star from King Hippo and finished him off using the super punch, he would fall out of the ring. I had at least 3 friends who swore to God that they actually did that. LOL

[Dr. Morbis]

One other thing...I am almost positive that I played Goonies part 1 on a Play Choice Ten....did this game ever exist for the NES? Sorry for the double post, but I really need to know.
Goonies 1 came out in the US for the Playchoice-10 and Vs. system only, not the NES.

[DigitalSpace]

I remember reading the Tomb Raider "nude code" on the internet. It said to enter to code really fast, and if it didn't work, to try again until it did. :-P

Here's a good urban legend... in Gran Turismo 2, if you buy every car in the game, black when available, you'll get a McLaren F1. The Garage can't even hold every car in the game!

[sku_u]

There are two that come to mind: first, as a kid, I remember reading about the minus worlds. While I was able to get to -1, I heard that there were worlds -2, -3 and -4 in SMB. That turned out to be a hoax.

Second, the ultimate 2600 hoax: when someone came around AA claiming to have a Swordquest Airworld prototype. He even posted bogus screenshots on his website LOL

http://www.atariage.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=13042&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

[DigitalSpace]

There are two that come to mind: first, as a kid, I remember reading about the minus worlds. While I was able to get to -1, I heard that there were worlds -2, -3 and -4 in SMB. That turned out to be a hoax.



I was surfing through a Nintendo fansite and this guy apparantely found
-2, -3, and -4. He posted screenshots on his site. According to the guy, you have to go through the level a certain way and get all the coins, as with 3-4 and 7-4. This could be bogus, but here's the link if anyone wants to check it out.

http://www.nestimes.silius.net/editorials/nl/smb/page1/

[pango]

Concerning the Nude Raider code, I recall a cheat device code (it wasn't Gameshark) that made Lara blonde and nude in the PS version. I saw a picture of it in a game magazine and laughed my ass off. It was definitely the most crudely modelled naked woman I'd ever seen.

I also remember my friend telling me when I was younger about the nudality cheat in MK. I never even thought about trying it when he told me there was one for Raiden (ewww...)

[aaron_157]

yeah that was in psm or maybe egm, but it was bogus man

[Dom Dunc]

Oh wow, I remember so many of these. I remember the 'Explorer' cheat cartridge could be used to make the nude Lara, I saw that same screenshot, along with a page full of code that you had to enter.

I also remember that a rumour went around my friend that in Dead of Alive, Jahn Li had a move which allowed him to remove Kasumi's top. (immature I know).

Also, I think we're all forgetting the kid's code of choice; How to catch Mew in the US/European version of Pokémon! The codes were always pages of directions that were completely ridiculous. The most amazing thing about this one though, is that a glitch WAS found that allows you to catch mew in the US/European versions, and the glitch is so complex that it's almost as if it was put in on purpose...

[§ Gideon §]

Now that I think about it, I do recall rumors of nudity in MK. In my town, it was referred to as "boobality"--not "nudality". Interesting--we must have been sexist in Utah.

[waxpoet]

sexuality is what it was called in cali...but i heard nudeality too

[pango]

Also, I think we're all forgetting the kid's code of choice; How to catch Mew in the US/European version of Pokémon! The codes were always pages of directions that were completely ridiculous. The most amazing thing about this one though, is that a glitch WAS found that allows you to catch mew in the US/European versions, and the glitch is so complex that it's almost as if it was put in on purpose...

Oh my god! I actually believed some of those. One of the rumors was that if you got a Pokemon with cut before you were supposed to (via trading or cheat device) you could go to the dock before the boat was there were you would find a mysterious truck. Although the truck is true, it does nothing whatsoever. My friend told me if you used Strength on it after you beat the game 20 times, you go to a cave where you get Mew or some bullshit like that.

[Famidrive-16]

I just about fell for the whole Luigi in Mario 64 bs. I used to visit that one site about it everyday too, up until the creator said 'I give up on this' after a year and closed it down.

There was a Pokemon rumor that you could kill your mom and capture her ghost. :o

Right before Diddy kong racing was released, this one user on a site posted up 'codes' so you could play as mario characters, play as donkey kong, new vehicles, etc. I remember getting the game and trying to find the codes again only to see they got taken down.

[username]

There are two that come to mind: first, as a kid, I remember reading about the minus worlds. While I was able to get to -1, I heard that there were worlds -2, -3 and -4 in SMB. That turned out to be a hoax.



I was surfing through a Nintendo fansite and this guy apparantely found
-2, -3, and -4. He posted screenshots on his site. According to the guy, you have to go through the level a certain way and get all the coins, as with 3-4 and 7-4. This could be bogus, but here's the link if anyone wants to check it out.

http://www.nestimes.silius.net/editorials/nl/smb/page1/


hmmm...does anyone know if this (or any of the other stuff on that guy's page) is for real? :?

[Famidrive-16]

You could get to some odd SMB levels using Game Genie.

[username]

You could get to some odd SMB levels using Game Genie.

really? I never knew that...??

[Jorpho]

Actually, there were a couple of different Minus worlds available in the Famicom Disk System version of SMB. The details are buried in The Mushroom Kingdom (http://www.classicgaming.com/tmk) (specifically, the Codes section).

[username]

Actually, there were a couple of different Minus worlds available in the Famicom Disk System version of SMB. The details are buried in The Mushroom Kingdom (http://www.classicgaming.com/tmk) (specifically, the Codes section).


ooooh gotcha...thanks :)

[AB Positive]

I remember the Mew trick, and it is insanely complex... it basically screws with the hex coding and a glitch with pokemon random encounter chances... one certain pokemon has the last same two hex digits as Mew does, and some strange path/trip was confirmed to allow you to catch one of the regular pokemon, which turns into Mew afterwards. It also completely screws up your save afterwards causing glitches galore. I can try to find that page...


-AG

[AB Positive]

hmm, can't edit my previous post, but i found the glitch. It only works on Red/Blue Yellow:


source: http://www.mewshangout.com/catchRBY.shtml




First off, you need to have NOT beaten the youngster with the Slowpoke that is by Bill's house or the Gambler between Celadon and Lavender. Second, you must have fly. Be sure to have a weak Pokemon that can safely weaken a Pokemon at LV 7, or just take some Ultra Balls along. Go through the underground passage and as soon as you exit, don't move. Save at this point, because if you mess up the next step the whole glitch is ruined. Once you have saved, walk one step down and immediately press start. If you did it right the Gambler won't notice you. Go straight to the Pokemon status screen and fly to Cerulean City--you'll notice that once you start flying, the Gambler will get the little exclamation point over his head that means he noticed you. Once you have gotten there, you'll notice that your start button doesn't work--it's because the game thinks you are in a battle with the Gambler, and in battles, the start button doesn't work. Walk up Nugget Bridge and find the youngster, but don't walk right up to him, or the game will crash. Walk up so that he will have to walk over to you when he notices you. Beat his Slowpoke, and your start button will work again. Fly to Lavender town. Go left--towards where the Gambler is--and when you get into route 8 your start menu will pop up all by itself. DON'T save, press B right away. When the start menu closes, you will be attacked by a LV 7 Mew!


I have a Pokemon Red kickign around, I may just try this to verify.

-AG

[DracIsBack2]

The one that I find gets blown out of proportion a lot was the old "Nintendo offered Atari the chance to distribute the NES and Atari turned them down flat" myth.

Yes, Nintendo did explore that option but it wasn't "handed to Atari on a silver platter". Anyone who thinks that it was has never been involved in any major corporate negotiation of this type. Discussions never got anywhere near to a point where Nintendo wanted Atari to sign and Atari outright passed.

[Richter]

I dunno about the arcade version of MK1, but I know it wasn't too difficult to find Reptile in the SNES version. You just had to get two straight flawless victories against an opponent while playing in "The Pit" stage. I remember thinking Reptile was just a buncha hogwash until I actually found him one day. Shocked the crap outta me it did.whoa, anyone have/can get a screenshot of that?

[jetsetradio4ever]

Also, I think we're all forgetting the kid's code of choice; How to catch Mew in the US/European version of Pokémon! The codes were always pages of directions that were completely ridiculous. The most amazing thing about this one though, is that a glitch WAS found that allows you to catch mew in the US/European versions, and the glitch is so complex that it's almost as if it was put in on purpose...

Oh my god! I actually believed some of those. One of the rumors was that if you got a Pokemon with cut before you were supposed to (via trading or cheat device) you could go to the dock before the boat was there were you would find a mysterious truck. Although the truck is true, it does nothing whatsoever. My friend told me if you used Strength on it after you beat the game 20 times, you go to a cave where you get Mew or some bullshit like that.

OMG!! I remember that one! I was young and gullible. What you did was you got mew using gameshark, went to the truck, used strength gained by mew, and opened the super secret cave!! When you got in, you would almost automatically come out then, the game would reset itself in THE JOHTO LEAGUE!!! Total BS. And this came up right after the johto league series began. Anyway, you were supposed to get tons of secret pokemon that weren't even released yet. I was such a loser then!

[jetsetradio4ever]

I am SOOOOO Sorry to double-post, but, does anyone remember the missing no trick for pokemon blue/red? Ya, the one that would screw up the cartrige if u caught it. Do u remember how to get it? Also, TELL US ABOUT THE MT'S PUNCHOUT RUMOR!!!!

[junglehunter]

I remember an urban legend for the Pokemon Red/Blue games. It was to get to a Professor's secret mansion I believe (not sure if it was Oak). You had to go to his lab or something and talk to him a certain amount of time or there was a time machine (something like that). But if you did the right thing then there would be an entrance that opened up to a field where you can go to this guy's mansion and supposedly get some rare Pokemon.

I'll try and find the site if it's still around. LOL