View Full Version : Most dissapointing April Fool's in the Videogame Industry
Zadoc
03-30-2006, 04:41 PM
What has been the most dissapointing April Fool's relating to the game industry?
Mine was several years ago when EGM set up a website saying that Sega was getting rid of a stock of several hundred (or several thousand) Neptune consoles, and only for $199.99.
When you clicked to go through the checkout on the website it said it was April Fool's. :(
Offtopic: Does anyone know if a Neptune ever made it outside of Sega?
MrRoboto19XX
03-30-2006, 05:14 PM
Im 99% sure that it never did, and the only one thats ever been "Seen" was just a mockup without internals.
The Brown Eye
03-30-2006, 08:03 PM
EGM had some good ones. The Sheng Long trick, the Giga Intellivision, and the Sega Neptune were all pretty good. Didn't they do one for a nude code on Dead or Alive Volleyball and Tomb Raider?
I also remember the PSM one where they did a story on the first game to feature a nude female main character. I think it was called Valkyrie Wilde or something like that.
AFGiant
03-30-2006, 09:04 PM
Sonic and Tails being in Super Smash Bros. Melee anyone? lol
ProgrammingAce
03-30-2006, 09:46 PM
I still want the virtual boy edition micro... i'm sure that would have sold....
christhegamer
03-30-2006, 11:25 PM
Sonic and Tails being in Super Smash Bros. Melee anyone? lol
that's nothing; check-out this hacker's idea of a joke!:
http://www.cyberartscamp.org/webdesign/2004/week1/greg/images/dewluigi2002_ssbm.jpg
but other than that, yeah; those EGM jokes really piss me off :angry: And yes, they DID make a fake topless code for DOAX. btw, did you guys see the one for lord of the rings racing? LOL
Push Upstairs
03-30-2006, 11:28 PM
EGM's April Fools joke of 1994.
They spelled "Streets of Rage" as "Streeets of Rage" on the cover.
:hmm:
keiblerfan69
03-30-2006, 11:36 PM
How about last year when they said if you pre-ordered Twilight Princess that you would get a copy of Wind Waker with TP graphics? I was so pissed off when I found out it was fake.
Joker T
03-30-2006, 11:36 PM
keiblerfan69 beat me too it.
dojosky
03-31-2006, 05:03 AM
What has been the most dissapointing April Fool's relating to the game industry?
Mine was several years ago when EGM set up a website saying that Sega was getting rid of a stock of several hundred (or several thousand) Neptune consoles, and only for $199.99.
When you clicked to go through the checkout on the website it said it was April Fool's. :(
Offtopic: Does anyone know if a Neptune ever made it outside of Sega?
you beat me to this ! i was gonna say the same thing LOL i quickly headed to the website to order those stuff and gulped when it said aprils fool day hahahah LOL
anyways about the Neptune the answer is NO it never came out but at the CGE there is a mock up of the Neptune system it used to belong to a long time collector but he quitted colleting years ago and i first saw it back in 1997 ...
Nicola
03-31-2006, 05:12 AM
Well, if it's not real that Sonic Xtreme just leaked on the net...that would be a disappointing joke.
rbudrick
03-31-2006, 10:23 AM
The Sheng Long trick
That was THE best. Egm had some good ones, but that topped it. The Simon Belmont in TMNT 2 one was pretty good, though.
EGM's April Fools joke of 1994.
They spelled "Streets of Rage" as "Streeets of Rage" on the cover.
I remember reading that Ed Semrad ripped people a new asshole for forgetting the April fools joke that year. Dude, the editor/boss is supposed remember shit like this, not the workers. Lol. I heard he could be a very hard and somewhat irrational guy to work for. I loved the old EGM with him, though. I always looked forward to his editorials.
-Rob
c0ldb33r
03-31-2006, 11:15 AM
How about last year when they said if you pre-ordered Twilight Princess that you would get a copy of Wind Waker with TP graphics? I was so pissed off when I found out it was fake.
I fell for that one too. It looked so real!
Push Upstairs
03-31-2006, 02:35 PM
I remember reading that Ed Semrad ripped people a new asshole for forgetting the April fools joke that year. Dude, the editor/boss is supposed remember shit like this, not the workers. Lol. I heard he could be a very hard and somewhat irrational guy to work for. I loved the old EGM with him, though. I always looked forward to his editorials.
-Rob
I likes some of his editorials and alot of the time what he said in the little blurb in the front of the magazine was great, but when he was wrong he was *really* wrong.
I can tolerate EGM up until they went "Street Fighter 2 crazy", after that they were not 100% reliable as far as reviews.
MegaDrive20XX
03-31-2006, 02:51 PM
Akuma in Resident Evil 2 (They sprite of SF EX Akuma shooting a hadoken at the Trenchcoat Tyrant...really funny)
April of 1998 EGM 2
"Finish the game six times by using JUST the knife" :)
blissfulnoise
03-31-2006, 05:58 PM
Shen Long and Ermac were a couple of the best EGM ones.
Simon Belmont in TMNT: The Arcade Game was pretty good too.
The recent ones have been pretty easy to see through.
Retsudo
03-31-2006, 06:08 PM
Akuma in Resident Evil 2 (They sprite of SF EX Akuma shooting a hadoken at the Trenchcoat Tyrant...really funny)
April of 1998 EGM 2
"Finish the game six times by using JUST the knife" :)
Damn, I forgot about that one.
I never would have tried it anyway. Dont have the patience or time for it.
SNKFan75
03-31-2006, 06:16 PM
I remember the Shen Long trick. I also remember the Guile Handcuff trick for the home console in EGM.
Those were the days!!
SNKFan75
Jorpho
03-31-2006, 07:06 PM
btw, did you guys see the one for lord of the rings racing? LOL
That was sublime, truly.
And let's not forget the All-Bond Code for Goldeneye.
suppafly
03-31-2006, 08:38 PM
EGM's April Fools joke of 1994.
They spelled "Streets of Rage" as "Streeets of Rage" on the cover.
:hmm:
You Do know the real story about that, right? The whole EGM staff forgot to make a real april fool`s joke that year...so they found that mistake in the cover and said that was the april fool`s.....
Push Upstairs
04-01-2006, 12:34 AM
Thats why i said it was most dissappointing.
It was the lamest "April Fools" joke ever.
max 330 mega
04-01-2006, 01:33 AM
uhoh.. word filters are a go! LOL
Jorpho
04-01-2006, 02:16 AM
Is there a word filter in place for apostrophe yet?
EDIT: Whoops, looks like there's one in place for filters now.
christhegamer
04-01-2006, 04:12 PM
Yeah, I just noticed that theres now a filter for the word "april fools". I guess DP's idea of a prank is making everyone discuss International Tatting's without even knowing it.
lame. :roll: