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

[junglehunter]

Here is a link to info on what I stated above:
http://sm.umbreoncave.com/rumours.htm

I went to a different site that even had a photoshopped picture and was quite convincing (at least to me). :embarrassed:

[Funkenstein]

Anyone else remember the "nude backup dancers" myth about the Marky Mark Make My Video game for the SCD?

[jetsetradio4ever]

OK, I remember sme more, there was supposedly a way to get 'PIKABLU' All you had to do was talk to that girl who said that her boyfriend was getting her a pikachu. Then, give her pikachu. Next, she will be out back in the dumpster. She will say "I's evolving, but not cute anymore." It would turn into pikablu and u would get it.

Another is the one about Seaman for Dreamcast. Someone on the interweb claimed to have had it for so long in japan that it turned into a human. Of course, it's a hoax because the highest is frogman, which lives on it's own. Pretty good one, it had me and my brother until we both figured out i wasn't true. I'll find pic.s if possible. It might be true.......I still believe it just a little.

One more straight from my school. My friends who love Resident Evil (Me too :D ) say that n apan they were tired of just regular Biohazard games. So, they created (supposedly) Biohazard: The Monkey Virus. It's totally bogus but they say that they replaced zombies with monkeys, the monkey virus instead of the T & G viruses, and made sniffers, who sniffed coke, instead of lickers. Like I said, totally bogus!!

[MattG/Snyper2099]

Well, I have one for Metroid for the NES. There is a part of the map that you have to bomb up and through a door in order to get to. In order to complete the task you have to have high jump, bomb, and the thing that lets you duck into a ball. It's really pretty cool but it takes a lot of patience just like the -minus world in SMB. I remember someone documenting the "lost portions" of metroid but can't remember the website. It was really hard to move around because a lot of the level had pits that you would get stuck in and you would have to start all over again. I remember using nesticle to do this a few years ago.

I still have trouble convincing people that this is true then I go through all the trouble of playing the game and then they "see the light".

I also remember the MK rumors and hoaxes. I remeber in the genesis version of MK, there was a shadow character or something that you could fight on the pit level. I think that they put it in there based on all the rumors that were flying around about the arcade version.

I also have played the -minus world of SMB many times and have got all the coins and you simply run out of time. There is no other minus world unless you use the game genie or something to change to level numbers.

Great thread!

[LAGO]

When I had first got a SNES my step dad told me that they showed a thing on the news that claimed that video games caused brain cancer. He told me that to get me to quit playing vid games ... it didn't take.

What I am curious about though is if this was ever on the news or if he was being an ass ... so did anybody ever see anything like that on the news?

[DasCrewShtool]

there was a rumor in my neighborhood that on super mario bros that if you jumped the flag pole that you got to go to the "chocolate factory" but my older brother bought a game genie and proved it wasn't true, it was crushing, I blame him for my messed up life

[Nez]

I know of one hoax that was true the pokemon red/blue version there was a glichimon or somthing to that effect. All I really remember was that when you found it on some island that it looked like a bunch of random textures and if it was cought it would bug out the game. Im pretty shure nintendo power ran an article about it. I l look it up and tell more in a furture post.

[Dave Reinquest]

I remember in Mike Tyson's Punch-Out! Someone had claimed to be able to defeat Tyson with an NES Zapper. He attempted to prove it to me and I fell for it. I was so gullible, I should have realized his zapper wasn't even plugged in.

[Ninja Blacksox]

Okay.

The "Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!" rumor was something like this... At least it was something like this around my elementary school...

In the crowd, there's a character with sunglasses. I'm sure there are a few characters with sunglasses, but this trick involved one down near the ring.

Anyway, upon reaching Iron Mike, the player would have to enter a code.

Upon entering this code, the crowd member with the sunglasses would stand up, draw a gun, and, you guessed it...

...shoot Mike Tyson.

All this would somehow end up with the player successfully beating the game. No murder charges, no nothing... Just the heavyweight championship of the world.

Needless to say...

Most.

Retarded.

Rumor.

Ever.

-A Boy

[farfel]

Just yesterday, I had a friend tell me that he was POSITIVE you can play DVD's on an xBox by plugging the controller in slot 3.You can't play DVDs in Xbox without a addon?

[AFGiant]

(didn't read whole thread, so I don't know if its been mentioned yet)

I know there are a ton of urban legends for Harvest Moon 64. A ton. Secret people, secret events, secret cutscenes, 2nd photo album, rick's teleporter actually working, rick giving you a firefly lantern, characters dying, your son growing up, etc etc etc.

There also many many many Zelda: Ocarina of time legends. Entire sites are devoted to them. We've all heard the million ways to get the triforce, and the million other rumors...

[Zap!]

Perhaps the biggest one of all is that there was a way to play as the bosses (Balrog, Vega, Sagat, and M. Bison) in the origion Street Fighter II for the SNES. In fact, many people to this day still insist it is a well hidden code, because you can play as them with a Game Genie. So therefor, they say, there must be a way to unlock the code. Comments guys?

[vulcanjedi]

(hum smurf music for effect)

My second most popular web page is my naked smurfette from the coleco game.

Smurfette closes her eyes, drops her top, hikes her skirt up. And submits to all your smurfy desires :)
http://www.vulcanjedi.com/smurfette.htm

Woo Hoo

http://www.vulcanjedi.com/images/nakedsmurfette.gif

vj

[Wavelflack]

"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."

Well, Howard Lincoln and Arakawa don't see to agree with you. It's been pretty well documented in several interviews that this was indeed the case. Nintendo offered Atari right to manufacture the Famicom (excluding jpn.), negotiations took place, with Yamauchi empowering Arakawa (with Lincoln as attorney) to work the deal. The deal fell apart at the 11th hour. You can read the details in Game Over, The Last Quarter, or several other game history books.

[Famidrive-16]

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!!!!

You watched that guy in the second town catch the slowpoke, then you grabbed a flying pokemon and flew to the islands, and then you swam near the edges of the island, to catch missingno and some other odd pokemon

I caught a bunch of lvl100 mewtwos that way @_@ @_@ @_@

[Zap!]

(hum smurf music for effect)

My second most popular web page is my naked smurfette from the coleco game.

Smurfette closes her eyes, drops her top, hikes her skirt up. And submits to all your smurfy desires :)
http://www.vulcanjedi.com/smurfette.htm

Woo Hoo

http://www.vulcanjedi.com/images/nakedsmurfette.gif

vj

That was awsome, I'll never forget that one!

[shellac]

I always wondered what color smurfette's nipples were.

[vintagegamecrazy]

How about the old Urban Legend where you could get Link to join your party in Super Mario RPG, anyone heard of that one before, or the Legend that you could get a character named Luna in the genesis version of the original Mortal Kombat, or the legend where there was a code where Scorpion would shoot his spear and say "Get the F**k over here" that one ran rampant at that games launch.

[vulcanjedi]

I always wondered what color smurfette's nipples were.

I was always rather demented this way when I was growing up.

I remember while my friends were thinking about Ginger on Gilligan's Isle I had this strange obsession with Witchiepoo.
http://www.vulcanjedi.com/hr_pufnstuf.htm
I could not stop imagining her without her makeup or clothes on...

Billie I hope you forgive me :)

VJ

[stuffedmonkey]

Perhaps the biggest one of all is that there was a way to play as the bosses (Balrog, Vega, Sagat, and M. Bison) in the origion Street Fighter II for the SNES. In fact, many people to this day still insist it is a well hidden code, because you can play as them with a Game Genie. So therefor, they say, there must be a way to unlock the code. Comments guys?

I remember those codes - they were incredibly glitchy. You could play as the bosses sorta - but random caracters moves would do random things.

[tony_good]

Some people claimed that if you got Guile's "handcuffs" to work in SFII, that it was the first part of an easter egg. If you did some stick/button combo, you could then make him pull a gun out of his boot and shoot the other character in the head.

Anybody remember that???

[Naouruki]

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!!"

Reminds me of the Saturn Ryo Hazuki has in Shenmue - in 1986. LOL

[WanganRunner]

The one that really got me was the myth that you could wall-jump your way up onto the top of the castle in Mario 64 WITHOUT using the cannon.

Damn, I tried that for hours. Hell, I spent a few minutes trying it this past Sunday, lol.

[Jorpho]

The one that really got me was the myth that you could wall-jump your way up onto the top of the castle in Mario 64 WITHOUT using the cannon.

Damn, I tried that for hours. Hell, I spent a few minutes trying it this past Sunday, lol.

Myth? Is it not true?

[Zap!]

The one that really got me was the myth that you could wall-jump your way up onto the top of the castle in Mario 64 WITHOUT using the cannon.

Damn, I tried that for hours. Hell, I spent a few minutes trying it this past Sunday, lol.

Umm, that's true. :)

[WanganRunner]

Crap.....I guess now I have no excuse for not actually DOING it then.....

[Sniderman]

A friend of mine swore - SWORE - that in the last scene of Dragon's Lair, when Dirk is unlocking Daphne's Prison Bubble, if you hit the "Sword" button, Dirk would break the key, the dragon was resurrected, and Dirk would be eaten - Game Over. He swore he did it a few times too.

This never made it as a global videogame rumor, but everyone in town had heard it and knew it. Thing is, once someone got to the Dragon's Lair final scene, no one wanted to "commit suicide " at the end, so no one ever proved or disproved this tale.

[pragmatic insanester]

i'm not sure if this is part of the rumor, but...

long ago, while playing FF3 on the snes, i was fighting in the lair beneath figaro where you come upon raiden and so forth. i think it was in the earthy cave part of the dungeon and not the ruins. i was trying to perfect relm's fake mustache technique and somehow right around that moment something weird happened and one of my characters was turned into general leo. i think he even did his sword's special movie once before i freaked out and reset the game. i've heard this can only happen on the snes version, and not the playstation edition.

[pragmatic insanester]

is there any weird outcome or secret involving zigfried on either the phantom train where he steals the item from sabin/cyan and his appearance at the coliseum?

[Jorpho]

I've heard there are some pretty crazy bugs associated with Realm's Sketch ability.

[lurpak]

when the atari VCS was about, I saw the games listed as

invaders 112 Games and thought that once you played the game 112 times the cartridge ran out :( you had to buy another one

[Doonzmore]

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?

I read about that cheat in an issue of EGM, but it just turned out to be an April fools joke. :(

[Doonzmore]

During the holiday season of 2001, i was playing Sonic Adventure 2 for Dreamcast and when i pressed start a tiny box appeared in the middle of the screen that said "Suffering from a stuffed nose?"

True story, i am not kidding.

[9c1lt1]

I'm adding another one to Super Mario Bros.
There is a Rainbow world, where Mario slides down rainbows. In between the rainbows are Beetles. :/

[tony_good]

One that is just laughable is that there was a prototype of Taz called, "Zat" or Taz in reverse. The surprise is last, everything is in reverse order, and it gets easier as you go along.

I didn't believe the rumors about Final Fight where in the end, Guy beats the crap out of Cody as they walk away, because he is jealous of him and Jessica. That is, until I saw it for myself!

[long_shawn_silver]

My god everyone has to remeber that at least one of there brain dead friends could "jump the flag pole" in SMB 1 right !! Oh my how many people tried to show me over and over, Boy did they shit there pants when I showed them my FAMICOM Mario 2 and that you actually could jump the flag in that game but sertainly not in Mario 1. Funny how the impossible always makes the attention savy make shit up eh?

[stimmyjimmel]

sadly when i was in middle school I believed that in the new zelda game for the super cool new nintendo 64 there was going to be not a triforce but *dun dun dun* a QUADFORCE!

[Cryomancer]

During the holiday season of 2001, i was playing Sonic Adventure 2 for Dreamcast and when i pressed start a tiny box appeared in the middle of the screen that said "Suffering from a stuffed nose?"

True story, i am not kidding.

I'd believe this, Sonic Adventure games have content that changes near certain holidays, so do a few other Dreamcast games.

[Tatsu]

My god everyone has to remeber that at least one of there brain dead friends could "jump the flag pole" in SMB 1 right !! Oh my how many people tried to show me over and over, Boy did they shit there pants when I showed them my FAMICOM Mario 2 and that you actually could jump the flag in that game but sertainly not in Mario 1. Funny how the impossible always makes the attention savy make shit up eh?

I'm not sure if I understood your post right: do you mean over-jump the flag pole and play on until time ran out? That's actually possible on SMB 1. I did this several times.

[rbudrick]

I always wondered what color smurfette's nipples were.

Purple Nurples!

Anyway, for SMB there are sctualy tons and tons of levels you can unlock with a game genie, some of them minus worlds. I heard there may be one or 2 more that you can unlock without GG., but that could be --surprise, urban legend.

As for the PC Engine Hu card of Dracula X, I was under the impression this was true. I vaguely remember that it didn't have the CD music that would have taken far too much memory. I heard there were like 2, not 6, but whatever.

Flack, about the ET landfill thing, you mentioned that you thought this was true, and not urban legend. But remember, just because it's urban legend, doesn't always mean it is false. :)

Luigi in Mario 64....he was supposed to be in there and you can find him by disecting some of the code in the game, but he is not unlockable and was thrown away...he is in the cart though, it just takes some hacking, as I remember it.

The Metroid Secret Worlds are clearly explained, documented and mapped on the Metroid Database: http://www.classicgaming.com/mdb/m1/index.htm
They are glitches and are actually in more than one Metroid game.

-Rob

[kirin jensen]

I never played MK myself (anything with more than 1 button and a joystick isn't really my speed), but I used to watch people play it all the time and, yes, they would try to get a nude fatality. Never did. I think it may have been MK2, but it was definitely BS. I was thinking of this the other day after reading the joyshtick column about Dragon's Lair and The Naked Princess.
I think the best video game urban legend would be that a bunch of '80s programmers became MTF transsexuals.
Oh, wait. That's true.... :eek 2:

[tony_good]

One more thing I just remembered about MK. Remember Jade in MK II? I remember fighting her in the arcade and it said, "Now Prepare to Fight an Undiscovered Warrior from MK I!"

Also, one of the characters' friendship said, "I've never seen a Kano transformation."

I also knew several people who said that the game allowed you to feed your opponent to the tree with a mouth, but I personally never saw that move. They said also that every level in MK 2 had a fatality, from the Tower to the Pit to the Armory, where allegedly you would pick up a sword or axe and use it to finish you opponent.

[squidblatt]

My brother and I always swore there was a way to "beat" Astrosmash. I can't remember what we thought would happen.

[christhegamer]

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

OMFG!!! POLYBUIS IZ A HOAX?!?!? that sux!

anyways, I always heard rumors about naked chicks in games when i was around 12; stupid hormones :P

[evildead2099]

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 isn't there a stage with mirrors in it in KI1? If so, do you see a reflection of what's going on with Orchid's fatality?

[Rev. Link]

With all the Mortal Kombat rumors, I can't believe no one has mentioned Animalities! Back when MKII was at the height of its arcade popularity, everyone I know was trying to figure these out. Supposedly, every character had a fatality that transformed them into an animal. Then they would maul/eat their opponent. There were whole lists of these moves posted on the internet, and my stupid friends and I would throw away tons of quarters trying to make them work. Of course, they never did.

I suppose out of admiration, the creators of the franchise decided to finally make these moves a reality in MK Trilogy. But they were sure inconvenient. You had to perform a Mercy on your opponent before you could do the Animality. I think you may have had to have a flawless at least once in that fight, too. Not sure on that, though.

[evildead2099]

Remember how in Zelda 2, in order to access the Death Mountain area, you had to get past that giant spider-like monster that was blocking your path on the map?

A movie from the late 80s / early 90s called the Wizard started this bogus runour about how you had to "fight the river devil" in order to progress through the game.

What a bunch of bull-crap that was! I spent so many hours trying to get past that part in the game, all because I was midlead by The Wizard :roll:

[evildead2099]

With all the Mortal Kombat rumors, I can't believe no one has mentioned Animalities! Back when MKII was at the height of its arcade popularity, everyone I know was trying to figure these out. Supposedly, every character had a fatality that transformed them into an animal. Then they would maul/eat their opponent. There were whole lists of these moves posted on the internet, and my stupid friends and I would throw away tons of quarters trying to make them work. Of course, they never did.

I suppose out of admiration, the creators of the franchise decided to finally make these moves a reality in MK Trilogy. But they were sure inconvenient. You had to perform a Mercy on your opponent before you could do the Animality. I think you may have had to have a flawless at least once in that fight, too. Not sure on that, though.

Animalities were in tact before MK Trilogy; MK3 and Ultimate MK3 had them.

[ismokeblunts]

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?


same rumor was around in my town, i tried forever to get them titties out...

[50TBRD]

The ones that I remember are:

The fake code to make Lara Croft neked.

The rumor that Aeris could be resurrected or stopped from being killed.

The fact that Reptile, Jade, Smoke, or Melina were in the original MK game as unlockable players.

The twist, turn, pull move for Sonya Blade in the original MK game.

[cmislin]

I forgot where I read it but I thought galaga on the nes had a end board. Of course playing that good is very hard. So I use the game genie with codes for infinity lives and a rubberband to keep it firing. I came back 3 or 4 days later it was still going. The score rolled over and was now using triagles to show a larger score. Also the board levels were impossible to really tell where you were really at but it was high.

[Jorpho]

Hee. Did you catch the cameo of Polybius on tonight's episode of The Simpsons? It was right next to Triangle Wars.

[RASK1904]

When I was a kid I liked R.C. Pro-AM alot. I had a friend named Tron and he was very good at Nes games. His family had alot of them and they'd play together. Well, one day he told me he could beat it. He sais that after the cars were Monster Trucks. Then boats and thats the end. I believed him for like 19 years. Then like 2 years ago I got the game Genei and played. I got so far that if you don't shoot that crazy car, you lose.No way to beat this game.Lol.

I also remember when the Genesis came out. They said if you put Altered Beast in, turn on the system wait for the start up screen(not sure if it was the Sega or Altered Beast one)(I think it was when you here the dom dom dom of the Alterd Beast music) then rip the game out without turning it off and quickly put in another game(maybe then press reset?) It would mess up diferent games diferent ways. Sometime in good ways like extra men. I actually remember doing this and it working! I also remember them warning people it could mess stuff up permantly.Guess thats not an urban Legend though? Anyone else do this one?

Thanx RASK1904:rockets:

[Famidrive-16]

I suppose out of admiration, the creators of the franchise decided to finally make these moves a reality in MK Trilogy. But they were sure inconvenient. You had to perform a Mercy on your opponent before you could do the Animality. I think you may have had to have a flawless at least once in that fight, too. Not sure on that, though.

In a similar vein, there was a rumor that you could fight a character in MKII named Ermac who was a glitched version of Scorpion. The rumor got so big that they actually put Ermac in MKIII.

Luigi in SM64 was a stupidly big rumor, there was a site I visited almost everyday when I was ten years old based on this rumor alone, and there were regular updates on new codes to obtain Luigi. I think after about two years even the owner realized how ridiculous it was getting and pretty much said "yeah these are probably fake, don't waste your time". Last time I tried to visit the site (99/00) it was a Maniac Mansion fanpage.

Oh yeah, the billion Pokemon rumors too. Mew, the truck, Pikablu, Yoshi, Electrichu, Togepi, Hoho, GhostMom... I can't believe that I still remember those goddamned names.

[darkslime]

That when you catch a pokemon, tapping the A button at the right time makes it automatically catch.

[TheGam3r]

in 2nd grade some kid said his Pokemon "Died" and it was at level 102 and by healing it didnt work

[MissingNo_1231]

oh, how many millions of urban legends surrounded Pokemon when I was growing up in the 90s.

Tapping A. Holding A and B. All to make the Pokemon easier to catch.

I think I've heard that "Pokemon dying" one too.

Polybius is my favorite. Real or not, it's a super cool idea.

I heard something once about being able to unlock Goku in Super Smash Bros. 64.

[The 1 2 P]

The only rumor I remember are the Lara Croft nude codes in Tomb Raider. It's really sad how many people out there believed it to be true. They would write into the magazines literally begging the writers to give them the code. Theres desperate.....and then theres wanting a non-existant video game nude code.

"Please give me the code. I won't tell. You don't even have to print my letter. Just send the code to me in the mail in plain brown paper bag wrapping"LOL

[PentiumMMX]

Here's some I remember:

- There was a short-lived rumor for Final Fantasy VII a few years back that you could turn Tifa into Laura Croft. I don't remember what you had to do to cause the transformation, but supposedly her guns could kill any enemy with one hit (Even bosses)

- There was also a short-lived rumor about a hentai ending to Final Fantasy VII. You had to beat the game 15 times on a single memory card (1 save per playthrough; no copying the file), and after the 15th time, you'd see a secret ending with Cloud and Tifa getting it on.

- Rumors of powerful, ultra-secret characters being hidden in the Super Smash Bros. games have circulated over the internet ever since the original came out. The one I remember the best was the rumor of Wario being hidden in the original SSB; you had to beat the game on Very Hard as Mario (In yellow alternate coloring) in less than 15 minutes, and then Mario will transform into Wario.

- I remember my older cousin tricking me into thinking that the Dragon Forest T.T. Key in Diddy Kong Racing had to be earned; not found like the first 3. He never explained what you needed to do in order to earn it, so I spent nearly 2 years trying to figure out what I'm supposed to do to earn it before I stumbled onto the answer somewhere online and discovered he had lied.

- While on the topic of Diddy Kong Racing, I also remember rumors floating around the internet circa 1998 that you'd get to see a strange ending with Diddy & friends having bacon for breakfast if you beat Adventure Two.

[mnbren05]

I remember so many of the MK, Pokemon, Tomb Raider rumors it is not even funny. (I even fell for most of them).

In Soul Reaver PSX I was told that if you stayed in the alternate world, where you gathered power, for 5 mins straight without getting hit/hitting anything you would get a special reward. Simply do this then jump die and you would unlock turn into a hidden character.

In Star Wars Shadows of the Empire N64 I was told by beating the game 3 times without dieing you would unlock IG-88 as a fully playable character.

My one friend always insisted that if he found a "hidden ability" in Earth Worm Jim for Genesis that allowed you to play through as only the earth worm head and a gun. He also claimed to have found an upgraded space suit and a suit of armor/sword to replace the usual one.

[Enigmus]

Polybius is my favorite. Real or not, it's a super cool idea.



You mean the government arcade machine that gave people violent seizures up in Canada? Only in Canada, man. Only in Canada.

[Sniderman]

Hee. Did you catch the cameo of Polybius on tonight's episode of The Simpsons? It was right next to Triangle Wars.

http://i44.tinypic.com/311v3ev.jpg

Scene from "Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em," the third episode of The Simpsons’ eighteenth season. (I love the "Property of the U.S. Government" stencil at the base.)

[Famidrive-16]

- While on the topic of Diddy Kong Racing, I also remember rumors floating around the internet circa 1998 that you'd get to see a strange ending with Diddy & friends having bacon for breakfast if you beat Adventure Two.

Oh... wow, I remember this. Vaguely.

What is wrong with people.

[Collector_Gaming]

Urban Legends

the only ones that really come to mind for me is

Legend of Zelda Ocarina of time where supposedly in lake hylia theres supposedly a giant sea monster lives in it and you can only see it at a certain time. I tried for hours trying to make this happen and never worked :(

In GTA san andres theres a few urban legends

1 of them if you goto a certain farm and steal a combine tractor you'll be chased by leather face chainsaw and all

in the woods you can come across a big foot

in the desert if you goto a certain peak at a certain time at night a ufo will just hover above you for a lil bit

a certain spot in the ocean you will come across a giant great white shark

and much more

[FrankGarret316]

Has anyone ever heard of the one where they said that on Super Street Fighter on 3DO, if you can beat the game without losing any rounds on the hardest difficulty, you can use Mortal Kombat characters in the game? I was so dumb to believe that. But that sure made me a good Street Fighter player getting so much practice trying to beat that game without ever losing.

[Auto-Fox]

Anyone hear a rumor for the original Star Fox game for the SNES? According to a friend of mine back in the day, if you kept shooting at Slippy for long enough, he'd start "swearing" at you (stuff like spirals and exclamation points would appear in his text box).
Oh the torment I put Slippy through back then to try and get 'im to do that... not that his useless ass didn't deserve it.

[FrankGarret316]

Anyone hear a rumor for the original Star Fox game for the SNES? According to a friend of mine back in the day, if you kept shooting at Slippy for long enough, he'd start "swearing" at you (stuff like spirals and exclamation points would appear in his text box).
Oh the torment I put Slippy through back then to try and get 'im to do that... not that his useless ass didn't deserve it.

I actually remember my friend Michael Shephard also told me that. Although I can't remember if that's how he said you did it, I just vaguely remember him telling me that something would result in the frog using bad language text.

[shinobimusashi]

Someone actually told me and my brother that the Gamecube projected a hologram cube image that you sat inside and were surrounded by the game image to play. We believed him and counted down the days to buy one

[Ponyponypony]

Not sure if it's rumor or not, or if anyone else heard this -

When Primal Rage (SNES? NES? too long ago) came out, I was playing at my friend's house and he said there was a way that you could eat the people. I don't remember if we actually did it or not.

[Tempest]

Not sure if it's rumor or not, or if anyone else heard this -

When Primal Rage (SNES? NES? too long ago) came out, I was playing at my friend's house and he said there was a way that you could eat the people. I don't remember if we actually did it or not.
You can eat people in the arcade version to gain health, but I'm not sure if that made it into the home versions or not.

Tempest

[GameNinja]

That when you catch a pokemon, tapping the A button at the right time makes it automatically catch.

I actually did this, and I am sure I am not the only one!