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Post by anayo on Sept 18, 2022 22:06:26 GMT -5
Do ya'll remember that fake video from 2005 or so making it look like the Wii was going to be a virtual reality helmet? I do. I was a gullible teenager when it came out, so I thought it might be real.
Can you think of any other video game hoaxes like this one?
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Post by Xeogred on Sept 18, 2022 22:50:04 GMT -5
I don't know if I've ever seen this. Pretty elaborate and funny. I wonder if the first comment is true, claiming this is the final version of the video but cut short because the guys HDD crashed? 
Not a hoax per se', but it makes me think of the ill fated "Phantom" console that sounded pretty hype in magazines and the web back in the 2000's.
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Post by Ex on Sept 19, 2022 0:48:31 GMT -5
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Post by Xeogred on Sept 19, 2022 8:52:33 GMT -5
Hah, speaking of Zelda... obtaining the Triforce in Ocarina of Time was pretty infamous:
I ate up the rumor mill a lot as a kid and magazines definitely liked sparking up those crazy conversations. I remember even believing and trying to get a "gold tunic" by doing some weird tricks around Lon Lon Ranch and some tree.
Turns out you can get it with some 'Arbitrary Code Execution' though?... I had heard this computer driven speedrun was really cool and worth watching:
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Post by Ex on Sept 19, 2022 9:18:26 GMT -5
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Post by Xeogred on Sept 19, 2022 9:27:24 GMT -5
I'm sure the PC version had some mods though...
Having beaten Tomb Raider II recently, this context is amusing now:
“Our response was to add the ‘shower scene’ at the end of Tomb Raider 2 where Lara shoots the player for daring to try and spy on her undressing.”
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Post by anayo on Sept 19, 2022 10:02:10 GMT -5
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Post by Ex on Sept 19, 2022 10:29:13 GMT -5
Remembered another one that was prevalent. When the SNES version of Mortal Kombat released it did not have blood or gore. Inevitably many myths and hoaxes began to be circulated about how to unlock the blood and gore for the SNES version. (In reality this wasn't possible unless you used a cheat device or ROM hack.) Of all the hoaxes about how to do this, this one was my favorite: "The best of the bunch was implemented by Nintendo Magazine System, which gave a full two-page spread to a particularly long-winded set of directions in 1993. The code would apparently only work on cartridges with a certain serial number, and the instructions ended with players taping a penny coin to their cartridge to add additional weight. The article gave Mortal Kombat fans a helpline to call, for one hour on the first Friday of April, if they were having trouble unlocking the content. That Friday happened to fall on April 1, resulting in plenty of sheepish fans having been duped by one of the most elaborate video game April Fools’ hoaxes."gamerant.com/mortal-kombat-myths/ |
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