Top 5 Most Mysterious Video Games
Top 5 Most Mysterious Video Games
Pokemon Ghost Black
Around 2010, a story began to circulate about a mysterious hacked Pokemon Red cartridge called Pokemon Ghost Black.
Pokemon Ghost Black
The game, which was found at a flea market, gave you an additional Pokemon call Ghost after selecting your starter.
Pokemon Ghost Black
Ghost had a previously unknown attack called "Curse" that would seemingly kill any opposing Pokemon and its trainer when used in battle.
Pokemon Ghost Black
Following the battle, the opposing trainer would be gone and replaced by a tombstone in the overworld.
Pokemon Ghost Black
Following the battle, the opposing trainer would be gone and replaced by a tombstone in the overworld.
Pokemon Ghost Black
After beating the game, you were transported to Lavender Town many years in the future where you would find no people at all...
Pokemon Ghost Black
...only the tombstones of the trainers you used Curse on.
Pokemon Ghost Black
Top 5 Most Mysterious Video Games
Majora's Haunted Mask
In 2010, a college student received and odd N64 cartridge marked only with "Majora" in black marker from an old man at a garage sale.
Majora's Haunted Mask
The game seemed to be a normal copy of The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, and it contained a save file named BEN.
Majora's Haunted Mask
BEN was deleted, and a new game was started. But after performing the widely-known 4th day glitch, strange things began to happen...
Majora's Haunted Mask
Characters were out of place, the story became darkly twisted, and the iconic line "You've met with a horrible fate, haven't you?" was repeated throughout.
Majora's Haunted Mask
Parts od the haunted game implied that someone named Ben had drowned, so the student returned to the old man at the garage sale to ask about "Ben."
Majora's Haunted Mask
The old man had vanished, and a neighbor provided the only clue about Ben's fate, saying that a young boy by that name had been in an accident in the neighborhood years before...
Majora's Haunted Mask
Top 5 Most Mysterious Video Games
Polybus
Named after an ancient Greek historian, Polybius is a supposed arcade game that appeared in the suburbs of Portland, Oregon in 1981.
Polybus
Featuring impressive vector graphics and gameplay similar to Tempest, the game proved to be incredibly popular and drew large crowds.
Polybus
The graphics are said to have had a psychoactive effect on players, causing amnesia, insomnia, epileptic fits, and suicidal tendencies...
Polybus
The graphics are said to have had a psychoactive effect on players, causing amnesia, insomnia, epileptic fits, and suicidal tendencies...
Polybus
The graphics are said to have had a psychoactive effect on players, causing amnesia, insomnia, epileptic fits, and suicidal tendencies...
Polybus
The graphics are said to have had a psychoactive effect on players, causing amnesia, insomnia, epileptic fits, and suicidal tendencies...
Polybus
Men in black suits periodically showed up to collect data from the machines, leading to rumors that they were part of the CIA's MK Ultra mind control program.
Polybus
The machines eventually vanished without a trace, but they achieved such notoriety that they continue to feature in pop culture, like a 2006 episode of The Simpsons...
Polybus
Top 5 Most Mysterious Video Games
Berzerk
Berzerk is a groundbreaking shooter game released in arcades by STERN in 1980.
Berzerk
The player controls a humanoid character, navigating deadly mazes, battling an onslaught of robots and fleeing an evil smiley named Otto.
Berzerk
The player controls a humanoid character, navigating deadly mazes, battling an onslaught of robots and fleeing an evil smiley named Otto.
Berzerk
It became the first video game linked to the death of a player, when 19-year-old Jeff Dailey died of a heart attack shortly after posting a high score of 16,660 in 1981.
Berzerk
The game would kill again in 1982, when a healthy 18-year-old named Peter Burkowski died of a heart attack after posting two top scores in 15 minutes.
Berzerk
Rumors abound that the game was cursed by Satan, with Dailey's fatal score containing the mark of the beast...
Berzerk
Top 5 Most Mysterious Video Games
Killswitch
Killswitch is a game supposedly created by a Russian gaming company called the Karvina Corporation in 1989.
Killswitch
Production of the survival horror game was limited to 5000 copies, but it still achieved popularity amongst Russian gamers.
Killswitch
One played as a girl named Porto or an invisible demon named Ghast. The goal of the game was to navigate an abandoned coal mine while battling demons...
Killswitch
One played as a girl named Porto or an invisible demon named Ghast. The goal of the game was to navigate an abandoned coal mine while battling demons...
Killswitch
...and after beating the game, all traces of it were deleted from your hard drive.
Killswitch
In 2005, a long lost copy was purchased by a Japanese man on Ebay for $733,000.
Killswitch
He planned to film his play through, but only ever posted a video of himself staring at his computer screen and crying...
Killswitch
