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by Have you ever been playing a video game, minding your own
business, when something so awesome happens that you want to tell
everyone you know about it? But then you come to find that no one gives a
shit? Well, we feel your pain, and as a result, we have compiled this
list of ten of the most awesome things that ever happened in a video
game. Feel free to peruse the list an take solace in the fact that there
are, in fact, other people that are nearly as nerdy as you are!
10. NBA Jam Tournament Edition– Play as Bill/Hillary Clinton,
George Clinton, Al Gore, Prince Charles, the Beastie Boys, DJ Jazzy Jeff
& the Fresh Prince
Bill "The Thrill" Clinton taking it to the proverbial hole yet again.
Never before and never again since has there been a secret character
list that includes a cast as diverse as the President, Vice President
and First Lady of the United States, George “P Funk Clinton”, and the GD
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. While playing as these characters doesn’t
dramatically change the overall experience, there is a certain surreal
quality to seeing Hillary Clinton perform a windmill slam-dunk from the
free-throw line in DJ Jazzy Jeff’s face while Al Gore sets the pick on
Will Smith.
9. Resident Evil 2 – Alternate play-through
I would rather eat a glass bottle of tobacco juice than enter a town full of zombies.
Resident Evil games are known for their secret weapons and characters,
but perhaps the coolest secret ever in an RE game has to do with the
alternate play-through in Resident Evil 2. After completing the game as
either Claire or Leon, you can then play a whole new scenario as the
opposite character following in the footsteps of and occasionally
crossing paths with your original character. This made for four totally
unique gameplay experiences in an already awesome game, something that
is still unprecedented today.
8. GTA San Andreas/Tomb Raider – Hot Coffee mod, Nude Raider patch
This is offensive, but carjacking, stealing and murder is significantly less so. I guess.
Both of these cheats require a little bit of work on the part of the
gamer, and as a result, only the horniest of gamers have ever gone to
the trouble. But that doesn’t change the political shit-storm that
resulted from the discovery of these two cheats, one that unlocks a
cartoony and relatively harmless sex minigame, and one that unclothes
what was at one time the biggest sex symbol in gaming. It’s funny that
people would take such great offense at a little bit of nakedness in
lieu of the graphically violent and depraved cop-killing, gang-banging
gameplay of GTA, but we live in a repressed nation. And as for Lara
Croft, it’s not as if Tomb Raider was the success it was because of the
gameplay.
7. Final Fantasy VII – Ultimate weapons
This one right here is a real controller-snapper.
Challenging boss fights are nothing new to Final Fantasy enthusiasts,
but the optional Ultimate Weapon battles in FFVII may go down in history
as one of the most ridiculously impossible fights in gaming history.
Each of the three Ultimate Weapons is capable of decimating your entire
party in seconds, if you can even find them in the first place. You have
to be so overpowered and prepared that the awesome rewards you get for
defeating the Ultimate Weapons aren’t particularly useful in the end, as
even the game’s final boss will seem like a bitch in comparison. But
the sense of accomplishment you will get from taking them on and winning
is priceless. Your hours, perhaps even days of hard work will be well
worth the effort, despite having virtually no value or importance in the
real world.
6. Double Dragon – Billy Vs. Jimmy
Two emo pansies having a slap fight at the Good Charlotte concert.
Double Dragon was one of the earliest brawlers that let you and a friend
work together to beat the shit out of wave after wave of mindless enemy
thugs, hell bent on stopping you from saving the babe from the evil
criminal mastermind. (Nearly every game in the 1980s was about saving
babes, you’ll remember.) Billy and Jimmy really had to work together as a
team to make it to the end, so imagine your surprise when there’s only
one babe to go around and she’s not into the whole tag-team thing. This
forces you to face off against one another in a battle for Marion’s love
and the coinciding bragging rights that come along with being the
ultimate Dragon Master. So much for the whole “bros before hos” thing.
5. Metal Gear Solid – Psycho Mantis reads your mind
Yes I do, thanks for asking. Wait, HOW THE F**K DO YOU KNOW THAT?!
Every once in awhile a game will break the fourth wall and address the
player directly, though never in such a bizarre and initially unnerving
way as Psycho Mantis, a boss character in Metal Gear Solid. When I first
encountered him, he said something to me about liking Castlevania and
Suikoden, as well as making mention of how wise I was for saving often. I
was completely weirded out until I realized that he had “read” this
information off of my memory card. Just to be more of a dick, he then
proceeds to “read” your controller inputs, dodging your attacks nine
times out of ten, although switching controller ports mixes him up and
makes him a sitting duck. To this day, I haven’t been as taken aback by a
game as I was the first time I battled Psycho Mantis, an experience
that made me question the amount of time I was spending playing games in
the first place.
4. Mortal Kombat – Challenged by Reptile
You have officially earned the honor of being torn in half by a cheap-ass opponent!
Back before the internets were as commonplace as they are now, secrets
traveled by word of mouth in the schoolyard, and required one to see
with one’s own eyes before believing them. One such secret involved a
character called “Reptile” that would randomly challenge players in the
game everyone was already talking about for its insanely gory
“fatalities”, Mortal Kombat. Basically, you’d get little hints here and
there that didn’t make much sense at first, like one that read “Look to
la Luna”. Later, when one was fighting on the “The Pit” stage, you might
see an object pass by the moon (La Luna, duh). This was your cue to
perform a double flawless fatality (no easy task) so you could have the
pleasure of getting your ass kicked by a poison spitting lizard man.
Awesome! Then you get to go tell all your nerdy little friends about it,
who of course will not believe you.
3. Metroid – Suitless Samus
I still don't understand what the shoulder pads are for. Image By Ivan Flores
Try being a young boy and finding out that your badass missile-launching
bounty hunter that just pwned the space pirates and rid the universe of
Metroids was A F**KING CHICK! This kind of thing just didn’t happen,
and the fact that there was no mention of it prior raised many a
question, not the least of which was “Is it cool/fun to pretend to be a
hot babe for a few hours out of the day?” How many tyrannies in their
late twenties are there out in the world today that are still searching
for the answer to this question, all thanks to Nintendo and Samus Aran?
Also, just who in the goddamn hell is “Justin Bailey” anyway?
2. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night – Castle Flip
Dancin' on the ceiling like a vampire Lionel Richie in Hell.
A few sad losers may have missed this one, which would have resulted in
missing out on half of the entire game. Essentially you have to equip an
item called “holy glasses” before entering the final boss fight, which
will allow you to see the evil force that is secretly controlling your
enemy. Defeat this and you unlock an inverted version of the entirety of
Dracula’s castle, which is really a marvel of modern game design to
work both right side up and upside down without the player having ever
guessed that it was built that way. The inverted castle is no repeat
either, but rather, a more twisted version with different, tougher
enemies and bosses to battle against. The day this secret was
discovered, the collective nerdgasm was so powerful that the very Earth
trembled, causing minor tremors worldwide and making a vase fall off the
fireplace mantle at Bobby Wilcox’s mom’s house in Long Island, New
York, which was, according to Bobby, “totally not his fault”.
1. Super Mario Bros., Super Mario World, Super Smash Bros. Brawl – Warp pipes, minus world, Mario masks, Mario Vs. Sonic/Snake
I would be remiss if I didn’t mention some of the many secrets that have
been brought to us by our dear old friend Mario. Warp zones may not
seem like anything special today, but back in 1985, stumbling across the
warp pipes to new levels was a particularly thrilling experience. In
particular, the warp pipe leading to the mysterious and ultimately
unbeatable “minus level”. By the time Super Mario World came out for the
NES, the non-linear formula had been perfected to allow for greater
exploration. So much so, in fact, that if anyone actually went to the
trouble of mastering 100% of the game, you would find that all the
koopas in the game are now wearing Mario masks! Creepy.
Mario & Sonic: Responsible for more crappy fan art than anything since Star Wars!
As for the upcoming Super Smash Bros. Brawl, it’s no secret that Mario
and Sonic will finally get to battle it out against one another,
something that gamers have been waiting years for. (And no, Mario and
Sonic at the Olympic Games does not count for reason of sucking
horribly.) Not to mention the fact that Snake from MGS will also be
playable. But since Nintendo has never been known to blow their wad of
secrets before the game is on the shelf, what other surprises remain to
be found? Pray to J it isn’t another nude code/patch, because as lovable
as fat, mustachioed plumbers and hedgehogs with “attitude” may be, most
people have little or no desire to see them naked. I hope.
Source: http://www.craveonline.com/gaming/article/top-10-most-pants-crappingly-awesome-video-game-secrets-66525/
business, when something so awesome happens that you want to tell
everyone you know about it? But then you come to find that no one gives a
shit? Well, we feel your pain, and as a result, we have compiled this
list of ten of the most awesome things that ever happened in a video
game. Feel free to peruse the list an take solace in the fact that there
are, in fact, other people that are nearly as nerdy as you are!
10. NBA Jam Tournament Edition– Play as Bill/Hillary Clinton,
George Clinton, Al Gore, Prince Charles, the Beastie Boys, DJ Jazzy Jeff
& the Fresh Prince
Bill "The Thrill" Clinton taking it to the proverbial hole yet again.
Never before and never again since has there been a secret character
list that includes a cast as diverse as the President, Vice President
and First Lady of the United States, George “P Funk Clinton”, and the GD
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. While playing as these characters doesn’t
dramatically change the overall experience, there is a certain surreal
quality to seeing Hillary Clinton perform a windmill slam-dunk from the
free-throw line in DJ Jazzy Jeff’s face while Al Gore sets the pick on
Will Smith.
9. Resident Evil 2 – Alternate play-through
I would rather eat a glass bottle of tobacco juice than enter a town full of zombies.
Resident Evil games are known for their secret weapons and characters,
but perhaps the coolest secret ever in an RE game has to do with the
alternate play-through in Resident Evil 2. After completing the game as
either Claire or Leon, you can then play a whole new scenario as the
opposite character following in the footsteps of and occasionally
crossing paths with your original character. This made for four totally
unique gameplay experiences in an already awesome game, something that
is still unprecedented today.
8. GTA San Andreas/Tomb Raider – Hot Coffee mod, Nude Raider patch
This is offensive, but carjacking, stealing and murder is significantly less so. I guess.
Both of these cheats require a little bit of work on the part of the
gamer, and as a result, only the horniest of gamers have ever gone to
the trouble. But that doesn’t change the political shit-storm that
resulted from the discovery of these two cheats, one that unlocks a
cartoony and relatively harmless sex minigame, and one that unclothes
what was at one time the biggest sex symbol in gaming. It’s funny that
people would take such great offense at a little bit of nakedness in
lieu of the graphically violent and depraved cop-killing, gang-banging
gameplay of GTA, but we live in a repressed nation. And as for Lara
Croft, it’s not as if Tomb Raider was the success it was because of the
gameplay.
7. Final Fantasy VII – Ultimate weapons
This one right here is a real controller-snapper.
Challenging boss fights are nothing new to Final Fantasy enthusiasts,
but the optional Ultimate Weapon battles in FFVII may go down in history
as one of the most ridiculously impossible fights in gaming history.
Each of the three Ultimate Weapons is capable of decimating your entire
party in seconds, if you can even find them in the first place. You have
to be so overpowered and prepared that the awesome rewards you get for
defeating the Ultimate Weapons aren’t particularly useful in the end, as
even the game’s final boss will seem like a bitch in comparison. But
the sense of accomplishment you will get from taking them on and winning
is priceless. Your hours, perhaps even days of hard work will be well
worth the effort, despite having virtually no value or importance in the
real world.
6. Double Dragon – Billy Vs. Jimmy
Two emo pansies having a slap fight at the Good Charlotte concert.
Double Dragon was one of the earliest brawlers that let you and a friend
work together to beat the shit out of wave after wave of mindless enemy
thugs, hell bent on stopping you from saving the babe from the evil
criminal mastermind. (Nearly every game in the 1980s was about saving
babes, you’ll remember.) Billy and Jimmy really had to work together as a
team to make it to the end, so imagine your surprise when there’s only
one babe to go around and she’s not into the whole tag-team thing. This
forces you to face off against one another in a battle for Marion’s love
and the coinciding bragging rights that come along with being the
ultimate Dragon Master. So much for the whole “bros before hos” thing.
5. Metal Gear Solid – Psycho Mantis reads your mind
Yes I do, thanks for asking. Wait, HOW THE F**K DO YOU KNOW THAT?!
Every once in awhile a game will break the fourth wall and address the
player directly, though never in such a bizarre and initially unnerving
way as Psycho Mantis, a boss character in Metal Gear Solid. When I first
encountered him, he said something to me about liking Castlevania and
Suikoden, as well as making mention of how wise I was for saving often. I
was completely weirded out until I realized that he had “read” this
information off of my memory card. Just to be more of a dick, he then
proceeds to “read” your controller inputs, dodging your attacks nine
times out of ten, although switching controller ports mixes him up and
makes him a sitting duck. To this day, I haven’t been as taken aback by a
game as I was the first time I battled Psycho Mantis, an experience
that made me question the amount of time I was spending playing games in
the first place.
4. Mortal Kombat – Challenged by Reptile
You have officially earned the honor of being torn in half by a cheap-ass opponent!
Back before the internets were as commonplace as they are now, secrets
traveled by word of mouth in the schoolyard, and required one to see
with one’s own eyes before believing them. One such secret involved a
character called “Reptile” that would randomly challenge players in the
game everyone was already talking about for its insanely gory
“fatalities”, Mortal Kombat. Basically, you’d get little hints here and
there that didn’t make much sense at first, like one that read “Look to
la Luna”. Later, when one was fighting on the “The Pit” stage, you might
see an object pass by the moon (La Luna, duh). This was your cue to
perform a double flawless fatality (no easy task) so you could have the
pleasure of getting your ass kicked by a poison spitting lizard man.
Awesome! Then you get to go tell all your nerdy little friends about it,
who of course will not believe you.
3. Metroid – Suitless Samus
I still don't understand what the shoulder pads are for. Image By Ivan Flores
Try being a young boy and finding out that your badass missile-launching
bounty hunter that just pwned the space pirates and rid the universe of
Metroids was A F**KING CHICK! This kind of thing just didn’t happen,
and the fact that there was no mention of it prior raised many a
question, not the least of which was “Is it cool/fun to pretend to be a
hot babe for a few hours out of the day?” How many tyrannies in their
late twenties are there out in the world today that are still searching
for the answer to this question, all thanks to Nintendo and Samus Aran?
Also, just who in the goddamn hell is “Justin Bailey” anyway?
2. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night – Castle Flip
Dancin' on the ceiling like a vampire Lionel Richie in Hell.
A few sad losers may have missed this one, which would have resulted in
missing out on half of the entire game. Essentially you have to equip an
item called “holy glasses” before entering the final boss fight, which
will allow you to see the evil force that is secretly controlling your
enemy. Defeat this and you unlock an inverted version of the entirety of
Dracula’s castle, which is really a marvel of modern game design to
work both right side up and upside down without the player having ever
guessed that it was built that way. The inverted castle is no repeat
either, but rather, a more twisted version with different, tougher
enemies and bosses to battle against. The day this secret was
discovered, the collective nerdgasm was so powerful that the very Earth
trembled, causing minor tremors worldwide and making a vase fall off the
fireplace mantle at Bobby Wilcox’s mom’s house in Long Island, New
York, which was, according to Bobby, “totally not his fault”.
1. Super Mario Bros., Super Mario World, Super Smash Bros. Brawl – Warp pipes, minus world, Mario masks, Mario Vs. Sonic/Snake
I would be remiss if I didn’t mention some of the many secrets that have
been brought to us by our dear old friend Mario. Warp zones may not
seem like anything special today, but back in 1985, stumbling across the
warp pipes to new levels was a particularly thrilling experience. In
particular, the warp pipe leading to the mysterious and ultimately
unbeatable “minus level”. By the time Super Mario World came out for the
NES, the non-linear formula had been perfected to allow for greater
exploration. So much so, in fact, that if anyone actually went to the
trouble of mastering 100% of the game, you would find that all the
koopas in the game are now wearing Mario masks! Creepy.
Mario & Sonic: Responsible for more crappy fan art than anything since Star Wars!
As for the upcoming Super Smash Bros. Brawl, it’s no secret that Mario
and Sonic will finally get to battle it out against one another,
something that gamers have been waiting years for. (And no, Mario and
Sonic at the Olympic Games does not count for reason of sucking
horribly.) Not to mention the fact that Snake from MGS will also be
playable. But since Nintendo has never been known to blow their wad of
secrets before the game is on the shelf, what other surprises remain to
be found? Pray to J it isn’t another nude code/patch, because as lovable
as fat, mustachioed plumbers and hedgehogs with “attitude” may be, most
people have little or no desire to see them naked. I hope.
Source: http://www.craveonline.com/gaming/article/top-10-most-pants-crappingly-awesome-video-game-secrets-66525/
