User blog:Urkelbot666/Experiments.

The more I read all these gaming related creepypastas, the more I ponder the motivations of the people who purchase/obtain the haunted games in question. Unmarked cartridges, CD-Rs, bootleg versions of well known games and unverified downloads are all quite common in the world of creepy gaming. I sometimes wonder if I would do if someone tried to sell me a beat up cartridge, and what I would be willing pay.

I am not a hardcore gamer myself, nor am I a collector in part due to the fact that any games I used to own melted when my house burned down a few years ago :P. I do love older games; MegaMan, Turtles in Time, Contra, Streets of Rage, the list goes on.



I like obscure games as much as the next guy, and some of the hacks i've seen online look pretty cool, although  usually modders and rom hackers seem to be obsessed with simply making the original game harder. As much as I love old games, I have never been all that good at them, if I play enough I can usually beat them, unless I just get pissed and throw the controller too many times. I saw a buddy of mine beat the Turbo Tunnel stage of Battletoads once when I was like, 8. But now I'm getting off topic.

What I'd like to know is how real people would react to the situations presented in gaming creepypastas. What would one honestly do if presented with a guy outside GameStop, selling, or giving away a CD with "Sonic.exe" written in black sharpie. If the price was right, I might pick up a random game to play. Maybe like, 4 bucks for a SNES cart with a sticker reading "CastleVania X-Treme!" or something like that. Or if I could get a hacked rom and play it on a system insulated against viruses.

I think we, as SOG users, shoud put these theories to the  test. Next time you have a yard sale, rip the stickers off a few Gameboy cartridges and write "Pokémon: BLUD" or some shit like that on the front. Say you don't know anything about it, and see if anyone buys it or, put it on the "Free" table. Maybe someday if I get the gumption, I'll burn a few CDs of Sonic.exe, and try to give them away outside Gamestop or Electronics Boutique... is that still around?

Anyway, I'd love to hear if anyone has had any real experiences buying or selling hacked, or unmarked games. If not, Would you? What price would you pay for a hacked Pokemon game? Would you chance loading an unmarked CD into your computer?

Urkelbot