Bound

Earthbound is godly, let's face it. It won so many awards, it was unlike other RPGs, especially at the time. It has a good community with good people, and that's just saying nothing. Like all good SNES games, Earthbound has a collection of dedicated hacks. From a small sprite change to an overhaul, the list is huge and is continually expanding. But I have this one hack in particular.

I was looking for an Earthbound ROM (my original got deleted, damn siblings) when I came across an interesting file.

"Bound"

I didn't think it was Earthbound, but I downloaded just to be safe. I found a legit download, so I got that too. As it turns out, Bound was actually a hack. I patched it into my new ROM and played. The intro was the same, with the cheery music and such. When I started a new file, I couldn't name anything. Interesting. A black screen appeared with only some text.

"I'm bored, let's go bop these balls somewhere else..."

The screen faded into a store scene. A man was walking to the cashier. "Alright, put your hands up, right now!" "P-please don't shoot!" "Buddy, I won't shoot you, just give me the money, and you'll walk off unscathed, if I'm nice." Already in the middle of a huge scene, the man was robbing a store. "O-okay, here's your money! Just don't hurt me!" "Thank you for your business."

BAM!

The cashier got shot. The body fell to the ground as the man rushed out of the store, running. Screams followed by police siren were heard. "Crap, it's the fuzz!". He didn't move. I was in control now. I moved my character into a shack. I checked my stats.

"Denis"

He had a Rusty Gun, no armor, and only 10 offense and 8 defense. No PP or PSI.