Post real retro hoaxes and mockups, stuff from printed magazines.Pic related was published in a magazine I had as a kid, in 1995. The magazine stated that it was a hoax but I remember wanting it to be real. They also said "you can do this with a computer" and I remember thinking they actually got all these characters playable on MKII on a computer, I didn't realize they were talking about image editing.Well, of course later on with romhacking and mugen and stuff something like this would be possible, but I don't think romhacking a game like MK to add playable characters would have been possible in 1995, or at least I imagine it would have been too difficult
for mk images specifically there used to be this guy in the 90s named ratman that had this mk fan site ratman.org or something with all types of this stuff posted. i was able to save a lot of it from wayback machine. i used to print this stupid stuff out and bring it to school in a folder to show it off.
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kind of the opposite but I remember I called bullshit on a kid from elementary school because he claimed that he found a secret level in Command & Conquer Red Alert where you fight giant antsI rolled my eyes and said "yeah right" and he got pretty madyears later I found out he was telling the truth and I was just being a dickim sorry for doubting you, kev
>>12407759youre joking. I did just make that up.
>>12407972who is raping these screenshots with AI?
>>12407754I remember actually reading that when it was first published.
Not sure if this counts as a hoax but this british magazine claimed that there was a hidden secret character in Sonic 3 & Knuckles called Rankles the Otter and whoever found him first would win a million pounds, apparantly there were a lot of submissions of this supposed secret character but I can't find them sadly.There was another hoax about Knuckles originally being a red hedgehog but it's to recent to fit your listed time date, it's also very funny though.
>>12408205they could dump MD roms back then. just reverse the game a little and replace knuckles sprite with rankles.
>>12408205rankles just looks like one of those "brainlet wojak" edits applied to knuckles
>>12408319He doesn't look to far off from knuckle's concept design
>>12408290I wouldn't be shocked if some of the submissions were just sprite palette swaps, though considering rankles is green and they already had a hard time with knuckle's green socks i'm not sure if this is possible or if the hardware limitations were just that bad, don't quote me on it though.
Akuma in RE2
Not really a hoax but more an early character shelved for reasons unknown. Still the best example I can remember from my childhood.
>>12407721>AkiI wonder what that kid is doing these days.
>>12407721lol, I was watching the show when they showed this>>12408549His bro has a youtube channel, but I think he grew out of videogames.https://www.youtube.com/@MCGames95
>>12407729I saw that image in a magazine as a kid and thought it was a real fatality.
>>12407972Unlocking Luigi in the original Mario 64 was probably one of the all-time great retro hoaxes and early internet phenomena. I think there were a couple different methods floating out there; I fell for one as a kid and did the whole onerous routine to “unlock” him and thought I’d messed it up when it didn’t work. I have to think it only worked on kids because the steps were so goofy and nonsensical.>get 120 stars>do two 1/2 rotations on analog stick>then shoot yourself out of the cannon at this exact target
>>12408931>I was watching the show when they showed thisI only ever saw it on the mag, what did they show on TV? Was it an actual video with animation? Did they go the extra mile and show a match of Kano vs DK or something like that?
Gotenks and Pilaf in GT Final Bout (PSX).It was made by a DB fan site, but was printed in a lot of magazines here in Brazil.
>>12409142There wasn't any gameplay. It was just Aki saying random false cheats and showing a slideshow with the false characters magically appearing on screen one after another. It was only to show off how you can edit pics using photo editors on pc, an absolute novelty at that time.
>>12409140At first I was mad, but then later on I realized what a great troll it was and laughed about it. Nowadays someone’s parents would try to sue whomever posted something like that for inflicting emotional distress, et al.
>>12407754>>12408165I had a subscription at the time. I remember that and the Simon Belmont in TMNT one from the year before.
>>12409158Play as>Goku>Blonde Goku>Blondier Goku>Emo Goku>Shota Goku>Blonde Shota Goku>Gay Goku (the one with earrings)Imagine if this was a real game
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Endless rumors and hoaxes on how to get the Tri Force in Zelda OoT, and how to revive Aeris in FFVII. Boy did I actually try a handful of each. Old internet was cool, because it every once in a while somethings like Aeris's ghost in the slum churches were actually true and it made the rest of the stuff seem juuust a bit more believable. I especially loved the Sky Temple rumors and the adult mask that let you transform into adult Link at any time.
>>12409029Ed Boon heard your wishes for the next sequel
I thought naked smurfette on coleco was a hoax but apparetly not
>>12408432>>12409732There's a mod for that. It's not bad, but not great either.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSbHvJNiZys
>>12409854It's more of an unintentional glitch than anything. Something about her base palette loading first then her dress? I forgot the specifics, but that's essentially the gist of it.
>>12409918you have no idea how many times I tried to see those tiny blue tits with no avail
Some uk games magazine had a fake preview for Sonic 2 where you could buy different sneakers between levels with rings, including anti-gravity boots. Looked great.
This pic broke the (minuscule, in comparison) internet of 1999.Yet it's weirdly undocumented, despite having been an early meme basically.I wonder if it was made by the actual developers back in Japan, or if it was NoA's work.
>>12409894The interesting thing about the 3DO is that Valve later attempted the same model with Steam Machines and failed just as quickly.
I remember hoaxes of Pokémon at magazines, pikablu?
>>12408375Yikes what the fuck
>>12407754>>12408165>someone wrote in the next issue and said it worked>editorial was confused
>>12408375Original Knuckles (ala Rastafari) was pink doe
>>12412347Good question, it does look dev made.
>>12412347QRD?
Friend had this magazine and we tried it for hours. Then he told me he was able to do it (after I left of course) but nothing happened. There was also the "shoot every single credit during the ending to unlock toad" thing, and a rumor of ditto being a poke ball Pokémon that transforms into a copy of you and fights with you.
>>12424554There are some interesting strange ones on the ds. And some indies that give them rpg elements. I think anything based on arkanoid should be considered retro.
Fucking Pikablu. I was too young so I asked my sister to ask how to capture it online. Years later she got mad at me because if you typed her name in a search engine you'd stumble onto her message.
>>12424785She used her real name?As I remember, back before social media panopticon shit took over, using your real name online was a big no-no, not to mention uploading your own photo
>>12407721>I don't think romhacking a game like MK to add playable characters would have been possible in 1995, or at least I imagine it would have been too difficultMK Trilogy came out in '96 and it's a glorified MUGEN
>>12426428It's also made by the same devs who had access to all the assets
One thing that I barely see mentioned anymore is how famous the rumors about if it was possible to free Kano and Sonya and have them as playable characters were. Their return in 3 was a big deal, at least leading up to the insane hype 3 had.Pic related is a published fanzine from Argentina with half a page dedicated to how to unlock Sonya and Kano: doing a double flawless with Jax, doing the Fatality that rips of the arms and pressing LK+B twice
This was never in GamePro. It was an internet hoax.
>>12428108I feel like my entire childhood was lied to.
>>12408432I remember that, and also the Ticket item in FF7 that gave you infinite gil.
>>12428108It seems like a satire of retarded tips in game magazines, but it's actually a valid advice because the Cyberdemon has so much HP that it's not inconceivable that a player would think that it's simply invincible and is an obstacle to be avoided, not defeated.
Yesterday there was a livestream with Emilio and Christian (from Nivel X), anyone watched?
>>12430406I don't watch streamers but I remember Cristian, probably the most knowledgeable of them all, even as a kid when he was doing Power Games. What's he doing now?
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>>12430434>What's he doing now?He got a youtube channel.They talked alot with Emilio last night but mostly about modern games.
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>>12408432lmao this is just plain ridiculous.
why did they do it
>>12432123Back then, picture editing was fun and exciting
>>12407721Marathon Dr'ate'r
>>12432097Always drooled over those ads, and wanted to send the thing in, but never did.
>>12432134Got more info anon? I immediately recognized the Pfhor.
>>12432185It's photos of the original cancelled Prey with Marathon sprites overlaid that fooled the Mac gaming world for a couple days. Dr'ate'r is retard backwards.
>>12432185https://marathon.bungie.org/story/Marathon4/Marathon4.html
>>12432097That pioneer tower looks like the tits. Their Laserdisc players were wonderfully overcomplicated machines, it's beautiful to see them working with the hood popped off.
>>12432097This shit absolutely was a scam wasn't it
>>12432097Looks AI generated
>>12407721The crazy thing was that Top Kids also had the guide on how to do the Fergality and it looked fake as fuck - turned out to be real.
>>12407729Why does a python have to do with a foot?
>>12407721Why would anyone ever believe this image?
>>12408205>>12408290>>12408378I can't find it rn, but I remember submission being about someone cleverly figuring out how to maintain in S3&K Sonic's underwater palette, which is greenish, but it was not green Knuckles.
>>12436319Why would anyone ever believe this image?
>>12436248that foot crashing down is a recurring joke in monty python comedy sketches
>>12436319It was a joke image. See >>12409171
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>>12436319See: >>12436234
