Are you a player? Have you been there, done that, completed every quest and leveled all the way up? Then get ready to face the myths and rumors of the video game world to see how much you really know. Game on!
What video game vixen supposedly stripped down to her birthday suit if players entered the correct button code?
Princess Peach
Bloodrayne
Lara Croft
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Lara Croft of "Tomb Raider" fame was the target of an infamous naked cheat code myth. Fun fact: The code never existed!
One of gaming's greatest myths has to do with thousands of Atari 2600 cartridges of this game being buried in the desert.
"Combat"
"Pitfall"
"E.T."
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"E.T." isn't buried in the desert -- but it was, once! Thousands of cartridges were dumped thanks to the game's poor sales, but they were later dug up and removed.
This popular video game magazine fooled gamers time and again with April Fools' Day jokes, eventually spawning several myths about game secrets.
GamePro
Nintendo Power
Electronic Gaming Monthly
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Electronic Gaming Monthly's elaborate April Fools' Day pranks tricked gamers year after year by conjuring up secrets gamers really, truly wanted to believe in.
This beloved Nintendo 64 game was rumored to have a secret location accessible in its very first level. This myth was almost true!
"Goldeneye 007"
"Mario 64"
"The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time"
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The "Goldeneye" dam level did have some extra geometry, but it was only accessible with a game-modifying cheat device -- and it turned out to be abandoned code the developers never completed.
This video game sports franchise is plagued by a mythic curse: The players featured on its cover end up injured!
"Madden NFL"
"FIFA World Cup"
"NFL Blitz"
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Football players on the cover of "Madden NFL" almost always have disappointing seasons or injuries in the following year. But come on -- there's no such thing as a video game curse, right!?
"Pong" was the first video game ever, right? Wrong! While "Pong" was one of gaming's earliest successes, it wasn't the first on the scene. This game was.
"Spacewar!"
"Pac-Man"
"Space Invaders"
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"Spacewar!" deserves credit as the first video game, dating all the way back to 1962.
This Pokemon was the subject of many myths and legends and was supposed to be unobtainable -- but through a game glitch, players were able to acquire it!
Mew
Pikachu
Charmander
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While kids claimed there were legitimate ways to unlock Mew in Nintendo's old Pokemon games, those solutions were all myths. Only through a complex glitch could Mew be captured.
True or false: Legendary game company Namco developed the sequel to "Pac-Man," titled "Ms. Pac-Man," which would go on to become one of the most popular arcade games of all time.
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false
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"Ms. Pac-Man" was actually designed as an enhancement kit to "Pac-Man." Namco had nothing to do with its creation, though it eventually obtained the rights to "Ms. Pac-Man."
