Videogame myths/lies that you were told growing up

I'll start.

1. That you could catch Mew in Pokemon Red/Blue by walking around that car parked by the SS Anne.

2. That you could get get the triforce in Zelda OOT by throwing your boomerang through a wall at Hyrule Castle

Edit: I changed the title to give people a better idea of what this thread is about.

Oh they all had to do with Pokemon and beating the Elite Four with a level 2 Pidgey using only Growl then talking to Professor Oak who shows you his magic wand and makes a level 10000000000000000000 Mewthree appear to catch you.

All with cheesy dialouge of course.

There was a secret haunted mansion level inside of the Mall level in THPS1 if you could ramp off the quarter pipe outside.

Luigi was in Super Mario 64

Sonic was in Super Smash Bros Melee (At least I learned to be unstoppable as Roy because of that.)

Numerous Pokemon lies.

You could get this certain mount in WoW by visiting this secret cave and buying it from a vendor. I wasted so much time :cry:

All my friends told me Celebi will appear in the lake at Mt.Silver if you beat the Elite 4 333 times. I did this and I was so p***** when Celebi didn't appear.

Water temple isn't infuriating.Ace6301

The numerous ways you can get Mewfunsohng

[QUOTE="Ace6301"]Water temple isn't infuriating.foxhound_fox

Are you referring to the key that you get in that structure in the very middle of the temple? (where you play Zelda's lullaby and the rising water also raises that platform on the ground allowing you to go down there and get the small key)

Consoles are better than PC.

Collecting all the Pokemon would make me cool.

All the people talking about Mew in Pokemon :P

When I was back in school and had Pokemon Blue, I ran into someone who had a mew. I used a save backup add on to copy his save, transfer Mew to myself, then reinsert his old save were he still had mew.

I then used mine to pretty much duplicate Mew to the point that everyone in my class had one.

Hot coffee. Nuff said.

That you could use a PS2 to launch Nukes.

[QUOTE="Ace6301"]Water temple isn't infuriating.foxhound_fox

"PS3: It only does everything."

:P

Collecting all the Pokemon would make me cool.

Yangire

Made me lol pretty damn hard.

One fib Ill never forget was one for Melee. If you shot all the credits a secret battle would initiate and you could fight and unlock Toad..... who had a giant axe that 1 hit K.Od you. I, for some reason believe it.

All my friends told me Celebi will appear in the lake at Mt.Silver if you beat the Elite 4 333 times. I did this and I was so p***** when Celebi didn't appear.

Thefatness16

You could walk through fire in Perfect Dark.

A certain Tomb Raider code

Mew could be found outside a truck on an island near Cinnabar island.

Catching Missingno and saving would not mess up your game.

I cant recall the specifics, but I remember tons of gaming myths that circulated around my elementary friends... almost all of them involved being able to see bewbs if you did something :P

Bigfoot in GTA SA.

The tunnels in the third island of GTA 3 supposedly lead to an extra part of the city.

:lol:

That game companies care about their fans. Heil68

* If you hide behind a wall for a few minutes, you recover health
* even if you see an expansive vista past a river, or a short ledge (or what ever) there are invisible barriers preventing you from going that way
* earning sums of money in the hundreds and thousands can be accmplished in about 20 minutes
* a backpack can store dozens of swords and wardrobe of armor varieties, while fitting conveniently on your back
* there's always a minimap of where ever you are, that conveniently follows you around
* you always know the health of opponents and other threats to you by a hovering bar
* there are icon prompts to help you execute elaborate combat and acrobatic maneuvers
* even unarmored enemies require 4 full ammo clips to kill

* If you hide behind a wall for a few minutes, you recover health
* even if you see an expansive vista past a river, or a short ledge (or what ever) there are invisible barriers preventing you from going that way
* earning sums of money in the hundreds and thousands can be accmplished in about 20 minutes
* a backpack can store dozens of swords and wardrobe of armor varieties, while fitting conveniently on your back
* there's always a minimap of where ever you are, that conveniently follows you around
* you always know the health of opponents and other threats to you by a hovering bar
* there are icon prompts to help you execute elaborate combat and acrobatic maneuvers
* even unarmored enemies require 4 full ammo clips to kill

AdobeArtist

None of those are lies... :?

I once told an old friend that if he beat Rachet and Clank 100 times he could make his own weapon at a vendor.

I feel bad because a few years later (we stopped talking that year for some reason) he called me up and asked me "What the **** man?"

I honestly thought it was too stupid to believe and didn't think he would take it seriously. He did. Some funny, sad stuff though.

Silver....Saddle :evil:

I was told that if you got 3 perfect (300?) scores in the gerudo archery test (ocarina of time) that you would get the silver saddle for epona. THEN when I didn't get it, I was told it had to be three times...IN A ROW. Then I did not get it after that either. Verry dissapointed.

Oh yeah I forgot about this one.

3. (Super Smash Bros 64) If Samus got hit by a charged up beam from another Samus and you paused the game at the right time....you could see Samus' bewbs.

That game companies care about their fans. Heil68

The "Pikablu" myth: Before Pokemon the first movie came out in the states and before Silver or Gold came out, there was all these rumors online that Merill, or as it was known at the time as Pikablu, could be caught in pokemon red, blue and yellow by doing some extremely delicate, long, and ridiculously tedious sequence of events that unlocked Pikablu. I don't remember the exact order of things, but you had to travel the entire perimeter of Kanto, followed by catching a special pikachu that would appear off the coast of Cinnabar island. With that pikachu you had to beat the elite four using only it and then you had to talk to some random guy who was standing next to Oak;s lab who says that he'll trade you the pikablu for the special pikachu. lol I remember seeing doctored photos of this so called series of events that led up to getting pikablue, however I was never stupid or persistant enough to try it. lol good thing I didn't because Pikablue (aka Merill) ended up sucking anyways in Silver and Gold :p

I'll start.

1. That you could catch Mew in Pokemon Red/Blue by walking around that car parked by the SS Anne.

DillonShwing

A certain Tomb Raider code

bc1391

I remember that,I tried that jump to the pool so many times but it never worked...

Final Fantasy 7 and 8 had some of the best stories ever in videogames.

Starcraft is a Warhammer 40K ripoff.

[QUOTE="AdobeArtist"]

* If you hide behind a wall for a few minutes, you recover health
* even if you see an expansive vista past a river, or a short ledge (or what ever) there are invisible barriers preventing you from going that way
* earning sums of money in the hundreds and thousands can be accmplished in about 20 minutes
* a backpack can store dozens of swords and wardrobe of armor varieties, while fitting conveniently on your back
* there's always a minimap of where ever you are, that conveniently follows you around
* you always know the health of opponents and other threats to you by a hovering bar
* there are icon prompts to help you execute elaborate combat and acrobatic maneuvers
* even unarmored enemies require 4 full ammo clips to kill

StealthMonkey4

None of those are lies... :?

I assume he hasn't read and seen the direction of this thread and as such assumed the TC is asking what common used gaming mechanics are lies, when compared to real life.

Shoot shub-niggurath until he dies.

Oh yeah I forgot about this one.

3. (Super Smash Bros 64) If Samus got hit by a charged up beam from another Samus and you paused the game at the right time....you could see Samus' bewbs.

DillonShwing

it works

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQVFrFK8rd0

You can play Simon Belmont in TMNT 2: The Arcade Game. Wasted $5 on that piece of misinformation!

The SNES version of Mortal Kombat had a blood code too.

The SNES version of Mortal Kombat had a blood code too.

Zophar87

Wait didn't it? I thought it did.

I remember some guy told me there was this secret green ninja in Mortal Kombat that was really rare to see and you even got to fight him! I never saw it (I know it's Reptile but it's still funny to me :P )

The SNES version of Mortal Kombat had a blood code too.

Zophar87

Genesis does what Nintendon't.

When the rocket countdown reach week 100, you'll ask to go to the moon and catch Jarachi in Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire.

The cake :cry: