User:ButteredBiscuitz

Before I begin, I must say that I did not capture any screenshots of the gameplay, as I did not have my camera with me at the time. I had always been a big fan of the Super Mario franchise since I was a kid, especially Super Mario World, and I loved to collect cool Super Mario toys. One day, I was looking for my old fire flower toy that I got from 5 years ago, and I found it and set it on the table for when I would use it later in the day. I later decided to play some Super Mario World on my old SNES console which was sitting on my old entertainment center. I plugged in the console, put in the game, and turned it on. The game ran normally showing the -Nintendo Presents- on the beginning screen. The screen where it had said Super Mario World had a save in Slot A. My sister must’ve been on my SNES the last time she came over. I started a new save in Slot B; the game loaded and I entered Yoshi’s house but I couldn’t go left. I realized that the controller wasn’t working, so I turned off the game and put a new controller in. I turned on the console, and the title screen was all messed up. The -Nintendo Presents- screen was tinted yellow. There was a fire flower to the left of it and Mario to the right. Mario was also in a yellow tint, so was the fire flower; but something seemed off about Mario. He had very dark tinted clothing, his eyes were just black, and he was standing creepily. I figured it was a glitch with the cartridge, so I took the game out and put it back in. The game loaded back up, and it started normally. One thing I noticed immediately was that all the slots were empty. So I loaded the first available slot and the game started. The game loaded up and sent me to Yoshi’s Island. I entered Yoshi’s Island 1, which was sending me past memories of watching my dad play through Super Mario World hundreds of times. The level loaded up and the awesome music was playing. I ran through the level in an instant. I finished the level and the cool, “end of level” music played. I moved on to “Yellow Switch Palace” and entered it. It loaded up, and I hit the button on the ground that activates the coins. I got almost all of the coins, missing a few. I stomped on the yellow button and the text box appeared, which had said… what it usually says (I’m not going to type all that). I traveled over to Yoshi’s Island 2, and the level started. I zoomed through the level until I reached a question box. I jumped and hit it, and it was a Fire Flower. I jumped up and hit the Fire Flower, and the screen glitched out. The level restarted, but was severely messed up. The background and foreground was tinted a yellowish-orange color; Mario’s clothes were tinted a darker red, and his eyes were pitch black. I scrolled through the level, and the blocks were unable to be hit or broken. There were absolutely no enemies at all. I reached the end of the level, but when I touched the tower, the screen went to static for about 2 seconds. The screen flashed back to Yoshi’s Island. I felt like I nearly had a heart attack. The pathway was open, so I was able to move on. I entered Yoshi’s Island 3, and the level loaded normally. I scrolled through the level and there was another random question block. I hit it and it was another Fire Flower; I refused to hit it, but my senses got to me and I hit it. The screen glitched out again and the level restarted. The background and foreground was tinted a darker yellowish-orange color than before, and Mario’s clothes were dark red as they were before, and his eyes were pitch black. I scrolled through the level and the blocks were still unable to be accessed. I reached the end of the level and touched the tower and the screen went to static for another 2 seconds. The screen flashed back to Yoshi’s Island again. I moved down the pathway and entered Yoshi’s Island 4. The level loaded and I zoomed through it and there was another question block. I didn’t hit it this time, and continued on to the end of the level. I reached the tower and hit it; the level ended normally and showed the regular animation. The screen flashed back to Yoshi’s Island. I entered Iggy’s Castle and the level loaded normally. I zoomed through the level again and found another question block. I hit it and it was another Fire Flower. I didn’t hit it and continued on with the level. As I reached the red doors that lead to Iggy Koopa, the doors were blocked off by triggered question boxes; there was no possible way to get through it. So I went back and all of the blocks and enemies were gone, except for the block with the Fire Flower on it. I had to choice but to hit it. I hit it and the screen glitched out. The back and foreground were this time tinted a reddish-orange color. Mario was the same as before. I zoomed through the level, but this time there were dead Koopas scattered around the terrain. Their wings were severely torn up and there was blood glazed across their shells. I reached the red doors, which were now accessible. I entered the room and Iggy was standing on the tilting platform. All of the sudden, the screen cut black for about 3 seconds and cut back to Yoshi’s Island. I was starting to get too scared to move on, but I did anyway. The bridge appeared to move on to Donut Plains. I entered Donut Plains 1 and it loaded up normally. There was immediately a question block to which there was a Fire Flower inside. I tried to avoid it, but the game made Mario jump and touch the Fire Flower. The screen glitched out, extremely heavily, for about 15 seconds. The level restarted and the back and foreground was this time tinted red with a thick and smudged, black outline. There was an annoying buzzing sound in the background of the level. Mario wasn’t able to run, he was just trotting slowly. Finally, I reached the end tower but when I walked into it, the screen glitched again. This time, the screen was shaking very heavily, the sound was extremely distorted, and the buzzing sound in the background was extremely loud to the point where it blasted through the windows to where the neighbors could hear. This went on for about 3-5 minutes, before the screen cut to black. I tried to access the game, but it wouldn’t respond. I restarted the console, and the -Nintendo Presents- title screen popped up again. The title screen played as it normally did and all the save files were gone. I loaded up a new save file and entered Yoshi’s House, but upon loading the screen locked up. There was a loud buzzing noise that was looping over and over again, and the game became unresponsive. I tried everything to fix it and nothing worked. So I turned off the console and the TV, then there was a knock on my door. It was the police. They said they had received a Public Disturbance report and said that the source was coming from here. I explained that I had experienced a SNES game cartridge glitch which had played loud frequencies. He understood and went on his way. I turned around and my heart dropped. I could see my neighbors through my window staring at me from their houses, while also seeing my Fire Flower toy… staring right back at me.