Once, I wanted to play Mario, but I didn't have a Nintendo for it, and I was at a flea market. This old man I saw had Mario and a NES, but the label was not there. The man said it was owned by a dead kid named Jim. I just said "whatever", because I was eager to play Mario on my new NES.
I plugged it in, and everything seemed normal. I played world 1-1 and beat it. Then I tried the old warp pipe trick, and when I got to the pipes, instead of the usual text that said "Welcome To The Warp Zone", it said "WELCOME TO THE SCARY HELL PLACE!" I thought that was weird. I said "whatever", and used the farthest pipe. The intro screen showed the words "DEATHWORLD 6-6-6". The graphics seemed off and it sounded like screams were coming from the game. It was super scary. But I wasn't scared and kept playing.
After a while, I hit a place that was impossible to pass because of spikes, so I had to die. I kept trying until my lives were at zero. I thought it was game over, but Mario came back, and this time, it looked like his face was bloody. As I started playing the level, it turned to a hidden cloud level, and it looked like Mario had angel wings. A spooky digital voice came out of the Nintendo that sounded like it said "No hope". As I was about to grab a mushroom, the screen went black.
I reset the NES and the game came up. This time, the title screen was different, and Mario's face was bloody. It scared me so much that I reset it again. As it came on, the digital voice said "You can't run from the funk". The screen was hyper-realistic and it showed Mario again, only this time, his face was mine, and me and my family's faces skeletons. It was so realistic; I couldn't believe it. I was compelled to try the game again. This time, I started it. As the first goomba walked towards Mario, Mario turned towards the screen and started screaming "NO MÁS, NO MÁS!" It sounded like high-quality CD-audio, also blast processing.
I screamed and turned off the game. I put it away. Later that week, I noticed my family acting distantly. I decided to research Mario games and I found out that Mario was in a secret game that was only released in two arcades on Friday the thirteenth on June 6th, 1997. It seemed weird, so I started playing videogames again.
I decided to put in the Mario game again. I loaded it up and I saw my save file. I clicked it and Mario said "Why-a you-a no-a stop-a playing-a my-a game-a?" I didn't take his warning and played anyway. I got up to Bowser and won, but when I got to Peach, there was toad there instead, and he said "Peach is dead". Then a ghost face came up and it had a lady's face and Princess Peach is a lady.
I reset the game for the last time. I opened up my save and it changed from my name. It said...
"JIM DIED BRO!"
"AHHHHHHH!!"
Then my mom walked in and she screamed. I was dead the whole time and guess what: my name was Jim!!!!!!!!!
So anyway, I don't know if any of you guys have experienced anything like that. It might have just been a bad dream, and anyway, my mom sold the cartridge at a yard sale so I don't have it anymore, but you should believe it because it's true!
Original author unknown
Originally uploaded on December 21st, 2011