Text appeared: “You’re too slow, want to try again?” As Sonic lunged forward, a loud screech played and the screen cut to black. ![]() Tails tripped (cutscene again) and, after a brief pause while Tails cried on the ground, Sonic appeared directly in front of him. It then became clear that a) Sonic was actively pursuing Tails and b) he was flying. Methinks this guy is a little dim.Īfter a bit more time spent making Tails run, more creepy backwards music, and so forth, the “pixelated laugh” from earlier played again and Sonic began popping up onscreen, seemingly teleporting about. Tails frantically gestured in Tom’s direction as though beseeching him for help, and Tom seemed to take this as a sign that the video game character was earnestly attempting to communicate with him. The next level, titled “HIDE AND SEEK” loaded on its own, showing another canon location from the Sonic games (the Angel Island level from Sonic 3) although everything was on fire. I’d expect anyone not down to play a creepy hack would decide to do something else at this point, but Tom is a creepypasta protagonist and pressed on even though he didn’t like what he’d been seeing. The scene cut to black and text appeared: “Hello. Abruptly, Sonic’s eyes snapped open, revealing them to be black with red pupils. Tails initially looked happy to see him, but as he slowly approached Sonic his expression faltered Sonic still hadn’t moved or even opened his eyes. Sonic was standing at the far end of the level, his back to Tails and his eyes closed. More and more dead animals were seen, all apparently killed in gruesome fashion, though I’ll spare you the details they add nothing of substance anyway.Īfter passing through the massacred animals, Tails suddenly came to a halt on his own and a cutscene started. The sprite of Tails took on a distressed expression as he continued running, with the music slowly decreasing in both speed and pitch till it faded away entirely. Tom spotted something and had Tails come to a halt so he could take a better look - it was a small dead animal, bleeding on the ground. Any collectable items that would normally be there were missing, leaving Tails with nothing to do but run through the empty expanse of the level for several minutes. The level was titled “HILL, ACT 1” and seemed, at first, to be an ordinary zone from the first Sonic game, although the accompanying musical track again seemed to be playing in reverse. I know, I know, this is stupid, let’s get on with it. He noted the game froze up for a few seconds before loading the level, and says he heard a “pixelated laugh” (low-quality sound file?) that he describes as sounding like Kefka from Final Fantasy. Tom decided to keep playing anyway, and started a game in save file 1 as Tails. Robotnik, and the music appeared to be a reversed track from Earthbound (…yeah). The only characters available to play as were Tails, Knuckles, and Dr. ![]() It soon became clear he was playing a hacked game, though. Then the weird title screen vanished, and Tom, who I must stress again is a really big idiot, chalked the whole thing up to a glitch. The copyright, and I swear I’m not making this detail up, changed from SEGA 1991 to SEGA 666. His eyes turned black and bleeding, with glowing red pupils, and his smile stretched uncomfortably wide across his face. The sky in the background turned dark, the water became “hyper-realistic” blood (our favorite trope is back!), and Sonic himself took on a rather strange appearance. ![]() For a split second after Tom pressed Start, however, the image changed, and Tom was somehow able to make out the alternate image in detail. If you’re unfamiliar with what this screen looks like, the important things to note are that Sonic is displayed in the center and the background shows a lot of water. Unfortunately, Tom is a really big idiot and as soon as he saw “SONIC.EXE” written on the disc, he disregarded the entire letter in his excitement to play what he figured must be one of the Sonic games.Īfter Tom installed and launched the game, the title screen from the first Sonic game appeared. He told Tom not to play the game on the disc, as it’s what “he” wants, but to just destroy it. I’ll paraphrase what it said: Kyle implored Tom to destroy the attached CD quickly, before they both meet with a terrible fate. He’d received a letter from his friend Kyle, accompanied by a CD case. One day, Tom was at home playing Sonic Unleashed (Tom’s main personality trait seems to be his love for Sonic games) when he heard the mailman arrive and went down to collect his mail. He relates this story as though it happened a while ago. He says he had no experience playing glitchy or hacked games prior to the events of this story, but now he never wants to again. The narrator’s name is Tom, and he’s a big Sonic fan.
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