Videogame Places You're Not Supposed To Go 261
Ssquared22 writes "The eight far-off realms in this article exist for different reasons. They could be developer test areas, or forgotten pieces of landscape that somehow made their way into the final code. Whatever their reason for being, they all have one thing in common: they weren't meant to be explored by the likes of you and me. But through persistence, hacks or some combination of the two, you can take in these rare delights for yourself. Pack your bags."
What odd, interesting, or funny game locations have you wandered into?
Two Words! (Score:5, Funny)
Obvious reply (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Two Words! (Score:4, Funny)
Earl Gray! Hot!
Oh... so not real locations then (Score:5, Funny)
I read the title and thought it was talking about places in real life. When I was living in Tokyo, I went to Squaresoft's headquarters. Totally could have stolen some videogame award trophies right off their front desk, assuming I completed some sidequest to distract the guard first. On the next floor there was a taped up piece of paper with a moggle on it pointing to the left and saying something in japanese, probably something like "That way to accounting."
Pretty boring, plus I felt like a huge nerd. Then again, it was only 3 blocks out of my way.
Anyway, I'm not sure how many other real videogame related places you aren't supposed to go there are.
Re:Playing a game in a way you are not supposed to (Score:1, Funny)
Ah, the other 3 people that bought the N-Gage?
Re:WoW Exploration (Score:5, Funny)
I know of a huge forgotten area, but it's too difficult to get to for most WoW players.
It's called real life.
Memory location 0xFF83E2D4 (Score:5, Funny)
You're SO not supposed to go there! But if you do, a secret screen comes up with a bunch of cryptic text that nobody has yet been able to decipher.
Ah the memories (Score:2, Funny)
Who can forget John Romero's head on a pole, hidden behind the boss demon in the last level of Doom II? Or the level full of Wolfenstein 3D Nazi's, with Command Keen hanging from a noose!
The most sacred place must be when I was creating maps for DN3D, Blood & Doom, browsing the sprites you'll find a few that were never used in-game.
Re:WoW Exploration (Score:5, Funny)
I know of a huge forgotten area, but it's too difficult to get to for most WoW players. It's called real life.
It's all real life. But I've heard of this mysterious land AFK, haven't explored that yet...
Re:Memory location 0xFF83E2D4 (Score:5, Funny)
I deciphered it, it was just a stupid ad for Ovaltine.
Re:Memory location 0xFF83E2D4 (Score:5, Funny)
Second Life (Score:5, Funny)
Oh, wait...
Re:Second Life (Score:1, Funny)
Everytime someone makes fun of SecondLife, SecondLife lasts another year.
Re:GTA 3 Lighthouse (Score:5, Funny)
quick google search results [softpedia.com]:
"Go to Staunton Island. Head for Bedford Point, and bring a tall vehicle with you, like an Ambulance. Go to the parking lot that is behind some buildings in the projects (it was used in the "Kingdom Come" mission you do for King Courtney). Park your Ambulance next to the wall where the Kuruma is parked. Climb up on top of the ambulance and jump over the wall. On the other side, you'll see a sign that says "You weren't supposed to be able to get here you know". "
Re:Honestly... (Score:2, Funny)
I'm a cheap date: I'm one of the guys who when he was a kid kept driving towards the volcano in Battlezone.
Re:There is another undocumented area (Score:5, Funny)
my wife and I [..] get to a plateau on top of some of the highest mountains in the area, with a nice and beautiful view of the mountain ranges as far as your GPU will render.
For some reason that strikes me as one of the nerdiest things I've ever read. Gone are the days of "you can see x island from here on a clear day!", now it's "you can see x island from here if your graphics card can has enough memory!".
Re:Memory location 0xFF83E2D4 (Score:4, Funny)
http://xkcd.com/138/ [xkcd.com]
(don't forget mouseover text)
Re:Oh... so not real locations then (Score:3, Funny)
I went to Nintnedo headquarters in Kyoto... but they wouldn't let me in. Yeah, my story sucks compared to yours.