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0:01When I was a kid, the two things I
0:03liked most were Godzilla and NES games.
0:06That's why when Godzilla: Monster of
0:08Monsters came out, it was like a dream
0:10come true. When I finally got the game
0:14for my birthday, I played it day and
0:16night. Unfortunately, I sold the game a
0:20year later, but I recently bought a new
0:22NES and after much searching, my friend
0:24Billy got a new copy of the game. I was
0:29really looking forward to playing it
0:31again and honestly it never occurred to
0:33me to ask Billy where he got it. So I
0:37started the game, nostalgia took me
0:39back in time and the eight-bit Godzilla
0:42theme flooded my ears, making me smile.
0:45I had forgotten how fun it was to break
0:47things as Godzilla. It didn't take long
0:50before I reached my first boss. My
0:53first opponent was Gezora. The most
0:56annoying thing while fighting Gezora is
0:58that he always pushes you into the
0:59corner, hits you with his tentacles,
1:01and you can't move until he moves away.
1:04The movement doesn't hurt you, but it
1:06can paralyze you until the time limit
1:08runs out and you have to start the
1:10fight from the beginning. Obviously he
1:12did it when I fought him, but for some
1:15reason this caused the game to glitch
1:17and once it did, he didn't stop hitting
1:20me with his tentacles. The time limit
1:23is supposed to last 40 seconds, but
1:25this lasted longer and the graphics
1:27started to get weird with small red
1:29blocks everywhere. This was very
1:33strange, but I didn't think much of it,
1:35so I grabbed the cartridge, blew on it
1:36a bit, and started again. This time I
1:39defeated the bosses without any
1:40problems. Then I went to the next
1:44planet, Mars. I searched around the
1:46board and found something unexpected.
1:49Where Baragon was supposed to be, there
1:51was Titanosaurus. In the game there
1:54were only 10 kaiju and Titanosaurus was
1:56not one of them. I tried to advance
1:59through the levels as fast as I could
2:01so I could see Titanosaurus in action.
2:04I fought Gezora again, but this time
2:06the glitch happened just as I beat him,
2:08making his sprite look like it had been
2:10devoured and his eye started appearing
2:12all over the screen. I didn't think
2:16much of it and started fighting Moguera
2:17as if nothing had happened. This time
2:20he had a glitch of his own. Moguera was
2:23bigger than normal and was also harder
2:25to defeat. In the end I managed to
2:28defeat him, but when he died another
2:30glitch occurred. Suddenly the giant
2:32Moguera sprite began to break and fade
2:35away. I still don't have the slightest
2:37idea what that meant. At this point, I
2:40was about to fight Titanosaurus, but I
2:42was also worried that those strange
2:44glitches would appear again.
2:49Surprisingly, Titanosaurus was fine,
2:51and even though all the kaiju in this
2:53game were the same height, Titanosaurus
2:55was slightly taller. The fact that
2:58Titanosaurus was taller than Godzilla,
3:00just like in the movie, I thought was
3:02pretty cool. After a very fun fight
3:06against the monster that wasn't in the
3:08original game, I destroyed the enemy
3:10base and for some strange reason didn't
3:12continue to Jupiter as I normally would
3:13. Strangely, I ended up in Pathos.
3:21Pathos was the same as Jupiter in
3:23design, except the board was dark blue
3:25instead of green. I didn't think much
3:27of it and looked at the other side of
3:29the board to see the new monster.
3:31Instead of Gezora, it was Biollante.
3:34That couldn't be true. Godzilla vs.
3:36Biollante didn't come out until 1989
3:39and this game was made in 1988. Maybe
3:43Toho put Biollante in the game to build
3:45hype for the following year's movie,
3:47but they changed their minds in the end
3:49. I tried to rationalize the game's
3:52anomalies somehow, but it was useless.
3:55I moved Godzilla to one of the several
3:57icons that had been changed and entered
3:59the level. The level had blue mountains
4:03in the background with a red planet in
4:05the sky. There was something strange
4:07about the mountains. At first, I
4:09thought the glitch had affected them,
4:11but it seemed too intentional. I
4:13quickly noticed something else about
4:15this level. There were no enemies, not
4:17even any obstacles, so I finished it
4:20very quickly. I tried other levels of
4:23the same type to see if enemies
4:24appeared, but there were none, so I
4:26decided to try the other type of level.
4:29I started one of the hive levels and
4:31was surprised by a grotesque background
4:33of orange eyes with tumors. The only
4:36enemies here were these flying monsters
4:38that were everywhere. After completing
4:41it, I tried to avoid those types of
4:43levels if possible. The board was short
4:47, so it only took a few minutes to
4:49reach a rematch against Moguera and
4:50Gezora, but this time the sprites and
4:52attack patterns were different. I
4:56fought Moguera first. Its replacement
4:58was a strange flying machine. It was
5:00like fighting Mothra. It attacked by
5:03spinning its front tentacle like a
5:05screw and fired a beam from its drill.
5:08This rare aberration replaced Gezora,
5:11becoming quite a challenge. It ran and
5:14jumped very quickly and constantly spun
5:16its hands, which made it hard to get
5:18close. I defeated it using a
5:20combination of tail strikes and the
5:22atomic breath. I was finally going to
5:27fight Titanosaurus, but when I started
5:29the battle, he didn't appear and the
5:31game simply returned to the map with
5:33the Titanosaurus piece gone. Only
5:36Biollante was left, so I started the
5:38fight. I was surprised when Biollante
5:41started the fight in her rose form. She
5:44was immobile and used her tentacles to
5:46keep me away from her body. As expected
5:49, Biollante transformed into her final
5:51form after taking enough damage. The
5:54battle technique was the same, except
5:56now Biollante could move, albeit more
5:58slowly than any other monster. The
6:01tentacles now did more damage and she
6:04could also spit acid. But when I killed
6:08Biollante, a new icon appeared,
6:10replacing the base. It looked like a
6:12red tribal mask. I got chills when I
6:15saw it, but since it replaced the base,
6:17I assumed it was the only way to leave
6:19the path. I moved Godzilla to the icon
6:22and started the level. It was a hellish
6:25place with no sky and fire in the
6:27background. The fire was the most
6:29advanced thing I've ever seen on the
6:31NES. All the text on the top screen,
6:34the score, and the life bar were gone.
6:36In their place was a single word in the
6:39middle that said, "Run!" My chills
6:41intensified. Cautiously, I followed
6:44through the level, but there was no one
6:46there. I kept going until I started to
6:48think. Run. But from what? It was at
6:51that moment when I heard a soft roar
6:53and saw it. I haven't seen all the
7:00Godzilla movies, but I'm pretty sure
7:02this thing wasn't in any of them. It
7:05must have been something the creators
7:07invented. By pure luck, or maybe due to
7:10adrenaline, I managed to run fast
7:12enough to get away from him. He was
7:15running very fast, so much so that if
7:17you barely saw him, you were almost
7:18certain to die. And when I say die, I
7:21mean your monster would die instantly
7:23if he touched it. When I returned to
7:25the map, I was tempted to turn off the
7:27game and pretend this never happened. I
7:30thought, "What the hell just happened?"
7:32"What will the rest of the game be like
7:34?" I just had to beat the mask level
7:36with Mothra and I would move on to the
7:38next world. But when I moved Mothra to
7:40the level, the game registered it as if
7:42I had already beaten it. I was quite
7:44relieved. I tried to prepare myself for
7:46the next world. Trance. I looked at the
7:51map to see what the new monster was,
7:53and it was Orga. A monster that debuted
7:56in a 1999 movie. In a game made in 1988
7:59, my theories about Titanosaurus and
8:03Biollante were fading away. There was
8:05no way this game was made in 1988. My
8:10eyes were drawn to a new icon on the
8:12map, a question mark. I was very
8:15curious to see what it did. From then
8:18on, there was one on every map and they
8:20were always near the start. When you
8:23start one of these levels, a screen
8:25like this appears. As you see, there is
8:28a question at the top, two yes and no
8:31buttons, and a face in the center. The
8:33face asks you 12 yes or no questions.
8:35When you answer, the question
8:37disappears and the face changes its
8:39expression. Then it changes back to a
8:41neutral expression and asks again.
8:43There was no time limit, and no right
8:46or wrong answers. The expressions never
8:49followed a pattern, nor was the same
8:51topic asked more than twice. Here are
8:54the face expressions I saw throughout
8:56the game. The ones I understood were
8:59these. One, neutral; two, angry. Three,
9:03sad. Four, happy. Five, sick. Six,
9:08maniacal. Seven, surprised. Eight, love
9:11. Nine, irritated. 10, confused. 11, in
9:16pain. And now these are other faces
9:20that also appeared, but I didn't
9:21understand them. When the questions
9:27started, I wrote them down in a
9:28notebook. I'm glad I did. These are the
9:32questions. Do you like the game? Answer
9:36yes, reaction happy. Are you afraid?
9:40Answer yes. Reaction surprised. Are you
9:43over 18? Answer. Yes. Reaction weird
9:47face. Number five. Do birds have teeth?
9:51Answer, no. Reaction: love. Does the
9:54moon rotate? Answer yes. Reaction weird
9:57face. Number 11. Do you have a job?
10:00Answer, yes. Reaction confused. Do you
10:03like hurting people? Answer no.
10:06Reaction irritated. Is the sun hot?
10:09Answer yes. Reaction sad. Do you like
10:13dogs? Answer, yes. Reaction happy. Is
10:17the president good? Yes. Reaction weird
10:21face. Number three. Does the president
10:23like your dog? Answer, no. Reaction
10:27angry. Now that I've explained all that
10:30, let's continue with the game. After
10:33this level, I tried the new green icon.
10:35First, there were two new enemies in
10:37this level. A weird flying ghost with a
10:40trunk and a bat with a horse skull for
10:42a head that appeared randomly. Then I
10:46headed to a blue mountain level,
10:48expecting another nice and calm walk. I
10:52took my time, but was completely
10:53surprised when the fake Moguera came
10:55out of nowhere, heading quickly toward
10:57me and taking some of my health. It
11:01only took me 2 minutes to kill him
11:02without having to worry about a time
11:04limit, but boss monsters never appeared
11:06in side-scrolling levels in the normal
11:08game. It unsettled me to know what
11:11other rules the game would break. It
11:14was time to fight the fake Baran, whose
11:16replacement was one of the most bizarre
11:18things in the game. This strange
11:21creature attacked you with kicks and
11:23also by opening its chest to fire very
11:25annoying infrared missiles. The fake
11:27Baran is probably the easiest of all
11:30the replacements. This cannot be said
11:34of the fake Gedora. The fake Gedora was
11:37the hardest monster so far, especially
11:40because of its special ability to roar
11:42and summon a flock of those horse-bats.
11:46Curiously, none of those horse-bats
11:48came out after killing the fake Gedora.
11:52Now it was time to face Orga. Orga's
11:56main attacks were a punch and a heat
11:58ray fired from its shoulder cavity. But
12:01when I had already taken away half its
12:03health, it did something new. It opened
12:06its mouth and tried to eat Godzilla,
12:07stealing life and power. But by doing
12:11so, it created a new weakness, since
12:12firing a heat ray into its mouth took
12:14away about four health bars. With that
12:17weakness, I quickly defeated Orga. Just
12:21as I expected, the red face appeared
12:23again on the map at the base's location
12:25. I started the level and saw that it
12:28was basically the same as the first one
12:30. I didn't lose a thousandth of a
12:32second before I started running as fast
12:34as I could. Soon I encountered some
12:37obstacles like dirt blocks suspended in
12:39the air. Most of them could be jumped
12:42over or destroyed. With others, you had
12:44to crouch to get past them. A few
12:47seconds later, I heard a hideous roar
12:49and saw the spider beast following me
12:51closely from behind. The obstacles
12:55barely slowed it down; it moved through
12:57them, tearing them to pieces, and when
12:59the obstacles were smaller, it opened
13:01its mouth and swallowed them whole. I
13:04was scared, but by thinking fast and
13:06with even faster reflexes, I managed to
13:08escape again. I felt so excited that I
13:11started laughing and said, "Not this
13:13time, idiot." But when I said that
13:16phrase, right before the level had
13:18ended, the monster did something that
13:20made my blood run cold. It looked at me
13:22, I took another screenshot of the name
13:28of the next level, just before running
13:31off to the bathroom. When I returned to
13:35the game, I thought about the way the
13:37monster looked at me. The game couldn't
13:39have heard what I said. It's impossible
13:41. It had to be a coincidence. But why
13:44did it happen exactly when I insulted
13:47the monster? None of this game made any
13:50sense. The new monsters, the strange
13:54fake monsters, out-of-place scenery
13:56like the green temples, question levels
13:59, and the red monster chases—it made
14:01no sense at all. If it was a joke, it
14:06wasn't funny in any way I could
14:07understand, and they had clearly put
14:09way too much effort into it. The new
14:13world was madness. There were four
14:15bosses this time. Space Godzilla, Manda
14:18, Gigan, and Baragon. I was surprised
14:21to see two new Toho monsters this time,
14:23but the best surprise was yet to come.
14:27I started the question level, and here
14:29is the list of results. Do you know how
14:32to swim? Answer, yes. Happy reaction.
14:35Do you like fish? Answer, yes. Sick
14:39reaction. Can penguins fly? Answer, no.
14:43Sad reaction. Can it turn in all
14:46directions? Answer, no. Surprised
14:49reaction. Do you breathe oxygen? Answer
14:53, yes. Reaction, weird face number
14:55eight. Is it good to bite a woman? No.
14:59Annoyed reaction. Is it nighttime where
15:02you are? Answer, yes. Reaction. Weird
15:05face number six. Do you like cats?
15:08Answer. Yes. Confused reaction. Water
15:12is wet. Answer, yes, angry reaction.
15:16Have you ever broken a bone? Answer, no
15:19. Happy reaction. Do you like your job?
15:23Answer, yes. Hurt reaction. Do you want
15:26a new monster? Answer, yes, reaction,
15:29weird face. Number 11. I wasn't
15:33entirely sure what it meant by a new
15:35monster, but I couldn't resist
15:37answering yes, just to see what would
15:38happen. The game took me back to the
15:42board, and I had a new playable monster
15:44, Anguirus. I moved the new Anguirus
15:47piece, eager to test my new monster.
15:50What immediately caught my attention
15:52was the level's water, which had a
15:53transparency effect. I know the Super
15:56Nintendo could do it, but I had never
15:58seen a transparency effect in an NES
16:01game. I advanced through the level and
16:03again. There were no monsters or
16:05anything, but soon I had reached a
16:07cliff above the water. There was
16:09nowhere to go but into the water, so I
16:12dove in. After getting into the water,
16:15I encountered two new enemies, a giant
16:16piranha and a shapeless creature with
16:18many spikes. It didn't take many hits
16:22to kill them, but they were quite
16:24annoying and could significantly reduce
16:26your health if they got close enough.
16:29After beating the level, I moved
16:31Godzilla to the blue castle icon. I
16:33started the level and a cold,
16:35unrelenting title appeared. Whenever I
16:38played one of these levels, I had a
16:40sudden and horrible feeling of anxiety.
16:43I had the feeling that the more I
16:45progressed through the level, the
16:46closer I got to something terribly
16:48malicious. There were no enemies, but
16:51these were some of the longest levels
16:53in the game. I only played one level,
16:55but it took me 7 minutes to complete.
16:58Then it was time to fight the fake
17:00Baragon. Although Baragon was
17:03originally the smallest monster in the
17:05game, his replacement was the largest.
17:08He was so tall that his head barely
17:10avoided hitting the bar at the top of
17:12the screen. And he was as tremendously
17:15bizarre as he was giant. His combat
17:17techniques are very strange. First, he
17:20breathes a misty breath that makes you
17:22freeze. Then he walks back to the right
17:25corner of the screen and extends a huge
17:27machine gun from his abdomen. He would
17:31have been invincible if he had used it
17:33constantly, but fortunately he only did
17:35it twice while I fought him. When I was
17:38done with him, I started the third
17:40level type, the Arctic. The Arctic is
17:44exactly what you would imagine from the
17:46name, a frozen tundra with some water
17:47segments. There was a new enemy, a
17:51creature trapped in a block of ice that
17:53blocks the path and you must use your
17:55special ability to melt it and free it.
17:58Upon being freed, it makes a strange
18:00crawling movement and pushes you back.
18:03It doesn't cause any damage, but it is
18:05very annoying. After dealing with the
18:07ice man, I kept walking and came across
18:10a water segment. I jumped and this time
18:13I managed to get a picture showing how
18:15the water splashes when you enter it. I
18:18don't know how they programmed it, but
18:20it's quite impressive. Here you can see
18:22another new enemy that walks toward you
18:25and explodes randomly, sending spikes
18:27in all directions. Back on land, I
18:30encountered a very unexpected miniboss,
18:33Maguma, the Walrus Kaiju. Maguma's
18:36fighting tactics were very simple, he
18:38had a freeze beam and could charge at
18:41you. A really interesting thing about
18:43Maguma is that he doesn't die when
18:45defeated, he just turns around and
18:46retreats. I tried to run after him, but
18:50he disappeared after I got into the
18:51water. Finishing this zone, I moved on
18:55to the fight against Manda. As for the
18:57fight, Manda was a pretty cunning
18:59opponent. He used a fair number of
19:02tricks like spitting fire, biting, and
19:03the most irritating of all,
19:05constriction, his strongest attack.
19:08After I killed Amanda, I went after the
19:10fake Gigan. When the fight started, I
19:14was very confused because there was
19:16nothing there. I thought this was going
19:19to be like the Titanosaurus fight in
19:21Patos, but just as I was about to go
19:23back to the map, a piranha appeared on
19:25the screen, but it wasn't there for
19:27long. As soon as it appeared, the
19:31speakers let out a deafening screech
19:33and the fake Gigan tore the poor fish
19:34to shreds. That abrupt entrance made me
19:38jump and got my adrenaline pumping. The
19:40fake Gigan was tough, but my new skills
19:43with Anguirus helped keep up the pace.
19:46The fake Gigan's attacks consisted of a
19:48kind of blood laser he spat from his
19:50mouth and a downward attack. Anguirus's
19:53special attack would be the key to
19:55defeating him. After that, there was
19:59only one monster left to beat.
20:01SpaceGodzilla. SpaceGodzilla's fighting
20:04technique was quite frustrating. He
20:06used his energy to create two flying
20:08crystals that reached the ground and
20:10became crystal towers. These towers not
20:14only block you from reaching him, but
20:16also allow him to constantly recharge
20:18his energy and fire a deadly beam at
20:19you. Eventually, he would exhaust his
20:23own energy towers until they broke, but
20:25if you waited for that, you would
20:26probably lose a lot of health. When you
20:31finally got close enough to land a
20:33punch, SpaceGodzilla would hit you just
20:35as hard, doing his best to send you
20:37back to the left side of the screen and
20:40create more towers. By the time it was
20:44over, I only had about five health bars
20:47left, but it didn't matter because I
20:50didn't need to fight anymore, I just
20:52needed to run. At that moment, I
20:55decided I really wanted to see the end
20:57of the game. Despite how terrifying
21:00these levels could be, I had to pass
21:02them to move forward. For this chase, I
21:05tried Anguirus, since his ball-rolling
21:08attack allowed me to move faster. The
21:12chase started like the first two,
21:14except there was a river of blood
21:16beneath the ground. The extra speed
21:19helped me gain an advantage over the
21:21red monster, especially since I didn't
21:23have to worry about a power limit and
21:25could keep rolling non-stop. Just like
21:29the previous water levels, the ground
21:31inevitably came to an end, so I rolled
21:33into the blood. To my surprise, the
21:36hellish beast didn't follow me; it just
21:39stopped at the edge of the land and
21:41grimaced. "I guess he doesn't know how
21:43to swim," I thought, so I kept moving.
21:46There was nothing around, but I knew
21:48something was happening. The chase
21:50wasn't going to end that easily, or so
21:53it seemed, something else had to appear
21:55. And sure enough, I heard a roar. The
21:58monster was chasing me with a new
22:00aquatic body. I had no idea it had that
22:03capability. Being submerged slowed me
22:05down and the beast had about the same
22:08speed. I came across some bottomless
22:10pits, from which some mines were
22:12floating upward. I assumed hitting one
22:15would hurt you and send you backward.
22:19Considering the red monster's swim
22:20speed, hitting a mine was instant death
22:23, so I tried hard to avoid hitting them
22:25. But that wasn't all I had to be
22:28careful about. Halfway through the
22:31chase, the beast revealed yet another
22:33surprise. A tentacle of intestines with
22:36clawed jaws at the tip came out of its
22:38mouth, trying to devour me. I barely
22:42avoided the tentacle and the mines, but
22:44I realized the beast was getting
22:45desperate because the chase was almost
22:47over. And about a minute later, I saw a
22:51patch of land that served as an exit. I
22:54jumped with all the acceleration I
22:56could muster. The beast screamed in
22:59rage and leaped out of the river of
23:00blood in a last attempt to drag me down
23:02, but I escaped its clutches. I threw
23:07myself into my bed and took a deep
23:09breath, satisfied with another
23:11successful escape. Now I was headed to
23:13the fifth world. Entropy. Entropy had a
23:19very distinct design, but it was huge
23:21and diverse. Interestingly, none of the
23:24levels from the previous worlds were
23:26present here. Instead, there were eight
23:29new icons. The bosses this time were
23:31Megalon, Battra, and Mechagodzilla. As
23:34always, the first thing I did was go to
23:36the question level. Do you like ice
23:39cream? Answer. Yes. Weird face reaction
23:42. Number one. Do you like clowns?
23:46Answer. Yes, weird face reaction.
23:48Number 10. Time slips through your
23:51fingers. Answer. Yes. Weird face
23:54reaction. Number two. Do you regret
23:57anything? Answer, yes. Hurt reaction.
24:00There are people who deserve to die.
24:03Answer, no. Weird face reaction. Number
24:05three. Is it safe to go out at night?
24:08Answer. Yes. Weird face reaction.
24:11Number five. Do you find it hard to
24:13sleep at night? Answer. Yes. Weird face
24:17reaction. Number nine. Have you ever
24:19killed someone? Answer, no. Weird face
24:22reaction. Number seven. Do you want to
24:25kill someone? Answer, no. Angry
24:27reaction. Are you even accomplishing
24:30anything? Answer, no. Weird face
24:33reaction. Number four. Does life have
24:35any real meaning? Answer, no. Reaction.
24:39Love. Do you like Mothra? I knew the
24:43last one would be related to the game,
24:44but I had no idea what the result would
24:46be. So I answered no. And the face not
24:50only responded with that manic
24:52expression, but also text that read, "
24:54Too bad!" I was taken back to the map
24:57and was surprised to see that Godzilla
24:59and Anguirus had disappeared from the
25:01board, leaving only Mothra. The game
25:04had screwed me over. I took a deep
25:06breath and prepared to explore. There
25:09were two paths I could take across the
25:11board. I decided to take the one at the
25:13bottom. The first world was a forest,
25:15so I started there. Almost immediately,
25:18I had a strange feeling. There was
25:21something about the level that felt
25:22wrong, even more so than the previous
25:24ones, and the fact that I had to use
25:26Mothra didn't help. In the previous
25:28worlds, playing as Godzilla gave me a
25:30sense of power. I was capable of
25:32dealing with almost anything that stood
25:34in my way, but that's not the case with
25:36Mothra. No sense of strength or
25:38security. Just a weak and insecure bug
25:41crossing into the unknown. After a
25:44while, I encountered the first enemies
25:46of the level, or at least I assumed
25:47they were enemies. These were strange,
25:51long-legged deer that, instead of
25:53attacking, just walked around calmly. I
25:57thought about shooting a beam at them
25:58to see what would happen, but it didn't
26:00feel right. The creatures were harmless
26:03, so I flew over them and the level
26:06continued. About halfway through, I ran
26:10into a group of more deer and also two
26:12new creatures: a beak-faced sloth-like
26:14creature climbing a tree and some kind
26:16of furry raptors that were hunting the
26:18deer. It was very surreal to see these
26:22creatures interacting with each other.
26:24It didn't feel like I was playing an
26:26NES video game. The creatures mostly
26:29ignored me. The confrontation was
26:32easily avoided because I flew to the
26:34top of the screen. After that, I had to
26:37choose if I wanted to play the levels
26:38with the hourglass or the ones with the
26:40television. I chose the second option.
26:44When I pressed the button to start a
26:46level on the TV like I normally would,
26:48a creepy animation appeared. And even
26:51more so because I had a shirt that
26:53looked just like that as a kid. Once
26:55the animation started, the only way to
26:58return to the board was by pressing any
27:00button. After that, I didn't know what
27:02to expect from the rest of those icons.
27:05I tried the hourglass one and felt
27:06somewhat relieved when a regular level
27:08appeared. The most interesting thing
27:11about the level was the colored
27:12hourglasses. I encountered the blue
27:15hourglass first. This slowed down time
27:18and I saw enemies from the past, which
27:20were five different types of
27:22prehistoric animals. I don't know much
27:25about prehistory, but I think all these
27:27enemies represent real animals. The
27:31level continued with another segment
27:33where I found a green hourglass and
27:34fought the game's original enemies.
27:38They all seemed to be an entire fleet
27:40of them. They damaged me a little, but
27:42it was nothing I couldn't handle. But
27:45in the last segment I encountered the
27:47red hourglass and the enemies must have
27:49been from the future. The game was
27:53actually showing me eight-bit versions
27:55of creatures that will actually exist
27:57thousands of years in Earth's future.
28:01When one last creature appeared, all
28:03the others ran for their lives, leaving
28:05me alone to fight it. It could fly, but
28:09its sprite didn't move and its only
28:11attack was firing a beam from its face.
28:14Even so, it was surprisingly powerful
28:16and I guess it could be considered a
28:18mini-boss. After defeating it, it
28:21dropped a health power-up that restored
28:23the health and energy I had lost in the
28:24fight. After that stage, which I call
28:28the time tunnel, came a stage that
28:30seemed to be a toxic waste dump. As you
28:34can see, the place looked filthy and
28:36inhospitable. All the enemies seemed to
28:38be mutated to some degree. You can see
28:42green mummies with bird skulls jumping
28:44out of the waste to spit projectiles
28:46and a brown skeleton with spider legs.
28:49Halfway through, I even saw one of the
28:51deer from the forest. It was alone and
28:55when I saw it, it was drinking toxic
28:56waste from a barrel with an
28:58anteater-like tongue. I was approaching
29:02it to make it stop, but then a flock of
29:04skull birds came out of nowhere and
29:06started attacking me. The deer got
29:08scared by this and ended up falling
29:10into the toxic waste. I felt bad for it
29:13. One of the birds bit me, but I
29:15recovered health quickly by killing
29:17them all, since they were very weak. I
29:20kept moving forward. I encountered more
29:23creatures throughout the level, like a
29:25mass with tentacles and a deformed
29:27thing with human teeth. I didn't want
29:30to fight them, so I kept flying near
29:32the top of the screen. At the end of
29:35the level was a large bubbling green
29:37lake and there I met another mini-boss,
29:40a kind of monster with a long neck and
29:42a whale skull. It attacked with
29:45projectiles coming out of its mouth and
29:47by ramming you. It could also go
29:49underwater and quickly pop out in a
29:51different place. He was harder to beat
29:54than the time tunnel boss and had so
29:56much health, it must have taken me 3
29:58minutes to defeat him. He made a very
30:01loud noise when he died and then sank
30:03into the water while I moved on. Back
30:07on the board, I headed to the nearest
30:09level icon I hadn't seen until then,
30:11which was a white tree. As I assumed,
30:14the level was like the forest level,
30:16but in a winter style. I traveled
30:18through the first segment, enjoying the
30:20atmosphere for several minutes. When I
30:23suddenly realized something, I hadn't
30:25seen a single creature since I started
30:27the level. Where was every animal?
30:31Shortly after, I passed the section and
30:33the next segment began. In the second
30:36segment, I was still in the winter
30:38forest, but the background music was
30:39gone. It started to feel suspicious,
30:43but then I reminded myself that there
30:45were other empty levels in the game and
30:47this was probably one of those. I could
30:51feel my heart sink when I came across
30:53this horrible scene. It was a whole
30:56group of dead deer covered in snow.
30:58Judging by the blackish-blue tone of
31:00their skin, they must have frozen. Upon
31:03closer inspection, some were missing
31:06parts of their bodies. Before leaving
31:08the level, I really hoped to see
31:10something like the animals from the
31:12previous forest alive. And so I did. It
31:16was a creature very similar to the
31:17beaked sloth, except this creature had
31:19white fur and looked more like a
31:21gorilla. It was walking very slowly
31:24when I saw it, but I was happy to at
31:25least see something alive. However, it
31:28didn't stay that way for long. A pack
31:31of raptors came running from the right
31:34side of the screen. The gorilla didn't
31:37stand a chance and one of the raptors
31:39immediately lunged at it and ripped its
31:41legs. These winter raptors acted very
31:45differently from their temperate-zone
31:47relatives. They attacked everything
31:49they saw. One was running back and
31:51forth without scratching anything. Even
31:54the sounds they made sounded different,
31:56shriller and more rabid. Upon leaving
31:59this second segment, I could even see
32:01two raptors fighting to the death. Both
32:05were covered in wounds and one of them
32:07had been blinded in one eye. I only had
32:10to pass through one more segment before
32:12I could return to the board. But in
32:16this segment, I was no longer in the
32:17winter forest, but on a very empty
32:19grassy plain, with a bright gray moon
32:21in the sky. After a long stretch of
32:24nothing, I arrived at a lake, and then
32:27the moon came down from the sky and
32:29began to hatch like an egg. When it did
32:32, a humanoid figure fell into the lake
32:34and the halves of the moon quickly
32:36disintegrated. Afterward, the screen
32:39started to shake and a new creature
32:41emerged from the water. And that was
32:43how I was introduced to a monster I
32:45call the lunar beast. It was the most
32:47difficult fight so far. It was stronger
32:50than any of the previous bosses. This
32:52creature would have been hard to beat
32:54with Godzilla, and with Mothra, it
32:56seemed almost impossible. I barely had
32:58three health bars left. When I finally
33:00killed this abomination. But what
33:03happened afterward can hardly be called
33:05a reward, since after killing the lunar
33:08beast, this happened. Ah,
33:45After this, the game returned to the
33:47board screen. I was doing everything I
33:50could not to scream, and my hands were
33:52shaking so much I could barely hold the
33:54controller. I knew the game was going
33:57to test me, and I kept playing. I could
34:00feel my brain going crazy. That was
34:04when I could no longer deny what now
34:05seems obvious. This game is alive. It
34:08is possessed. And not only that, it is
34:11also capable of establishing some kind
34:13of connection with the player. I knew
34:15that if I stopped playing, I would
34:17never be able to stop thinking about it
34:19. How many people have ever witnessed
34:22such an experience? I had the TV remote
34:27right next to me, ready to turn off the
34:29TV in case I felt I was in real danger.
34:33And if that didn't work, I could pull
34:35the plug from the wall or just run out
34:37of the room. Surely that would be
34:41enough. I took a several-minute break
34:44to calm my nerves and then went back to
34:46the game. Now there was a TV screen
34:49icon just below the white forest I had
34:51just left. And because the first
34:54animation was very bizarre, I figured I
34:56should try another to see what happened
34:58. Although I expected the same
35:01animation, I actually got a completely
35:04different one. Weird, I can't stop
35:07wondering what the point of all that
35:09stuff was, but then it was time for
35:11another level. Power and health were
35:15refilled and Mothra's spray had been
35:16shrunk to half its original size. The
35:19golden labyrinth was an anomaly in
35:21itself. I'm not sure how this level
35:24could have been played if I were using
35:26Godzilla or Anguirus, because flying
35:28seemed necessary to be able to move
35:30around this place. This level was
35:34seemingly gigantic in size, as every
35:36time I thought I had reached the end of
35:38it or thought I was going to end up
35:40back where I started, I found something
35:42completely new. Things like lava blocks
35:46, new enemies, or statue faces. until I
35:50found a statue face in a dead end,
35:52staring right at me with wide eyes. I
35:56can't help but feel that something is
35:58really staring at me from behind the
36:00screen when I see this. So I left the
36:03statue almost as soon as I found it.
36:05Anyway, I needed to find the exit. It
36:08felt as if this level was constantly
36:10stretching in every direction. I must
36:13have wandered around the level for at
36:15least 15 minutes before finally seeing
36:17something. A creature that wasn't
36:20golden, lacking any kind of levitation
36:22ability like the other creatures, just
36:24walking back and forth on the platform.
36:29But it wasn't long before I found a
36:30flying machine that swooped down,
36:32grabbed it, and then flew off with it.
36:36I decided to follow it to see where it
36:38was taking the creature. The machine
36:40stopped in a room with a boiler-type
36:42object in the center. The machine
36:44hovered over the cauldron and dropped
36:45the creature inside it. The creature
36:48emerged from a hole in the side of the
36:50cauldron, now with the same golden
36:51color as everything else. The machine
36:54flew away. I'm not quite sure what
36:57happened there, but I'm glad I found it
36:59because I found the exit shortly after.
37:02When I returned to the board, I noticed
37:04that the bosses hadn't moved at all. A
37:07bit strange, but it didn't bother me.
37:09It made planning my route through
37:11entropy easier. There were still two
37:14new icons to explore, the indigo cliffs
37:16and a black version of the labyrinth.
37:19So I played the indigo cliffs first.
37:22Upon entering a new icon, one of the
37:24first things I found were those
37:26multicolored creatures with big heads
37:28emerging from a small cave in the
37:30ground. They all made a hectic,
37:33synchronized sound, walking to the
37:35right in a group after emerging from
37:37the cave, ignoring me. Having another
37:40path to take, I followed them on their
37:42route. Finally, the path ended at a
37:45cliff. I was shocked to see that after
37:48reaching the cliff, all the creatures
37:50began to jump into the abyss. I had
37:53never seen NPCs committing mass suicide
37:56like this. I continued flying over
37:59several strange animals. Another group
38:02of multicolored ones were jumping up
38:04and down only to be snatched by large
38:06birds. I defeated some of the birds in
38:10combat, but it bothered me that those
38:12colored heads seemed so eager to die.
38:16If the game itself is alive, it's
38:17possible the creatures in those levels
38:19are alive too. At the end of the level,
38:23I saw yet another group of colored
38:24heads marching toward a large monster
38:26and being devoured. This was starting
38:30to disgust me, so I acted impulsively
38:32and fired my eye beams at both the
38:34monster and the colored heads. The
38:36monster became furious and ran over the
38:39remaining colored heads to fight me.
38:42Although it lacked ranged attacks, it
38:44was relentless, but it was no match for
38:47me. I was in the home stretch with the
38:50bosses. My plan was to go after Battra
38:52first. As I had expected, it started in
38:55its larva form. Larval Battra fought
38:58similarly to how Maguma did, lunging
39:00back and forth and occasionally firing
39:03lightning from its horn. Fighting
39:07Battra in its adult form felt a lot
39:08like fighting a clone of Mothra,
39:10although Battra was distinctly faster
39:12and stronger; while it lacked the horn
39:14lightning, it now had a new, more
39:16powerful beam. Honestly, it was damn
39:20fun; to be truthful, after defeating
39:23Battra, I was excited to see what
39:25Megalon would be like. Megalon was very
39:28similar to Moguera, but faster and with
39:30more attacks. It had started attacking
39:33me with its drills, then spitting
39:35grenades, and finally firing its beams.
39:39It only went forward, so it was easy to
39:41duck under it and then shoot it with my
39:43own beams. Megalon was strong but
39:46clumsy. The end of Entropy was now near
39:49. I had just taken down Megalon and
39:52triggered the last television screen to
39:54see what I got. This time the result
39:57was unpleasant. I couldn't understand
40:00why this animation was so sinister and
40:02violent compared to the other two. The
40:06whole game seemed to be becoming more
40:08and more malevolent. The last level of
40:10Entropy is what I call the Shadow Maze.
40:13The scenery had been recolored from
40:15gold to black. I traveled through the
40:19maze for about a minute and noticed
40:20there were no creatures floating around
40:22. It was a strange transition from the
40:26gold maze that was plagued with
40:28creatures to this level where there was
40:30nothing at all. Then, the screen turned
40:33black. The only thing I could see was
40:36Mothra's spray. I couldn't tell where I
40:39was heading and ended up running
40:40frantically into the walls. I heard a
40:44noise, the sound of a crowd running
40:46through a hallway, and along with the
40:48noise came the roars. Roaring sounds—
40:52noises I could describe as a rabid dog
40:54the size of an elephant screaming in
40:56fury. And I could tell that whatever it
40:59was, it was making this noise. There
41:02were a ton of them. I knew something
41:05was there, but until I did some editing
41:07on the screenshots, I couldn't see what
41:09my pursuers looked like. At that moment
41:12I couldn't see where they were or where
41:14I was headed. I was literally running
41:17blind and this mob of beasts would
41:19finally catch up to me. When the light
41:22returned, the attackers disappeared.
41:25And thus the challenge of this level
41:27was revealed: find the exit before the
41:28lights go out and a pack of monsters
41:30mutilates you to death. While going
41:33through the level, the lights went out
41:35a total of three times. The second time
41:39I would have been a dead man if it
41:41hadn't been for one of the wide-eyed
41:42statues, since as long as I stayed
41:44close, the monsters seemed to avoid me
41:46completely until the lights came back
41:48on. I would be safe as long as I stayed
41:52near the statue, but at the same time I
41:54had to leave it to find the exit. The
41:57shadow maze turned out to be much
41:59smaller than the golden maze, since it
42:01only took me about 6 minutes to
42:02navigate to the exit. Now there was
42:07only one boss left, Mechagodzilla. I
42:09started the battle and got something
42:11unexpected. Not only did my health
42:14return to 100%, but instead of a
42:16substitute boss, I was fighting
42:18Godzilla. But anyone who calls
42:20themselves a Godzilla fan could foresee
42:22the following. Mecha Godzilla started
42:25off fighting like a Godzilla clone, but
42:27its disguise burned off after only
42:29three health bars. This was like
42:31fighting Mecha Godzilla in the normal
42:33game. It felt pretty good to fight one
42:36of the original enemies from the game
42:38for a change. But after getting its
42:40health down to half, something strange
42:42started to happen. Its sprite started
42:45to glitch in a way very similar to how
42:47Gezora had done back in the first world
42:49. After a few seconds, the glitches
42:52started to generate a new form and thus
42:54the game had created the fake
42:56Mechagodzilla, one of the strongest
42:58replacement monsters with the most
43:00firepower. Even though it was a bit
43:03stronger, it was also slower than its
43:05original counterpart and couldn't jump
43:07as high. I won the battle by constantly
43:10staying out of its line of fire and
43:12bombarding it with poisonous dust while
43:14flying over it. So I moved on to the
43:18final chase. The final Entropy chase
43:23ended up being exactly as I had feared
43:25it might be, a labyrinthine level. All
43:28the other chases, although difficult,
43:31were extremely simple. You simply had
43:34to run to the right and not get touched
43:36. But this eliminated all the
43:38simplicity of the matter. There was no
43:41way to predict how big this maze would
43:43be or where the exit was. And now, not
43:46only did I have to constantly backtrack
43:48to find my way out, I also had to keep
43:50the red monster from touching me. At
43:53first, it didn't show up, but I knew it
43:56would. And as soon as I started to get
43:58into a rhythm, I heard a loud flapping
44:00noise and there it was in a flying form
44:06. It flew with bat-like wings and was
44:08as fast and relentless as ever. I
44:11managed to lose it by taking a
44:13different path than it apparently
44:15expected, and it was blocked from
44:17attacking me by one of the maze's
44:18organic red walls. It tried to claw
44:21through the wall for a second before
44:23opening its mouth and tearing the wall
44:25apart with its intestinal jaws. Those
44:28brief milliseconds that the monster was
44:30trapped could have been the key to
44:32finding the exit. The path to the exit
44:35was long and complex, but as I recall,
44:38I went up and then turned left. I'm
44:41still not sure why I chose that
44:43particular path. I was sweating, but my
44:46luck had saved me once again. The next
44:51one was the penultimate world, called
44:53Extus. A brief moment before the
44:57transition between Entropy and Extus, I
44:59was wishing I had Godzilla and Anguirus
45:01back. When the board appeared, I saw
45:04that my wish was half-granted. I had
45:06Godzilla back, but not Anguirus. Extus
45:09had two temples of different colors,
45:11white and pink. There were pyramids,
45:14modern building shapes, and other icons
45:17I couldn't understand. The new bosses
45:19were Kumonga, Gorosaurus, and Ghidorah.
45:23With Godzilla back, I was excited to
45:25explore the levels, though still being
45:27cautious. I went to the question level,
45:30as was already the custom. On this
45:32occasion, it came with more random
45:34questions than ever. Elephants breathe.
45:38Answer. Yes. Weird face reaction.
45:41Number two. Have you ever been bothered
45:44by a family member? Answer. No. Weird
45:47face reaction. Number six. Have you
45:50ever abused anyone? Answer. No. Weird
45:53face reaction. Number eight. Green is
45:56your favorite color. Answer, no. Weird
45:59face reaction. Number 10. The computer
46:02is the pinnacle of modern technology.
46:05Answer, yes. Reaction, weird face.
46:07Number four. You are a tough guy.
46:10Answer, yes. Weird face reaction,
46:12number 12, can you fly? Answer, no.
46:15Weird face reaction, number nine. Can
46:18you stand on your head? Answer. Yes.
46:21Weird face reaction. Number seven. You
46:24heard raccoons. Answer, no. Confused
46:28reaction. Do you feel guilt? Answer, no
46:31. Funny face reaction. Number 11. Do
46:34you want a new monster? Answer, yes.
46:37Reaction. surprised. "Do you miss me?"
46:40Answer: Yes. Sad reaction. I was happy
46:45because I assumed I'd get a new monster
46:47, but the last question intrigued me. "
46:50Do you miss me? Does it mean when the
46:53game ends?" I wasn't sure what to think
46:55. The game went back to the board and
46:59sure enough there was a new monster,
47:01but I had no idea who it was supposed
47:03to be. The sprite bore a resemblance to
47:07Rodan, but the head was totally out of
47:09place. So I moved the mysterious
47:12character toward the white icon and
47:13started the level. As the level started
47:17, text appeared on screen saying, "Find
47:19the gem." These were likely the level
47:22instructions. After that, I observed my
47:25new monster. It was a dark blue furry
47:28creature with bat wings and a skull
47:30face. Its name was Solomon. I found
47:35that the path was blocked by a beam of
47:37light and a small pillar with a plaque
47:38on it. I figured this light beam was
47:42blocking the exit, so I had to find the
47:44gem and place it on the plaque to
47:46deactivate it. How would I do that? I
47:48didn't know. In the original game,
47:51there was nothing that required finding
47:52anything to beat a level. I would have
47:55to figure out how to find the gem. The
47:57only direction I could go was to the
48:00left, so I proceeded. Solomon was an
48:04interesting monster, to say the least.
48:06He was capable of flying and shooting a
48:09heat ray, which proved to be very
48:10useful. He could also kick and slash
48:13with his wings, but he couldn't dodge
48:15or crouch. It wasn't long before new
48:19enemies started to appear. After
48:22killing about 10 of them, there was a
48:25pause and none appeared for a while.
48:28Moving forward, I found an area where
48:30there were holes in the floor and the
48:32ceiling. Creatures were coming out of
48:34them, flying quickly from top to bottom
48:36. I had to jump carefully. Luckily, I
48:40managed to get out without a scratch.
48:43Upon reaching the end of the corridor,
48:45I ran into a kind of mini-boss. It
48:47moved quickly and shot some kind of
48:49projectile in four directions. In the
48:52end, I killed it with relative ease
48:54using atomic breath. When the battle
48:57ended, the gem that was inside the
48:59creature's head fell out. I had to take
49:02a fairly long trip back to the start,
49:04where I deposited the gem on the plaque
49:06and the beam deactivated. I exited the
49:09level and was shown what was probably
49:11the strangest thing about the monster.
49:15Every time I finished a stage or
49:17defeated a boss with Solomon, this
49:19image appeared on the screen. I still
49:22have no idea what the phrase refers to.
49:25This is perhaps the only thing in the
49:27game for which I can find no meaning.
49:31The next level I played was one I call
49:33the bronze pyramids. Things were pretty
49:36normal in this level. The landscape was
49:39very interesting and unusually colorful
49:41and lively. I spent my time fighting
49:44enemies, though they were all quite
49:46weak. My favorite enemy was the giant
49:48reptile I encountered halfway through.
49:51At the end of the level, I reached a
49:53giant pyramid and set out to fight the
49:56miniboss. Although this one was
49:58different, as I had to fight two of
50:00these monsters at once. Individually,
50:03it could have been a very easy battle.
50:05The fight with both at once was a
50:06challenge. I secured the victory by
50:09tricking one of the twin beasts,
50:10jumping at the moment it launched its
50:12fire attack, damaging its partner. I
50:18wanted to try Solomon a bit more, so I
50:20moved his piece to one of the brown
50:22pillars with colored dots and started
50:24the level. When I entered, I realized
50:27what the Totems icon represented. I was
50:31greeted by two of them from the very
50:33beginning. I walked for about 3 minutes
50:35with nothing else in sight but the
50:37totems. Walking through this puzzling
50:40level left me with the feeling that I
50:41was being watched. Just 10 minutes
50:45after starting the level, I was already
50:46halfway through. After finishing the
50:50totem level, I tried the television
50:52icon to see how strange it would be
50:53this time. This was even stranger than
50:58before, apparently, so I switched back
51:00to Godzilla to play, and this level was
51:02a big surprise. It was a normal city
51:05level. The colors were somber, but I
51:08was still in shock. This was the type
51:11of level you would expect to see in a
51:13Godzilla game. There was nothing
51:15strange about this level, so I finished
51:18it quickly. I returned to the board and
51:20moved Solomon to the grayish-green icon
51:23, which turned out to be a gigantic
51:25high-tech laboratory. There were a lot
51:27of machines in this level, but Solomon
51:29finished them off just like the enemies
51:31in the white temple. There were also
51:34some very annoying flyers that would
51:36fly away when you jumped to attack them
51:38. Something interesting was the tanks
51:41in the background, containing some kind
51:43of creature inside. Sometimes these
51:45monsters would wake up and break out,
51:47shattering the glass. I tried to pass
51:50the tanks as quickly as possible
51:52because the monsters inside turned out
51:54to be very annoying. Once they were
51:56released, at the end of the level there
51:58was an elevator I used to go down to
52:00where the exit was. Along the way, I
52:03was attacked by security machines. I
52:05couldn't leave the elevator, so my only
52:08defense was the heat ray. The final
52:12level was somewhat simple. I named it
52:14the heart temple. It consisted solely
52:17of a long hallway filled with floating
52:20heart-shaped enemies. These were unable
52:24to hurt you, so what I did was go
52:26through the level and destroy all that
52:28I could to get more power-ups. Once I
52:31had seen all the level types, I decided
52:34to fight Gorosaurus using Solomon. It
52:38was during this fight that I realized
52:40Solomon had more power than usual, as a
52:42single well-aimed slash could take out
52:43up to four bars of the enemy's health.
52:47Gorosaurus had no projectile attacks or
52:49anything else that could match
52:51Solomon's deadly claws. I let the fight
52:55go on long enough to see if Gorosaurus
52:57used his famous kangaroo kick. And
52:59honestly, I was happy when he did. Even
53:03though I knew Solomon was very good in
53:05combat, I used Godzilla in the battle
53:07with Kumonga just for a change. Without
53:10heat rays or anything similar, Kumonga
53:13was also a simple opponent. He attacked
53:15by jumping on you, embedding his jaws,
53:18and he also used his web to paralyze
53:20you. Once he paralyzed you, Kumonga
53:23would take the opportunity to attack,
53:25but it was mostly just to buy some time
53:27, just like Gezora did when pushing you
53:30into a corner. With Gorosaurus and
53:34Kumonga defeated, I was already at the
53:36end of Exus. Before I fought Ghidorah,
53:38there was still something to do. I
53:41wasn't expecting much, but almost as a
53:43requirement, I had to take a look at
53:45the other television screen. I don't
53:48think there was much of a reason behind
53:50the television screens. If I had to
53:53guess, I'd say it's a random
53:54manifestation not controlled by the
53:56cartridge's capabilities. It was time
54:00for me to fight Ghidorah. Even though I
54:03had gained courage with Solomon's
54:05combat advantages, I was still nervous.
54:07And when I started the fight, this
54:09immediately confused me. My opponent
54:13was the fake Gezora. I defeated the
54:15impostor with a few hits, and then
54:17quite suddenly, the fake Moguera
54:19appeared. Then I understood. The goal
54:23of the fake Ghidorah was that I had to
54:25beat all the previous replacements. And
54:27that is what I did. After fighting the
54:31fake Moguera, I fought the fake Varan,
54:34the fake Gezora, the fake Baragon, then
54:37the fake Gigan, and finally the fake
54:40Mechagodzilla. I fought them until I
54:44finally reached the fake one, which was
54:46actually a Dorat. Once I stopped
54:49laughing, I destroyed it with just two
54:51slashes. I thought I was going back to
54:54the board, but the battle wasn't over.
54:57The real fight was against a monster
54:59called Chimera, a monstrous hybrid
55:01generated from all the previous fake
55:02bosses. This was by far the hardest
55:06boss yet. Each of its attacks drained
55:10whole bars of health, while my attacks
55:11against it luckily only took off half a
55:13health bar. To take down this beast, I
55:17came up with a strategy. I started
55:20switching between Godzilla and Solomon,
55:22and when one would get dangerously low
55:24on health, I would take them to the
55:26heart temple while fighting Chimera
55:28with the other. I started praying that
55:31Chimera wouldn't recover its lost
55:33health. One of the most interesting
55:35things about Chimera was that the
55:37colored sections on its health bar
55:38corresponded to different parts of its
55:40body. The head was invincible as long
55:44as the other parts were present.
55:46Besides being difficult, it was the
55:49longest fight yet. I'm still trying to
55:52remember how many times the timer
55:53kicked me out of the fight. Once I had
55:57destroyed all of its body components,
55:59the head flew on its own and had
56:00incredible speed. Chimera fought well,
56:04but I was determined, and once it was
56:06reduced to just a head, it no longer
56:08had the power to defeat Solomon, and I
56:09finished it off using the heat ray.
56:14After this long fight, I was exhausted
56:16and worried about how it might affect
56:18my performance in the chase level. But
56:21the base icon was replaced, though not
56:23by the hellish face, as there was a
56:25cross in its place instead. I was
56:28completely surprised. It's not that I
56:31exactly missed the hellish face icon,
56:32but if there was one thing about these
56:34levels, it was that they were
56:35unpredictable. So I tried to start the
56:38level with Solomon, but I couldn't.
56:40Suddenly, a notice appeared on the
56:42screen that said, "Solomon cannot enter
56:44here." It didn't say why, but I thought
56:48it might have something to do with
56:49Solomon's demonic appearance. So I
56:52decided to go with Godzilla instead.
56:56Once I saw the level, the cross made
56:58sense. The level was a graveyard. I was
57:01already on edge, thinking this was just
57:04a trick. The final level always
57:07involved running from the demonic beast
57:08, and I wasn't going to be fooled into
57:10thinking this time would be different.
57:13So I started running, but after a while
57:16, I slowed down. Two minutes into the
57:19level, I encountered something I wasn't
57:21sure how to react to. My first instinct
57:24was to run, but this blue statue was
57:26just floating in place, and I felt
57:28compelled to look at it for a while. I
57:32assumed it was an angel watching over
57:34the departed. It gave me a strange, yet
57:37warm feeling. I wouldn't call it happy,
57:40but I felt at peace in a way. I had
57:42never seen anything like it. Just as I
57:46was about to leave, the hellish beast
57:47appeared. Its presence made the music
57:53shift to a terrifying screech and
57:55transformed the level, desecrating the
57:57graves as a new floor made of
57:58blood-soaked bodies appeared. I could
58:02feel my heart beating out of control.
58:04There was no way for me to escape the
58:06monster while being that close. It
58:08lunged to catch me, but the blue being
58:11stepped in its way. The demon roared
58:13and began clawing at the stranger's leg
58:16. It began to shed tears of blood from
58:19its eyes. I wanted to save the angel,
58:22but there was nothing I could do. I had
58:24to honor its sacrifice and run. I ran
58:27as fast as I could, but the beast soon
58:29caught up to me, still devouring the
58:31body of the blue being. That sight
58:34shifted my attitude from fear to anger.
58:37Now I found myself hating that horrible
58:39monster. There was no doubt. In my mind
58:41, there was only rage and malice. I
58:43wanted to see it dead. So when I
58:46reached the end, I remembered how it
58:48responded to my insult in a trance; I
58:49spoke to it and said, "Are you going to
58:51make me pay?" And just as I expected,
58:54it replied with the following. I had no
59:11idea how it was going to carry out its
59:13threat, but nothing could have prepared
59:15me for the horrors that would come in
59:17the final world. Zenith. At this point,
59:21I was aware of the game's unnatural
59:23nature, but Zenith was different from
59:26the other worlds. While the others were
59:29certainly strange and sometimes
59:30terrifying, the world of Zenith was
59:32like a nightmare. I didn't have to go
59:36past the board screen to realize that
59:37something terrible was happening with
59:39Zenith. The first thing I noticed was
59:43the blood-red texture of the board and
59:44the music, whose melody was a
59:46horrifying whistle. I noticed I had
59:49Angirus and Solomon back. I felt better
59:51for a second. Then I scrolled to the
59:54right to see who my enemies would be
59:56this time. This time it was Destoroyah
59:59and Ghidorah. Returning to my side of
1:00:01the board, I decided I didn't have much
1:00:03choice but to stick to my usual routine
1:00:05of going to the question level before
1:00:07doing anything else. I wasn't prepared
1:00:09for what happened. It looked as if the
1:00:13face had been the victim of some
1:00:14terrible glitch. Is this what he meant
1:00:17before with the "You'll miss me" line?
1:00:20He knew what was going to happen to him
1:00:21. My thoughts stopped dead the moment I
1:00:25realized the screen was glitching and
1:00:27seemed to be falling apart while idle,
1:00:30so I quickly ran out of there. When I
1:00:34returned to the board, somehow I had
1:00:36gained a new monster. They hadn't even
1:00:39asked me if I wanted one. I tried to
1:00:41select it and this happened. The game's
1:00:52behavior was scaring me, and I hadn't
1:00:54even started the levels yet. I couldn't
1:00:58understand why they'd give me a new
1:00:59character just because and then deny me
1:01:01its use. For now, there was little I
1:01:05could do, so I entered the last TV
1:01:07screen. No animation, no music, just
1:01:10death. Every instinct I had was telling
1:01:14me to stop playing, just turn off the
1:01:16game, but I couldn't do that now in the
1:01:18final world. Besides, I felt the game
1:01:22owed me some answers. I noticed the
1:01:25first level was a red temple, so at
1:01:26least there would be something familiar
1:01:28with the level graphics and not
1:01:29something else. And I went with
1:01:32Godzilla, the monster I was most
1:01:34familiar with. Godzilla had been shrunk
1:01:37, the level meters and score were gone,
1:01:39and the blue temple faces were back. I
1:01:43tried to encourage myself by thinking
1:01:45that if this level is like the blue
1:01:47temple, then maybe that means there are
1:01:49no enemies to fight. How wrong I was.
1:01:53After a short walk, all the statues '
1:01:55eyes began to glow and a group of
1:01:57shadow labyrinth beasts came at me.
1:02:01Since they were coming from the right
1:02:03side of the screen, I had to fight my
1:02:05way through them. This battle tested my
1:02:08reflexes hard, but thanks to my speed,
1:02:10I made my way through the beasts. They
1:02:13dropped health restorers after dying,
1:02:15which helped me recover from the damage
1:02:17they inflicted on me. However, as I
1:02:21continued through the hallway, the
1:02:23statues' eyes glowed again, summoning
1:02:24another wave. They seemed to be the
1:02:28same number, but I was prepared and I
1:02:30took more damage. I had gone through
1:02:33four of those waves by the time I
1:02:35reached the end of the hall, where I
1:02:36blasted the last monsters into the
1:02:38abyss using atomic breath. At first it
1:02:42seemed like I’d reached a dead end,
1:02:44but after the statues 'eyes stopped
1:02:46glowing, a path of bricks slowly
1:02:48appeared before me. I followed the path
1:02:52until it ended at a wall where I had to
1:02:54go vertically by jumping across
1:02:56platforms. Along the way, I encountered
1:02:59new creatures and some kind of strange
1:03:01shrine, which had a statue of the hell
1:03:03beast and some other type of creature I
1:03:05don't recognize. As I went, I was
1:03:09pulled downward. I had to measure my
1:03:13jumps carefully to avoid the enemies
1:03:15that were abundant in this part of the
1:03:17stage. They didn't possess any attacks,
1:03:20but they could easily push you off the
1:03:22edge of a platform. At the end of this
1:03:25tunnel were a few small platforms
1:03:27floating over nothingness. I landed on
1:03:30one to the right of the screen and then
1:03:32something descended from above. It
1:03:35looked like the blue being from the
1:03:37graveyard, except now it was red and
1:03:38had a skull-like face. All the pleasant
1:03:41feelings I had from the blue being were
1:03:43not present with this red one. And as
1:03:47it hovered, its eye sockets began to
1:03:49glow just like the statues, summoning
1:03:51monsters to attack me. For sure, this
1:03:55was not the same type of benevolent
1:03:57being I encountered before. This has to
1:03:59be some kind of impostor. The combat
1:04:03was harrowing, as I started with almost
1:04:04half my health and had to deal with
1:04:06multiple opponents, plus the threat of
1:04:08gravity. To make things even worse.
1:04:13When the red being took damage, some of
1:04:14the panels fell away until only three
1:04:16remained. But I hadn't run out of luck
1:04:19just yet. Just when I thought it was
1:04:22over, I hit the red being one more time
1:04:24and it turned out one final hit was all
1:04:26it could take. As soon as the red being
1:04:30completely disintegrated, the game
1:04:32instantly returned me to the board. I
1:04:35moved Mothra over the stage closest to
1:04:37the red temple, which looked like an
1:04:39illegible mess of letters spelling the
1:04:40word "kill." As I had suspected, all
1:04:43the level's graphics were made of a
1:04:45mixture of letters. And Mothra, just
1:04:48like Godzilla, had been shrunk to half
1:04:51her size. Playing as Mothra made it
1:04:53easier to avoid the enemies.
1:04:55Nevertheless, they were determined to
1:04:57get to me. The first enemies I saw were
1:05:00some headless Gigan-like creatures. And
1:05:03further ahead were hybrid monsters made
1:05:05from previous bosses, like the thing
1:05:07with the Biollante head seen on the top
1:05:09right. A few minutes had passed without
1:05:12seeing anything new, and the level
1:05:14scrolled to another segment. The
1:05:17level's graphics also changed, now
1:05:20looking like a blood-soaked junkyard.
1:05:23The way everything in this level was
1:05:25red made it nauseating to look at. The
1:05:28enemies multiplied in number, never
1:05:30stopped coming after me, and became
1:05:32harder to avoid. At the end of the
1:05:36level, the situation reached a climax
1:05:38when the crowd of monsters fused into
1:05:40one huge, terrifying monster. After the
1:05:43initial shock passed, I discovered how
1:05:46to destroy this thing: by constantly
1:05:47firing eye beams at the group of heads
1:05:50that formed its torso. But even with
1:05:54this knowledge, this was an extremely
1:05:55difficult fight. I would say it was
1:05:58just as hard as fighting the Lunar
1:06:00Beast or the Chimera, if not more so.
1:06:04Its most common attack was lunging
1:06:06forward with its arms, covered in
1:06:08Gigan's saws and blades, which drained
1:06:10health instantly upon contact. When it
1:06:14was finished, the remaining monsters
1:06:16collapsed and the entire ground began
1:06:18to disintegrate and sink toward the
1:06:19bottom of the screen. Deciding which
1:06:26action to take next was more tense and
1:06:29difficult than any before. But
1:06:32ultimately, I had no way of knowing
1:06:34what the next levels would be like or
1:06:35how well-prepared my monsters were for
1:06:37them. The one closest to me, which I
1:06:41was about to enter, seemed to have
1:06:43thorny vines covering a pool of blood.
1:06:46I assumed it would be a level with
1:06:48rivers of blood like the dementia chase
1:06:50level. As such, I went with Anguirus,
1:06:54since his spinning move would give him
1:06:56higher speed while submerged. The level
1:07:00called Blood Lake looked just as I
1:07:01expected. Rivers of blood accompanied
1:07:04by thorn-covered vines that were
1:07:06scattered along the sides of the land.
1:07:09Apparently, all the Zenith levels would
1:07:12be this way. I walked forward without
1:07:15any interruption until my path reached
1:07:17a dead end. There was a gap between the
1:07:20ground I was walking on and the land to
1:07:21the right of the screen. I could have
1:07:24swum across and continued walking to
1:07:26the right, but due to the massive clump
1:07:29of vines, there was nowhere to go. I
1:07:32descended into the blood, slowly
1:07:34sinking to the bottom. There were
1:07:36aquatic enemies everywhere, and they
1:07:39were difficult to avoid. The Black
1:07:41Shark in particular was very aggressive
1:07:43and difficult to deal with, but luckily
1:07:45I only encountered one. As the scene
1:07:49became more and more crowded, I swam to
1:07:51the surface to find it filled with
1:07:52floating corpses. "Creepy, but at least
1:07:56it's not a threat," I thought. Until
1:07:59they all came to life and jumped on me.
1:08:02They tried to sink me and drained my
1:08:04life while doing so. They all attacked
1:08:07as a group. I had to curl into a ball
1:08:09and roll over them to get them away,
1:08:11retreating quickly. It wasn't long
1:08:13before I reached another dirt path. I
1:08:16had to destroy many vines, as well as
1:08:19deal with more very disturbing enemies.
1:08:22Then I was interrupted by a screen. The
1:08:27screen was like that for about 30
1:08:29seconds. Then, when I returned to the
1:08:31level, I was in front of another dead
1:08:33end and a pregnant humanoid creature
1:08:35hanging from above, strangled by
1:08:36something coming out of its stomach.
1:08:40Instantly, the creature's belly was
1:08:42slashed from the inside, while the
1:08:44lower part of the body was ripped and
1:08:45separated from the torso. The level
1:08:48boss was revealed and came flying at me
1:08:51, forcing me to retreat. The bat was a
1:08:54very fast boss and difficult to hit.
1:08:57While walking on the ground, the
1:08:58monster opened its mouth and launched
1:09:00some green needles. I jumped over them
1:09:03and managed to land a hit on its head.
1:09:07While the bat was flying, it shot a
1:09:09stream of fire from its eye sockets and
1:09:11began trying to hit me with the flames.
1:09:14This cycle repeated about three times
1:09:16until the monster was defeated. With
1:09:21most of my health gone, I went back to
1:09:23the edge of the level and the huge vine
1:09:25that was blocking the exit was gone.
1:09:28Now there are only two levels left to
1:09:30go, so I chose to use Godzilla again
1:09:32for the next level and Solomon for the
1:09:34finale. The penultimate level was what
1:09:37I call the organic level, which was the
1:09:40most visually unpleasant of all. Right
1:09:43from the start, I could see that the
1:09:45graphics were radically different. They
1:09:47no longer looked like NES graphics. The
1:09:50atmosphere was horrible and menacing.
1:09:52Only a few seconds had passed before
1:09:54something appeared. It's hard to
1:09:56describe most of this level. Everything
1:09:59had this disturbing semi-realistic
1:10:01appearance. Most of the enemies looked
1:10:05halfway between real animals and bloody
1:10:07, deformed lumps with teeth. While most
1:10:10levels involved going to the right to
1:10:13reach the exit. The path of this level
1:10:16was basically going down, walking to
1:10:18the edge of a platform and jumping onto
1:10:20a lower one. Also, some enemies acted
1:10:24as if they were aware you had to jump
1:10:26down and could stay at the edge of a
1:10:28lower platform waiting for you. When
1:10:32this happened, I had to back up and
1:10:34wait until the monster had left. As I
1:10:40moved forward, I found platforms
1:10:42stacked on top of each other with
1:10:43little space in between, resembling a
1:10:45maze. This meant I couldn't jump,
1:10:49making it more difficult to escape from
1:10:51the enemies. Fortunately, the only
1:10:55enemies capable of fitting into those
1:10:57mazes were the four-legged beasts seen
1:10:58earlier in the level. Adding to the
1:11:02difficulty, there were also long
1:11:04worm-like monsters that could rise up
1:11:06between the platforms and catch you.
1:11:09The only attack they responded to was
1:11:11the atomic breath, which made them sink
1:11:13back down. I think I was wandering for
1:11:17about 5 minutes until I found the end,
1:11:19but this level was making me physically
1:11:21ill. The tension was getting to me, and
1:11:25having to look at all those disgusting
1:11:27places made me want to throw up. I was
1:11:30about to pause the game and look for a
1:11:32bag, but I was able to hold it back.
1:11:35Finally, at the end, it was time for
1:11:37another boss fight. It was really ugly,
1:11:40but not as horrific as I had feared it
1:11:42might be. It was attached to the ground
1:11:45when I first saw it, but after several
1:11:47hits, it detached and started to float.
1:11:50It moved quickly and used this to its
1:11:52advantage. It stopped doing that after
1:11:54a few well-placed hits to the face. The
1:11:57pink area of its upper jaw was a weak
1:12:00point, so many hits there would weaken
1:12:02it. Its health was at a critical point
1:12:06by now, so I blasted it with atomic
1:12:07breath, against which it had no defense
1:12:09. In the last moment of the battle, the
1:12:13monster lost its mind, moving at full
1:12:15speed. I had to crouch under it and
1:12:18then hit it when it returned. Several
1:12:20more hits and it was destroyed. Only
1:12:23one last level remained to go to. I
1:12:25didn't hesitate. I selected Solomon and
1:12:27went in. As soon as I started, there
1:12:31was already an enemy ready to attack, a
1:12:33centaur wielding a whip, and it wasn't
1:12:35alone. When I began to fight, several
1:12:38more centaurs appeared. Coming from
1:12:41both sides of the screen at the same
1:12:43time, there were too many to handle.
1:12:46Solomon's flight saved me from taking
1:12:48too much damage at the start of the
1:12:50level. The centaurs kept coming after
1:12:53me, but they seemed unable to jump.
1:12:55After escaping the centaurs, I ran into
1:12:58several new creatures. As I tried to
1:13:02avoid the jumping sword-mouth enemies
1:13:04mid-flight, I got close to the lava
1:13:06surface and a creature emerged and
1:13:07tried to grab me. It didn't succeed,
1:13:12but careful maneuvering would be
1:13:14totally necessary to avoid an instant
1:13:16death here. As new enemies kept
1:13:19appearing, the level soon became very
1:13:21difficult. I had a lot of trouble with
1:13:24the red demons that stood on top of
1:13:26mountains throwing fire. I would
1:13:29eliminate them by waiting until they
1:13:31turned around and hitting them, making
1:13:32them fall into the lava. As I kept
1:13:35moving forward, I started to feel very
1:13:37hot, which made it hard to concentrate.
1:13:40I even had to stop periodically to get
1:13:43water because of it. This was almost
1:13:45certainly due to the game and not my
1:13:48imagination, but I kept pushing that
1:13:50thought out of my head. I didn't want
1:13:53to think about it. At the end of the
1:13:55stage, I found the boss rising from the
1:13:57lava. When it walked onto land, I saw
1:14:00that it was gigantic, several times
1:14:02larger than Solomon's size. I was about
1:14:05to fly up and attack it when it opened
1:14:07its mouth and let out a huge blast of
1:14:09fire. I had to dodge the flames by
1:14:13flying and then get close enough to the
1:14:15monster to fire a heat beam at its face
1:14:17. The beast had to wait a while between
1:14:21each use of its fire breath, as it
1:14:23seemed to cost a great amount of energy
1:14:25. I used that time to attack it. As its
1:14:29health decreased, it moved faster and
1:14:32faster, but after a few hits, it was
1:14:34defeated, falling backward into the
1:14:35lava from which it had emerged. And at
1:14:39that moment, the final stage had been
1:14:41completed. Finally, there were two
1:14:45bosses left to take down and a final
1:14:47encounter with the infernal beast. For
1:14:49some reason, I thought Ghidorah would
1:14:51be easier to defeat, so I confronted
1:14:53him first. Ghidorah was more powerful
1:14:56and relentless than ever. He
1:14:58continuously hit me with his gravity
1:15:00beams, which dealt more damage than
1:15:02usual. He could attack with each of his
1:15:05heads, pushing me back and making it
1:15:07impossible to get close enough to hit
1:15:09him. However, I had the idea to wait
1:15:13for one of the heads to lunge at me and
1:15:15immediately blast him with atomic
1:15:17breath. It worked. And to my surprise,
1:15:21the attack had actually destroyed
1:15:22Ghidorah's middle head. It only took a
1:15:26few seconds before I realized what this
1:15:28would lead to. Ghidorah had used the
1:15:31power of the glitch to transform into
1:15:33Mecha-King Ghidorah. Mecha-King
1:15:35Ghidorah's first attack was the
1:15:37deadliest. Very similar to Gigan's saw,
1:15:40it immobilized the monster and quickly
1:15:42drained the health bar. Fortunately,
1:15:45before Ghidorah could do much damage,
1:15:47the time for the fight ran out. I
1:15:51needed to defeat Mecha-Ghidorah quickly
1:15:53to prevent him from using his
1:15:55mechanical arm, so I sent Solomon to
1:15:57fight him. Solomon was faster, so by
1:16:00unleashing slashes and heat beams
1:16:02without pause, the monster soon met his
1:16:04end. With Ghidorah defeated, I was
1:16:08returned to the board. I now
1:16:10outnumbered the enemy four monsters to
1:16:13one, and victory seemed within reach. I
1:16:17began the battle against Destoroyah
1:16:18with Mothra, who although weaker, was
1:16:20much better equipped to dodge and
1:16:22counter Destoroyah's attacks. It was a
1:16:26bad decision, since despite this,
1:16:27Mothra's attacks did very little damage
1:16:30to Destoroyah and I had to move very
1:16:32fast to avoid his attacks. But even if
1:16:35it was almost impossible to defeat
1:16:37Destoroyah with Mothra, I still had
1:16:38three other monsters. In the last part
1:16:42of the fight I used Godzilla without
1:16:44much strategy, I simply attacked as
1:16:46brutally and as fast as I could. On his
1:16:49last health bar, Destoroyah attempted
1:16:51one last counterattack, an energy beam
1:16:53from his chest. I don't know how
1:16:56powerful it could have been, because
1:16:58just before he could fire, I threw a
1:17:00punch into his chest cavity, destroying
1:17:02him. At that moment it was done. The
1:17:05last boss was finished. I had come so
1:17:08far to reach this point, but I was
1:17:14terrified. I really didn't want to know
1:17:16what this final encounter would be like
1:17:18. Before I could think more about it, I
1:17:21moved Godzilla over the last icon and
1:17:23started the stage. When the level
1:17:26started, there was simply nothing, just
1:17:28Godzilla and a black screen. I walked
1:17:31back and forth, I fired the atomic
1:17:34breath. Nothing happened until I heard
1:17:36something. Oh, God. That was my first
1:17:46thought when I realized that I had to
1:17:47fight the red monster, the creature
1:17:49that had been tormenting me for almost
1:17:51the entire game. How could I be able to
1:17:54fight something that could kill with a
1:17:56touch? It seemed completely impossible.
1:18:00Fortunately, the red creature didn't
1:18:02seem to be able to land its killing
1:18:04blows. But despite that, the battle
1:18:07that would come would be very difficult
1:18:09. If I had had any real understanding
1:18:11of what I was getting into before
1:18:13starting the battle, I never would have
1:18:15done it. The red monster reached me and
1:18:19clawed at Godzilla. When those claws
1:18:21cut through him, I felt it. I know it's
1:18:25common for people to flinch when their
1:18:27video game character gets hit or loses
1:18:29a life. But this wasn't the case. This
1:18:33was real, genuine physical pain. I
1:18:36hadn't suffered any actual injury, but
1:18:38it just felt as if my shoulder had been
1:18:40torn apart. I had seen and experienced
1:18:43many unpleasant things up to that point
1:18:45, but that the game could cause me real
1:18:47pain topped it all. Yes, I would have
1:18:51been disappointed not to see the end,
1:18:53but the risk wasn't worth it. I was
1:18:56about to take one last screenshot and
1:18:57quit the game when I noticed something
1:18:59else. I couldn't move. I was paralyzed
1:19:04in my seat. The only muscles I could
1:19:07move were my arms and head. As the
1:19:10terror grew within me, a new message
1:19:12appeared on the screen. I started to
1:19:23scream, but only a weak, muffled sound
1:19:25came out. I desperately tried to force
1:19:28my body to move, but nothing happened.
1:19:32Since the red creature could hear what
1:19:33I was saying, I tried to beg him to let
1:19:35me go. I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I'm sorry
1:19:39I insulted you. I didn't mean to. I
1:19:42didn't know things could be this
1:19:44serious. Please, just let me leave. If
1:19:48you let me go, I promise I'll never
1:19:50tell anyone about the game or turn it
1:19:53on again. To which he replied to me.
1:20:08The verdict couldn't have been clearer.
1:20:11If I couldn't kill the red demon, then
1:20:13he would kill me. Like an idiot, I had
1:20:16been playing with something I didn't
1:20:18understand. And now it could cost me my
1:20:20life. There was only one way to get out
1:20:23of this alive. I had to kill the red
1:20:25demon. Everything happened so fast.
1:20:29Just like in the chase levels, the
1:20:30demon moved at a horrific speed. I
1:20:34barely had time to process any thoughts
1:20:36, and therefore, there was no time to
1:20:38form a strategy. I had to rely solely
1:20:42on my wits and my reflexes. To make
1:20:45matters even worse. There was no way to
1:20:48predict what kind of attack he might
1:20:49use, so I constantly had to be on the
1:20:51offensive and the defensive. I felt
1:20:54every hit that Godzilla took. They all
1:20:57caused me tremendous pain, unlike
1:20:58anything I had ever felt. I tried with
1:21:02all my might to avoid the damage, but
1:21:03every attack I dodged left me
1:21:05vulnerable to another and the pain
1:21:06could only get worse. After jumping
1:21:10over me, Red's eyes began to glow. I
1:21:13moved back as fast as I could and
1:21:15ducked, but there was no way to dodge
1:21:16this. When this hit me, I actually
1:21:20screamed. I screamed so loud someone
1:21:22should have heard me, but it didn't
1:21:24happen. I tried to pause the game, but
1:21:27it was impossible. I immediately
1:21:30counterattacked with atomic breath
1:21:31again and again until the power meter
1:21:33was completely empty. I wanted the
1:21:37creature to hurt as much as I did. Just
1:21:40before the timer ran out, Red
1:21:42transformed into his aquatic form. I
1:21:46didn't think the timer would still
1:21:47affect a battle like this, but it did.
1:21:51I’m grateful for it because it gave
1:21:53me a few minutes to collect my thoughts
1:21:55and decide what to do next. I chose to
1:21:59fight the next two forms with the
1:22:01monsters that had encountered them
1:22:03before, so Anguirus was next. That
1:22:06probably wasn’t a very smart idea,
1:22:08but it’s what I did. I jumped and
1:22:11blasted my power in his face, moving
1:22:13off-screen where I couldn't reach him.
1:22:16Then, a wave of massive mines began to
1:22:19fall from above. I felt this was unfair
1:22:22, so I shouted out. If you're going to
1:22:24cheat, then why even let me use the
1:22:27controller? And at that moment, he came
1:22:30charging at me furiously from the top
1:22:32left of the screen downward. Now I
1:22:35wouldn't even be able to see where the
1:22:37next attack might come from. He kept
1:22:40hitting me from different angles
1:22:42randomly, and I kept moving and
1:22:44spinning constantly around him. Seconds
1:22:47passed and Anguirus was almost finished
1:22:49, but together we had forced him to
1:22:51change to his flying form. Time ran out
1:22:54, so the next turn was Mothra's.
1:22:57Deciding to fight Red with Mothra was a
1:22:59terrible idea. Mothra was instantly
1:23:02overwhelmed by Red and her life meter
1:23:04was devastated in a mere 15 seconds.
1:23:07Once Mothra's health was down to two
1:23:10bars, Red did something I didn't see
1:23:12coming. He lunged, grabbed Mothra, and
1:23:14ate her. After Mothra was devoured, I
1:23:22felt agonizing pain, as if I were being
1:23:24crushed to death. I even felt like I
1:23:27might faint. Mothra had been killed by
1:23:29my stupidity and I would share the pain
1:23:32. The pain, combined with the fact that
1:23:34I was unable to move, was driving me
1:23:36crazy. I just wanted this to end, but
1:23:40there was still hope. I had one last
1:23:42monster left with full health. Solomon.
1:23:45If any of them had a chance to save my
1:23:48life now, it would be him. Apparently,
1:23:51Solomon has a bit of history with the
1:23:53red demon, since when the fight started
1:23:55, this dialogue appeared. Red caught me
1:24:16by surprise again by immediately
1:24:18burning me with his demonic fire a
1:24:20second time. As much as it hurt, it
1:24:23actually worked in my favor. Solomon
1:24:26started with full health and still had
1:24:28plenty, but now Red had used all his
1:24:30energy and couldn't use his ultimate
1:24:31weapon anymore. As he was led to the
1:24:35end of his health bar, Red turned his
1:24:37whole body to face the screen and flew
1:24:39upward. He then delivered a strong blow
1:24:42downward in an attempt to crush Solomon
1:24:44. When that failed to work, he tried to
1:24:48devour Solomon like he did with Mothra,
1:24:50but he wouldn't eat my monster this
1:24:52time. I thought I had won, but
1:25:09something was wrong. Red wasn't sinking
1:25:12to the bottom and I still couldn't move
1:25:15. The demon was still alive. After his
1:25:24apparent defeat by Solomon, the red
1:25:26monster had rebuilt his body into this
1:25:28gigantic final form, transporting us to
1:25:30a scorching hell in the process. It was
1:25:34reminiscent of our first meeting,
1:25:36except now the landscape, just like
1:25:38Red's true power, had become very real.
1:25:42Facing Red's massive amount of health,
1:25:44my defeat was imminent. Solomon was my
1:25:48strongest monster, but even he didn't
1:25:50stand a chance. It was just like trying
1:25:53to fight a mountain. In a matter of
1:25:55seconds, Solomon was overcome, fell to
1:25:58the ground, and was crushed to death.
1:26:00The sadistic demon took his time as he
1:26:03ended Solomon's life. I could tell he
1:26:06enjoyed our pain. This is impossible.
1:26:19I'm a dead man, I thought. I had no
1:26:22choice but to send another monster to
1:26:24its death. Everyone was going to die. I
1:26:26just hoped they would forgive me. After
1:26:29decreasing the creature's health by a
1:26:31minuscule amount, Anguirus was also
1:26:33eliminated. Red unleashed a rain of
1:26:36flaming burning needles to his face
1:26:38until he collapsed. Now, as if that
1:26:47weren't enough, the game even knew my
1:26:50name. It seemed as if the game had been
1:26:53created exclusively to torment me to
1:26:55death. I was returned to the board to
1:26:58send Godzilla to his final post. There
1:27:00was nothing left on the board, only the
1:27:03icons for Red, Godzilla, and that fifth
1:27:05monster. Amidst everything that had
1:27:08happened, I had completely forgotten
1:27:10about it. Once again, I tried to select
1:27:12it. I cursed it, pleaded, screamed for
1:27:15it to do something, anything to help me
1:27:17, but it was in vain. There was only
1:27:21one thing left to do. I knew Godzilla
1:27:23wouldn't have any more of a chance than
1:27:25the rest of the monsters. And how did
1:27:27it go? Red ended up devouring him. But
1:27:30maybe, just maybe, now that all the
1:27:32other monsters were gone, the fifth
1:27:34monster could finally wake up. I
1:27:37struggled to select the creature's icon
1:27:39and pressed the buttons as fast as I
1:27:41could. That was when Red decided he had
1:27:45done enough, and before I could
1:27:47activate the monster, he dealt the
1:27:49killing blow. The game over screen
1:27:59appeared and slowly my hands began to
1:28:02go numb and unresponsive. But as my
1:28:05vision faded, I was still trying to
1:28:07press the buttons. Surely Red thought
1:28:11he had finally won and was starting to
1:28:13end my existence. He was wrong. Red's
1:28:19power was being challenged by another
1:28:21force. It was keeping him from killing
1:28:24me, and when my vision returned, I saw
1:28:26it. It was that blue being I had seen
1:28:29before. From what she said, apparently
1:28:32her name was Melissa. I asked her how
1:28:34it was possible she was here if I had
1:28:37seen the red demon kill her myself. Her
1:28:40words stirred something inside me. I
1:28:42wasn't going to die this way. I had to
1:28:45fight to save my life and perhaps, in
1:28:47some way, save that mysterious blue
1:28:49being too. With her help, the fifth
1:28:53monster was finally released. It was
1:28:56time to end this once and for all.
1:29:01Together, we could banish this cursed
1:29:03hellspawn out of existence. Acacius was
1:29:07by far the strongest playable monster
1:29:09in the game. He had to be if we were to
1:29:12have any chance of surviving. His
1:29:15punches involved turning his hands into
1:29:17blades, which caused tremendous damage.
1:29:20But Red had more than enough health to
1:29:22burn through. In the end, this would
1:29:25come down to pure skill. With one final
1:29:46blow, Red would be destroyed. Slowly,
1:30:12the paralysis faded and I was able to
1:30:14stand up again. We had done it. That
1:30:17blue being trapped inside the game had
1:30:20been avenged, and I felt an
1:30:21overwhelming joy. Tears of joy fell
1:30:24down my face and I broke down crying.
1:30:26Everything that had happened,
1:30:28everything I had discovered, and now
1:30:30the game was coming to an end. But
1:30:32before she and the others left, Melissa
1:30:35had something to tell me. La la la.
1:31:04Once I was able to start walking again,
1:31:07the first thing I did was unplug it,
1:31:09remove the cartridge, and put them in
1:31:11different drawers. I checked the
1:31:14computer. All the screenshots you have
1:31:17seen until now were saved. I backed up
1:31:20all the images onto a flash drive
1:31:22before turning off the computer, just
1:31:24in case. After that, I fell into bed
1:31:27and immediately lost consciousness. It
1:31:30wasn't a restful sleep, but one of
1:31:32total exhaustion. The first thought I
1:31:35remember coming to my mind was, "What
1:31:36the hell happened last night?" I
1:31:39thought about it for a short while
1:31:41until it occurred to me to contact the
1:31:43person who got the game to begin with,
1:31:46my friend Billy. So I called him and
1:31:48simply told him to come over to my
1:31:50apartment. I showed him the screenshots
1:31:53and gave him a brief summary of what
1:31:54had happened. At first, he thought I
1:31:57was playing a prank on him, but he soon
1:31:59realized that was not the case. Once he
1:32:02found out this was real, he was left
1:32:04speechless. He made it clear that there
1:32:06was no way he had tampered with the
1:32:08game and had no idea about any of this.
1:32:11So then I asked Billy the obvious
1:32:13question: where did you get it? I got a
1:32:16simple answer. I got it from another
1:32:19friend of mine I trade games with. So
1:32:21Billy called the person who had gotten
1:32:23him the game. When I mentioned what
1:32:25happened, his tone changed and he hung
1:32:28up on us abruptly. Billy and I haven't
1:32:31talked much since then. Even though
1:32:34I've told him that's not the case, I
1:32:36get the impression that Billy thinks
1:32:37what happened with the game is his
1:32:39fault. It was very hard for me to do
1:32:42anything other than think about the
1:32:44game. There were too many unanswered
1:32:47questions. Who was Red? Who was that
1:32:50blue being? How did they get there?
1:32:53Were the game characters really alive?
1:32:57Why did all this happen with this game?
1:32:59I was truly facing a real demon. But
1:33:03what kept me awake for many nights was
1:33:05the uncertainty of knowing that Red
1:33:07clearly knew me and even knew my name.
1:33:11How or when did he? This is a question
1:33:14I cannot get out of my head. Since then
1:33:17, I can't shake this feeling of being
1:33:19watched at all times. So I decided to
1:33:24sell the game online. This may be
1:33:26selfish, but it has nothing to do with
1:33:29money. I don't care how much or how
1:33:31little they might pay for the game. I
1:33:34can't obsess over this forever and the
1:33:36only way I can deal with this is by
1:33:38putting the game out of my life. So
1:33:41this brings me to the main reasons why
1:33:43I've created a summary of those events.
1:33:47First, to note the details while I can
1:33:48still remember them, and second, so
1:33:50that anyone who wishes to get this game
1:33:52knows what they are getting into. I
1:33:55cannot guarantee the safety of anyone
1:33:57who plays the game at all, but to the
1:33:59new owner of the game, remember this:
1:34:01be careful, and if it feels like the
1:34:03game is literally playing with your
1:34:05mind, turn it off immediately.

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