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Just imagine popping that game into your PlayStation and finding a hilarious South Park video waiting for you! š¤£š„ It’s like getting a bonus gift with your purchase! šš
This sneaky move by the EA Sports employee turned the game into an even bigger hit and made it a collector’s item for all the South Park fans out there. šš Can you picture the excitement of stumbling upon that unexpected gem? šāØ
You never know what surprises might be hidden in the things you purchase! šµļøāāļø So next time you buy a game or any other product, remember to always keep an eye out for those little unexpected extras. Who knows, you might just uncover a hidden treasure! ššš”
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_Woods_99_PGA_Tour_Golf
Ah yes, before they implemented the “run from wife chasing you with a club” gameplay.
Actually, there’s a reason for it. The devs didn’t know how to make a proper “dummy” file, which could be anything. So they just used what they hand on hand, the South Park video. Completely inaccessible unless you stuck that PS1 disc in your PC for some incomprehensible reason
But what was the clip?
At least it wasnāt a nude egg
You should be allowed to look at a little early South Park on your ps one.
This is the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBoAFl77YOI
I was just playing that game a couple days ago
It’s in the game.
This long video essay theorizes why it happened and how it got discovered.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DFxIU-29jU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DFxIU-29jU)
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From memory, the TL;DW is that the devs added whatever bloated files they could find to the middle of the cd. This was so that all the primary game assets would be located near the circumference of the disc, which would allow the playstation to read the game faster. Some teenager then probably tried to look inside the disc through a PC for music related purposes and found the file.
That South Park video went around ALL the games studios in the mid 90s. It was right when the Internet was really kicking off, but access was still limited.
This video was part of my interview at The 3DO Company-
Thank god I thought it was hilarious else I would not have gotten the job- running the internet’s first ever MMORPG
I actually have one of these copies! My dad bought it way back when, and I used to try putting PS1 discs in the PC to listen to the music files. Only got a few minutes into watching before that got shut down real quick lol
Guess Iām going to storage to see if mine is one of them.
Yeah, game devs would put a few easter eggs into games and get into trouble for it.
A Maxis Employee was fired after it turned out he hid a gag in SimCopter where if you played on his birthday or Friday the 13th, the streets would be flooded by promiscuous gay men wearing speedos and dancing around. He was fired and became a culture-jamming activist and founded of the group [The Yes Men](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Yes_Men).