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🎮👻 OMG, kids were apparently scared by a "haunted" N64 game cartridge! Because clearly, when it comes to ghost #stories, #poltergeists love nothing more than to chill inside retro gaming hardware. Next up: a gripping expose on the cursed Tamagotchi epidemic. 📟👻
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250501-the-haunted-video-game-that-traumatised-the-web #hauntedgaming #retrohorror #N64ghost #cursedtech #HackerNews #ngated
Ghost in the machine? How a 'haunted' N64 video game cartridge terrified children around the world

A second-hand Zelda cartridge. A cryptic forum thread. A generation of terrified children. This is the story of Ben Drowned – the internet's most infamous video game ghost.

BBC