Alright, I’ve decided to give my two cents on this, cause hoo boy, it’s 1am and this has completely occupied my mind. So, the first “occasion” occurs on August 16th, in the year of 1995. The N64 was about a year from release, and more importantly, Space World was on the way, which was planned to take place in November, from the 22nd to 24th to be exact. However, it can be assumed that certain events took place during this occasion, such as the making of the Developer Crash Handler, which can be seen in this video. The early castle grounds is still around as well, meaning that has already been made and unchanged. However, I believe the more important event involves the Developer Animation Showcase. More on that later. We start of in the Wing Cap stage, but many things are different, such as the missing red switch and Mario’s missing wings. These are pointed in the text boxes that appear as soon as the stage begins, which are also different from the final build of the game. Instead, they contain clearly annoyed remarks from a man going by the name of Dan. He addresses Eric, who is the owner of the Super Mario 64 Beta Archive channel, asking him to make certain changes to the game, for he has been slacking for far too long. He goes on to state more issues that need fixing, which can lead one to assume that he is perhaps Eric’s boss. Otherwise he’s just one pissed off worker. What’s definitely most important in the text, however, is the line, “why do you always screw up?” Based on earlier text, it’s clear that Dan is referring to Eric here, who is playing/testing the Mario 64 beta currently. Despite being very cold, it says a lot about Eric as a person. Either he is a very lazy employee who doesn’t care for his work, or he is a broken man who has made many mistakes in the past. I believe the latter to be more true. Anyways, Eric starts playing the wing cap course but happens to fall off the course fairly quickly. This would normally result in Mario appearing back in Peach’s Castle, but this is not the case this time. Instead, we see the results of the player’s participation with the game. Eric’s participation. His HR, which I believe means Heart Rate, is listed as normal, meaning his body seems to be overall okay. His Imagery, (which I think is the way he is seeing things) is also normal. However, there is this third result, revolving around NeuronC, which I’m fairly certain is the problem here. Please correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe it overall means the functioning of one’s brain. (I’m probably wrong though lol) This result lists as “Theta”, and I honestly have no idea what that means, but it must be something bad, for the other two results are normal, and the current status of the player, Eric is Irrelevant. I don’t mean it doesn’t matter, first of all, lmao. It basically just means that the player wasn’t very connected with the game. They may have been distracted, which explains why the brain, or NeuronC, had the only negative result. A status report is given, further proving this. However, it also gives a reason as to why the player, Eric, was distracted, stating that he may have lost something, or more importantly, someone, and has been too busy thinking about it. The status report asks that he turns off the console, which he doesn’t immediately do, and then transitions to probably the key component to this whole mystery. We see the creator of this GUI, or Graphical User Interface. (This is what the whole test was based off of, testing the connection between a human and a computer, or just using a computer to monitor the human body.) Nonetheless, this GUI was made by a woman named Meg Mobberly. We are also given a cartoon image of her winking while preforming the signature Super Mario 64 peace sign. Along with said image is a short from her: “Say thanks on the way out!” This may be something Meg says often, either as a joke or a sassy remark. But it’s hers. It was her. It was Meg. Mario is then respawned on the castle grounds, and after he runs about for a bit, the game crashes, as the Developer Crash Handler helps make clear. This may have been a result of attempting to re-enter the castle/wing cap stage after already being tested. Or, (and this is what I like to thing) the GUI may have been overwhelmed, causing the crash. The status report did ask to turn off the console, which Eric, again, did not do. We fast forward 3 months, and it is now November 16th, 1995. Space world is but a week away, and this further clarified when Eric re-enters the Wing Cap stage, which now has an orangey background, perhaps signifying a sun set. We are once again, greeted by Dan in text form. He states that Shoshinkai (another title for Space World) is drawing near, and that Eric needs to finish up his work or else the wing cap stage is getting cut. However, does that mean just the stage, or the overall GUI test? We don’t quite know. Another notable thing here is the change in character for Dan. He seems less annoyed with Eric, and appears to be trying to pressure him less, saying the art department has even gotten back to him, so they might just scrap the whole section overall. But yet, he still asks him to do him a solid and get it done, just in case. He seems less demanding here, and is instead just asking him, maybe as a friend. They must have had some sort of relationship, otherwise Eric would’ve been fired long ago for not getting any work done. (Like, did he even change the flavour text!?) There’s one final piece of text, however, and it’s right before Dan’s signature signature. “Are you missing someone right now?” This pretty much confirms it, as well as the previous status report. Something happened to someone Eric was close with, and while it could most certainly be a family member or someone else unrelated to this video, I don’t think that’s the case. And besides Eric and Dan, the only other person with a name in this video is Meg Mobberly. But what could have possibly happened to her? Well, remember when I briefly mentioned the Developer Animation Showcase? Well, in said showcase, many animations for Mario and Bowser were showed off, including one of Mario drowning. Now, this normally would just be nothing, except there is one tiny detail that could easily be missed. The animations were made with real human reference footage. Real human reference footage. Real. Not fake. Real. Meaning footage of an actual human being drowning was used to craft the Mario drowning animation. Now, this could have been footage of someone else, it doesn’t specify whether the footage was from the Mario 64 team or not. But I don’t believe that was the case. So this explains it all. Meg died after finishing her GUI and before the month of August, because following said month, Eric had certainly fallen into a state of complete depression. He still, however, tries out the test, and is this time given a Heart Rate of acceptable. Imagery is still normal, but there isn’t a result given for NeuronC. As a result, he is given a current status of Irrelevant Type 2. The status report goes on to state that usually occurs when the equipment or participant does/receives something incomprehensible. It gives examples such as other people, magnets, and most importantly, heavy emotional brain waves. It seems that Eric has only gotten worse since August. The status report also asks that Eric turns of the console, calms himself, and checks his equipment. Wait, checks his equipment? Ah, so that answers the question! (At least, I think so) The GUI must have been a whole separate part of the N64. Sort of like an add-on of sorts. Perhaps it wasn’t needed to play Mario 64 in its Beta form. But we don’t know for sure. We’d need to see beta footage of the wing cap stage without the test results screen at the end to confirm this. Because if the equipment wasn’t needed, then why was Eric using? The previous occasion led us to believe that he was just a programmer, not a GUI tester. Unless he need both? I’m honestly not sure. Anyways, enough of my ramblings. We once again see the same Meg Mobberly text, and the screen goes black. Ok, I’m gonna take a break on this. It’s 2:30 and I’m genuinely tired. Wonder if anyone will honestly see this. If they do, and want me to continue, I gladly will! But until then, good night!
I've been thinking about Petscop in relation to this for a bit now, mostly because they both play on environmental uneasiness rather than straight up scary stuff for their creepy factor
@LuigiThePastaMan The older videos and these videos have their charm but I am definitely going to miss the 95% realness in the older videos. Although I am definitely interested in what the future of this channel is going to do now.
@LuigiThePastaMan There is no trying to be creepy here. At least there is no Wario Apparition or shitty jumpscares. It's just unsettling, creepy, but because of the mysterious side
it was better that way tbh. those videos were eerie in their own way because there was just something off about them. there was a feeling of dread lingering in the air when you'd watch them. they weren't even trying to be creepy and yet they were, and it gave this channel a unique identity among the channels that came with the mario 64 personalized trend... now they're throwing us this sudden switch to the arg stuff involving "eric" and these other characters and it just feels very forced and tryhard if you ask me, a complete 180 from their original content. not a fan
I would assume it says so in the text that isn't in English? Good to know, thanks for the information. I wonder if the choice for that name has a meaning, since I think it doesn't take a genius to guess that the person who runs this channel most likely isn't actually named Eric Bennett. Especially since it seems like we're getting into more creepypasta type territory now, with the whole brainwaves and stuff.
@@Glacidon Eric being the creator of the channel would connect the "reason I'm going to see someone" blurb in the description to the actual player in this set of recordings. The last recording was made about a week and a half ago (DD/MM/YY), which means Eric has been planning this trip to the west coast for some time now. Presumably he's going to meet the person that Dan asked if he was "missing" in the second recording, which is probably the missing living thing from the first. From what I can tell, it's Meg. It seems like every time he inputs the code that she gave him before Spaceworld, the participation sheet gives increasingly irrelevant scores to the point that it goes into Panic Mode and advises medical attention. I think the reason he got these scores on the previous sheets is because the game can sense strong emotional brainwaves, and it knows Eric desperately wants to check on this person he's lost contact with, this feeling reaching it's breaking point this year, causing him to input the code again and try to get in contact with Meg. I've never really been able to theorize like this with something so fresh out of the oven before. I'm like, half certain all of what I just said is completely wrong. It could just be some random person not yet given a name he's meeting. Maybe he's meeting with somebody that knows more about whatever he was investigating stated in the Castle Grounds video. Maybe he wasn't actually fixating on a person, but this investigation. Only time will tell. I am very excited for what's to come of this series. EDIT: Holy shit, a commenter by the name of Mistah AD made some incredible observations about Eric's despondency. Through the recent videos, it seems Eric was never really that enthused to be there. You could probably assume this from the radio ad's "amazing" and Dan badgering him to finish the flavor text. And with the fact that Panic Mode suggests medical attention after something goes wrong in the game, a glitch or bug occurring could lead to real world consequences. This leads into something terrible happening to Meg, which explains Eric's participation sheets. He has a guilty conscience, and he can't stop thinking about her. Something else I noticed on a rewatch is that personalized flavor text is signaled by a space in the text, a la the fade to white in Spec Ops: The Line signaling a hallucination. "Why do you always screw up?" "Are you missing someone?" "This is all your fault." This is some really interesting stuff. Obviously the creator thought this out incredibly thoroughly. Many props.
@@loztwalker5068 "panic mode" its a status typically asigned to the system when the participation is noexitent WAIT ... they are testing the assets?(npc,structure,) they are testing the player? ,the player is a asset? in the "irrelevant" description says the the console need something alive to control him the H.R meter means ...human recognition? also nice half life reference
Alright. Let's go Ace Detective on this shit: So as has been shown, this is indeed much like the 'personalized' copy trend that has become much more rampant as of recent, the reason that this channel even came to be was most likely due to a Developer from either Nintendo themselves or (more likely) Argonaut Software, who decided to show off some old assets just for fun...But of course, this is only just the start of things for our friend Eric / E.B In this video, as well as the Castle Grounds video, we're shown that development of SM64 did indeed monitor brainwaves, this mostly affects places such as the castle interior (internal plexus) and levels as is shown with the Wing Cap Course over four separate recordings, with the most recent being this year. But now we have a very clear idea of what this software actually IS, it's Argonaut's Reality Processor that was used in the N64, and we know that the Beta build of the game that was released for Shoshinkai (or at least the Devkit of that build) contains MUCH more neural processing than any of the later personalized copies. This is important because unlike with most 'Old' Catridges, this is potentially something much greater due to the fact that it is in the hands of one of the developer; it could very well have even more MK Ultra-style programming within its circuits that haven't even been explored yet. Of course, as we have seen this channel is prone to leaving things up to interpretation, such as renders, crash screens and more, it is authentic enough to allow for us to believe what we see with our eyes...but as has been shown, perhaps we shouldn't be doing that; perhaps we should be looking beyond the game and toward a much bigger story. Where does this fit in with Eric? Our lovely channel creator? Well as we have seen, these recordings are the reason WHY he is going to see someone, now my guess is that it most likely is either Meg Moberley (who could be some kind of member of the R&D department or a potential close friend), her parents as is shown by the blanked out address...or the most interesting figure here, Dan. Now, why would Eric want to do this? Well the video itself shows that through each recording, Eric progressively is getting more and more despondent, failing to finish tasks on time and the Argonaut Reporter is showing his Neuronal Status as progressing from Theta all the way up to Beta (which appears to possibly have some Memetic potential, as the dangers of this level could lead to literal game destruction and real-world medical issues in both players and observers)...this is all because the console can understand Eric's brainwaves as he has become focused on something...or rather someone; which could very well BE Meg Moberley. Eric most likely isn't done showing us what has happened, as most likely something happened with a build of the game that led to some kind of Beta level Neuronal incident that potentially led to the death or serious injury of Meg. Hence why the placeholder text from Dan and then later the GUI itself blames Eric; there is something here that he has done or is responsible for (if unintentionally) and he believes that he needs to see someone about it... What makes this so interesting is that right in front of our eyes we are seeing both the true nature of the development of SM64's Beta, but at the same time we're seeing that Eric has some more personal ties linked to this game. Dan could very well be something more here, an abusive boss or some kind of toxic individual that blames him for what happened to Meg, or he could be just another name on the board. Meg could very well be anything from a lover to another co-worker that Eric had feelings for, again these questions may not be answered. What CAN be answered is what this channel TRULY is meant to be. It is more than an Archive, it's meant to be a path of potential redemption. A catalogue of old content that Eric is using half as a means to show the true nature of the SM64 Beta, and to tell his own story. Right now though? Eric needs to see that someone...and he needs to show us what it was that truly was his fault.
That's just incredible, I knew this shiihs was going to be more of a story than a "beta arquives" the console can understand the human brain is so freaking amazing and scary because is "just a video game" I don't have words, I'm just happy :D
man, and to think all my N64 can do now is to crash on mario party and it could've CIA-FBI'd me or given me a full account on my life and psyche, as well as lead a guy into obsessive mental problems who now wants to whistleblow on this pet project great analysis dude, take my like
The footage in question is a later build and the sound of coins is the same as the "final" build, but it depends still on who's playing it. Don't ask me how I know this.
So, my mostly blind guess on this is that Argonaut's neural interface (which I think? has something to do with personalizing levels) detected that Eric was going through some rough shit during playtesting and corrupted the Wet-Dry World AI (assuming it's a thing here, if not disregard all of this). Meg seemingly knew this was a possibility because she added a backdoor to the neural interface that would give Eric her contact info to fix it, but something happened to her. Edit: I was at least partially wrong. The unused BIOS footage was uploaded by Meg just now, so she's probably fine?
@@luckybyte I think this channel is sorta going for its own thing, but this video on the Mario 64 iceberg may be a good starting point: th-cam.com/video/qK4L4wR3-pU/w-d-xo.html
@@luckybyte Its loosly based on /v/ shitposts awhile back, right before the megaleaks started to drip into the mainstream. Look for some archived threads around that time for the full scoop. -Or just watch one of the bazillion- -YTubers dissect and explain the meme-
Here's what the crash screen actually means: Rather than giving complex numbers (in the form of random 32-bit addresses, register contents, etc) to the testers, the developers instead opted to have 2 register numbers, the one on the left is a number for an index in a list of which functions have crash asserts in them. S:21 means the 21st in that list; the developer will be able to get that function's name. The L one is the line number. This makes reporting crashes very easy for testers.
@@McCoy-00 ring ding di- errr... he said he was packing his bags to fly on a plane to meet someone. he will be gone for the time being but still will maybe occassionally make community posts
Eric had some kind of relationship with her, and Eric has a fear of water which she then drowned in so the staff teased Eric for his fear of water, without knowing what really happened.
Wait... It's all "Eric's fault" This Beta guy is going to see someone The animation test vid had "real reference footage" with a drowning animation... ...I can see where this is going, holy shit.
@Scratchy What I am suspecting, is that Eric killed a guy that was important for both him and this channel's guy during the game's development, drowning him for an unknown cause, and then using its drowning (by memory or maybe even recording) to base Mario's drowning animation off of it. And now, this guy is gonna see Eric to revenge the drowned one.
@@Slipperyslab Oh, is there a proof that says this guy is Eric? Just curious, maybe I skipped a detail Edit: I checked the community tab. Yeah, he's Eric. We can just turn them arround and still makes sense tho.
@@Ale-bv3vd In the descriptions of other videos, it says "EB", in the community post about this video it changes to "Eric" and the description of the Developer Animation Showcase says the he worked in them and if you translate the credits it says "Eric Bennett"
Incase anybody wondering what the "NeuronC" part of the GUI means, it's actually Eric's mental state and participation with the game. In the Argonaut Reporter v2.1 recording, NeuronC is listed as "Theta", which means he was either about to fall asleep, or was just waking up, as Theta brain waves are normally 4-7 Hz. In the Argonaut Reporter v2.2 recording, NeuronC is completely blank, implying that either Meg hadn't added a category for the brain waves that Eric was experiencing, or a visual glitch had happened. In the Argonaut Reporter v2.5 recording, NeuronC is listed as "BETA" in all capital letters, meaning Eric was most likely focusing on something else other than the game, or there was something extremely wrong with the device, since the recording date looked like it was taken over 2.5 decades after the 2nd clip.
What I find incredibly interesting is how this lines up perfectly with Spaceworld 1995 which is also known as Shoshinkai, Which is referred to right here 1:45, During Shoshinkai Super Mario 64 was shown off as a playable demo, At this time the final game was only around 50% complete, which explains why everything is in a incomplete state. Also I really like how the second recording takes place only a few days before Shoshinkai 1995, Which took place between November 22 and November 24. Which is why I absolutely love this video and this channel, everything seems plausible, and is grounded in reality, And instead of being creepy pasta material it ends up being subtly creepy, Which I like a lot, Keep up the good work!
Here's a few things i've managed to uncover from researching a bit: "NeuronC" that is described in the Argonaut Reporter could to be in reference to a computing language of the same name that was designed to simulate physiological neuron circuits in 1992. Not sure what "Theta" would mean in this case though, it doesn't seem to be cited once in the language' academic report. "HR" could stand for a lot of things, but the most plausible thing I could find was Haemodynamic Response, which is the rush of blood flow to suddenly stressed neuron tissues. Slow Haemodynamic response usually indicate impeded vascular blood flow in cases like strokes or ischemia. I'm not 100% positive this is what it means, though. "Imagery" is probably too vague to deduce what it means, but it suggests that the user's neurons are being closely monitored.
You're right. I was curious about what Beta and Theta meant, now I understand after reading this: www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-is-the-function-of-t-1997-12-22/#:~:text=A%20person%20in%20active%20conversation%20would%20be%20in%20beta.&text=A%20person%20who%20takes%20a,and%208%20cycles%20a%20second. The brain functions of the player where, somehow, monitored--or was it the intelligence of the IA this whole time? 😱
These videos remind me so much of the FNAF Tapes from Squimpus and the LOCAL 58 Series just because of the eeriness and vibe these types of videos bring off that are similar to those. And to be able to do that with a lighthearted series like Mario is an amazing feat.
I mentioned this in a comment thread here, and what I'm gonna say will break the immersion for a bit, but continue reading If you want to know my theory on why this has suddenly taken a dark turn. My guess is that the uploader (we'll just call them Eric since that's what the main character's called) was going to drag out the ARG for maybe a couple of months, possibly years, but when the Gigaleak happened and a bunch of unused content was found, he decided to speed it into the 2-3rd act. My reasoning for this is that if you look at the early uploads, they're super tame. Yeah, some of the videos are slightly unsettling, but it seems like it's trying to replicate what the production materials for this project might've looked like. And then around the time of the unused Mario 64 content being found (around the time the early castle theme was uploaded), Eric took a 2-week break and was most likely coming up with a plan on how he was going to advance the ARG (we can also kind of see his shock in his "Oh Shit" post). And instead of continuing act 1 and possibly having people mistake his stuff as real beta content, he decided to go straight to the 2nd or 3rd act and release the radio ad (which felt much less authentic). You can kind of tell his three most recent videos were meant to be posted near the end of the ARG since they're much less authentic and are trying to scare the viewer. They feel like we're supposed to be familiar with the characters and have an idea of their behaviors, despite only finding out about them a couple of days ago. So it's highly likely Eric had a storyline set that had the videos slowly get more and more weird and unsettling up until the 2nd act (now), but with the gigaleak and the unearthing of unused content, he decided to make it more apparent that this is an ARG (which it obviously is) and shelved or didn't release the rest of act 1. What happened to act 1? We may never know, but hopefully, Eric will release the rest of act 1 after the ARG is over.
Idk, I sort of doubt it. I mean, yes the tone has certainly picked up recently, but we've also had the genuine spooks since early on; Developer Crash Handler in particular shows that what's going on now isn't terribly out of place imo. You may be right in that the project has been sped up as of late, but straight to the 2nd or 3rd act? Nah, I'd say probably late Act 1 if anything. I think the "oh shit" post was more of an in-universe thing, since his next post states that the project files had corrupted. The "oh shit" is the reaction from having lost his work.
From what I can understand, Eric was on the translation team of Argonaut and working with Nintendo. I'm guessing he became depressed/distracted and anxious because of crunch time stress due to the SpaceWorld deadline (Why a translation team for a Japanese game would be anxious about the game they were translating from Japanese being shown at a Japanese trade show is anyone's guess), constantly thinking about Meg (?), and Dan yelling at him because of said distraction. He then missed the deadline for translating the wing cap level, fired up a post-SpaceWorld dev build 25 years later where Dan chewed him out for missing the deadline, became alarmingly anxious after seeing Dan's message, input the special code Meg gave him before the SpaceWorld deadline because she realized he needed help, and went to visit her (Or her parents)??? I'm not sure where the mocap drowning factors into the story.
Player: Shit, I lost something, better not pause the game. Game: Just turn the system off if you're gonna get distracted. Start button: Am I a joke to all of you?
Ooooo this is so cool that they refrence the “personalized” game. This stuff is soo well done I think it might not just be a creepy pasta but a mystery or arg
So, Eric was to work on this level, but he was feeling for someone or something, and the console can feel brain haves , and it just get worse, Eric was needing a rest but they have to finish the beta for the event that I forget the name now, and them Eric breaks and the console feel Eric and break too, Eric needs help This what's I think
I think it was always going to be an ARG, but when the source code leaked, he decided to speed things up so people would stop thinking his stuff is from the gigaleak.
@Doctor Doggo yeah, it's a fucking galaxy brain move. because when the leak happened, he focused on more gameplay instead of early build stuff so it could seem like an arg, and stuff that actually would have happened
This is my favorite thing to come from the "every copy is personalised" meme. I hope you continue with this story. I love the idea of A.I. with older technology.
Geez, could you imagine actually trying to play this as a kid, with the game stopping and having to restart because you're distracted by something else or are just emotional? I can just imagine 6 year old me trying to play SM64, only for the game to kick me out on account of my absurd childhood fear of thwomps lol.
It kinda feels like those builds of mario 64 are scps. Here's an example: "panic mode: game assets and levels are at risk. Press A for more details. Please remove all staff from the room. Please seek medical attention" it sounds like the cartirage are damaging your health
A secret input combination, on a version of a game that wasn't released, sent especifically to a person to play, which contains messages aimed directly at the real life of the player... ...yup, I'm really happy that Petscop is coming back.
i love this already Edit: i actually love the story and the GUI I'd love to see more of this i have a feeling he's going to visit Meg Moberly, her parents or Dan
It was eventual that these videos would start to get on the Sp00Py end. First, they were "believable" but now I saw this coming. And I'm fucking excited to see what comes after this!
Dan : get the job do- Eric : *i cant hear yoouuuuu* Dan : get back here and get the job done Eric : fine but why is the sky red.....eh whatever ima lose again Dan : *You made me do this eric*
Here's a idea of the effects of the 3 statuses shown (if a effect is in *Bold* text, when it occurs, it is a fatal case of it) : Irrelevant: Loss of attention, *Stress* , confusion, chance of extended grieving periods. Irrelevant Type 2: Headaches, *Electromagnetic Radiation* , mood swings Panic Mode: Immunodeficiency, Loss of personality, *Loss of consciousness*
Wing Cap Course Text. Shoshinkai or whatever is getting close, Eric, you need to get this done or we're cutting this stage from the demo. I still haven't heard back from the guys at the art department so we might just cut the damn entire flying section anyway. Come on Eric, do me a solid here and get this done, now. Are you missing someone right now? -Dan
very late but it was a wingcap segment cut out of the last video made by marionova that broke the thing. the wingcap level seen here is just several retextures of the final model
Mario flying into the same tower every recording is a metaphor for how Erik would eventually be on one of the planes that was crashed into the Twin Towers on September 11th 2001
My mouth foams on how brilliantly fantastically well these are made, Eric... All of this captures every bit of my childhood fever dream I would have in childhood. Everything from the colour of the wing cap sky to the developers crash handler. ❤️👍 ~ Jake
Reddo Deado what what? I didn’t really understand what happened in this but I do know it was very unsettling. Could you please explain it too me? Sorry for being a burden
@@nes8779 The community post says that he was going to be visiting a friend for a few weeks. I thought this was originally just an out of character thing saying he would be taking a break, but then he said that the next video would explain a little. The contents of this video, along with the community post, is concerning.
Honestly, for all the work put into making the ARG beta stuff seem real but creepy, can we acknowledge how the Mel Blanc sounds that beta Mario had were both an actual thing in the SM64 beta and accidentally chilling. They're literally stock sound effects from Looney Tunes, and yet in any Mario 64-related context they sound absolutely fucking TERRIFYING.
i love how one of the major inconsistencies of this series was the fact that these games were developed in japan and mostly all English devs just worked on localisation.
What if you
wanted to go to heaven
but God said
Wing Cap Course Text
Best comment I have seen in 2 years. Good job.
😆 That... would be SUPER messed up, dude!
when you said “wing cap course text”
i felt that
ʷⁱⁿᵍ ᶜᵃᵖ ᶜᵒᵘʳˢᵉ ᵗᵉˣᵗ
*wing cap course text*
Alright, I’ve decided to give my two cents on this, cause hoo boy, it’s 1am and this has completely occupied my mind.
So, the first “occasion” occurs on August 16th, in the year of 1995. The N64 was about a year from release, and more importantly, Space World was on the way, which was planned to take place in November, from the 22nd to 24th to be exact.
However, it can be assumed that certain events took place during this occasion, such as the making of the Developer Crash Handler, which can be seen in this video. The early castle grounds is still around as well, meaning that has already been made and unchanged. However, I believe the more important event involves the Developer Animation Showcase. More on that later.
We start of in the Wing Cap stage, but many things are different, such as the missing red switch and Mario’s missing wings. These are pointed in the text boxes that appear as soon as the stage begins, which are also different from the final build of the game. Instead, they contain clearly annoyed remarks from a man going by the name of Dan. He addresses Eric, who is the owner of the Super Mario 64 Beta Archive channel, asking him to make certain changes to the game, for he has been slacking for far too long. He goes on to state more issues that need fixing, which can lead one
to assume that he is perhaps Eric’s boss. Otherwise he’s just one pissed off worker.
What’s definitely most important in the text, however, is the line, “why do you always screw up?” Based on earlier text, it’s clear that Dan is referring to Eric here, who is playing/testing the Mario 64 beta currently. Despite being very cold, it says a lot about Eric as a person. Either he is a very lazy employee who doesn’t care for his work, or he is a broken man who has made many mistakes in the past. I believe the latter to be more true.
Anyways, Eric starts playing the wing cap course but happens to fall off the course fairly quickly. This would normally result in Mario appearing back in Peach’s Castle, but this is not the case this time. Instead, we see the results of the player’s participation with the game. Eric’s participation. His HR, which I believe means Heart Rate, is listed as normal, meaning his body seems to be overall okay. His Imagery, (which I think is the way he is seeing things) is also normal. However, there is this third result, revolving around NeuronC, which I’m fairly certain is the problem here. Please correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe it overall means the functioning of one’s brain. (I’m probably wrong though lol) This result lists as “Theta”, and I honestly have no idea what that means, but it must be something bad, for the other two results are normal, and the current status of the player, Eric is Irrelevant.
I don’t mean it doesn’t matter, first of all, lmao. It basically just means that the player wasn’t very connected with the game. They may have been distracted, which explains why the brain, or NeuronC, had the only negative result.
A status report is given, further proving this. However, it also gives a reason as to why the player, Eric, was distracted, stating that he may have lost something, or more importantly, someone, and has been too busy thinking about it. The status report asks that he turns off the console, which he doesn’t immediately do, and then transitions to probably the key component to this whole mystery. We see the creator of this GUI, or Graphical User Interface. (This is what the whole test was based off of, testing the connection between a human and a computer, or just using a computer to monitor the human body.)
Nonetheless, this GUI was made by a woman named Meg Mobberly. We are also given a cartoon image of her winking while preforming the signature Super Mario 64 peace sign. Along with said image is a short from her: “Say thanks on the way out!” This may be something Meg says often, either as a joke or a sassy remark. But it’s hers. It was her. It was Meg.
Mario is then respawned on the castle grounds, and after he runs about for a bit, the game crashes, as the Developer Crash Handler helps make clear. This may have been a result of attempting to re-enter the castle/wing cap stage after already being tested. Or, (and this is what I like to thing) the GUI may have been overwhelmed, causing the crash. The status report did ask to turn off the console, which Eric, again, did not do.
We fast forward 3 months, and it is now November 16th, 1995. Space world is but a week away, and this further clarified when Eric re-enters the Wing Cap stage, which now has an orangey background, perhaps signifying a sun set. We are once again, greeted by Dan in text form. He states that Shoshinkai (another title for Space World) is drawing near, and that Eric needs to finish up his work or else the wing cap stage is getting cut. However, does that mean just the stage, or the overall GUI test? We don’t quite know.
Another notable thing here is the change in character for Dan. He seems less annoyed with Eric, and appears to be trying to pressure him less, saying the art department has even gotten back to him, so they might just scrap the whole section overall. But yet, he still asks him to do him a solid and get it done, just in case. He seems less demanding here, and is instead just asking him, maybe as a friend. They must have had some sort of relationship, otherwise Eric would’ve been fired long ago for not getting any work done. (Like, did he even change the flavour text!?)
There’s one final piece of text, however, and it’s right before Dan’s signature signature.
“Are you missing someone right now?”
This pretty much confirms it, as well as the previous status report. Something happened to someone Eric was close with, and while it could most certainly be a family member or someone else
unrelated to this video, I don’t think that’s the case. And besides Eric and Dan, the only other person with a name in this video is Meg Mobberly.
But what could have possibly happened to her? Well, remember when I briefly mentioned the Developer Animation Showcase? Well, in said showcase, many animations for Mario and Bowser were showed off, including one of Mario drowning. Now, this normally would just be nothing, except there is one tiny detail that could easily be missed. The animations were made with real human reference footage.
Real human reference footage. Real. Not fake. Real. Meaning footage of an actual human being drowning was used to craft the Mario drowning animation. Now, this could have been footage of someone else, it doesn’t specify whether the footage was from the Mario 64 team or not. But I don’t believe that was the case.
So this explains it all. Meg died after finishing her GUI and before the month of August, because following said month, Eric had certainly fallen into a state of complete depression.
He still, however, tries out the test, and is this time given a Heart Rate of acceptable. Imagery is still normal, but there isn’t a result given for NeuronC. As a result, he is given a current status of Irrelevant Type 2. The status report goes on to state that usually occurs when the equipment or participant does/receives something incomprehensible. It gives examples such as other people, magnets, and most importantly, heavy emotional brain waves. It seems that Eric has only gotten worse since August.
The status report also asks that Eric turns of the console, calms himself, and checks his equipment. Wait, checks his equipment? Ah, so that answers the question! (At least, I think so) The GUI must have been a whole separate part of the N64. Sort of like an add-on of sorts. Perhaps it wasn’t needed to play Mario 64 in its Beta form. But we don’t know for sure. We’d need to see beta footage of the wing cap stage without the test results screen at the end to confirm this. Because if the equipment wasn’t needed, then why was Eric using? The previous occasion led us to believe that he was just a programmer, not a GUI tester. Unless he need both? I’m honestly not sure.
Anyways, enough of my ramblings. We once again see the same Meg Mobberly text, and the screen goes black.
Ok, I’m gonna take a break on this. It’s 2:30 and I’m genuinely tired. Wonder if anyone will honestly see this. If they do, and want me to continue, I gladly will! But until then, good night!
holy shit lol how does this not have more likes
Can you edit the comment and continue it please?
underrated comment tbh
Based on the recent community post, I don't think I'll be continuing this. Definitely got some things wrong, lol. I'm glad you guys liked it though :)
She's alive. But then again, what happened to him?
Damn, this just went from feeling like a creepy pasta to feeling like Petscop
That's what I was thinking when the Reporter screen showed up.
I've been thinking about Petscop in relation to this for a bit now, mostly because they both play on environmental uneasiness rather than straight up scary stuff for their creepy factor
@Scratchy This genuinely does feel like Petscop though. Don't be rude
Don't fucking remind of Petscop.
Biggest hole ever left in my heart now that it's over
@@Matheus-ki9zo Check out Sheriff Domestic. It's more of a parody thou
“The reason I’m going to see someone” Oh boy.
This is the guy who helped to get a ''real human reference footage'' for an animation of Mario drowning. Pretty sure he's up to no good.
Oh goodie this vid was scary and lore juicy
It’s his ex boyfriend this is the saddest sm64 gay fanfic I ever read
@LuigiThePastaMan
The community post wasn't written Out of Character.
He lost Dan, he’s going to see him now and you see he’s upset playing in the game
I like how it transitions to the crash handler screen. Thats a nice detail
Not a nice detail for someone (totally not me) who saw this at like 2:30 am and nearly shat themselves
@@doovs9683 lol same
Games Mania TV Stop adverting in other videos. And don’t give me that “Ok. I will stop.” BS because you guys always say that and don’t follow up.
Super Mario tool debug tool beta 3 billion
@Games Mania TV get your self promo trash out
mario dying sounds like he stubbed his toe really bad
Or the Tom & Jerry scream
It’s actually Bugs Bunny screaming, it was a placeholder. You find the clip somewhere on TH-cam I’m sure
Sounds like he thlammed his penith in the car door
remember when this was just unsettling renders
@LuigiThePastaMan The older videos and these videos have their charm but I am definitely going to miss the 95% realness in the older videos. Although I am definitely interested in what the future of this channel is going to do now.
Yeah, it was a good channel
@LuigiThePastaMan There is no trying to be creepy here. At least there is no Wario Apparition or shitty jumpscares. It's just unsettling, creepy, but because of the mysterious side
th-cam.com/video/MXVxPH1dhsA/w-d-xo.html
it was better that way tbh. those videos were eerie in their own way because there was just something off about them. there was a feeling of dread lingering in the air when you'd watch them. they weren't even trying to be creepy and yet they were, and it gave this channel a unique identity among the channels that came with the mario 64 personalized trend... now they're throwing us this sudden switch to the arg stuff involving "eric" and these other characters and it just feels very forced and tryhard if you ask me, a complete 180 from their original content. not a fan
Eric and Dan, might note that for the future 🤔
I believe Eric is the one who runs this channel, if you go into the community tag the person who runs the channel always signs off as EB.
also the latest community post flat up says Eric, without the B part.
@@Glacidon full name eric bennett per the developer animation showcase th-cam.com/video/RAMiwcfmHr8/w-d-xo.html
I would assume it says so in the text that isn't in English? Good to know, thanks for the information.
I wonder if the choice for that name has a meaning, since I think it doesn't take a genius to guess that the person who runs this channel most likely isn't actually named Eric Bennett. Especially since it seems like we're getting into more creepypasta type territory now, with the whole brainwaves and stuff.
@@Glacidon Eric being the creator of the channel would connect the "reason I'm going to see someone" blurb in the description to the actual player in this set of recordings. The last recording was made about a week and a half ago (DD/MM/YY), which means Eric has been planning this trip to the west coast for some time now. Presumably he's going to meet the person that Dan asked if he was "missing" in the second recording, which is probably the missing living thing from the first. From what I can tell, it's Meg. It seems like every time he inputs the code that she gave him before Spaceworld, the participation sheet gives increasingly irrelevant scores to the point that it goes into Panic Mode and advises medical attention. I think the reason he got these scores on the previous sheets is because the game can sense strong emotional brainwaves, and it knows Eric desperately wants to check on this person he's lost contact with, this feeling reaching it's breaking point this year, causing him to input the code again and try to get in contact with Meg.
I've never really been able to theorize like this with something so fresh out of the oven before. I'm like, half certain all of what I just said is completely wrong. It could just be some random person not yet given a name he's meeting. Maybe he's meeting with somebody that knows more about whatever he was investigating stated in the Castle Grounds video. Maybe he wasn't actually fixating on a person, but this investigation. Only time will tell. I am very excited for what's to come of this series.
EDIT: Holy shit, a commenter by the name of Mistah AD made some incredible observations about Eric's despondency. Through the recent videos, it seems Eric was never really that enthused to be there. You could probably assume this from the radio ad's "amazing" and Dan badgering him to finish the flavor text. And with the fact that Panic Mode suggests medical attention after something goes wrong in the game, a glitch or bug occurring could lead to real world consequences. This leads into something terrible happening to Meg, which explains Eric's participation sheets. He has a guilty conscience, and he can't stop thinking about her.
Something else I noticed on a rewatch is that personalized flavor text is signaled by a space in the text, a la the fade to white in Spec Ops: The Line signaling a hallucination.
"Why do you always screw up?"
"Are you missing someone?"
"This is all your fault."
This is some really interesting stuff. Obviously the creator thought this out incredibly thoroughly. Many props.
society if eric actually worked on the wing cap model
2 years and no comments?
@@thiscat97122 years and eric still hasn't fucking fixed the wing cap model
@@ProbablyBarney 1 month and he still hasn’t fixed it
@@kevintbobomb2 weeks and HE STILL HASN’T FIXED
OH MY GOD!!
@@JJonahJameson123one day and he still hasn't fixed it
Notice how he always near instantly crashed himself to the tower instead of testing the physics.
Either he was specifically assigned for GUI testing or the game itself relies on the mind of whoever is playing
i did not notice omg..........
He was 6 years too early for that
@@SommerSen probably signaling that he wants to kill himself
Quoting meg here "He was testing collision. We were all lazy back then."
"Eric, please fix the f**king flavor text"
ok *WHOA*
Someone isn't doing their job ARE THEY
"Did Mario just swear?"
@@danielchannel8801 so long gay bowser
@@danielchannel8801 It was Dan
"GAME ASSETS AND LEVELS AT RISK.
PRESS A FOR MORE DETAILS.
PLEASE REMOVE ALL STAFF FROM THE
ROOM.
PLEASE SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION."
monkaS
@Scratchy qhubo scratchy
@Scratchy MonkaS? That's the name of the frightened Pepe emote.
Emergency! User death imminent.
@@RST major fracture detected, seek medical attention, user dea- *beep-beep-beep-beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...
@@loztwalker5068 "panic mode" its a status typically asigned to the system when the participation is noexitent
WAIT ... they are testing the assets?(npc,structure,) they are testing the player? ,the player is a asset?
in the "irrelevant" description says the the console need something alive to control him
the H.R meter means ...human recognition?
also nice half life reference
this is officially mario petscop
Scratchy Mario but awesome
it's 99.9% likely it's made by Tony, so yeah
What about Katrasthop Crow?
Is beta
Oh eric...
smh
Yup
*Bruh Moment*
Big fan.
Alright. Let's go Ace Detective on this shit:
So as has been shown, this is indeed much like the 'personalized' copy trend that has become much more rampant as of recent, the reason that this channel even came to be was most likely due to a Developer from either Nintendo themselves or (more likely) Argonaut Software, who decided to show off some old assets just for fun...But of course, this is only just the start of things for our friend Eric / E.B
In this video, as well as the Castle Grounds video, we're shown that development of SM64 did indeed monitor brainwaves, this mostly affects places such as the castle interior (internal plexus) and levels as is shown with the Wing Cap Course over four separate recordings, with the most recent being this year. But now we have a very clear idea of what this software actually IS, it's Argonaut's Reality Processor that was used in the N64, and we know that the Beta build of the game that was released for Shoshinkai (or at least the Devkit of that build) contains MUCH more neural processing than any of the later personalized copies. This is important because unlike with most 'Old' Catridges, this is potentially something much greater due to the fact that it is in the hands of one of the developer; it could very well have even more MK Ultra-style programming within its circuits that haven't even been explored yet. Of course, as we have seen this channel is prone to leaving things up to interpretation, such as renders, crash screens and more, it is authentic enough to allow for us to believe what we see with our eyes...but as has been shown, perhaps we shouldn't be doing that; perhaps we should be looking beyond the game and toward a much bigger story.
Where does this fit in with Eric? Our lovely channel creator? Well as we have seen, these recordings are the reason WHY he is going to see someone, now my guess is that it most likely is either Meg Moberley (who could be some kind of member of the R&D department or a potential close friend), her parents as is shown by the blanked out address...or the most interesting figure here, Dan. Now, why would Eric want to do this? Well the video itself shows that through each recording, Eric progressively is getting more and more despondent, failing to finish tasks on time and the Argonaut Reporter is showing his Neuronal Status as progressing from Theta all the way up to Beta (which appears to possibly have some Memetic potential, as the dangers of this level could lead to literal game destruction and real-world medical issues in both players and observers)...this is all because the console can understand Eric's brainwaves as he has become focused on something...or rather someone; which could very well BE Meg Moberley.
Eric most likely isn't done showing us what has happened, as most likely something happened with a build of the game that led to some kind of Beta level Neuronal incident that potentially led to the death or serious injury of Meg. Hence why the placeholder text from Dan and then later the GUI itself blames Eric; there is something here that he has done or is responsible for (if unintentionally) and he believes that he needs to see someone about it...
What makes this so interesting is that right in front of our eyes we are seeing both the true nature of the development of SM64's Beta, but at the same time we're seeing that Eric has some more personal ties linked to this game. Dan could very well be something more here, an abusive boss or some kind of toxic individual that blames him for what happened to Meg, or he could be just another name on the board. Meg could very well be anything from a lover to another co-worker that Eric had feelings for, again these questions may not be answered.
What CAN be answered is what this channel TRULY is meant to be. It is more than an Archive, it's meant to be a path of potential redemption. A catalogue of old content that Eric is using half as a means to show the true nature of the SM64 Beta, and to tell his own story. Right now though? Eric needs to see that someone...and he needs to show us what it was that truly was his fault.
Holy shit you deserve a prize for that bro
Whats interesting is that, when Meg's picture shows up for the second time, her hair is different.
That's just incredible, I knew this shiihs was going to be more of a story than a "beta arquives" the console can understand the human brain is so freaking amazing and scary because is "just a video game"
I don't have words, I'm just happy :D
One of the best and most thorough comments I’ve seen a about the whole mario 64 personalizes copies idea.
man, and to think all my N64 can do now is to crash on mario party and it could've CIA-FBI'd me or given me a full account on my life and psyche, as well as lead a guy into obsessive mental problems who now wants to whistleblow on this pet project
great analysis dude, take my like
"Be a-careful now, Mario knows were you live Ooh Ohh!"
ELILOCUAZ 801 shit
The sky looks like how I imagined the Red Switch Palace when I was a kid before even finding that place... Can you read minds?
No, but it can
yes
The copy is personalized
That's how it looks in the regular game though?
One of my favorite parts from this whole trend is how it can capture the feel of your really young self recalls it, the dreams and vague memories too.
"Strong brain waves", "take all the staff out of the room", "seek for medical help" all those parts really got me scared D:
So we going through wing cap and stuff
Ayy bro watch your tower..Watch Your Tower bro- *WATCH YOUR TO*
It's slightly bugging me how the SFX for the coins is the final sound instead of the one heard in actual beta footage.
Raulix th-cam.com/video/E4Wg1ueVbEw/w-d-xo.html at 0:42
The footage in question is a later build and the sound of coins is the same as the "final" build, but it depends still on who's playing it. Don't ask me how I know this.
@@gradient5319 I ask, and i shall receive an answer.
youre right. the early coin sound should be included, if they are going with that (supposed) super early castle grounds design.
@@gradient5319
The build shown was before Shoshinkai, as the video mentions that Eric has to finish things before the showcase.
Greenio: The tapes are done, there is no more Personalization ARG
Eric/SM64 Beta archive: hold my Wing Cap Course Text.
Yes
best comment I’ve seen in years
Also Greenio: Hold my Bob Omb Village
So, my mostly blind guess on this is that Argonaut's neural interface (which I think? has something to do with personalizing levels) detected that Eric was going through some rough shit during playtesting and corrupted the Wet-Dry World AI (assuming it's a thing here, if not disregard all of this). Meg seemingly knew this was a possibility because she added a backdoor to the neural interface that would give Eric her contact info to fix it, but something happened to her.
Edit: I was at least partially wrong. The unused BIOS footage was uploaded by Meg just now, so she's probably fine?
Yo I'm so lost I just watched all the videos on this channel I still dont get it how do I find this creepypasta story thing that's going on right now
@@luckybyte I think this channel is sorta going for its own thing, but this video on the Mario 64 iceberg may be a good starting point:
th-cam.com/video/qK4L4wR3-pU/w-d-xo.html
@@luckybyte
Its loosly based on /v/ shitposts awhile back, right before the megaleaks started to drip into the mainstream.
Look for some archived threads around that time for the full scoop.
-Or just watch one of the bazillion-
-YTubers dissect and explain the meme-
does this have lore?
I come back to this video every now and then, something about it just speaks to me emotionally.
Here's what the crash screen actually means:
Rather than giving complex numbers (in the form of random 32-bit addresses, register contents, etc) to the testers, the developers instead opted to have 2 register numbers, the one on the left is a number for an index in a list of which functions have crash asserts in them. S:21 means the 21st in that list; the developer will be able to get that function's name. The L one is the line number. This makes reporting crashes very easy for testers.
ahhhh that makes sense
But why the scary Mario face?
@@redcr33perproductions A way for making devs fix their game well so they don't have to keep seeing the crash handler screen so many times.
what if the line that causes error isnt inside a function? would the "S" value still be shown?
This handler fake,real unused handler is just Paper mario handler
We're getting spoiled this week!
and the exact opposite for a few weeks after this
Eric commit bye bye
What did Eric say
@@McCoy-00 ring ding di- errr... he said he was packing his bags to fly on a plane to meet someone. he will be gone for the time being but still will maybe occassionally make community posts
Inky ok
The "say thanks on the way out" message at the end freaks me out for some reason
same bc i thought there was gonna be a jumpscare
I think its just her catchphrase
and then boom. crash handler.
Eric had some kind of relationship with her, and Eric has a fear of water which she then drowned in so the staff teased Eric for his fear of water, without knowing what really happened.
Imagine being one dude at night on 2020 playing an old Mario 64 cartdrige that he just found and seeing this
oh my
Scared shitless my boy, that’s what would most likely happen.
Especially with that goddamn crash handler
how would they get the equipment tho
Wait...
It's all "Eric's fault"
This Beta guy is going to see someone
The animation test vid had "real reference footage" with a drowning animation...
...I can see where this is going, holy shit.
@Scratchy What I am suspecting, is that Eric killed a guy that was important for both him and this channel's guy during the game's development, drowning him for an unknown cause, and then using its drowning (by memory or maybe even recording) to base Mario's drowning animation off of it. And now, this guy is gonna see Eric to revenge the drowned one.
Ale64 the guy operating the channel is eric
@@Slipperyslab Oh, is there a proof that says this guy is Eric? Just curious, maybe I skipped a detail
Edit: I checked the community tab. Yeah, he's Eric. We can just turn them arround and still makes sense tho.
@@Ale-bv3vd In the descriptions of other videos, it says "EB", in the community post about this video it changes to "Eric" and the description of the Developer Animation Showcase says the he worked in them and if you translate the credits it says "Eric Bennett"
Ale64 yeah. I still like your theory
Incase anybody wondering what the "NeuronC" part of the GUI means, it's actually Eric's mental state and participation with the game.
In the Argonaut Reporter v2.1 recording, NeuronC is listed as "Theta", which means he was either about to fall asleep, or was just waking up, as Theta brain waves are normally 4-7 Hz.
In the Argonaut Reporter v2.2 recording, NeuronC is completely blank, implying that either Meg hadn't added a category for the brain waves that Eric was experiencing, or a visual glitch had happened.
In the Argonaut Reporter v2.5 recording, NeuronC is listed as "BETA" in all capital letters, meaning Eric was most likely focusing on something else other than the game, or there was something extremely wrong with the device, since the recording date looked like it was taken over 2.5 decades after the 2nd clip.
Dude this channel just blew up in popularity and I love it
What I find incredibly interesting is how this lines up perfectly with Spaceworld 1995 which is also known as Shoshinkai, Which is referred to right here 1:45, During Shoshinkai Super Mario 64 was shown off as a playable demo, At this time the final game was only around 50% complete, which explains why everything is in a incomplete state. Also I really like how the second recording takes place only a few days before Shoshinkai 1995, Which took place between November 22 and November 24. Which is why I absolutely love this video and this channel, everything seems plausible, and is grounded in reality, And instead of being creepy pasta material it ends up being subtly creepy, Which I like a lot, Keep up the good work!
Here's a few things i've managed to uncover from researching a bit:
"NeuronC" that is described in the Argonaut Reporter could to be in reference to a computing language of the same name that was designed to simulate physiological neuron circuits in 1992. Not sure what "Theta" would mean in this case though, it doesn't seem to be cited once in the language' academic report.
"HR" could stand for a lot of things, but the most plausible thing I could find was Haemodynamic Response, which is the rush of blood flow to suddenly stressed neuron tissues. Slow Haemodynamic response usually indicate impeded vascular blood flow in cases like strokes or ischemia. I'm not 100% positive this is what it means, though.
"Imagery" is probably too vague to deduce what it means, but it suggests that the user's neurons are being closely monitored.
I thought HR is heart rate
I thought imagery meant the actual game imagery.
You're right. I was curious about what Beta and Theta meant, now I understand after reading this:
www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-is-the-function-of-t-1997-12-22/#:~:text=A%20person%20in%20active%20conversation%20would%20be%20in%20beta.&text=A%20person%20who%20takes%20a,and%208%20cycles%20a%20second.
The brain functions of the player where, somehow, monitored--or was it the intelligence of the IA this whole time? 😱
honestly i'm more impressed by the length of the 50/50 slide at 3:26
"The reason i'm going to see someone."
Wario is going to show you fun
These videos remind me so much of the FNAF Tapes from Squimpus and the LOCAL 58 Series just because of the eeriness and vibe these types of videos bring off that are similar to those. And to be able to do that with a lighthearted series like Mario is an amazing feat.
I mentioned this in a comment thread here, and what I'm gonna say will break the immersion for a bit, but continue reading If you want to know my theory on why this has suddenly taken a dark turn.
My guess is that the uploader (we'll just call them Eric since that's what the main character's called) was going to drag out the ARG for maybe a couple of months, possibly years, but when the Gigaleak happened and a bunch of unused content was found, he decided to speed it into the 2-3rd act.
My reasoning for this is that if you look at the early uploads, they're super tame. Yeah, some of the videos are slightly unsettling, but it seems like it's trying to replicate what the production materials for this project might've looked like.
And then around the time of the unused Mario 64 content being found (around the time the early castle theme was uploaded), Eric took a 2-week break and was most likely coming up with a plan on how he was going to advance the ARG (we can also kind of see his shock in his "Oh Shit" post). And instead of continuing act 1 and possibly having people mistake his stuff as real beta content, he decided to go straight to the 2nd or 3rd act and release the radio ad (which felt much less authentic).
You can kind of tell his three most recent videos were meant to be posted near the end of the ARG since they're much less authentic and are trying to scare the viewer. They feel like we're supposed to be familiar with the characters and have an idea of their behaviors, despite only finding out about them a couple of days ago.
So it's highly likely Eric had a storyline set that had the videos slowly get more and more weird and unsettling up until the 2nd act (now), but with the gigaleak and the unearthing of unused content, he decided to make it more apparent that this is an ARG (which it obviously is) and shelved or didn't release the rest of act 1. What happened to act 1? We may never know, but hopefully, Eric will release the rest of act 1 after the ARG is over.
Good Theory!
Idk, I sort of doubt it. I mean, yes the tone has certainly picked up recently, but we've also had the genuine spooks since early on; Developer Crash Handler in particular shows that what's going on now isn't terribly out of place imo. You may be right in that the project has been sped up as of late, but straight to the 2nd or 3rd act? Nah, I'd say probably late Act 1 if anything. I think the "oh shit" post was more of an in-universe thing, since his next post states that the project files had corrupted. The "oh shit" is the reaction from having lost his work.
This is exactly what I needed after Petscop ended. Thank you so much to the team behind this.
From what I can understand, Eric was on the translation team of Argonaut and working with Nintendo. I'm guessing he became depressed/distracted and anxious because of crunch time stress due to the SpaceWorld deadline (Why a translation team for a Japanese game would be anxious about the game they were translating from Japanese being shown at a Japanese trade show is anyone's guess), constantly thinking about Meg (?), and Dan yelling at him because of said distraction. He then missed the deadline for translating the wing cap level, fired up a post-SpaceWorld dev build 25 years later where Dan chewed him out for missing the deadline, became alarmingly anxious after seeing Dan's message, input the special code Meg gave him before the SpaceWorld deadline because she realized he needed help, and went to visit her (Or her parents)??? I'm not sure where the mocap drowning factors into the story.
Also, why is it titled "Wing Cap GUI" there is nothing involving GUIS in this video
Lol this the only explanation that actually made sense
Player: Shit, I lost something, better not pause the game.
Game: Just turn the system off if you're gonna get distracted.
Start button: Am I a joke to all of you?
Ooooo this is so cool that they refrence the “personalized” game. This stuff is soo well done I think it might not just be a creepy pasta but a mystery or arg
‘“Panic mode” is a status typically assigned by the system when participation is completely nonexistent.’
DID THE PLAYTESTER DIE
Hmm... This is getting interesting.
Also, you absolute tease, entering the castle and pulling a crash handler on us.
So, Eric was to work on this level, but he was feeling for someone or something, and the console can feel brain haves , and it just get worse, Eric was needing a rest but they have to finish the beta for the event that I forget the name now, and them Eric breaks and the console feel Eric and break too, Eric needs help
This what's I think
cool stroke buddy
@@truji2582 haves
Eric was suffering from burnout?
r/ihadastroke
Event spaceworld
The real beta leaked so they switched to an ARG instead of unsettling fake beta content
It was such a smooth transition though
wait what the beta did not leak bits of it leaked
@Doctor Doggo yeah but the source code was not complete and we still dont know if it was even the beta
I think it was always going to be an ARG, but when the source code leaked, he decided to speed things up so people would stop thinking his stuff is from the gigaleak.
@Doctor Doggo yeah, it's a fucking galaxy brain move. because when the leak happened, he focused on more gameplay instead of early build stuff so it could seem like an arg, and stuff that actually would have happened
should have cut to him calling the number and it just ends with a faint distorted "its a me-mario"
This is my favorite thing to come from the "every copy is personalised" meme. I hope you continue with this story. I love the idea of A.I. with older technology.
Mario: Yahoo! Wahoo! Yipee!
The fandom: _I think he said something about Super Mario 64 been a brain washing machine_
Person: leaks a ton of Nintendo assets which include beta Mario 64.
Everyone making personalized/beta Mario 64 things: I’m doing epic pro gamer move.
Is your icon that fucked up smiley face from that Roblox hacking on April Fools' 2012?
Geez, could you imagine actually trying to play this as a kid, with the game stopping and having to restart because you're distracted by something else or are just emotional? I can just imagine 6 year old me trying to play SM64, only for the game to kick me out on account of my absurd childhood fear of thwomps lol.
man, no screamers, no over exaggerated effects, this just gives those empty and dark vibes that i hardly can feel on a creepy vid. mad respect
It kinda feels like those builds of mario 64 are scps. Here's an example: "panic mode: game assets and levels are at risk. Press A for more details. Please remove all staff from the room. Please seek medical attention" it sounds like the cartirage are damaging your health
It mentions reading brain activity so that could be what it means. It could possibly be damaging his brain.
@@CyndaReal and heart wit hr
"Eric, please fix the
f**king flavour text, it's
been 2 weeks now."
the funniest thing this channel has ever said
A secret input combination, on a version of a game that wasn't released, sent especifically to a person to play, which contains messages aimed directly at the real life of the player...
...yup, I'm really happy that Petscop is coming back.
lol indeed
I like the consistency with the crash handler
Look at this sky, look like the fart of Wario
What has Wario been eating to make it look like that? xD
@Creep Sir garlic*
I knew this was turning dark.
Same
i love this already
Edit: i actually love the story and the GUI I'd love to see more of this
i have a feeling he's going to visit Meg Moberly, her parents or Dan
It was eventual that these videos would start to get on the Sp00Py end. First, they were "believable" but now I saw this coming. And I'm fucking excited to see what comes after this!
I knew that this channel was going to start off normal then get instantly into the creepypasta aspect of the beta build
YOOOOOOOOOOOOO MARIO CAP WITH NO WINGS
whooooa mario cap with no wings
The messages keep getting weirder and I'm scared
"Premiered 64 minutes ago" no better time to be watching this then.
Dan : get the job do-
Eric : *i cant hear yoouuuuu*
Dan : get back here and get the job done
Eric : fine but why is the sky red.....eh whatever ima lose again
Dan : *You made me do this eric*
Mario is flying without the wings. He's just like Superman. XD
@notgib Superman Mario 64. Fly through rings with Mario!
that went from not scary to scary
Soo... How's Eric? The GUI seems to really hate his existence
dude you should've started with only HALF an A press, look what you've caused now!
Here's a idea of the effects of the 3 statuses shown (if a effect is in *Bold* text, when it occurs, it is a fatal case of it) :
Irrelevant: Loss of attention, *Stress* , confusion, chance of extended grieving periods.
Irrelevant Type 2: Headaches, *Electromagnetic Radiation* , mood swings
Panic Mode: Immunodeficiency, Loss of personality, *Loss of consciousness*
I'm excited for more, I wonder what this means, and Eric really messed up didn't he?
Welp guys, it looks like we're in creepy territory now.
Everyone gangster until the beta archive uploads a new video
this channel’s taking a dark turn
Man, the first time I watch this I get scared, the second time I wanna cry.
Matpat is gonna come for this video series man, I can feel it
The real creepy part:
If you read the community post, you'll see that it was signed by Eric
or E.B. since they're both the same person E.B. = Eric Bennet
Wing Cap Course Text.
Shoshinkai or whatever is getting close, Eric, you need to get this done or we're cutting this stage from the demo.
I still haven't heard back from the guys at the art department so we might just cut the damn entire flying section anyway.
Come on Eric, do me a solid here and get this done, now.
Are you missing someone right now?
-Dan
This is technically the video that broke this ARG
Yeah, i feel bad for MarioNova64, he did a good job on this, just for it to be used against him.
very late but it was a wingcap segment cut out of the last video made by marionova that broke the thing. the wingcap level seen here is just several retextures of the final model
This is so insanely well done, if i just stumbled upon this video without knowing anything about this whole thing i would 100% think it was real
"Are you missing someone?"
-dan
This channel’s on an uploading role today. Thank you!
These japanese developers sure do have great english especially it being 1995
I genuinely really like the idea of the sky looking like a sunset, looks really nice
Mario flying into the same tower every recording is a metaphor for how Erik would eventually be on one of the planes that was crashed into the Twin Towers on September 11th 2001
hahaha, exCUSE ME??
Does this mean Mario in the Wing Cap GUI video is the Bin Laden of 1995
Never have I been so confused and yet so interested
As a guy who finds tapes once said: "amazing"
Nobody:
Eric in the radio ad: amazing. 😐
My mouth foams on how brilliantly fantastically well these are made, Eric... All of this captures every bit of my childhood fever dream I would have in childhood. Everything from the colour of the wing cap sky to the developers crash handler. ❤️👍 ~ Jake
i feel like there is some kind of story to this.
Oh shit an actual storyline let’s fucking gooo. This stuff is amazing, thank you for making it and making it feel so legit.
oh boy, I wonder what "The reason I'm going to go see someone." means
The community post was not written Out of Character. This is concerning.
Reddo Deado what what? I didn’t really understand what happened in this but I do know it was very unsettling. Could you please explain it too me? Sorry for being a burden
@@nes8779
The community post says that he was going to be visiting a friend for a few weeks. I thought this was originally just an out of character thing saying he would be taking a break, but then he said that the next video would explain a little.
The contents of this video, along with the community post, is concerning.
Honestly, for all the work put into making the ARG beta stuff seem real but creepy, can we acknowledge how the Mel Blanc sounds that beta Mario had were both an actual thing in the SM64 beta and accidentally chilling. They're literally stock sound effects from Looney Tunes, and yet in any Mario 64-related context they sound absolutely fucking TERRIFYING.
Holy dang now there lore? After rewatching the vid it's probably about a character named Eric trying to get help from you know
Eric=EB=SM64 Beta Archive
You know, fiction surrounding rumors and false stories like this...
Without any cliche elements makes this intriguing to watch.
This was the video that was made that made them cancel the project
It's believable enough that they'd use a Looney Tunes soundbite for the fall sound effect as a placeholder in the 1990s. That is a nice touch I think.
0:11 I hate to be that guy, but the text being in English doesn't make much sense for a game developed in Japan...
Probably localization for the devs themselves? I dunno
@barnoftheyard But the game was developed by Nintendo EAD ?!
@barnoftheyard *Theory*
For now, I'll use facts proved, thank you though.
@barnoftheyard Also, looking at the theory, it's still Nintendo EAD that developed the game.
The theory claims they stole the IDEA, not the game.
localization team is my guess.
For some reason I find Mario's scream in this hilarious. OOooOOOOOoooOOOo!
0:38 my toilet when it flushed poop
this has gone from a good channel to a Great channel
L o r e
-hopefully it won't turn full Creepypasta on us.-
i love how one of the major inconsistencies of this series was the fact that these games were developed in japan and mostly all English devs just worked on localisation.