About 30 years ago, I went over to a friend’s place, he was also playing the game not long after it came out. I had already beaten it once, so he asked me help because he was stuck in the progression.
Guardia Forest was blocked by earthquake holes and he couldn’t get back to the castle. There was this repeated shaking happening at random intervals.
Ever since then, I’ve played through the game once a year, and I’ve never been able to recreate that moment. I’m pretty sure it was the year 1000 version of Guardia Forest, but I can’t say for sure.
I lost contact with that friend a long time ago, and honestly, he probably doesn’t even remember, it’s not like he was a hardcore fan or anything.
One possible theory is that he was using cheat codes, but even then, cheat codes don’t usually generate full-on map changes like that. What I saw looked like actual planned terrain, those holes weren’t just irregular glitches, they were mapped in.
I’ve posted about it on forums over the years, but no one else has ever experienced it. I’ve watched tons of longplays too, still nothing. I even asked ChatGPT, and came up empty.
It’s definitely not a false memory, I remember it really clearly. I just hope one day someone else stumbles across it and confirms it.
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