20 Iconic Gaming Moments You Must See Before You Die

18. Mind Hack - Metal Gear Solid

psycho mantis
Konami

"You've been playing Castlevania, haven't you?"

Yes Psycho Mantis, I had been playing Alucard's latest adventure before firing up Metal Gear so you could indiscriminately raid my personal save data with your - supposedly supernatural - abilities.

You may be one of our industry's most talented and respected individuals Mr. Kojima, but you're also a gigantic troll, and I have no doubt you revel in it.

As if it wasn't enough that whole scores of people found themselves stuck on the infamous section that required the player look at the actual game case for that blasted Codec number, Psycho Mantis' later conundrum genuinely caused many to believe their game or console had blown a fuse and stopped working.

Oh, you just had to switch which controller port your pad was plugged into? How simple. Yes, I'm still salty.

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