8 Awesome Video Game Moments That Happen When You're NOT Playing
2. Win The Game Before It Even Begins! - Takeshi's Challenge
For those of you not in the know, Takeshi's Castle is one of the most irreverent and insane tv gameshows ever to exist.
Hundreds of people rock up each episode to make it through a gauntlet of crazy challenges in order to try and assault the infamous Takeshi's Castle in the pursuit of glory and....er...well it never actually tells you what else you win.
So take this incredible energy and apply it to a video game and what you get is Takeshi's Challenge for the Famicom, an utter deep dive down the rabbit hole. In this game you'll gamble your money away, divorce your wife, hang glide, fight goons, all in the name of....er...again we never actually know why.
If all of this sounds like a bit too much, however, why don't you just beat the game before it officially begins by pressing the punch button... 20 thousand times??
Yeah, it's a huge amount of work but technically this is a way of beating the game without it ever beginning.