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* In [[Fallout: New Vegas]], at the beginning of the game you can try to head directly north to New Vegas from Goodsprings. Just ignore those signs saying the area is infested with [[Boss in Mook Clothing|deathclaws]] and that you should stay the fuck away. [[Tempting Fate|You'll probably make it just fine.]]

* Start the boss battle against CFW Judge in ''[[Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2]]'', he goes first, moves up to your party, and kills off your entire party ''before your first turn'' in some cases. The player could, however, get lucky and only have half of their party taken out. In a [[New Game+]] or after grinding, however, this is no longer an issue.

* At least one of the ''[[Kaizo Mario World]]'' hacks tries to kill Mario in the opening scene.

** deadEarth seems to follow a mechanic where you have to roll for "Radiation Manipulations", which can actually kill you or cripple your ability to use certain skills before you even start playing. You roll for the manipulations after you've done the rest of the character generation work (i.e., after you've rolled your stats and skills), so you can't create your character in anticipation of how badly he/she will be affected. And depending on how strictly the rules are followed, you might only get three character sheets ever.

* Spoofed on an episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' with an arcade game based on ''[[Waterworld]]''. The player takes one step and the game asks for more quarters, as a [[Take That]] on how expensive the movie was.

'''Milhouse''': What a rip! (hesitates a second, then deposits more quarters) }}

* Spoofed in ''[[FoxTrot]]'': after convincing Paige to play ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'' and a week long set of strips setting up the game, Jason [[Killer Game Master|kills all of Paige's characters in the very first turn]] via a [[Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies|collapsing trap in the entrance]]. (possibly a reference to the aforementioned ''[[Tomb of Horrors]]'')