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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* The "Legendary Heroes" [[Filler Arc]] in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' features an evil virtual-reality [[RPG]] created by the Big Five to trap Kaiba and keep him from firing them.

* The virtual-reality game ''Greed Island'' in ''[[Hunter X Hunter]]'' really ''physically transports players to a real gameworld'' (a small, uncharted island) and only lets the player leave at certain [[Save Point~~|Save Points~~]]... which means you can be trapped in the game if you can't get that [[Last Lousy Point]], and if you die you're really dead.

* The virtual-reality game ''Greed Island'' in ''[[Hunter X Hunter]]'' really ''physically transports players to a real gameworld'' (a small, uncharted island) and only lets the player leave at certain [[Save Point]]s... which means you can be trapped in the game if you can't get that [[Last Lousy Point]], and if you die you're really dead.

* The titular game in ''[[Angel Sanctuary]]'' allows an angel to steal the body of the player.

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* One of [[Robert Rankin]]'s ''Brentford Trilogy'' books features a ''[[Space Invaders]]'' machine at the Flying Swan that causes its only player to become possessed by ''actual'' space invaders.

* What kicks off the story of ''[[Otherland]]''. A number of kids who access the future-Internet fall into comas.

* Inversion in ''[[Only You Can Save Mankind]]'': you can't actually die in the game, but [[RPG Mechanics Verse|the mobs you're killing are real, sentient beings]], [[Humans Are Cthulhu|under siege by]] [[Omnicidal Maniac]] [[Ace Pilot~~|Ace Pilots~~]] [[Why Won't You Die?|who won't stay dead]].

* Inversion in ''[[Only You Can Save Mankind]]'': you can't actually die in the game, but [[RPG Mechanics Verse|the mobs you're killing are real, sentient beings]], [[Humans Are Cthulhu|under siege by]] [[Omnicidal Maniac]] [[Ace Pilot]]s [[Why Won't You Die?|who won't stay dead]].

** Comes with the implication that ''all'' games are like this; at one point they pass by the wreckage of a ''[[Space Invaders]]'' fleet.

* The ''Shivers'' novel ''The Animal Rebellion'' had a cursed (...or something, it's never really explained) computer game that caused all animals in the immediate vicinity to go violently insane. In order to reverse the effects of the game (which was purposely [[Unwinnable]], being the kind where you just have try and survive for as long as possible) the main characters had to wipe it from the hard drive and destroy the physical copy.

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* Stories of haunted / evil video games are a fairly common type of Internet meme. Games from ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' to ''[[Wolfenstein (2009 video game)|Wolfenstein]]'' and ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' have gotten this treatment.

* Parodied, to great effect, by [[Jon Tron]] in his "review" of ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]''.

* ''[[Sonic R]]'' has the myth of Tails Doll. Tails Doll was an unlockable character with an appearance that many considered to be creepy (though some just find him [[Nightmare Retardant|cute]]). According to a number of [[Creepypasta~~|Creepypastas~~]], upon meeting certain conditions (usually tagging Super Sonic with Tails Doll on a specific track), Tails Doll would break into the real world and violently murder the player.

* ''[[Sonic R]]'' has the myth of Tails Doll. Tails Doll was an unlockable character with an appearance that many considered to be creepy (though some just find him [[Nightmare Retardant|cute]]). According to a number of [[Creepypasta]]s, upon meeting certain conditions (usually tagging Super Sonic with Tails Doll on a specific track), Tails Doll would break into the real world and violently murder the player.

** Although [http://www.tdworshippers.proboards.com some believers in the doll think he's good].

* The [[NES Godzilla Creepypasta]] has the eponymous cartridge, which apparently houses other worlds, complete with ecosystems, and also [[Eldritch Abomination|the]] [[The Fourth Wall Will Not Protect You|Hell]][[Complete Monster|beast]]