Slenderman: The Game
Everyone knows about the Slenderman. But did you know there was a game for it? I didn't know, that is until I saw a local Craigslist post in Gettysburg. The post said about an old Game Boy game about abducting little kids as some tall, suited monster. There was no original photo on the post, although here is a photo I took of it before I lost it while cleaning out for a yard sale last week. Anyway, back to the game. I was always interested in the Macabre of Nintendo bootlegs and hacks so I gave the guy a call, I asked him how much he wanted for it (Since the price was not listed) and said it was $5.00. I drove later that day to get the game and arrived at an old house. The man was sitting on the porch with the game in his hand, when I went up to him and said who I was he smiled, forced the game into my hands, and grabbed the money. I asked him where he got the game. He said in a raspy voice that one of his friends made bootlegs back in the 80's and early 90's and that he gave the game to him before he was busted. I thought to myself, "A bootleg game about Slenderman in the early 90's can't be true. He must be making up shit." After I walked away I heard him say under his breath, "Have fun, poor sap." I paid no heed to this and drove home.
When I got home I saw the game cart was black with nothing on the front, just a sticker that said don't open and "Operator" in gray fine tipped Sharpie marker on the back casing. When I turned on the game it booted and seemed to be normal. It had the basic title screen with just "OPERATOR" this time in the puke green capital letters of a classic Game Boy with the start option underneath. However, I did find it interesting that the year on the bottom of the screen did say 1990 when the Slenderman or much any creepypasta hadn't have been thought up of until a decade later. I dismissed it as a joke and began playing.
Now, this is not full of paranormal guff like some video game stories, the game isn't self-aware or possessed. Although just how it was programmed could make anyone want to become a mental out of rage. Right off from the beginning I was a bit shaken by it, the spites were large so they were very detailed by Game Boy standards although the rest of the screen was small. Slendy had long; twisting, 8-bit tentacles that when he would come close to a kid he would envelop them around the child, a blood curdling 8-bit, digitized scream came from the mono speaker. My ears rang from it and I started to get a headache, but still I played on. It was repetitive, walk, snare, scream, kill. Then after about 4-5 minutes, the level went to black, saying 1-2. Again it was the same, walk, snare, scream, kill. 4-5 more minutes. But still I played on. I soon realized that the game was continuous as this, but by this time I went mad, as if I ate pure mercury. Enraged by the time and money I wasted on it I tore the game out and threw it behind a dresser. That night and ever since I keep dreaming about that horrible game, and I would always wake up to find the game on top of the dresser, which I would gingerly throw back to the abyss. I was never worried about it, I probably pulled it out in my sleep, to bitch at it more, and I would always laugh. But just a week ago after our town yardsale, I didn't find it on my dresser or behind it. I was glad it was out of my life but I still wondered what happened to it. My mother had said she never took any games from my room, but she always lies about stuff like that. And I never sold it, either way, I was glad it was out of my life.
Credited to Maxwell98
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