This is a detailed breakdown of various game-breaking glitches in different video games. It covers glitches in games like Sonic Adventure 2, True Crime: Streets of New York, Soul Calibur 3, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, EVE Online: Trinity, Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy, Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy Kong's Quest, and Pokémon Red and Blue, with MissingNo being a particularly notable example. Each glitch is described along with its impact on gameplay and the potential consequences for players. The list ranges from minor inconveniences to major game-halting issues, highlighting the importance of thorough testing in game development.
1. The speaker loves video game glitches and finds them exciting, as they allow for new and exciting ways to explore games.
2. The speaker is discussing the top ten worst game-breaking glitches of all time.
3. Number ten on the list is Sonic Adventure 2, a game for the Sega Dreamcast. It had a major error where players could drop through the floor to their death when at the final stage.
4. Number nine is True Crime: Streets of New York, a game for the PlayStation 2, GameCube, and PC. It had a game-breaking glitch in the Xbox version that prevented players from completing the main campaign.
5. Number eight is Soul Calibur 3, a game for the PlayStation 2. It had a time-bomb glitch that corrupted the game save, making it impossible to complete the game.
6. Number seven is Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, a game for the PlayStation 2, PC, and Xbox. It had a glitch in the mainland Island where saving the game would freeze the game at a black screen.
7. Number six is Tony Hawk's Underground 2, a game for the PlayStation 2. It had a glitch when sending a message with a USB keyboard that would freeze the console of the player who received the message.
8. Number five is EVE Online: Trinity, a game for the PC. It had a programming error that deleted the Windows boot file, locking players out of their computers.
9. Number four is Sphinx in the cursed mummy, a game for the Nintendo 64. It had a game-breaking glitch where saving the game at a safe point in the castle would make the door to the next room permanently shut.
10. Number three is Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy Kong's Quest, a game for the Super Nintendo. It had a glitch where dropping and picking up a barrel at a specific point in the castle crush stage would crash the game.
11. Number two is Pokémon Red and Blue, a game for the Gameboy. It had a glitch where trying to capture a Pokémon known as "MissingNo" would crash the game and corrupt or delete all save files.
12. Number one is the PlayStation Underground Holiday Demo Disc, a disc that included a game called Beautiful Joe. Playing Beautiful Joe would reformat all memory cards plugged into the PlayStation 2, erasing every save on them.