With the advent of data miners and hackers, fans are continually rediscovering classic video games, whether that’s learning about cut content or absorbing obscure details which can only be known by peeking at a game’s code. And so, when a Twitter account recently posted about a creature allegedly hiding in the files of an older Nintendo game complete with a render the claim seemed plausible.
The fake character first came to light when Cut and Obscure Video Game Content (seemingly a parody of factoid aggregator Super Mario Broth) tweeted out there was a “fully coded, unused ghost enemy” called “scripulous fingore” in the code of