"You've met with a terrible fate, haven't you?"

-Happy Mask Salesman 

I believe you've heard about these before, or are you the one who created all these stuff? The following list are the first amusing hoax I ever heard about video games. I know there is a lot more hoaxes like these on the internet, like reviving Aerith, naked Lara Croft, etc. But these 5 were the first. I don't know if right now someone really make some of them as a mod or something.

Big Foot in GTA: San Andreas

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One of the most popular myth in video games. They say if you wander around in GTA: San Andreas' country side such as Mount Chilliad and Shady Cabin, you will get to see the Big Foot. This has been a trending topic among the internet rumor discussions since the game released, and appearently until now there are still people who tried to convince other that this is 100% Rocktar's easter egg.

Herobrine

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Want some ghost story? Here's one. The beautiful boxes world is haunted by a ghost called Herobrine, who said to be the dead brother of the game's creator. Herobrine appear to be the same as the player's character, but with white eyes. Herobrine love to create random constructions such as sand pyramids and long tunnels, he also love to cut all the leaves off the trees. And he also.. Another internet hoax. 

Polybius

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This internet urban legend is about a secret experiment ran by the US government. Back in 80s, the Men In Black got another job besides dealing with aliens. They created an arcade game called Polybius that can cause health problems, seizures, amnesia, black out, horrific nightmares, even suicidal tendencies. These Men In Black would periodically come to the arcades to collect the data from the machines. Yeah I'm pretty sure I'll get a horrific nightmares for buying this.

The Curse of Majora's Mask

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There were some people on the internet that tried to pull everyone's leg by using one of creepypasta story, and telling other people that it is true.
Once upon a time, there was a gamer who bought The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask from some old man he met by the street. When he played the game at home he found a save file that belongs to the previous owner called Ben, who according to this fairy tale, has died by drowning. So this new owner deleted the old save file and start a new game only to die (in game) spontaneously and see the "You've met with a terrible fate, haven't you?" appear. 

Lavender Town

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Known as the Lavender Town Syndrome, The Lavender Town Conspiracy, The Lavender Town Tone, The Lavender Town Suicides, was the creepy hoax that keep popping up on the internet about children mass suicide in Japan caused by Pokémon Red and Green. Everytime a (kid) player arrive in Lavender Town and hear the Lavender Town music theme, the children would then kill themselves. 

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