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completions. It is widely speculated that either stage 48 or 49 (known colloquially as the | completions. It is widely speculated that either stage 48 or 49 (known colloquially as the | ||
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malicious orientalism of Eastern worldviews seen by many to have taken root in World War II and the subsequent | malicious orientalism of Eastern worldviews seen by many to have taken root in World War II and the subsequent | ||
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industry's first instance of poly-tonal, aleatorically generated scoring. The | industry's first instance of poly-tonal, aleatorically generated scoring. The | ||
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component allowing it to continually morph for an indeterminate and | component allowing it to continually morph for an indeterminate and | ||
reportedly infinite length of time. Later leaked on | reportedly infinite length of time. Later leaked on | ||
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live stream, the theme lead to | live stream, the theme lead to | ||
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Revision as of 03:56, 12 March 2024
Solomon's Key
[Tecmo, 1986][related: Michiharu Hasuya]
A 1987
NES
title in which a Taoist Monk
1
releases the horde of demons described in
The Legemeton
after
accidentally finding the key to the Constellation Sign. Based on a succession
of 50 stages of exponentially increasing difficulty oriented around the signs
of the Zodiac,
Solomon's Key
is commonly known as the most difficult
title to ever be released on the system, with no reported successful
completions. It is widely speculated that either stage 48 or 49 (known colloquially as the
Hidden Levels
) represents the
vanishing point of forward progress, though various Wiccan "mystic-hacks" have
been reported successful in allowing progress to the game's mysterious final
stage, including the drawing of pentagrams using an E-Pen and the chanting of
"Bael" through a techno-hack vocoder. The 1998 Japanese horror film
Ringu
was reportedly based in part on
urban legends surrounding various unexplained and unsubstantiated spectral and
metaphysical phenomena associated with Level 50. Music by Michiharu
Hasuya
2
.
1 Leading to accusations of Judeo-Christian centrism and the malicious orientalism of Eastern worldviews seen by many to have taken root in World War II and the subsequent Japanese Economic Miracle.
2 Including an experimental soundtrack to one of the games "[[error|hidden levels]" representing the video game industry's first instance of poly-tonal, aleatorically generated scoring. The theme was reportedly originally scored for string quartet and then transcribed by hand for 8-bit realization and includes a rudimentary algorithmic component allowing it to continually morph for an indeterminate and reportedly infinite length of time. Later leaked on the internet as a deep web live stream, the theme lead to numerous reports of apeirophobic attacks.