plastiquedoll:

When “Pokemon” was first released in Japan, there
was an odd phenomenon between children ages 7-12,
particularly in those using headphones to listen
to the sound effects. Increase of nosebleeds, irritability,
insomnia, and addiction to the game, playing for hours
and hours on end and crying to the point of vomiting
when the opportunity was taken away.

Roughly 70% of these cases ended in suicide.

In almost every case of the aforementioned symptoms,
despite gameplay time recorded to the limit of the
internal clock, the game had not progressed
further than “Lavender Town”.

A closer analysis of the game revealed a tone in the
audio of the music for “Lavender Town” at a pitch
undetectable by fully developed human ear drums.
Within weeks every unsold copy of the “first edition”
the game were recalled silently and the game
was re-released with re-mastered audio
for “Lavender Town”.

The widely known version is said to be missing
three extra tones, as well as the unique,
binaural tone of the first edition, although this is
unconfirmed due to the rarity of working first edition
copies; in the known few that remain,
the internal clock and ‘battery save’ have all timed out
and ceased function, and in many cases the game
will freeze upon entering any battle.

The audio post above is the original file that
was heard by these children.

OH GOD, THIS SHIT!

(Quelle: snoopdong)