Super Mario Bros 2: The Hacked Copy

I love Mario, but I only play his games on emulators now, not real consoles. It's because of an experience I had with a hacked copy of Super Mario Bros 2...

It all started when I was walking down the road when I noticed a garage sale. I didn't know not to trust garage sales at the time. I noticed that an NES, along with a copy of Super Mario Bros 2, was for sale. I asked, "How much is this?" The woman who was running the garage sale said that I could have it for free. I happily rushed home to play the NES and copy of SMB2 I had bought for free.

I booted the game up, but something was off. The title screen said "Super Death Bros 2", and Mario held a decapitated Toad head. Luigi's headless body was just lying on the ground. Peach and Toad were absent completely. I pressed Start, not knowing the horrors of this game.

Mario was the only character I could select. When I started playing, Mario fell from the sky like he usually does, but instead of landing safely on the ground, he exploded as he hit it. Blood and body parts scattered everywhere. Then the NES suddenly reset. I booted up the game again. Instead of booting up to the title screen, though, it just went to a level. Mario was suddenly alive, but he held a knife. I moved right, and I noticed that there were only Toads. When I touched one, Mario would play an animation of him decapitating a Toad as it tried to struggle free. Blood would gush everywhere. When Mario finished killing all the Toads, he looked at the screen. He pointed at it, and a text box came up that said, "You...are the killer." Mario started slowly walking towards me. When he got uncomfortably close to the screen, the NES suddenly turned off and started melting. A few days later, I woke up to find a blood-stained Mario plush right in front of me. It said, "Thank you so much for-a playing life..." in a demonic voice. I immediately threw it out the window. I had nightmares for weeks after that. To this day, I still remember when I played a hacked version of Super Mario Bros 2.