When Zelda: A Link to the Past released for the SNES in English, players found a secret room that contained a very out of place, real person's name: "Chris Houlihan". Years later, an official...
When Zelda: A Link to the Past released for the SNES in English, players found a secret room that contained a very out of place, real person's name: "Chris Houlihan". Years later, an official statement from Nintendo Power magazine said that this was a reward for a contest held two years before the game came out.
There were a lot of odd circumstances around the contest, such the lack of a proper announcement of a contest winner for many years, that created a lot of doubt around the situation. There were many fan theories: Chris died shortly after the contest so they never announced it, or that he never existed and they made up a name to make the contest not look like a scam, or something similar.
After decades of debate, Youtuber Kevin Hainline, by pure luck, got to meet thee Chris Houlihan in person and solve the mystery.
Unreal that this turned out to be true. For the curious, here is more information about why the room exists.
Unreal that this turned out to be true.
For the curious, here is more information about why the room exists.
Chris Houlihan's Room is a failsafe in the game - it is only accessed when the game cannot load the room associated with a hole Link is falling into because of corrupt location data.
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In the Game Boy Advance port of this game, the corrupt location data bug was patched, and the room can only be accessed through glitching or using cheating devices.
I watch people stream A Link to the Past randomizer races and occasionally someone will intentionally trigger a glitch to get into the room because it's a quick source of money, fun to see more of...
I watch people stream A Link to the Past randomizer races and occasionally someone will intentionally trigger a glitch to get into the room because it's a quick source of money, fun to see more of the story behind it.
When Zelda: A Link to the Past released for the SNES in English, players found a secret room that contained a very out of place, real person's name: "Chris Houlihan". Years later, an official statement from Nintendo Power magazine said that this was a reward for a contest held two years before the game came out.
There were a lot of odd circumstances around the contest, such the lack of a proper announcement of a contest winner for many years, that created a lot of doubt around the situation. There were many fan theories: Chris died shortly after the contest so they never announced it, or that he never existed and they made up a name to make the contest not look like a scam, or something similar.
After decades of debate, Youtuber Kevin Hainline, by pure luck, got to meet thee Chris Houlihan in person and solve the mystery.
Unreal that this turned out to be true.
For the curious, here is more information about why the room exists.
I watch people stream A Link to the Past randomizer races and occasionally someone will intentionally trigger a glitch to get into the room because it's a quick source of money, fun to see more of the story behind it.