List of spurious works of fiction
| This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedia's deletion policy. Please share your thoughts on the matter at this article's entry on the Articles for deletion page. Feel free to edit the article, but the article must not be blanked, and this notice must not be removed, until the discussion is closed. For more information, particularly on merging or moving the article during the discussion, read the Guide to deletion. |
This is a list of works of fiction whose existence has been unconfirmed, or which have been confirmed to be hoaxes or urban legends.
| Spurious work of fiction | Description |
|---|---|
| "Auld Lang Gone" | An alleged lost episode of the 1992 game show "Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?", confirmed not to exist.[1] |
| The Evil Farming Game | An alleged video game that involves a farmer killing his wife and hiding her body from police while working on his farm.[2] |
| Gay Jesus film hoax | An alleged film that would have depicted Jesus as gay and involved in a promiscuous swinger lifestyle. |
| "Goncharov" | Non-existent 1973 mafia film by Martin Scorsese that was imagined by Tumblr users as a joke. |
| "Killswitch" | A video game that was supposedly created in the late 1980s by a company called Karvina Corporation. The player could choose to play as a woman called Porto or as a demon-like character named Ghast, and the game deleted itself from the disk upon completion.[3] |
| "Maniac Mansion 3: Rise of the Tentacles" (also referred to as "Rise of the Tentacle") | A sequel to Maniac Mansion and Day of the Tentacle that was to be developed by Pendulo Studios. It was first mentioned in the French gaming magazine Joystick in March 2003, and later confirmed to be an April Fools joke.[4][5] |
| "Polybius" | Alleged arcade video game that appeared around 1981, and which was psychoactive, causing the players amnesia, seizures, night terrors, and hallucinations, as well as extremely addictive. |
| "Saki Sanobashi" ("Go for a Punch") | An alleged Dark web anime about a number of girls trapped in a bathroom.[6] |
| "Shazaam" | An alleged 1990s movie that features the comedian Sindbad in the role of a genie. The movie never existed, and the memories of people who supposedly watched it are attributed to the Mandela effect.[7] |
| "Star Fox Grand Prix" | Alleged new title in Nintendo's Star Fox series. |
| "Yeah Yeah Beebiss I" | An alleged video game whose name appeared in a 1989 ad in the magazine VideoGames & Computer Entertainment.[8][9] |
See also
Notes
- ↑ Carrion, Christian (August 27, 2020). "“Hope That Answers Your Question”: Exploring the Myth of the Lost Carmen Sandiego, Part 3". https://www.buzzerblog.com/2020/08/27/hope-that-answers-your-question-exploring-the-myth-of-the-lost-carmen-sandiego-part-3/.
- ↑ "The internet spent years hunting a game that never existed". July 6, 2026. https://boingboing.net/2026/07/06/post-the-internet-spent-years-hunting-a-game-that-never.html.
- ↑ "The Best Video Game Urban Legends Ever". April 29, 2020. https://www.ign.com/articles/best-video-game-urban-legends.
- ↑ "Seria Maniac Mansion powraca!". April 26, 2003. https://www.gry-online.pl/newsroom/seria-maniac-mansion-powraca/zf20d9.
- ↑ "Le jour où les tentacules règneront sur Terre...". http://www.cafzone.net/NewsDetails.aspx?newsId=1020.
- ↑ Dennison, Kara (January 24, 2022). "Three Creepy Anime Theories That Aren’t True". https://otakuusamagazine.com/three-creepy-anime-theories-that-arent-true/.
- ↑ Edel, Victoria (July 27, 2026). "Sinbad Debunks Fan Theory About Shazaam Movie". https://people.com/sinbad-debunks-fan-theory-about-shazaam-movie-12027873.
- ↑ "The Most Elusive Videogame in History: Yeah Yeah Beebiss I". July 12, 2012. https://www.themarysue.com/yeah-yeah-beebiss-i/.
- ↑ Prince, Chloe (August 4, 2020). "Yeah Yeah Beebiss I: The Most Mysterious Game To Ever (Not) Exist". https://www.thegamer.com/yeah-yeah-beebiss-i-explained/.
External links
- Non-existence confirmed article category section on The Lost Media Wiki