“All of the original hackers declined to discuss what they saw in the final level. Each of them became extremely paranoid and reclusive afterwards, refusing to talk about anything related to the game and showing astonishingly extreme symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder."

____ Side A, Mr. Mix was written by an Anonymous Author

Story Link: https://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/Mr._Mix

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Guest narration for Mr. Mix was provided by Josh Covel from the Still Loading Podcast, check out his fantastic podcast through this link: https://www.stillloadingpodcast.com/

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Side B, Mario '85 was written by JosephTheSnail

Story Link: https://josephthesnails-creepypastas.fandom.com/wiki/Mario_%2785

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Narration, Production and sound design was by TJ Hodder. ___ Music for this episode was provided by z3r0 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@z3r0CopyrightFreeMusic ___

The custom artwork for this episode was done by The Pumpkin Memories: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePumpkinMemories

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