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|imagecaption = The screen that appears upon starting the game. It reads モモゲラーズデザイン (momogerāzu dezain).
|imagecaption = The screen that appears upon starting the game. It reads モモゲラーズデザイン (momogerāzu dezain).
|maker = Kowloon Kurosawa
|maker = Kowloon Kurosawa
|type = Homebrew/unlicensed video game
|type = [[Shock site|Shock]] [[application]]
|date = 1996
|date = 1996
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'''Jumyou Ga Chijimaru''' (Japanese: 寿命が知事丸<ref>知事丸 is an [[wikipedia:Ateji|''ateji'']] spelling of the verb [[wikt:縮まる|縮まる]], meaning "to shorten" or "to shrink".</ref>, "Life Shortens" or "Life is Shortened") is a [[shock site|shock]] [[wikipedia:Homebrew_(video_games)|homebrew]] [[application]] for the [[wikipedia:Super_Nintendo_Entertainment_System|Super Famicom]] developed in mid-1996 by [[wikipedia:Kowloon_Kurosawa|Kowloon Kurosawa]], who also created the infamous video game ''[[wikipedia:Hong_Kong_97_(video_game)|Hong Kong 97]]''<ref>nitter.net/forestillusion/status/1324945237807046656</ref>. The program solely contains a slideshow of disturbing images with no gameplay features. Much like ''Hong Kong 97'', the "game" could be considered part of the ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kusoge kusoge]'' (crap game) genre.


'''Jumyou Ga Chijimaru''' (Japanese: 寿命が知事丸,<ref>知事丸 is an [[wikipedia:Ateji|''ateji'']] spelling of the verb [[wikt:縮まる|縮まる]], meaning "to shorten" or "to shrink". </ref> "Life Shortens" or "Life is Shortened") is a [[wikipedia:Homebrew_(video_games)|homebrew]] [[wikipedia:Super_Nintendo_Entertainment_System|SNES]] [[Video games|video game]] developed by [[wikipedia:Kowloon_Kurosawa|Kowloon Kurosawa]], who also created the infamous ''[[wikipedia:Hong_Kong_97_(video_game)|Hong Kong 97]]'' in mid-1996.<ref>twitter.com/forestillusion/status/1324945237807046656</ref> The "game" consists of a slideshow of [[shock images]] with no other gameplay features.
Upon starting the program, the player must press the A button to proceed to the title screen, which contains shock images featured in the slideshow, along with the text:


Upon starting the game, the player must press the A button to proceed to the title screen, which contains shock images featured in the slideshow, along with the text:
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On the title screen, the user must press the A button to start the slideshow. To advance to the next image in the slideshow, the player must press the A button. After the last image of the slideshow, the game brings the player to the credits. Pressing the A button on the credits brings the player back to the title screen.   
On the title screen, the user must press the A button to start the slideshow. To advance to the next image in the slideshow, the player must, again, press the A button. After the last image of the slideshow, the game brings the player to the credits. Pressing the A button on the credits brings the player back to the title screen.   


==Slideshow Contents==  
==Slideshow Contents==  
*A decapitated corpse
*A decapitated corpse.
*A disembodied head with one large eye
*A disembodied head with one large eye.
*A Siamese twin baby in a jar
*A Siamese twin baby in a jar.
*A man vomiting
*A man vomiting.
* A mirrored image of a breech birth
*A mirrored image of a breech birth.
*Emaciated people during the Great Famine of 1876-1878
*Emaciated people during the [[Wikipedia:Great Famine of 1876–1878|Great Famine of 1876-1878]].
*A malformed baby with two heads
*A malformed baby with two heads.
*A severed head from the cover of [[wikipedia:Brujeria_(band)|Brujeria]]'s album ''Matando Gueros''
*A severed head from the cover of [[wikipedia:Brujeria_(band)|Brujeria]]'s album ''Matando Güeros.''
* The severed heads of [[wikipedia:Abel_Pollet|Auguste and Abel Pollet]]
*The severed heads of [[wikipedia:Abel_Pollet|Auguste and Abel Pollet]].
*A crime scene photo of a dead man slumped over on a couch with a gunshot wound in his head
*A crime scene photo of a dead man slumped over on a couch with a gunshot wound in his head.
*A quadriplegic toddler
*A quadriplegic toddler.
*A baby with [[wikipedia:macrocephaly|macrocephaly]]
*A baby with [[wikipedia:macrocephaly|macrocephaly]].


==Feature in POSITIVE zine==
==Feature in POSITIVE zine==
Jumyou Ga Chijimaru was featured in the Japanese zine called POSITIVE.<ref>twitter.com/forestillusion/status/1324945308556521473 (<u>NOTE</u>: The following tweet contains an image of the title screen, which features shock images.)</ref> The description is as follows:
Jumyou Ga Chijimaru was featured in the Japanese zine called POSITIVE.<ref>nitter.net/forestillusion/status/1324945308556521473 (<u>NOTE</u>: The following tweet contains an image of the title screen, which features [[graphic content]]!)</ref> The description is as follows:
 
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香港97をプロデュースした『ミスター陳』率いるモモゲラーズデザインが、またまたヤバイソフトを企画した。内容は身体画像集だが、コレはマズイでしょう。モノクロ調なので初心者でも大丈夫との事。好き嫌いが思いっきり別れるソフトだ。
香港97をプロデュースした『ミスター陳』率いるモモゲラーズデザインが、またまたヤバイソフトを企画した。内容は身体画像集だが、コレはマズイでしょう。モノクロ調なので初心者でも大丈夫との事。好き嫌いが思いっきり別れるソフトだ。
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==References==
==References==
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==Link==
==Link==
<font color="yellow"><u>NOTE</u>: The following game contains extremely [[graphic content]]!</font>
<font color="yellow"><u>NOTE</u>: The following [[application]] contains extremely [[graphic content]]!</font>
* emulatorgames.net/roms/super-nintendo/jumyou-ga-chijimaru-pd
* <s>emulatorgames.net/roms/super-nintendo/jumyou-ga-chijimaru-pd</s>
* '''Permalink:''' web.archive.org/web/20240326191953/files.catbox.moe/s79szu.smc
* '''Permalink:''' tinyurl.com/2pry2xhn


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