NES Godzilla Creepypasta

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Screenshot of NES Godzilla Creepypasta, featuring Godzilla (right) and Red (left), the main antagonist.

NES Godzilla Creepypasta is a well-known creepypasta by DeviantArt user CosbyDaf, and arguably one of the most acclaimed ones of the gaming genre. It tells the story of a young gamer named Zachary, who recently acquired a cartridge of one of his favorite childhood NES games, Godzilla: Monsters of Monsters.

As he plays through the game, however, he finds out that there is something out of the ordinary about this copy, which is exciting to him at first because the game includes characters and levels that were not in the original. Not long afterwards, though, things start to take a much more sinister turn, as Zachary discovers more and more things about this cartridge during his playthrough.

October 2012: YouTube user Goji73 (John Drooney) created a complete narration of the creepypasta for his channel with permission from the author. Apart from adding appropriate music from the NES game's soundtrack and fan-made arrangements of the tunes described in the story, his videos also add some new effects and animations based on CosbyDaf's original artwork. These include several screamers, with most of them showcasing the main antagonist of the story, Red.

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The first screamer appears in Chapter 5: Entropy (19:09 in the video), when the villain's face suddenly materializes out of red text on the screen and flies towards the viewer with a loud, echoing roar.

The second one happens near the beginning of Chapter 6: Extus (2:21 in the video) after an NPC from the game simply known as 'Face' asks a perplexing and foreboding question. The camera then slowly moves in on his face as the narrator recounts his thoughts, and after it fades away, a bloodily mangled close-up of his face pops up for a split second with a scream that gets cut off just as quickly.

The third and final screamer appears near the end of the same chapter (19:59 in the video), when the villain directly reacts to a remark by the protagonist by turning towards the screen and screaming, as his face quickly flies towards the viewer yet again with the same roar as in the first screamer.

Characters

Zachary

Zachary is the main character and narrator of the story, which is told from his perspective as he recalls the night he played the game. He was a big fan of both Godzilla and NES games as a kid, having gotten the NES game Godzilla: Monster of Monsters! for his 10th birthday. He loved it but traded it away for Amagon a year later, something he later regretted after playing it.

Later in his youth, in middle school, he had a girlfriend named Melissa, whom he looked after. She had a strange mental disorder that would cause her to go into "episodes" in which she would be stuck in an emotionless trance for minutes. Despite this, Zach describes her as "a very kind person", and states that he "cared about her dearly." Something they loved to do was hang out in a field and look up at the stars, but one night she experienced an episode. Not saying anything to Zach, she stared at the Moon and ran into traffic, causing her to get hit by a truck and killed before Zach could save her. This memory was traumatizing for him, so much so that he did everything he could to suppress it and even made a promise to himself not to think about it.

Years later, as an adult, Zach got Godzilla: Monster of Monsters! from a friend of his named Billy and played the game one night. The game started normally except for a glitch with Gezora on Earth, but eventually it got more and more strange, the new boss on Mars being Titanosaurus instead of Varan, and proceeding to a whole new planet called Pathos afterwards rather than Jupiter. From then on, all of the planets were completely new, as well as the levels within them and the kaiju bosses. Zach initially tried to justify these abnormalities to himself as much as he could by thinking that he had obtained some sort of prototype with different bosses, and later that it was a ROM hack, but these would prove to be wrong. From Pathos onward, the base to leave each planet in the original game was replaced by a level in which Zach's monster would have to run from a monster later revealed to be named Red, or be instantly killed with one touch. The game got more and more shocking, frightening, and malevolent with each world, with Zach eventually even being reminded of Melissa after beating a stage boss called The Moon Beast on the sixth planet, Entropy. The stage he fought the beast in was said to be lifted straight from his memories, likely being the field where he and Melissa would hang out, and where she was killed. On the second-to-last world, Extus, the last level was a graveyard instead of a chase level. Eventually, he comes across a blue angel floating over a chapel, who Zach says "seemed very familiar" to him and gave him a warm feeling. However, Red suddenly appeared and lunged towards Godzilla (the monster Zach was playing as) in the level, but the angel got in his way, so Red killed and ate her. This made Zach angry and hate Red even more, so he threatened him by saying, "You're going to pay." Red responded by roaring at him.

This all culminates with the final planet, Zenith, which not only is the most horrific and nightmarish world of them all, but at the end, he must fight Red to the death, or be killed himself. Once Zach comes to the realization that he can feel the hits his playable monster takes when Red attacks them, he tries to get up and turn off the game, but he is paralyzed to his seat, forced to fight for his life against Red. It is during this fight that Zach almost gets killed, Red eventually killing all of his playable monsters except Acacius, who was locked away at the start of the planet by Red. After the death of his second-to-last monster, Anguirus, Red revealed to Zach that he had known him for a long time and that he killed Melissa (meaning he was the cause of her "episodes"). It can be inferred from this that all of the game's abnormalities were caused by Red, who was an actual demon haunting Zach's life and was using the game to torment him before trying to kill him. However, he gets saved by Melissa when Red goes for the killing blow after killing Godzilla. It turns out that she was the blue angel in the graveyard on Extus. She tells him that Red tortures her even after death, and to prevent him from meeting the same fate, unlocks Acacius for him. She also tells him not to give up and that she loves him, which, along with the sheer strength of Acacius, allows him to come out victorious against Red, killing him once and for all. Melissa then revives all of the playable monsters that died in the battle with Red as well as Face. The game ends with her telling him, "You have saved us; we are forever grateful. We'll be together again, someday."

The next day, Zach told Billy about the game, showing him the screenshots he had been taking of the game throughout his entire time playing it. They called the friend that Billy got the game from, but he had no clue what happened either. In the following three weeks, Zach fell into depression, being unable to think of anything but the game. He eventually decided that he needed closure, and to achieve this, he would either play the game again or destroy it. However, he could not bring himself to do either, being reminded of the physical pain he felt in the fight with Red when he touched the cartridge, and thinking about Melissa and how playing the game may have saved her soul from being tormented by Red when he tried to throw it in a lake. Ultimately, he decided to sell the game on eBay, and the story ends with a warning from him to whoever buys the game, telling them bluntly to shut it off if they start to feel like it is messing with their mind.

Red

“	RUN	”
Text appearing atop the escape levels, commonly associated with Red

Height: 105 meters
Weight: 66,000 metric tons

Red, initially known as The Hell Beast, is the main antagonist of the NES Godzilla Creepypasta. In his land form, the most recurrent of his forms, Red appears as a grotesque eyeless face with a gaping mouth attached to a scaly body and tail sustained by four spider-like legs. He has a pair of skinny, long arms ending in three-fingered claws. His body is replaced with a fish body in his aquatic form, it gains bat-like wings in his flying form, and becomes a long, slithering, reptilian structure in his final form.

Red claims to have killed Melissa, also bearing a rivalry with Solomon, whom he calls "TRAITOR". Red appears at the end of every world in a level that forces other monsters to escape from him; Anguirus, Mothra, and Godzilla are the main targets. Red is the boss at the last level of the game, taking four different forms. Red devours Mothra in his flying form, paralyzes Zachary on his seat so he cannot turn off the game (creating a life-or-death situation with him), defeats Solomon, followed by Anguirus, and finally devours Godzilla. Red declares "GAME OVER", but Melissa saves Zach and unlocks Acacius, which ultimately defeats Red, lowering his life bar to zero, making Red shrivel into dust.

Red was one of the planned monsters to appear in Colossal Kaiju Combat as a playable monster before the project was abandoned.

Solomon

“	STILL THE BEST - 1973	”
Solomon's win screen quote, after a level or boss is cleared using him

Height: 95 meters
Weight: 49,000 metric tons

Solomon is a blue-furred, bat-winged humanoid creature with a skull-like head and red eyes. His name is a likely reference to the biblical character King Solomon, who, in apocryphal texts such as The Lesser Key of Solomon, obtains the power to control demons. He was one of the monsters that Zach played as, having received him from Face in Extus after Zach answered "Yes" to the question "WOULD YOU LIKE A NEW MONSTER?" He was the strongest monster before Acacius, but was easily defeated by Red's final form. Melissa revives him along with Face, Anguirus, Mothra, and Godzilla. Solomon's backstory with Red is unknown; however, he is the only demonic-looking creature seemingly not under Red's control and would "rather die" than serve him, indicating he was once an ally of Red. Solomon was planned to reappear in the video game Colossal Kaiju Combat as a playable monster.

Meilssa

“	WE WILL BE TOGETHER AGAIN SOMEDAY	”
Melissa's parting words to Zachary

Melissa is a supporting character and Zachary's middle school girlfriend. She suffered from a mental disorder that caused her to go into "episodes" in which, according to Zach's testimonial, "she would stand or sit perfectly straight and still, and her face would instantly lose any expressions she had before. She would speak very clearly, without any hint of emotion. When it was over, she would start trembling and sometimes bury her face in her hands, and remain silent for several minutes." Despite this, Zach describes her as "a very kind person", and states that he "cared about her dearly." They liked to hang out in a field together and look at the stars, but one night she did not say anything to him; she just stared directly at the Moon, trembling. When Zach tried to talk to her, she suddenly sprang up and ran right into traffic. Despite Zach's attempts to stop her, she was hit by a truck, ending her life. This traumatized Zachary, making him suppress that memory for years.

Zach was reminded of her after beating the Moon Beast on Entropy, the sixth world, with Red saying her name and telling him to take his own life. The word "KILL" was then repeated on the screen over and over until it formed an image of Red's face. This freaked him out, but he could not convince himself to stop playing the game, and he was determined to make it to the end.

In the final level of the penultimate world, Extus, she appeared in a graveyard, floating over a chapel. Zach initially did not recognize her in-game sprite, identifying her as an angel (it is left to interpretation whether she actually is or not), though he does state that she seemed familiar to him. This peaceful moment was broken when Red appeared, the level transforming into a hellish landscape. Red tried to attack Godzilla (the monster Zach is playing as in the level), but Melissa got in his way, saving Zach at the cost of getting ripped apart and eaten by Red.

When Red is about to break the rules and kill Zach without letting him use Acacius, Melissa saves him, revealing that she was the angel in the graveyard and that Red's statement about him torturing and killing her was true. To ensure that Zach does not meet the same fate, she unlocks Acacius for him to use against Red, telling him not to give up and that she loves him. After Zach successfully kills Red and avenges her death, Melissa revives Face, Solomon, Mothra, Anguirus, and Godzilla, ending the game and thanking Zach for saving them, then reassuring him that they would be together again someday.

Acacius

Acacius is the strongest monster in the Godzilla Creepypasta; however, Acacius barely managed to defeat Red, almost costing Zach his life. Acacius was hidden in a corner of the last map and was not unlockable until after Melissa saves Zach from Red. The Creepypasta creator Cosbydaf reveals Acacius is an Agelum, a race of golem-like beings who enforce the haunted game's rules if they are broken.

Face

Face is a face that asked questions to Zach when he entered the question marks. The face made 24 different expressions. The questions that Face asked were "Yes" or "No" questions, and he would make an expression every time Zach answered, but the answer would not affect the expression Face was going to make. Face first appears in Trance and asks questions in the next three worlds. After asking "WOULD YOU LIKE A NEW MONSTER?" twice, he gave Zack Anguirus and Solomon, but also took away Godzilla and Anguirus, leaving him with Mothra in Entropy. In Extus, Face asks if Zach will miss him, and when Zach enters the Quiz level in Zenith, the character is covered in blood and is dead, existing only as a skull. Melissa later revives him along with Solomon, Anguirus, Mothra, and Godzilla.

Godzilla

Godzilla appeared in the game as he was a real playable character in Godzilla: Monster of Monsters. He goes through many levels and all of the worlds except Entropy, when Face takes away Godzilla and Anguirus and leaves only Mothra for Zach to use. Godzilla eventually gets eaten by Red's Final form, but gets revived by Melissa.

Mothra

Mothra appeared in the game as she was a real playable character in Godzilla: Monster of Monsters. She goes through many levels and all the worlds. In Entropy, Face takes away Godzilla and Anguirus and leaves only Mothra for Zach to use. Mothra eventually gets eaten by Red's flying form, but gets revived by Melissa.

Anguirua

Anguirus does not appear as a playable character in Godzilla: Monster of Monsters through normal means, but he is playable in the Creepypasta game. Face gave Anguirus to Zach in Dementia. He is a fast monster that can roll up into a ball and attack, as well as swim easily. Face takes away Godzilla and Anguirus in Entropy and leaves only Mothra for Zach to use. Anguirus eventually gets killed by Final Red, but gets revived by Melissa.

Billy

Zach's friend, who gave him several games for the NES, including Godzilla: Monster of Monsters. Billy is shocked to learn what happened to Zach and tells him that he purchased the game from another person who had never had any problematic games. After the incident, Billy offers to take the cartridge back, but Zach refuses. Zach does not blame Billy for the incident with the game, but he gets the impression that Billy feels guilty about it.

New Monsters

Monsters that never appeared in Godzilla: Monster of Monsters but were added to Zach's game. These monsters do not have "Not-versions" of themselves.

Titanosaurus

Titanosaurus appears on Mars. He was taller than Godzilla and was not glitchy. The battle used Gezora's theme.

Biollante

Biollante appeared in Pathos. Zach noted how the movie she first appeared in did not come out until one year after this game was released, concluding she might have originally been in the game to promote the upcoming film. She started in her rose form and then evolved into her final form, with the ability to fire her corrosive sap. She had Hedorah's theme.

Orga

Orga appeared in Trance. Zach noted that the movie he first appeared in was not released until 11 years after this game was released, making it impossible that the cartridge he was playing on was some sort of prototype. Orga's primary attacks were a punch and a beam from his shoulder cavity. But once Zach had gotten him down to half his health, he would expand his jaws and try to swallow Godzilla, in the process stealing his health and energy. The battle used Baragon's and Moguera's theme.

Maguma

Maguma appeared as a mini-boss in the Tundra level in Dementia. Maguma's fighting tactics were very simple; he had a freeze beam, and he could charge into Zach. Maguma did not die when Zach defeated him; instead, he turned tail and retreated.

Manda

Manda appeared in Dementia. When it realized one tactic was ineffective against Zach, it would immediately change to a different one. Manda used attacks such as spitting fire, biting, and constricting. The Atragon appeared in Zach's battle with them and tried to help, but was easily destroyed. The battle used Varan's theme.

SpaceGodzilla

SpaceGodzilla appeared in Dementia. SpaceGodzilla would use his energy to create two flying crystals, which would reach the ground and become crystal spires. These spires blocked Zach from reaching SpaceGodzilla, but they also allowed SpaceGodzilla to constantly recharge to full energy and blast Zach with a deadly fully charged Corona Beam until Zach broke the spires. SpaceGodzilla would eventually drain his own spires of energy until they shattered, but waiting for that to happen would drain your life. Atomic breath beams actually seemed to re-energize the spires, so Zach had to use physical attacks. SpaceGodzilla does everything in his power to knock Zach back to the left corner of the screen, so he can create more spires. The battle used Mechagodzilla's theme.

The Giant Condor

The Giant Condor appeared in a level in Entropy as a regular enemy.

Battra

Battra appeared in Entropy. He appeared in both his Larval and Imago forms. Larva Battra fought similarly to Maguma, charging back and forth and occasionally firing off lightning from his horn. Imago Battra is much like fighting a clone of Mothra, although Battra is distinctly faster and stronger. After Battra changed into his Imago stage, he now had a powerful eye beam. Battra could change direction just like Mothra could, so Zach's fight with Battra involved a lot of flipping and flying around. The battle used Varan's music.

Megalon

Megalon appeared in Entropy. He was a lot like Moguera, but faster and with more weapons. He started his fight with Zach by charging off with his drills. After a few seconds, he would step back, turn around, and start spitting out grenades, which would bounce when they hit the bottom of the screen. Afterwards, he started spamming his lightning beam, which only went straight forward. The battle used Gigan's music, as Zach pointed out, likely due to him being Gigan's battle partner in his film debut.

Gorosaurus

Gorosaurus appeared in Extus. Gorosaurus had no projectile attacks or anything else that could match Solomon's claws. But Zach kept the fight going just long enough to see if Gorosaurus would use his iconic Kangaroo Kick, which he did. The battle had Gezora's music.

Kumonga

Kumonga appeared in Extus. He attacked Godzilla by jumping on him, stabbing with his mandibles, and using his signature webbing stream to paralyze Zach's monster. Once his opponent was webbed, Kumonga would sometimes take the opportunity to attack, but it was mostly a way to buy time. The battle had Hedorah's theme.

Dorat

A Dorat appeared as a replacement for the Showa King Ghidorah in Extus. After two hits, the Dorat transformed into a Chimera.

King Ghidorah

The Heisei King Ghidorah, called "King Ghidorah" in the Creepypasta (in Godzilla: Monsters of Monsters, the Showa Ghidorah was simply called "Ghidorah"), appeared in Zenith. He first battled as King Ghidorah and later transformed into Mecha-King Ghidorah. The battle used the same theme as the original Ghidorah battle, while the Mecha-King Ghidorah battle used the latter's theme from the SNES game Super Godzilla.

Destoroyah

Destoroyah appeared in Zenith with all of his forms. Each form had more health, more attacks, and was harder than the previous one. Microscopic Destoroyah took one hit from Anguirus. Juvenile Destoroyah took a few more hits and also had a few attacks. Aggregate Destoroyah had more hits and had large arms and a micro-oxygen beam. When flying, Destoroyah appeared, and Zach used Mothra. Destoroyah entered his final form sooner than expected, and Zach had to avoid his attacks and wait until the timer ran out. Final form Destoroyah was very resistant to taking damage and was very powerful. Zach used Godzilla, Anguirus, and Solomon to fight Perfect Destoroyah. On his last life bar, Destoroyah tried to counter-attack with a large beam from his floral-patterned chest. However, before Destoroyah could release the attack, Godzilla clawed Destoroyah's chest and defeated him. The battle used Ghidorah's theme and Mecha-King Ghidorah's theme from Super Godzilla when in his perfect form.

Not-Monsters

Not-Monsters are the name Zach gives to the grotesque monsters that replace all of the original enemy monsters from Godzilla: Monster of Monsters.

Not-Moguera

Moguera's replacement first appeared in Pathos.

Not-Gezora

Gezora's replacement first appeared in Pathos.

Not-Varan

Varan's replacement first appeared in Trance.

Not-Hedorah

Hedorah's replacement first appeared in Trance.

Not-Baragon

Baragon's replacement first appeared in Dementia.

Not-Gigan

Gigan's replacement first appeared in Dementia.

Not-Mechagodzilla

Mechagodzilla's replacement first appeared in Entropy. It started as Fake Godzilla, then turned into a normal Mechagodzilla with more attacks than his film counterpart had, and then transformed into Not-Mechagodzilla

Chimera

Chimera is what the Dorat (Showa King Ghidorah's replacement) transformed into after Zach killed it with two hits. All Not-Monsters had to be fought before the Chimera, and its body was made of the other monsters' bodies. The Chimera is a centaur-like creature with an upper body resembling a samurai. He wields a massive sword.

Sequel

A sequel to the Creepypasta, titled Godzilla: Replay, is currently unfinished and contains five completed chapters plus the first part of the sixth. The story focuses on another person named Carl, who got the game after Zach sold it on eBay. The game seems to have changed from when it was in Zach's hands, and Carl faces a new main villain known as Warlock.

There is a joke ending in which Red's true form is revealed to be John Madden, and a new monster called Xolta (dubbed the most powerful being in the universe) starts to fight. The battle was so intense that Zach's NES broke, and afterwards the cartridge was destroyed.

Fan Games

A fan-made titled "Godzilla Creepypasta" was made by IuriNery was made under supervision of Cosbydaf (until he left over "creative differences" with Iuri). It is in the demo phase.

Another one called NES Godzilla Creepypasta Game: The Third Coming is currently being made by Madzilla and supervised by Cosbydaf (Like with Godzilla Creepypasta before leaving the project), and unlike Luri’s, it will be as close to the original Creepypasta as possible, except for some changes approved by Cosbydaf.

A Friday Night Funkin' mod called "Friday Night Monster of Monsters!" is being developed, directed by Cuminashe and El Gamer Pobre. The mod retells the events of the first creepypasta with the gameplay style of Friday Night Funkin' and also contains details of "Godzilla Replay", such as the inclusion of King Kong. Zilla a playable Rodan and an original monster called "Machine". The mod also includes different enemies from the fangame, being Tankzilla and Mothplane (military vehicles based on the 2 playable characters), normal Varan and Hedorah, monsters that never appeared in either the NES game, the creepypasta, or the game, such as Megaguirus, Monster X (referred to as "Xilien"), and the Xilien Mothership, and original monsters from the fangame, so far there exists: Griever, Ambusher, Blight. Beaker Gesojura, Stupor, Skull Bat, and Werebeak (being summoned by Face when it asks "Do you want to fight a monster?". The mod also includes extra songs that center around other Godzilla media, such as Game Boy Godzilla, The Suitmation Trials series, rFingerbones, the Sonic.exe parody Godzilla.EXE (until it was removed in a future update), the joke Madden ending, in which Red reveals his true form, being John Madden, Mania versions of some songs (the instrumental charted) presented by 2 original characters called Cia and Nuro. The mod is currently in development with 4 planets currently released (Earth, Mars, Pathos, and Trance)

Trivia

• An X post by the official @Godzilla_Toho account mistakenly used footage from the NES Godzilla Creepypasta fan game by IuriNery while discussing Godzilla: Monster of Monsters!.
• Face from the Creepypasta would later inspire the Undertale character Flowey, according to Toby Fox's notes.

Links

NOTE: The following videos contain screamers!

• youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUNDvvODn6ZQ5m04gWbtN398bGPrOq54i
• Original story: creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/NES_Godzilla_Creepypasta

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