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Golden Specter·1/9/2014 in Questions and Answers

[Ape Escape 1] ApeClubHTML Fake secrets

In 2010, ApeClubHTML published an article about how to enter into some "secret areas" in the first Ape Escape, using a Japanese version (100% finished) and a PocketStation. Those requirements made really harder to possibility to rapidly check the authenticity of the aforesaid article.

Despite this fact, I've done some researches about those 2 pictures used in the article as an "indubitable proof". According to the author, they were published in the official Japanese website, now closed. However, I can guarantee that those pictures are 100% FAKE, and have been Photoshopped (or manipulated) and cropped. Here's the proof:

First Fake picture from ApeClubHTML with the random generated "Green mailbox" (The circle shadow below the mailbox is missing):

Original picture, with Spike in the same position, using the same gadget (the Dash Hoop):

The mailbox has been added from this picture, and making it green is really easy on Photoshop:

Second FAKE picture from ApeClubHTML (zoom to see some green parts remaining around Spike's shadow, which should NOT be here if it was an original screenshot):

This FALSE "water level" was a cropped version from this picture. Spike is in the same position, the green lawn has the SAME shadows & marks as the "blue" one. Those bricks are also following the same pattern, and in the same position:

In any case, whether or not ApeClubHTML will publish something in the near future, do not trust them.

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Golden Specter·7/18/2014

I don't really think that they were trying to build rumors like Ape Escape & Pokemon.
Instead of that, I do believe that the author is just a liar who needed to draw people's attention with his "website" (i.e. to promote it) and make it looks like he's the only one to know almost EVERYTHING about the game, as shown in this quote

he just revealed the BIGGEST unlockable of the original Ape Escape

Another lie:

The idea was originally going to be included in AE2, but it must have been forgotten.

You don't need to know so much about video game dev in order to know that the dev team don't "forget" things all of a sudden. Games are pretty big, well-planned projects, and forgetting do not belong to this field.

Finally, another quote can show how those lies were published just to get more and more attention.

More hints and secrets soon! Stay Tuned :)

But I do believe that this article just failed, and that's why the author stopped with such lies.

About a special package for playing with Buzz, I never heard of it. :P

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A Fandom user·9/14/2014

I don't remember where exactly I saw that one. If I'm not mistaken, Ape Club HTML has had a few websites over the years. I'll try to track down the package for you.

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A Fandom user·9/14/2014

(Ugh, can't edit my last post. I really, really need to make an account here :P)

Well, looks like the yolasites webesite for Ape Club HTML is down, and I'm pretty sure that's where I found that package all those years ago. And it wasn't the package that let you play as Buzz, it just came with a text file that had a cheat code in it. Either way, it seems like they've kind of lost interest in this crap. Their blog hasn't updated since 2010, and I can't seem to find any other sites linked to ACHTML.

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Golden Specter·9/18/2014

This fuzzy cheat about Buzz might be from Yolasites version (which is older than ApeClubHTML, as far as I understand), and might explain why you're unable to find it back, although you can still use WayBackMachine.

Oh, good thing that the Yolasites website is down (& the forum as well), I was still able to see the forum, some months ago, when the "ApeClubHTML" team was speaking about building their own version of Ape Escape on PC, with Sony's agreement (pretty weak lie, if you ask me), although the post I mentioned was from 2012 if I remember correctly.

Yes, ACHTML hasn't been updated for ages, but ACHTML's loss of interest might also be related to the lack of news concerning the Ape Escape franchise.

Anyway, I do really believe that Ape Escape should get a good fan website, well designed and so on. I can make it (it might be a good experience), but probably not alone (at least not on the "description" & info. However, I can handle the design and the technical aspect). Even if I don't believe that it will bring so much visitors.

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A Fandom user·9/19/2014

Wow, I never heard of that PC Ape Escape. Sounds more like a bad joke than anything. :P

I do agree that Ape Escape should have a good fan website, maybe even an active forum (I'm too lazy to check, but I don't think there's an AE forum that gets much traffic). Unfortunately, the fan community is pretty much dead, though, so you're probably right that it wouldn't get much traffic.

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Golden Specter·9/23/2014

Yup, I'll start my website & forum very soon.I don't know any good forum about Ape Escape yet, although there is tons of things to say about any Ape Escape game!

But even if my website won't get much traffic, I still believe that Ape Escape deserve this, and it will clearly help me to improve my technical knowledge and skills.

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A Fandom user·9/28/2014

I'd definitely check your website out! Any way I could send you my email or something so you can notify me when it's up? I would just post it here, but I'm kind of paranoid when it comes to spam. :P

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Golden Specter·9/28/2014

Thanks! Sure thing!

EDIT: I received your message, thanks :D

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A Fandom user·9/28/2014

Just sent it :)

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A Fandom user·11/12/2014

I would love to make a Specter fangame where he is the hero and the Nazo character from AEMM is the villianIt would take place before the MM time with Specter learning that his pipo helmet was corrupted by Nazo to make him narcissist and evil. Nazo creates a race of pipotrons from Specter's beloved monkeys and captures Spike, Buzz, Kei, Yumi, and Jimmy, leaving Specter as the hero to go after him and save the world, stopping Nazo and the pipotrons from taking over the world. Yes, here Nazo is the real world domination culprit. Specter would have his anime costume and gadgets from MM. It would be set in real world locations to make it more interesting. I think this is a cool idea. Specter is such and awesome character and deserves to be the good guy for once in a real way.

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