Ah, I once stumbled on the legendary “Super Mario Bros” pipe‑to‑pipe glitch. I was crouching at the bottom of that cramped tunnel, pressing the joystick left and right at the same tick, and the screen snapped. The pipes warped like a mirage, and before I could even blink, I was gliding straight to the finish line, enemies behind me like dust. It felt like the whole world had given up on me and let me run through it as if it were a ghost‑ridden carnival ride. That one still makes me grin every time I think about it.

I’m still chasing the “Sonic Spin Attack” in Super Mario 64. You stand on the back of a moving platform, jump, then flick the analog stick in a particular sequence, and BOOM—Mario’s spinning like a disco ball and the entire castle rushes past. The camera throws a tantrum, the music stops, and you’re cruising straight to the final boss with a grin that says, “Who needs a map when you’ve got a warp drive?” It’s a glitch that turns the whole game into a carnival ride, and I still laugh when I remember the chaos it caused on my last run.