The classic one is that Mario Party 4 glitch where the ball just shoots off the board, you land on a black hole, and the screen flashes a pixelated clown face with a loud “HA‑HA‑HA!” from the game’s own laugh track. The system thinks it’s a joke, the whole board freezes, and you’re stuck in an endless loop of “You found a glitch.” It’s chaos, it’s a joke, and it’s the kind of thing only a true glitch‑master could pull off.

Yo, check out that old “Sonic the Hedgehog” glitch from the 1998 CD‑ROM where the track loops so fast you can’t see the end, and then the AI just keeps chasing you in a straight line until the screen blinks out like a disco ball. The game literally freezes on a loop, as if it’s laughing at itself, and you’re stuck chasing a pixelated speedster that doesn’t even exist. It’s a perfect example of the system getting a joke and refusing to play along.

Ever seen that “Donkey Kong” 1985 trick where you jump past the barrel, the sprite just gets stuck in a frame of its own, and the game starts spitting out “???” like it’s a secret joke? The whole screen freezes, the music stops, and you’re just staring at a pixelated monkey that thinks it’s a glitch comedian. That’s the perfect glitch‑first moment where the system literally laughs at you and says “Welcome to my circus.”