History VideoGame / LSDDreamEmulator

** There's a theory that he is the result of a sleep disorder called hypnognia, where the sleeping mind automatically assumes that there is a dangerous entity/danger.
* LetsPlay: After Creator/{{Azuritereaction}} (often known for his ''RockBand'' videos) played this, it became quite popular to play it and film your reactions.
* MindScrew: Nobody (at least none in the English fan community) has figured out how the hell the game actually works. In a very kind gesture, every area in the game is connected in a concrete way and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGr9Ari_4Ok maps exist]], but the actual methods the game uses to randomly decide where you go, what happens, and what it looks like are unknown. It's strongly implied that there ''is'' some sort of system the game has, but...

** It seems that after you run into the Grey Man and the Dream Log gets erased, it also erases all progress in getting the creepy textures, events, and characters so you have to start over from the normal textures again. Which is fairly annoying if you're trying to see just how creepy and confusing the game can get.

* SugarBowl / ToyTime: One of the areas, but just be careful not to get in any of the [[GoombaStomp residents' ways]]...

''LSD: Dream Emulator'' is a PS1-era game created by Osamu Sato (who also made ''[[VideoGame/EasternMindTheLostSoulsOfTongNou Eastern Mind: The Lost Souls of Tong-Nou]]''), and only released in Japan. It's a CultClassic, especially among LetsPlay groups. There is no goal, no combat, nothing but walking around the completely random environments. The main appeal for players is its insanity — one day, you might see a line of elephants walking into a pit, while other times you might encounter [[FanNickname the Grey Man]], the closest thing to a recurring villain. Imagine a randomized ''VideoGame/YumeNikki''.

-->--'''Creator/{{Azuritereaction}}'''[='s=] Website/YouTube commentary of the game.

'''''LSD: Dream Emulator''''' is a PS1-era game created by Osamu Sato (who also made ''[[VideoGame/EasternMindTheLostSoulsOfTongNou Eastern Mind: The Lost Souls of Tong-Nou]]''), and only released in Japan. It's a CultClassic, especially among LetsPlay groups. There is no goal, no combat, nothing but walking around the completely random environments. The main appeal for players is its insanity — one day, you might see a line of elephants walking into a pit, while other times you might encounter [[FanNickname the Grey Man]], the closest thing to a recurring villain. Imagine a randomized ''VideoGame/YumeNikki''.

* EldritchAbomination: Possibly, the Grey Man. Who is he? How can he walk without moving his legs? Why does he look like he doesn't fit in that coat at all? Why doesn't he have a face, in a game where even the walls sometimes have faces? What is someone in a trenchcoat and fedora [[VileVillainSaccharineShow doing]] in [[SugarBowl Happy Land]]? Why does he ''appear there more than anyone else?!''
** There's a theory that he is the result of a sleep disorder called hypnognia, where the sleeping mind automatically assumes that there is a dangerous entity/danger.

[[http://dreamemulator.wikia.com/wiki/LSD:_Dream_Emulator_Wiki Has a wiki!]]

* DyingLikeAnimals: The marching elephants eventually either march into something deadly (like a lion) or off a cliff.

The game also does one particular something '''completely horrible''' — it gets ''scarier'' as it goes on. The more you dream, the more bizarre and messed-up textures and events you will encounter.[[note]]There's four "main" sets of textures counting the normal one, and based on some algorithm the more unsettling textures become more common the more days have been played.[[/note]] The Grey Man will appear more often. One person played the game so long that the system it uses to scarify things '''''broke''''', and every texture was replaced with glitchy black.

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Spoiler alert: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin it was]].

The game also does one particular something '''completely horrible'''--it gets ''scarier'' as it goes on. The more you dream, the more bizarre and messed-up textures and events you will encounter.[[note]]There's four "main" sets of textures counting the normal one, and based on some algorithm the more unsettling textures become more common the more days have been played.[[/note]] The Grey Man will appear more often. One person played the game so long that the system it uses to scarify things '''''broke''''', and every texture was replaced with glitchy black.

'''''LSD: Dream Emulator''''' is a PS1-era game created by Osamu Sato (who also made ''[[VideoGame/EasternMindTheLostSoulsOfTongNou Eastern Mind: The Lost Souls of Tong-Nou''), and only released in Japan. It's a CultClassic, especially among LetsPlay groups. There is no goal, no combat, nothing but walking around the completely random environments. The main appeal for players is its insanity — one day, you might see a line of elephants walking into a pit, while other times you might encounter [[FanNickname the Grey Man]], the closest thing to a recurring villain. Imagine a randomized ''VideoGame/YumeNikki''.

The ''LSD Dream Emulator'' is a PS1-era game created by Osamu Sato (VideoGame/EasternMindTheLostSoulsOfTongNou), and only released in Japan. It's a CultClassic, especially among LetsPlay groups. There is no goal, no combat, nothing but walking around the completely random environments. The main appeal for players is its insanity — one day, you might see a line of elephants walking into a pit, while other times you might encounter [[FanNickname the Grey Man]], the closest thing to a recurring villain. Imagine a randomized ''YumeNikki''.

The game also does one particular something '''completely horrible''' — it gets ''scarier'' as it goes on. The more you dream, the more bizarre and messed-up textures and events you will encounter.[[note]]There's four "main" sets of textures counting the normal one, and based on some algorithm the more unsettling textures become more common the more days have been played.[[/note]] The Grey Man will appear more often. One person played the game so long that the system it uses to scarify things '''''broke''''', and every texture was replaced with glitchy black.

The game also does one particular something '''completely horrible''' — it gets ''scarier'' as it goes on. The more you dream, the more bizarre and messed-up textures and events you will encounter. The Grey Man will appear more often. One person played the game so long that the system it uses to scarify things '''''broke''''', and every texture was replaced with glitchy black.

The ''LSD Dream Emulator'' is a PS1-era game, only released in Japan. It's a CultClassic, especially among LetsPlay groups. There is no goal, no combat, nothing but walking around the completely random environments. The main appeal for players is its insanity — one day, you might see a line of elephants walking into a pit, while other times you might encounter [[FanNickname the Grey Man]], the closest thing to a recurring villain. Imagine a randomized ''YumeNikki''.

* Cephalothorax: There is an NPC that is one of these in the courtyard of the apartment building/hotel. It moves whenever you move, so it is impossible to get close enough to it to touch it.

-->--'''LetsPlay/{{Azuritereaction}}'''[='s=] Website/YouTube commentary of the game.

* LetsPlay: After LetsPlay/{{Azuritereaction}} (often known for his ''RockBand'' videos) played this, it became quite popular to play it and film your reactions.

* BasedOnADream

* LetsPlay: After AzuriteReaction (often known for his ''RockBand'' videos) played this, it became quite popular to play it and film your reactions.

-->--'''LetsPlay/{{Azuritereaction}}'''[='s=] YouTube commentary of the game.

* DrivenToSuicide: Literally, in three different ways, all of which can be found in the Violence District — [[spoiler:the car driving into the sea]], [[spoiler: the hanging women]], and even [[spoiler:putting you on top of a building and making you jump off]]. You can also jump off the many cliffs you may find, ending the dream, but you won't die.

-->--'''{{Azuritereaction}}'''[='s=] YouTube commentary of the game.

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