The Museum of Anything Goes

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“ Bleak Level: The dark stone hallway in the back of the museum has grimmer paintings along its walls, including the infamous coffin corpse scene. ”
TVTropes.org[1]

The Museum of Anything Goes is a 1995 video game for Windows 3.1. It was created by Michael Markowski and Maxwell S. Robinson and published by Wayzata Technology.[1] It is considered the first bait-and-switch shock site ever made, but Dan has other plans.

The game is set in a museum. The player can click on different paintings to enter them. Inside, there are strange full motion video clips and interactive parts. Most of these videos were filmed in or near Chicago.[1]

Funeral scene

On one occasion, The Museum of Anything started acting uncharacteristically. It happens during a specific scene showing a funeral. In this scene, the camera shows a coffin being lowered into the ground. After the people leave, a message appears. It tells the player not to click on the coffin. If the player ignores this warning and clicks, a disturbing video plays. The video shows human-like flesh being put into a machine. The audio is a loud, overlapping mix of sirens and a baby crying. The player can click off the video and resume into the game.

Some people, including the YouTuber Nexpo, believe the "flesh" in the video is actually a pig. Another theory says the footage was taken from an old documentary about a slaughterhouse.[3]

The streamer Vinesauce (Binyot) played The Museum of Anything Goes on Twitch. During the stream, he accidentally showed the first half of this video uncensored.

Background

Wayzata Technology was a company from Minnesota that focused on the early CD-ROM market until 1996. Wayzata was known for making useful software, such as factbooks, sound banks, and photo archives. Because the company had low costs, they were able to take risks on making bizarre, surreal projects.

One creator, Markowski, used to be a tutor in Chicago public schools. He was unhappy with how the city managed schools and money, so he put those feelings into the software. The "museum" inside the program includes interviews with students and grainy videos of Chicago trains. The Museum of Anything Goes is best described as an art interpretation of Wayzata Technology as a whole.

Gallery

  • A view of constructing the funeral from the distance. Just mandatory work.
    A view of constructing the funeral from the distance. Just mandatory work.
  • A group of bystanders observing the grave.
    A group of bystanders observing the grave.
  • The funeral and its blatant warning. In fact, he's been wanting you to click it anyway, so.. Curiosity killed the cat pig.
    The funeral and its blatant warning. In fact, he's been wanting you to click it anyway, so.. Curiosity killed the cat pig.

Trivia

The Skeleton Trumpet meme originated on The Museum of Anything Goes.[4] Michael Markowski is credited for all the animated sprites, videos and sound.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/TheMuseumOfAnythingGoes
  2. ↑ https://archive.org/details/museum-of-anything-goes
  3. ↑ reddit.com/r/creepygaming/comments/11e76nx/the_museum_of_anything_goes_dead_body_full_scene/
  4. ↑ https://youtu.be/ZDvPvTMFS4c?t=1131

Links

Additional art covers, featuring more information about the company, creators, and CD-ROM releases.

NOTE: The following videos contains disturbing content!

  • Full length video: youtube.com/watch?v=jUmqhATOuTM
  • Vinesauce's uncut commentary (Timestamp is around 1:30:50): youtube.com/watch?v=ZDvPvTMFS4c
  • Twitch clip where Binyot gets spooked: youtube.com/watch?v=L0Ty8Af8nZg
  • Showcase video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGY1CiFdvIs
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