- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 contains data for a cut level called “Genocide City”
- Obscure Wolfenstein clone Corridor 7 randomly jumpscares the player with a red demon face during regular gameplay
- Dog Island, a Wii game in which all the characters are adorable chibi dogs, has a subplot about a doctor whose botched treatment caused the death of someone he loved many years ago. He still sees her in his dreams, unable to let go or move on.
Mario Kart Arcade GP’s rom includes an image taken at the Beslan school hostage crisis, where over 300 people were killed