History BrownNote / VideoGames

* Gene, the antagonist of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPortableOps'' has a voice with a hypnotic quality that allows him to easily win favor with his men. More subtly it also acts as a form of mind control, revealed when he ||causes his own men to fire upon one another in a mad frenzy||. During the boss fight against him, merely hearing his speech causes the player's health to drain rapidly.

* The (possibly) fictional game ''{{VideoGame/Polybius}}'' is attributed with the power to mess up the brain causing amnesia, nightmares and death.

* Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda:

** [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda Original game]]: Playing the flute will cause Digdogger to be severely weakened.

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'':
** When Link reaches the source of the river in Ikana Valley, he is attacked by a ghost who plays an evil melody that drains his hearts.
** When the aforementioned river starts flowing again, it activates the nearby Music Box House that scares away the surrounding undead by playing ''carnival music''.

* ''VideoGame/{{Onmyoji}}'': Bakekujira has a horn he blows to call out to his missing mother, but its sound causes humans to spontaneously want to jump into the sea and drown.

* The TomesOfEldritchLore in the original ''Videogame/AloneInTheDark1992'' will either weaken Carnby (Fragments from the Book of Abdul) or kill him dead (De Vermis Mysteriis) upon reading unless he is standing on the pentagram in the room where you find them.

* VideoGame/TheRoomTheGame: During the end of the game, if you go out during [[spoiler: Johnny's UnstoppableRage, he can kill a group of policemen by letting out a very deep version of his "Cheep cheep cheep cheep" taunt which causes [[YourHeadAsplode their heads to burst]].]]

* The Literature in ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIV'' causes the dwellers of Mikado to GoMadFromTheRevelation that there exists lifestyles other than what exists in Mikado; Casualries (i.e. the working class) in particular develop a sense of resentment against the privileges and advantages that Luxurors (i.e. the upper class) have over Casualries. [[spoiler:The madness is so horrific that it results in readers ''transforming into bloodthirsty demons''. And it's not even any sort of supernatural literature; it's ''ordinary, modern-day human literature.'' The shock that the people of Mikado get from reading it is ''that bad.'']]
* [[spoiler: Zelenin's Hymn]] in ''[[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey]]'' reduces all humans who hear it to mindless worshippers of Order.

* In ''VideoGame/StarControlII'', learning too much about other dimensions tends to draw the attention of some rather nasty {{Eldritch Abomination}}s.

* ''Videogame/TalesSeries''

* ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'' Chapter 2 {{Superboss}} Spamton is implied to have become crazy after mysterious calls stopped: however, an [=NPC=] affirms the only sound coming from his phone was "garbage noise". The thing according the most to this description is… [[HellIsThatNoise mus_smile]], which is also known as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZeSpMSgaE8 Entry number 17]], an obnoxious noise which plays on Kris’ phone when they try to call someone with their own phone in the dark world. It is unknown if the noise comes from interference between worlds or if someone is trying to send a message to your character.

* ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' is an unfortunate combination of a [[MakeMeWannaShout very loud singer]] and a [[HollywoodToneDeaf horrifically bad singer.]] For these reasons, the microphone copy power (as well as the mike item from the first game) instantly wipes out all non-boss enemies on the screen.

** The series' [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragons]] are [[TheAgeless ageless]], possessing [[DragonsAreDivine divine]] [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Aedric]] souls, and have a form of ResurrectiveImmortality. They are said to "[[TimeAbyss have always been]]" and have no concept of life, death, or mortality. When mankind in ancient times was under threat from the dragons and their leader, [[BeastOfTheApocalypse Alduin]], they prayed to the [[OurGodsAreDifferent Divines]] for aid, and their prayers were answered by being taught to use the [[MakeMeWannaShout Thu'um]], the dragon's own LanguageOfMagic, against them. The mortals created their own Shout, Dragonrend, using the words JOOR (Mortal), ZAH (Finite), and FRUL (Temporary), all concepts which are [[EldritchAbomination inconceivable to dragons]]. In essence, it is a Brown Note that is ineffective against mere mortals, but causes dragons to be temporarily incapacitated with confusion. In ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'', Alduin returns and begins [[RiseFromYourGrave resurrecting]] the dragons. The [[PlayerCharacter Dragonborn]] must find a way to defeat Alduin and rediscovers the Dragonrend shout. The [[OldMaster Graybeards]] warn the Dragonborn against learning Dragonrend because it was a weapon forged by [[FantasticRacism hatred and fury]] directed at dragonkind. According to them, to learn a Word of Power is to take everything about it into your soul. [[spoiler:Since their leader is a friendly dragon, the Graybeards understandably don't want anything to do with a Shout created by hatred directed at dragons]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'' Chapter 2 BonusBoss Spamton is implied to have become crazy after mysterious calls stopped: however, an [=NPC=] affirms the only sound coming from his phone was "garbage noise". The thing according the most to this description is… [[HellIsThatNoise mus_smile]], which is also known as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZeSpMSgaE8 Entry number 17]], an obnoxious noise which plays on Kris’ phone when they try to call someone with their own phone in the dark world. It is unknown if the noise comes from interference between worlds or if someone is trying to send a message to your character.

** ''Videogame/SunlessSea'', in the same universe, proves it can only get worse: When wielded by creatures that can actually speak it (like [[DemonicSpiders Lorn-Flukes]] and [[spoiler:[[BonusBoss Mt. Nomad]]]]), it can ''sink battleships''.

* The first ''VideoGame/Splatoon1'' has the Killer Wail [[LimitBreak special]], which emits an ultrasonic wave that scatters the atoms of any Inkling who happens to be in front of it upon activation. A variant of the special returns in ''VideoGame/Splatoon3'', known as the Killer Wail 5.1. While it has a smaller range, no longer reaching across the entire map, the 5.1 consists of five deadly audio waves that lock on to anyone that was in the activation area.
* In ''VideoGame/StarControlII'', learning too much about other dimensions tends to draw the attention of some rather nasty [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]].

* The Killer Wail superweapon in ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'' emits an ultrasonic wave when used; this wave will scatter the atoms of any Inkling who happens to be in front of it. [[note]]It is possible to survive it, but you have about a frame's worth of time to get out, so you have to be at the very edge.[[/note]] [[spoiler:DJ Octavio uses it relatively early in the fight with him; it's no less powerful.]]