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** In the Emerald Coast stage from ''Adventure'', there are a few ring monitors right behind the beggining of the stage.

Not really an example of GuideDangIt; all it requires is going the other way. It can be one, however, if the game goes out of its way to convince you that going left is a bad idea. Related to BehindTheBlack

* ''Kirby64'' has one Crystal Shard that appears on top of one of the areas you come out through in Dedede's Castle. Many items are also hidden behind the start of the level, usually being a Star or food.

* While it doesn't have "levels" per se, the fixed camera in ''God of War'' likes pointing you down corridors just as much as the level designers like putting stuff underneath the camera, just out of sight until you run up to it.

* FinalFantasyXIII likes to teleport you into an area after a cutscene, with a hallway behind you that you supposedly just came through. Backtracking will often get you a treasure sphere. Lampshaded at least once when, if you backtrack, a secondary party member says "Hey! Where are you going!?"

** There's also an Invincibility moniter right behind you in Mushroom Hill Zone Act 1 of Sonic and Knuckles.

* This is extremely common in the first two {{Oddworld}} games, ''Abe's Oddysee'' and ''Abe's Exodus''. Very often there is a secret exit from the first screen of the level, which leads to hidden Mudokons.

* The UrExample: ''Metroid 1'', ''Super Metroid'', and ''Zero Mission'' all put the Morph Ball off the left side of the screen. A required item; you'll either be GenreSavvy and find it immediately or you'll let your Mario instincts take over and you'll have to back-track for it two screens later. As a result, it acts as a tutorial to teach the player that they ''can'' move to the left.
* The ''Lego StarWars'' games loves to stick things behind the camera when you pop into a new zone.

** There's also a tunnel going right, but it just leads you to a later point in the upper path so it's never necessary to use it.

Not really an example of GuideDangIt; all it requires is going the other way. It can be one, however, if the game goes out of its way to convince you that going left is a bad idea.

* ''RosenkreuzStilette'' plays with this trope in a clever way. [[spoiler:In Schwer's stage, if you go to the right like in any other stage, you get treated to an inescapable deathtrap disguised as a typical level starting area. If you go to the ''left'' at the start, which isn't normally possible, you enter the stage proper. This is only the first of many such devious tricks and traps in this stage.]]

When a player spawns into a level, many videogames expect you to go in a certain direction. In 2D games, this is generally to the right. In 3D games, this is in the direction your character starts out facing.

* ''[[SuperMarioGalaxy2 Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' has one at the begining of the final [[BigBad Bowser]] stage, having you go left, then climb a pole to find a 1-up.

* In ''NoMoreHeroes'', you start each level leaving this motel. The hidden path behind the motel has a bunch of dodge balls that can be traded for power ups.

** In the Amiga version, the Mickey hat EasterEgg in the desert required you to go back to the start of the level to pick up the 1-up.

** In the Amiga version, the Mickey hat EasterEgg required you to go back to the start of the level to pick up the 1-up.

* The first fortress level in ''MegaMan 4'' has a hidden E-tank to the left of the starting point.

* ''SonicUnleashed'' [[FanNickname WiiS2]] uses this for unlockable pictures/sounds/etc. at least once.