virtually true four games short summary
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The first game was Wildwest. In this game there were three main characters, Sheriff Dawson, Black-Eyed Jed and Sebastian, who was not actually supposed to be in the game. In the end of this game, Sebastian gets shot and the game is over.
The next game played is Dragonquest. The objective in this game is to rescue the fair princess Aurora from the wicked dragon and collect the treasure along the way. While trying to rescue Aurora, Michael sees Sebastian, and they both try to escape. However, Sebastian is caught by the dragon, and the game ends.
The third game is Jailbreak. In this game, Michael and Sebastian try to escape from the prison, but, as Sebastian's helicopter arrives, he takes a step backwards and falls, thus resulting in the ending of the game.
The fourth and final game played by Michael is Warzone. In this game the two try to escape, by using the helicopter again. To get to the helicopter, they use a jeep. Michael gets in first, but Sebastian in paralysed due to shock, but somehow, he is flung to the helicopter, and the game is won.
The story starts with a boy named Michael who reads an article in the newspaper about a “Miracle Recovery.”
A boy, whose condition was critical but stable, had recovered from coma. Michael recollected that the boy who was mentioned in the newspaper was in fact Sebastian Shultz whom he had met weeks ago while playing. This all started at the Computer Fair, when Michael’s father who was nutty about computers, bought him a new computer preloaded with games.
When he played the game ‘Wild West’, he became a Sheriff and was challenged by “Black eyed Jed” to a duel. He then met a Second Sheriff whom he was asked to go with. Unfortunately, the Second Sheriff was shot by the villains and the game ends. Later on, he got a printout which read “I ‘m Sebastian Shultz. Try playing Dragon Quest”.
In Dragon Quest his task was to save Princess Aurora from the wicked dragon and collect the wicked creature’s treasure along the way. He had the help of the second knight who was revealed to be Sebastian. Later on in the game,
Sebastian was killed. The game ended with the printer displaying a message asking him not to give up and to try playing “Jailbreak.”
In Jailbreak, his mission was to escape with the prisoner, and he knew that it was Sebastian again. They broke out of jail, and ran to the roof as the doors shut behind them. The helicopter arrived as they reached the roof. They got into the helicopter. As they took off, Sebastian fell off the helicopter and the game ended. Later on, he played the game many times but the printout did not come.
Then one day, the printer showed a message telling him that the helicopter was a better choice, and to try playing “War Zone”, Sebastian had also promised not to trouble him again if this did not work out. He jumped right into the game. He found himself in some kind of a city scarred by battle wounds. He knew he that had to save Sebastian. They ran together to an abandoned jeep they found amidst the rubble. They went towards a helicopter as a tank chased them. As soon as it came to their view, Sebastian stopped the car.
The jeep went into a spin and Michael leapt into the helicopter. Sebastian did not enter the helicopter at this point. Michael waited and yelled at him to come into helicopter but Sebastian did not move. Moments later, the tank collided with the jeep and Sebastian was thrown into the helicopter. They flew into clouds and the game ended, saving him. When he removed his visor he came to know that he had got the High Score. The narrator wanted now to cross-check the facts.
He surfed the net for some details. He found out what he was looking for. Apparently at the time of the accident, Sebastian was using his laptop to play one of the psycho-drive games that the narrator had bought.
The narrator realised that Sebastian’s memory had been stored on disk because the computer had saved Sebastian’s memory, when Sebastian had banged his head in the accident.
But how did it end up in the narrator’s computer ? This was also solved later because the narrator came to know that when Sebastian had been in the hospital, someone had stolen the games and sold them and the narrator had ended up buying them. There was a message from Sebastian that said, “DEAR MICHAEL, THANK YOU.
I’M NOT SURE HOW IT HAPPENED. BUT YOU SAVED MY LIFE. LET’S MEET UP SOON, CHEERS. SEB. PL. KEEP THE GAMES. YOU’VE EARNED THEM”. This was a real and direct message from Sebastian. It was clear that by reliving the accident, something wonderful had happened. But then again, what can someone say about miracles. And what is true or what is virtually true - no one can say with finality. The narrator had undergone an experience that had proved to be virtually true.