Editing Alternate reality game (section)

=== ''Portal'' (video game franchise) ===
On March 1 and March 3 of 2010, [[Portal (video game)|Portal]] was updated to include a promotional ARG for its then-upcoming sequel, [[Portal 2]]. It was created by the ''Portal 2'' development team, and while it was mostly made to discover the next entry in the ''Portal'' franchise, it also included a way to extend the ''Portal'' universe. ''Portal'' was updated at 2:33 PST, with the update's description reading "Changed radio transmission frequency to comply with federal and state spectrum management regulations".<ref>{{cite web |title=News – Portal Update Released |url=https://store.steampowered.com/news/3533/ |access-date=2020-07-03 |website=store.steampowered.com |language=en}}</ref> The update also added a single achievement, named "Transmission Received". The update added 26 portable radios placed throughout the game's levels, which played a default song until placed in a specific location in their respective maps. When placed in their location, the radio's lights changed from red to green, and they began to emit a string of [[Morse code]], which revealed hidden images when decoded<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/91LB9ssE__k Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20140427040040/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91LB9ssE__k Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web |title=Portal Update 3/1/2010 (transmission received) Decoded |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91LB9ssE__k |access-date=2020-07-03 |website=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref> with [[Slow-scan television|Robot 36]]. The numbers from the images form the [[Bulletin board system|BBS]] phone number "(425) 822-5251"<ref>{{cite web |title=MD5 reverse for 9459C6CAC8C203B8128B7CC63068D4FD |url=https://md5.gromweb.com/?md5=9459C6CAC8C203B8128B7CC63068D4FD |access-date=2020-07-03 |website=md5.gromweb.com}}</ref> and when you dial into the BBS it will prompt the user asking for a login. Entering the username "backup" and the password "backup" (from the 12th audio file) will show text saying "Aperture Laboratories GLaDOS v3.11", followed by "Copyright (c) 1973–1997 Aperture – All Rights Reserved" then will proceed to show the user [[ASCII art]] images and paragraphs quoting [[Cave Johnson (Portal)|Cave Johnson]]. If the person is idle for 4 minutes, the following text will say "Hey! Please login now. You have one minute left." and if left idle for one more minute the next text will say "Your login time (5 minutes) ran out. Goodbye", disconnecting the user.

''Portal'' was updated again on March 3, 2010, at 2:24 PST with the description "Added valuable asset retrieval",<ref>{{cite web |title=News – Portal Update Released |url=https://store.steampowered.com/news/3547/ |access-date=2020-07-03 |website=store.steampowered.com |language=en}}</ref> The game ending was [[retcon]]ned to add the Party Escort bot, who dragged the player back into the enrichment center rather than allowing them to escape,<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/AzlAc2WwEI8 Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20140713054605/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzlAc2WwEI8 Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web |title=Thank You for Assuming the Party Escort Submission Position |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzlAc2WwEI8 |access-date=2020-07-03 |website=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref> setting up the events of ''Portal 2''.