emulator. Hardware manipulation Some glitches can only occur by physically manipulating the hardware of the game system, such as ejecting a disc during gameplay or slightly tilting a cartridge out of position. A somewhat extreme example of hardware manipulation is, after noticing a certain glitch only seemed to work in the summer, Japanese speedrunner Hitshee discovered that heating his Famicom to a certain temperature caused a glitch in the save files for Dragon Quest III, and now keeps his console on a hot plate during speedruns. See also Circuit bending Fuzzing Glitch References Digital electronics Software bugs Software anomalies Computer errors Video game culture Video game glitches