

In the [duel between
Yugi](http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Dark_Yugi_and_Maximillion_J._Pegasus%27_TV_Duel_\(manga\))
and Pegasus using the
[videotape](http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Pegasus%27_videotape), supposedly
every Pegasus move was pre-recorded before the fight; during the first half of
the duel, Pegasus used subliminal messaging by inserting images into some
frames to make Yugi choose certain types of monsters, so Pegasus theoretically
would play the correct card to defeat him every turn. However we also know
this is a [Shadow Game](http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Shadow_Game), so Pegasus
could use supernatural effects instead of just manipulating Yugi using the
frames or predict his moves due to his knowledge of the game and Yugi's
strategies. So he (or his recording) can in theory use his [Millennium
Eye](http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Millennium_Eye). According to the
[wiki](http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Dark_Yugi_and_Maximillion_J._Pegasus%27_TV_Duel_\(manga\)),
that was what happened:

> Secretly Pegasus was using his Millennium Eye to read Yugi's mind.

However, the timing of Yugi's turn durations and Pegasus turn durations seems
to be too synchronized to be a duel against a pre-recorded tape. On the other
hand, if it's _not_ a pre-recorded tape, then how Pegasus would be prepared to
duel Yugi in the exact day and hour he watches it? It would be ridiculous to
think about the long-haired businessman waiting all the time until Yugi put
the tape in his video. But the [wiki
article](http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Pegasus%27_videotape) suggests that the
tape is more than a simple tape, allowing instant communication between the
one in the tape:

> Although it appeared to contain a prerecording, **people on the tape were
> able to communicate with people watching as if they were present at the same
> time and location as them**.

I can't find in the manga a definite clarification if the duel was against a
pre-recorded Pegasus or the real Pegasus in the same time, being able to
communicate due to his Millennium Item effects over the tape. Is there any
official explanation, be it in the manga or another source, about what really
happened in this duel?


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Did Yugi duel against a prerecorded Pegasus or the real one?


It was the real Pegasus, because later in the show, Pegasus and Yugi are in
the same place they were in during the beginning of the show. I know that
because the background was the same as the beginning scene.


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