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| | ''[[HL2:Portal ARG | Portal ARG at the Combine OverWiki]]''
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| The '''Portal ARG''', or '''{{W|Alternate Reality Game}}''', was introduced as an easter egg in the [[March 1, 2010 Patch (Portal)|March 1 Patch]]. The notes released along with the patch read "Changed radio transmission frequency to comply with federal and state spectrum management regulations", and accompanying this was a new [[Achievements|achievement]], "Transmission Received".
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| In order to acquire the achievement, players were required to collect a [[Radio]] in each test chamber, and carry it to a specific location. The red light on the radio would change to green when the correct location was reached, after which the default music would change to a series of beeps, similar to {{W|Morse Code}}. If a player carried the radio through a [[Material Emancipation Grill]], a different sound would play. It was later discovered these sounds, stored in 26 separate WAV files, contained hidden images that could only be accessed by using {{W|Slow-scan television}} software.
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| In addition to images, the WAV files also contained brief messages in Morse Code, as well as a phone number and a username/password combination. It was eventually discovered that dialling the number using an analogue modem lead to a [[GLaDOS]]-themed {{W|Bulletin board system|BBS}} which, when accessed using the aforementioned username and password, revealed more images and other data that hinted that [[Portal 2]] was forthcoming.
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| On [[March 3, 2010 Patch (Portal)|March 3]], another patch was released that changed the [[Party Escort Bot|ending]] of [[Portal]], and this was considered confirmation that Portal 2 would soon be released. On March 5, three days after the commencement of the ARG, the sequel was [http://store.steampowered.com/news/3559/ officially announced].
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| == See Also ==
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| [[Portal 2 ARG]]
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