Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number

Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number

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How to Turn a White Guy Black
By Yossarian the Assyrian
(PATCHED OUT) Ever wanted to see the effects of race-changing surgery without paying thousands of dollars? Hotline Miami 2 has the answers you need with a simple glitch in the Subway level!
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THE DREAM IS DEAD, aka Abstraction patched this
Sadly, if you are reading this guide, the information here no longer produces the intended effects. Abstraction "fixed" the glitch by making the game crash whenever you do it. So, no more race-changes unless you punch a Soldier as The Hammer. The guide will be kept up as a historical archive so we never forget what we've done.

R.I.P. WHITE-TO-BLACK GLITCH 2015-2016
Basics for Achieving the Glitch
You need to be at Chapter 13 on either normal or hard mode of Hotline Miami 2 to attempt this glitch. The difficulty doesn't matter, but it's easier to get the Gang Leader alone on normal mode.
Getting where you need to be
You cannot attempt the glitch until the third and final part of the level. Until then, you need to clear through the areas non-lethally. To start off, fight through the first screen and avoid killing enemies with unarmed executions.

Same goes for the second screen. Knock out each and every enemy. Killing one might cause Evan to enter rage mode, ruining the glitch.
This is where the magic happens!
When you enter the last part of Subway, the Gang Leader will declare his intentions to tear up his new turf. What you might not realize is that this anger of his is coming from a shattered sense of identity. He does not feel comfortable in his own skin.

Time for you to give that green-haired gangbanger the gift he's been dreaming of: a race lift!

Like before, beat the tar out of his buddies, but avoid hurting the Gang Leader himself. When you are positive all enemies are down aside from him, approach him with a throwable weapon. He cannot hurt you. All he does is bang the floor with his pipe in frustration.

Throw the weapon at him to knock him down. While he's down, hit the execute button and DO NOT DO ANYTHING ELSE. The game will say you cleared the level, but that's not entirely true. The Gang Leader is still alive, and you've taken away his clanging stick.
Instead of bashing his face in, right-click to dismount him. What happens next will shock you.
Glitch accomplished, transformation complete!

Like a reverse Michael Jackson, the Gang Leader has gone from a white guy to a black guy! He's so thankful, he won't even attempt to attack you. He will walk backwards from you slowly if you approach him, amazed that an ordinary man like Evan has helped him realize his dream.

Knocking him down produces interesting effects. He reacts normally to getting back up, but if you get on top of him...

He will transform into a black square! Getting off of him returns him to his newly-transformed state, but the only way to leave the level is to hurt him. This can end one of two ways.

1. Punching him twice then getting off of him breaks his jaw and leaves him unconscious. Not quite dead, but you've left him in a rough spot.

2. Punching him repeatedly splatters his blood all around the Subway floor and snuffs out his dreams of living in his new skin. Shame on you!
Final notes
Doing the glitch counts as a kill towards Evan's rage mode. As such, it's possible to go into rage mode if you kill one enemy then transform the Gang Leader. As far as I know, this does not prevent the glitch from happening.
I have not tested out how he reacts to different weapons. Feel free to share the different effects caused by attacking the changed Gang Leader in the comments below.

Thank you for reading my guide! Now get out there and make everyone's dreams come true! :D
59 Comments
zyQq 9 Dec, 2021 @ 10:17pm 
@ʍɐɹloʞɐs not really, depends on your build
st. anger 8 Jun, 2021 @ 6:10am 
turning from white to black is a big downgrade
artyoshka 26 Jan, 2021 @ 4:33am 
Note for the author: The black square is the sprScanlines sprite which is not used by the game.
maria2k 25 Jan, 2021 @ 3:08pm 
based
Junebouvier 23 Jan, 2021 @ 11:48am 
Thanks, I learned a lot today
Johnny Silverhand 23 Jan, 2021 @ 4:41am 
based
Allen 14 Jan, 2021 @ 12:17am 
is this what i'm seeing on twitter right now
CloudyCat 4 Jan, 2021 @ 4:54pm 
based
Big Boss 29 Dec, 2020 @ 6:14pm 
poggers
Valhallaium 28 Dec, 2020 @ 9:38pm 
based