Newark, New Jersey

Newark is a city located in the state of New Jersey. In the Scrimmy Bingus franchise, it is a central location and appears in most games.

## Notable Features

Newark is most prominently known for being the hiding spot of the Bingus in the first Scrimmy Bingus game. It is never revealed why the Bingus chose Newark as his initial residence. Following are a few locations featured in some Scrimmy Bingus games:

* Bingus' Apartment plays a big role in the final battle.
* The Rutgers-Newark University Campus is a frequently appearing school, home to TimothyPlus.
* The West Side Park is the location of the opening battle in Scrimmy Bingus TEN.
* The Newark Museum of Art contains some artifacts that players can use.
* The New Jersey Institute of Technology is revealed to be one college that Professor Googly Moogly attended.
* The Home Depot located between the districts of Springfield Belmont and West Side is where a battle with some Crungy Spingi takes place in the game Scrimmy Bingus 2004.
* The Passaic River occurs frequently and is the stage for many water-themed levels throughout the franchise.

## Alternate Versions

In some of the later games, different Newark dimensions are introduced. These dimensions are usually very similar to Newark, with minor or cosmetic changes. Examples of these include:

* The Lava Newark Dimension
* Deep Newark
* Newark 1920
* The Ice Newark Dimension
* Galactic Newark
* Danger Newark Dimension

## Crogus Newark Conspiracy

When Newark was used in the first game, it was seen as just a fun Easter egg that didn't mean too much. However, after Crogus started including the location in most of their games following, people started to grow suspicious as to the real reason behind Crogus Interactive featuring the city so much. It was confirmed after some investigation that Crogus did not have an office, relatives, or any connections in the city whatsoever, so it's inclusion started to feel strange, especially to the citizens of Newark.

The Crogus Newark Conspiracy began when it was speculated that relatives of Crogus were involved in the 1920 poisoning of the Creighton Family. Some people theorized that the leading families in charge of Crogus were apart of a long line of criminals that influenced certain murders in the greater Newark area. Connections that speculators drew attention to was the featuring of a 1920's Newark dimension in Scrimmy Bingus and the Newark Horror, which contained many allusions to poisonings and crime in that era of Newark history. Additionally, some assets in the background of some Scrimmy Bingus games contain dates and newspaper clippings of other crimes that occured in the 1910s to 1930s in the city of Newark. While the connections are weak, Crogus has never commented as to their reason why they are obsessed with the city.

Counter-speculation occurred following the 1998 reveal that one leading member of Crogus was related to a long line of private investigators who also resided in Newark in the 1910s to 1930s. People then theorized that Crogus included so many details relating to these crimes because they wished to draw attention to the fact that their relatives had been instrumental in the solving of many Newark crimes of those decades, Regardless of good rumor or bad, Crogus still declined to comment on any bit of speculation, and continued to include Newark in their games without any given reason why.