Here is everything you need to know about the most elusive version of the Fazclaire’s mythos. For the uninitiated: Fazclaire’s is a fictional (or is it?) entertainment venue that serves as a spiritual successor to the "haunted animatronic" genre. But instead of a pizza parlor, the action takes place in a decaying 1980s nightclub in the warehouse district of Downtown LA.

By: Arcade Archives Staff | Filed Under: Lost Media & Venue Lore

The digital underground is buzzing about the latest hyper-niche build of the analog horror phenomenon:

By 5:00 AM, the music is drum & bass at 180 BPM. The Rave Rat is clipping through walls. It is chaos. It is art. Here is where it gets tricky. The developer scrubbed the main download links in late 2024. Currently, the only way to play the night shift at fazclaires nightclub v04 la exclusive is through a physical hard drive handoff at specific indie horror conventions or via a now-defunct QR code spray-painted under the 6th Street Viaduct.

Your job? The overnight security shift. From 1:00 AM to 6:00 AM, you monitor the dance floor, the VIP lounge, and the "Glitch Pit." The animatronics here aren't animals—they are parodies of 90s club culture: The Rave Rat, Glowstick Gorilla, and the terrifying Disco Duchess. Version 04 is where the developer (known only as scr3am_f0x ) stopped holding hands. The LA Exclusive build took the V04 engine and added proprietary geotagging features that only unlock if your IP address registers within the Los Angeles metro area.

There is no escape prompt. You simply have to wait. If you last until 4:06 AM, you witness the "Glowstick Gorilla" perform a perfect, uncanny valley interpretation of Michael Jackson’s Smooth Criminal . If you fail? The game doesn't crash. It just mutes your computer's audio for 60 seconds. In silence, you lose. Previous versions of Fazclaire’s relied on a clock-based AI. The V04 LA Exclusive introduces mood . The nightclub’s animatronic DJ, "Decay-By-DJ," watches your camera movements. If you look at the safe room too often, he gets jealous. He will speed up the BPM of the background music. As the BPM increases, so does the walking speed of the other animatronics.