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When I was a kid I deleted all the files off one of the install disks for The Island of Dr. Brain. I wrote to Sierra and they sent me a new disk.
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Kongming posted:It's okay I was afraid of pretty much everything up to and including certain sound effects in NES games, like Bald Bull's laugh in Punch Out. i was super afraid of the mushrooms in commander keen as a small child and and would reroute as much as possible to avoid seeing one on my screen
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Sep 1, 2020 21:07
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As a child, if Myst ever froze I thought that Sirus or Achenar had laid a clever glue trap in that room which I stumbled into, and that I needed to be more careful the next time I explored it.
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Sep 1, 2020 21:24
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In Training posted:I accidentally deleted my Pokemon Crystal save file after getting the 16th gym badge. I was crying and inconsolable, but my mom offered a suggestion that made sense to both of us: send the game cartridge to Nintendo with a description of how far into the game you were and they'll restore the save file for you. It didn't work but it was a nice idea. Nintendo just sent it back saying my issue wasn't covered under warranty. lol i don't know why this story reminded me of our ff6 thing, but my brothers and i were really puzzled about where all the Illuminas were in the game. in our second file, we just couldn't find them anywhere, and we tried every hotline you could call and all our friends who were playing it, but we couldn't figure out how we had gotten them in our first file, we couldn't even find one. but they were too cool to give up! it turns out we had activated the vanish/sketch glitch in the first file by accident and just hit the jackpot (our file also said Fenix Down: 0 and we seemed to have infinite of them), so everyone was dual-wielding the best weapon in the game and basically invincible. it was years before i actually played ff6 normally instead of the in weird easy mode we stumbled upon.
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Sep 1, 2020 21:27
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In Training posted:I accidentally deleted my Pokemon Crystal save file after getting the 16th gym badge. I was crying and inconsolable, but my mom offered a suggestion that made sense to both of us: send the game cartridge to Nintendo with a description of how far into the game you were and they'll restore the save file for you. It didn't work but it was a nice idea. Nintendo just sent it back saying my issue wasn't covered under warranty.
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Sep 1, 2020 21:34
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little munchkin posted:i was super afraid of the mushrooms in commander keen as a small child and and would reroute as much as possible to avoid seeing one on my screen God, this
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Sep 1, 2020 21:47
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the real brutal save file loss is that SNES cartridge batteries actually can run out after years and years of use. i think Nintendo will still replace the battery for you (but of course you still lose the save).
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Sep 1, 2020 21:49
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Bicyclops posted:the real brutal save file loss is that SNES cartridge batteries actually can run out after years and years of use. i think Nintendo will still replace the battery for you (but of course you still lose the save). 
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Sep 1, 2020 21:54
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Bicyclops posted:i think Nintendo will still replace the battery for you whoa for real?
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Sep 1, 2020 21:57
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mycophobia posted:whoa for real? i don't know for sure, but it was definitely true wayyyyyyyyyy longer than it should have been. my brother and i kept around an SNES for a long time to play secret of mana and the cartridge battery died, which is how i knew about it. i think we stopped paying attention once it hit virtual console for the wii.
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Sep 1, 2020 22:00
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American McGay posted:Cool gamer mom.
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Sep 1, 2020 22:11
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I was shocked to find a working save on my FFVI cart recently... It wasn't endgame though...
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Sep 1, 2020 23:03
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P-Mack posted:I was shocked to find a working save on my FFVI cart recently... It wasn't endgame though... good time as any to fix that
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Sep 2, 2020 00:31
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Kongming posted:
Yeah, that's the one. I can easily handle the rest of the game, and all the various ludicrous death screens, but that one used to freak me out big-time and yeah, still makes me uncomfortable.
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Arrhythmia posted:As a child, if Myst ever froze I thought that Sirus or Achenar had laid a clever glue trap in that room which I stumbled into, and that I needed to be more careful the next time I explored it. Thank you for playing Wing Commander!
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Sep 2, 2020 00:45
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I thought the radio noise at the Ruins of Alph in Pokemon Gold was too scary and I made my sister play through that part.
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Sep 2, 2020 01:25
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The mugger in deja vu and the music for when your torch was about to go out in Shadowgate scared my dumb child brain.
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I cant even look at the screen in Kirby 64 if I fail the postmap minigame to get powerups, I just shut my eyes until the cinematic finishes. Poor Kirby 
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Sep 2, 2020 15:33
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Fresh gamer confession: I thought I had Gamer's Elbow this morning because my arm was numb and tingly so I ignored it, I'm now in A+E lmao
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Sep 2, 2020 17:18
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the very first zombie scene in resident evil where the head falls off and it turns and looks at you scared me so badly as a kid that whenever we rented the game i would just run around in every room you could access but that one and never made any progress
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Sep 2, 2020 20:52
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i was deathly afraid of skeletons as a kid and even more terrified of reanimated ones, so when i got to the graveyard section of Luigi's Mansion and three of them popped out at once, i screamed and started crying while they pelted me to death with bones
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Sep 3, 2020 03:28
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I posted on Antagonist Inc. on AOL as a kid and begged my parents to let me send them 10 dollars over the internet to make a custom drawing for me so I could be a REAL member of the ANT N64 Army. They laughed at me so much I never mentioned it again and would not get my revenge until I was old enough for my own bank account so I could send Lowtax 10 bucks for a misspelled Punisher avatar
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Sep 3, 2020 04:03
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Lunchmeat Larry posted:Fresh gamer confession: I thought I had Gamer's Elbow this morning because my arm was numb and tingly so I ignored it, I'm now in A+E lmao Are you ok now?
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Kongming posted:It's okay I was afraid of pretty much everything up to and including certain sound effects in NES games, like Bald Bull's laugh in Punch Out. This came to mind immediately but I remember it being a lot more menacing 25 years ago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GxARm_QiCo
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Sep 3, 2020 20:49
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I'm somehow suddenly so bad at Tony Hawk I had to take the tutorial and I still can't even hit the middle score in the first level. I think I used to be able to clear the first level in two minutes by muscle memory, what the gently caress happened?
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Sep 4, 2020 05:01
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Lunchmeat Larry posted:Fresh gamer confession: I thought I had Gamer's Elbow this morning because my arm was numb and tingly so I ignored it, I'm now in A+E lmao Lmfao, but also respect.
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Sep 4, 2020 05:20
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Waterbed Wendy posted:Are you ok now? My left arm isn't really working so I can't game. Doesn't seem like it was anything serious, they ruled out a stroke and are like "uhh it's probably your diabetes" which is a go to answer but is probably true here. Now I get to be off work and attempt "the stranger" any time I wish.
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Sep 4, 2020 15:30
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Lunchmeat Larry posted:My left arm isn't really working so I can't game. Doesn't seem like it was anything serious, they ruled out a stroke and are like "uhh it's probably your diabetes" which is a go to answer but is probably true here. Now I get to be off work and attempt "the stranger" any time I wish. sucks they didn't have a definitive answer, though. Hope you recover soon
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Lunchmeat Larry posted:My left arm isn't really working so I can't game. Doesn't seem like it was anything serious, they ruled out a stroke and are like "uhh it's probably your diabetes" which is a go to answer but is probably true here. Now I get to be off work and attempt "the stranger" any time I wish. Did they give a prescription for a nintendo power brace? It stinks horribly but you will be the coolest.
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Sep 4, 2020 16:07
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Bicyclops posted:sucks they didn't have a definitive answer, though. Hope you recover soon
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Sep 4, 2020 16:27
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Sending you well wishes Larry. Gospeed
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Sep 4, 2020 19:18
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Make sure to post whatever hosed up monstrosity you use to game in a week to the cop thread.
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Sep 4, 2020 19:52
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good luck to you, Lunchmeat Larry
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Chuck Buried Treasure posted:That’s Our Fadam! [Canned sitcom laughter]
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Lunchmeat Larry posted:My left arm isn't really working so I can't game. Doesn't seem like it was anything serious, they ruled out a stroke and are like "uhh it's probably your diabetes" which is a go to answer but is probably true here. Now I get to be off work and attempt "the stranger" any time I wish. your arm has aids
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Sep 5, 2020 23:16
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mysterious loyall X posted:your arm has aids
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Sep 6, 2020 02:43
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mysterious loyall X posted:your arm has aids Thinking of the classic harm reduction forum post about the heroin addicted lunatic who fell asleep on his arm in the bad way and it fell off or w/e
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Sep 6, 2020 11:02
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Rinoa is Ultimecia and I don't care what the dude involved in the game said in that video where he was answering yes/no questions by holding up some sign. I don't care that Square Enix has a history of trolling their fans. The amount of groundwork laid and hints they give throughout the story to suggest R = U is too great, and anything to the contrary is just bad storytelling.
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Sep 6, 2020 15:36
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SolidHouse posted:Rinoa is Ultimecia and I don't care what the dude involved in the game said in that video where he was answering yes/no questions by holding up some sign. I don't care that Square Enix has a history of trolling their fans. The amount of groundwork laid and hints they give throughout the story to suggest R = U is too great, and anything to the contrary is just bad storytelling. haha, you tell him buddy *gropes under the desk for the silent alarm*
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SolidHouse posted:Rinoa is Ultimecia and I don't care what the dude involved in the game said in that video where he was answering yes/no questions by holding up some sign. I don't care that Square Enix has a history of trolling their fans. The amount of groundwork laid and hints they give throughout the story to suggest R = U is too great, and anything to the contrary is just bad storytelling. is the confession that you're a serial killer
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