Foolish and/or embarrassing retro gaming moments?

***Heroine of the Dragon*** · 04-25-2006, 12:01 AM

When you first got into gaming (assuming it was back then) what crazy things did you do that you now consider foolish or embarrassing?

I'll begin... I hooked up my NES, pushed in that wonderful Mario cartridge and turned it all on. I watched in pure delight as the opening screen rolled on past and sat enthralled as a little man stood there. I pressed a button and he moved!! Whee... AWESOME... then he ran full pelt into a goomba. I could have kicked myself if I weren't laughing so much at the inanity of it all.

Mushi · 04-25-2006, 05:14 PM

I would have to say that my embarrassing moment of early gaming was watching dear old Dad hit all the ducks in Duck Hunt ad get a perfect score, when I(the gamer in the family) couldn't hit a single duck.

***Cosmonautical*** · 04-26-2006, 01:54 AM

Playing with the Power Pad.

Leinad · 04-26-2006, 05:10 AM

hmm, I guess it would have to be that when I was seven and I got a second hand zelda: a link to the past , that it took me a year to complete it. Whereas the fastest I've ever completed it in was three days.

Codiekitty · 04-26-2006, 10:40 AM

When I finally beat Blaster Master by spamming the Infinite Lives code with a Game Genie, I proceeded to act like I had accomplished something.

This isn't from back when I first started gaming, but I'm slightly embarassed it took me two tries to beat Super Mario Land.

Where are these lemmings going? The Super Nintendo Super Shire! Hop in line and follow them there!

***Booyakasha*** · 04-28-2006, 09:20 AM

I was playing all the way SMB3 one day, systematically going through every single stage (a long and arduous process). Anyhow, I made it all the way up to the Bowser fight like this, and, when he killed me for the third or fourth time, I threw my controller down in disgust...and it hit the 'RESET' button. My inward scream of horror was quite prolonged (though it never manifested itself audibly). On the plus side, I haven't thrown a controller since.

Cham Zord · 04-28-2006, 10:12 AM

One time, I was playing Final Fantasy III and, when I went to save, it asked me which file I wanted to save to. I wanted to save to File 2, but the cursor was on File 1. Unaware, even after it asked for my confirmation, I saved over File 1 and lost weeks upon weeks of work. It wasn't so much embarrasing as it was infuriating, though.

Leinad · 04-28-2006, 02:05 PM

I've just got another one, when I was playing pokemon gold version for the first time, I'd managed to catch 248 of the monsters, I can't remember how. Anyway, I wanted to try and get a hitmontop and, not realising that you could breed monsters with ditto, decided to restart the game. I never got that many monsters back and gave up eventually.

Katyrna · 04-28-2006, 06:21 PM

I used to be afraid of Bowser from Super Mario Brothers when I was little.

Mushi · 04-30-2006, 06:55 PM

There's also the fact that I have never beaten Super Mario Bros.
I never even came close until I was 10 years old, but to this day the farthest I ever got was world 6-1

Sir Dark, The Hunter · 05-04-2006, 01:08 PM

I played a Mario game & enjoyed it, how's that?

Being serious: I fell over when I played F-Zero 64 when I leaned over

I laughed outy loud when I saw Bebedora & then fell over when I realized I had no idea what she was talking about

I saw my lil bro make Link make out w/ a wall on the SNES

Said "SMOKE YOU!" to Iris after she killed me for the umteenth time

Sang "I feel pretty" for some strange reason while playing Quake 4

I'll tell you more later

**Crazyswordsman** · 05-06-2006, 01:00 AM

"Thank you. But our princess is in another castle." I was so pissed I banged my head against the couch. (I was only three or four. Sue me).

I used to think Koopa Troopas were ducks. The NES sprites kinda made them look that way, heh.

A final SMB moment is I could never figure out the crappy fourth and seventh castles. And also the fact that I always was afraid of using the Warp Zone in 1-2 because I was afraid I would be sucked into the Minus World.

I STILL can't get past the third world in Double Dragon NES. That game was hellofa fun.

Gauntlet II: I used to have no clue how this game worked. My friend always made me play it when he came over.

I couldn't beat Bowser at the end of SMB3 until...last...year. How embarassing is that, considering I played it since it first came out?

In Zelda: LttP, I was fighting the Helmesaur King, and it took me about three years to beat it. I frequently had dreams that that was only a decoy, and a "Secret Helmesaur King" existed.

Final Fantasy VI: Take a guess at how many times it took to beat Stormy.
-CSM

Mushi · 05-08-2006, 04:53 PM

There was the time I didn't know how to play Pokemon.
I couldn't even make my character talk to people, my cousin had to tell me how to make the pokemon attack! I was 5 at the time.

Katyrna · 05-08-2006, 05:39 PM

I still don't know how to get into the Minus World in SMB. I even have a guide book from way back when, but either the directions stink or my skillz are lacking. I'd say it's the directions.

In this game--was it called Caveman? Something like that--on the NES, there was a part where I'd get up to the part where I'm supposed to fight the pterodactyl and freak out. One time, I think I just shut it off when I got there. I was probably 6, but still--I never realized how much of a wuss I was when I was little till now. ^_^;;

***Heroine of the Dragon*** · 05-08-2006, 06:54 PM

Oh... another moment I've remembered... eep!!

In OoT... when I first met a Redead... *shudder* I was okay with that but forgot the hookshot actually took you to whatever you shot. (I can't believe I forgot that!!) So imagine my horror at finding Link being hugged to death. O_O Not only did I scream, but I had a couple of nightmares in the following weeks. And to this day, certain members of my family like to freak me out with Redead sounds.

Chaos Deviot · 05-09-2006, 12:47 AM

Black screen of death to this day still creeps me out. Main reason why I rarely use Walk Through Walls codes anymore...I wish I knew the original reason.(Ironic part, I'm not afraid of dark in real life)

Sir Dark, The Hunter · 05-09-2006, 11:13 AM

SPOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOKIE!

Ever got run over by a jet in GTA3? I did

Broke my 64 controller playing F-Zero

Yelled "I'm a genious" when I finally figured out how to make Conker pee in Conkers' Bad Fur Day

Mushi · 05-12-2006, 09:12 PM

Actually thought I had accomplished something by making Mario break-dance in Super Mario64(Hold z then press B)

I actually Lost a pokemon battle to a person with a team of all caterpies and weedles.

I once tried to stay up all night playing Super Mario Bros and almost fried the game trying.

Leinad · 05-14-2006, 04:40 AM

I used to run constantly into people in pokemon because the sound that you make when you run into things is a sort of bumping sound, and that made it seem like red was.... well, you know.

Cysma · 05-22-2006, 07:18 AM

Beat Super Mario Land in only 2 tries? It took me about 5 my first time. The sprites in the game sure were small...

04-25-2006, 12:01 AM	#1
*Heroine of the Dragon* The Grinnie Fool! ♥♥♥ VGFCodes Staff Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Twinklebutton Wintersprout Gender: Posts: 31,454 Thanks: 864 Thanked 851 Times in 632 Posts Blog Entries: 1	Foolish and/or embarrassing retro gaming moments? When you first got into gaming (assuming it was back then) what crazy things did you do that you now consider foolish or embarrassing? I'll begin... I hooked up my NES, pushed in that wonderful Mario cartridge and turned it all on. I watched in pure delight as the opening screen rolled on past and sat enthralled as a little man stood there. I pressed a button and he moved!! Whee... AWESOME... then he ran full pelt into a goomba. I could have kicked myself if I weren't laughing so much at the inanity of it all.

04-30-2006, 06:55 PM	#10
Mushi Derp Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Looking at you. I can read your mind. Gender: Posts: 6,982 Thanks: 179 Thanked 351 Times in 271 Posts	Crimeny! There's also the fact that I have never beaten Super Mario Bros. I never even came close until I was 10 years old, but to this day the farthest I ever got was world 6-1

04-25-2006, 05:14 PM	#2
Mushi Derp Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Looking at you. I can read your mind. Gender: Posts: 6,982 Thanks: 179 Thanked 351 Times in 271 Posts	I would have to say that my embarrassing moment of early gaming was watching dear old Dad hit all the ducks in Duck Hunt ad get a perfect score, when I(the gamer in the family) couldn't hit a single duck.

04-26-2006, 01:54 AM	#3
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,156 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	Playing with the Power Pad.

04-26-2006, 05:10 AM	#4
Leinad Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: That place where I live. Gender: Posts: 1,813 Thanks: 47 Thanked 56 Times in 48 Posts	hmm, I guess it would have to be that when I was seven and I got a second hand zelda: a link to the past , that it took me a year to complete it. Whereas the fastest I've ever completed it in was three days.

04-26-2006, 10:40 AM	#5
Codiekitty Just Another Face in Red Jumpsuit Join Date: May 2001 Location: Lemmingland Gender: Posts: 19,142 Thanks: 121 Thanked 176 Times in 121 Posts	When I finally beat Blaster Master by spamming the Infinite Lives code with a Game Genie, I proceeded to act like I had accomplished something. This isn't from back when I first started gaming, but I'm slightly embarassed it took me two tries to beat Super Mario Land. Where are these lemmings going? The Super Nintendo Super Shire! Hop in line and follow them there!

04-28-2006, 09:20 AM	#6
*Booyakasha* SuperMod of War Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Wisconsinland Gender: Posts: 9,945 Thanks: 157 Thanked 1,481 Times in 763 Posts	I was playing all the way SMB3 one day, systematically going through every single stage (a long and arduous process). Anyhow, I made it all the way up to the Bowser fight like this, and, when he killed me for the third or fourth time, I threw my controller down in disgust...and it hit the 'RESET' button. My inward scream of horror was quite prolonged (though it never manifested itself audibly). On the plus side, I haven't thrown a controller since.

04-28-2006, 10:12 AM	#7
Cham Zord Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: NH, USA Gender: Posts: 1,941 Thanks: 5 Thanked 7 Times in 4 Posts	One time, I was playing Final Fantasy III and, when I went to save, it asked me which file I wanted to save to. I wanted to save to File 2, but the cursor was on File 1. Unaware, even after it asked for my confirmation, I saved over File 1 and lost weeks upon weeks of work. It wasn't so much embarrasing as it was infuriating, though.

04-28-2006, 02:05 PM	#8
Leinad Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: That place where I live. Gender: Posts: 1,813 Thanks: 47 Thanked 56 Times in 48 Posts	I've just got another one, when I was playing pokemon gold version for the first time, I'd managed to catch 248 of the monsters, I can't remember how. Anyway, I wanted to try and get a hitmontop and, not realising that you could breed monsters with ditto, decided to restart the game. I never got that many monsters back and gave up eventually.

04-28-2006, 06:21 PM	#9
Katyrna Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Hiding in the band locker from the man with an air bazooka... Gender: Posts: 243 Thanks: 6 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	I used to be afraid of Bowser from Super Mario Brothers when I was little.

05-04-2006, 01:08 PM	#11
Sir Dark, The Hunter Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Don't know, don't care Gender: Posts: 172 Thanks: 5 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	I played a Mario game & enjoyed it, how's that? Being serious: I fell over when I played F-Zero 64 when I leaned over I laughed outy loud when I saw Bebedora & then fell over when I realized I had no idea what she was talking about I saw my lil bro make Link make out w/ a wall on the SNES Said "SMOKE YOU!" to Iris after she killed me for the umteenth time Sang "I feel pretty" for some strange reason while playing Quake 4 I'll tell you more later

05-06-2006, 01:00 AM	#12
Crazyswordsman This key doesn't work. Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Booyaville (yeah!) Gender: Posts: 10,791 Thanks: 1,019 Thanked 686 Times in 467 Posts	"Thank you. But our princess is in another castle." I was so pissed I banged my head against the couch. (I was only three or four. Sue me). I used to think Koopa Troopas were ducks. The NES sprites kinda made them look that way, heh. A final SMB moment is I could never figure out the crappy fourth and seventh castles. And also the fact that I always was afraid of using the Warp Zone in 1-2 because I was afraid I would be sucked into the Minus World. I STILL can't get past the third world in Double Dragon NES. That game was hellofa fun. Gauntlet II: I used to have no clue how this game worked. My friend always made me play it when he came over. I couldn't beat Bowser at the end of SMB3 until...last...year. How embarassing is that, considering I played it since it first came out? In Zelda: LttP, I was fighting the Helmesaur King, and it took me about three years to beat it. I frequently had dreams that that was only a decoy, and a "Secret Helmesaur King" existed. Final Fantasy VI: Take a guess at how many times it took to beat Stormy. -CSM

05-08-2006, 04:53 PM	#13
Mushi Derp Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Looking at you. I can read your mind. Gender: Posts: 6,982 Thanks: 179 Thanked 351 Times in 271 Posts	There was the time I didn't know how to play Pokemon. I couldn't even make my character talk to people, my cousin had to tell me how to make the pokemon attack! I was 5 at the time.

05-08-2006, 05:39 PM	#14
Katyrna Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Hiding in the band locker from the man with an air bazooka... Gender: Posts: 243 Thanks: 6 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	I still don't know how to get into the Minus World in SMB. I even have a guide book from way back when, but either the directions stink or my skillz are lacking. I'd say it's the directions. In this game--was it called Caveman? Something like that--on the NES, there was a part where I'd get up to the part where I'm supposed to fight the pterodactyl and freak out. One time, I think I just shut it off when I got there. I was probably 6, but still--I never realized how much of a wuss I was when I was little till now. ^_^;;

05-08-2006, 06:54 PM	#15
*Heroine of the Dragon* The Grinnie Fool! ♥♥♥ VGFCodes Staff Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Twinklebutton Wintersprout Gender: Posts: 31,454 Thanks: 864 Thanked 851 Times in 632 Posts Blog Entries: 1	Oh... another moment I've remembered... eep!! In OoT... when I first met a Redead... shudder I was okay with that but forgot the hookshot actually took you to whatever you shot. (I can't believe I forgot that!!) So imagine my horror at finding Link being hugged to death. O_O Not only did I scream, but I had a couple of nightmares in the following weeks. And to this day, certain members of my family like to freak me out with Redead sounds.

05-09-2006, 12:47 AM	#16
Chaos Deviot The Betrayer Join Date: May 2004 Location: Mt. Moon Gender: Posts: 1,813 Thanks: 171 Thanked 52 Times in 49 Posts Blog Entries: 1	Black screen of death to this day still creeps me out. Main reason why I rarely use Walk Through Walls codes anymore...I wish I knew the original reason.(Ironic part, I'm not afraid of dark in real life)

05-09-2006, 11:13 AM	#17
Sir Dark, The Hunter Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Don't know, don't care Gender: Posts: 172 Thanks: 5 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	SPOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOKIE! Ever got run over by a jet in GTA3? I did Broke my 64 controller playing F-Zero Yelled "I'm a genious" when I finally figured out how to make Conker pee in Conkers' Bad Fur Day

05-12-2006, 09:12 PM	#18
Mushi Derp Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Looking at you. I can read your mind. Gender: Posts: 6,982 Thanks: 179 Thanked 351 Times in 271 Posts	Actually thought I had accomplished something by making Mario break-dance in Super Mario64(Hold z then press B) I actually Lost a pokemon battle to a person with a team of all caterpies and weedles. I once tried to stay up all night playing Super Mario Bros and almost fried the game trying.

05-14-2006, 04:40 AM	#19
Leinad Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: That place where I live. Gender: Posts: 1,813 Thanks: 47 Thanked 56 Times in 48 Posts	I used to run constantly into people in pokemon because the sound that you make when you run into things is a sort of bumping sound, and that made it seem like red was.... well, you know.

05-22-2006, 07:18 AM	#20
Cysma Member Join Date: Jul 2000 Gender: Posts: 1,449 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Beat Super Mario Land in only 2 tries? It took me about 5 my first time. The sprites in the game sure were small...