Worst Gaming Moment

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We didn't own the NES until after our SNES, so the first time I played the original Zelda (a used copy we bought for cheap), it wouldn't run. I cleaned the card with an isopropyl-soaked cotton swab, which allowed the system to read the cartridge, but... the battery was expired. So every time I played, it had to be from the beginning. Ironically, this was part of the web of events that led me to AGN.

Repurchasing The Legend of Zelda a few years after having it and several other NES games stolen. It is what led me to AGN. (The battery in the cart was dead, so no save file. Led me to google Zelda Clone.)

:) Alcohol on cotton swabs was the way to go. Never failed for me. Unfortunately, one time my older brother decided to be a fucking moron and clean the connectors inside the console with alcohol too. He didn't let it dry fast enough and it totally fried it. It never stopped smelling like...electricity.

[Shadowblazer]

Yeah, I wish somebody had told me about alcohol to clean the connectors back when I was a kid. We just blew on the damn things, which I'm pretty sure made it worse

Oh and then of course after blowing on the cartridge for a good ten minutes didn't work you'd just slam it into the NES as hard as you could, which would bend the pins inside the system and contribute toward ruining the whole thing for good. Ah, good times...

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Yeah, I wish somebody had told me about alcohol to clean the connectors back when I was a kid. We just blew on the damn things, which I'm pretty sure made it worse

Oh and then of course after blowing on the cartridge for a good ten minutes didn't work you'd just slam it into the NES as hard as you could, which would bend the pins inside the system and contribute toward ruining the whole thing for good. Ah, good times...

I'd take the SNES over every console since any day...

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[Brasel]

The worst experience didn't necessarily happen to me, but I caused it. My dad was playing the original Legend of Zelda and was pretty far into the game. I was horsing around and tripped over the controller cable. The NES fell to the floor and shut off. When he turned the game back on, all the save files had been erased. This was well before anyone had any idea how to do anything in the game, so it took a long time to complete...unlike now when I can run through the first quest in a few short hours.

[bigjoe]

Beating the Jacquio in Ninja Gaiden, only to discover that there was another boss afterwards. Almost beat this big weird thing, but died and got sent ALL THE WAY BACK. Was fed up and the rent time was almost over, so never got to see the ending until the time of emulation.

[Brasel]

^ Reminds me of Super Ghouls and Ghosts...had to play the whole damn game over. I didn't even attempt it. I just said "Screw it".

[NewJourneysFire]

Beating the Jacquio in Ninja Gaiden, only to discover that there was another boss afterwards. Almost beat this big weird thing, but died and got sent ALL THE WAY BACK. Was fed up and the rent time was almost over, so never got to see the ending until the time of emulation.

Haha! I agree, that would suck.

My perfect pokemon team only got the chance to obliterate few of the best teams my friends were proud of at the time, only to have the game spontaneously get erased not long after. So I never got the chance to fully enjoy my perfect team.

Perhaps it wasn't a coincidence. Perhaps it was deliberate sabatogh.

Either way, it caused me to retire from playing Pokemon indefinitely.

[Revfan9]

Metroid Prime 2.

First time I played the game, I got all the sky temple keys and was ready to face Emperor Ing. I save the game, come back a couple of days later to find my little sister had deleted my save file by mistake.

Know what? No big deal. I play through the damned thing all over again. Get halfway done with collecting the Sky Temple keys when my memory card goes bad. Corrupted save.

I give up for a while and just this year I made one more try with the Metroid Prime Trilogy version. Get all the Sky Temple keys again, then my SD card shits itself and corrupts my save. Again.

Why does the universe not allow me to finish this damned game D:

[mrz84]

Why does the universe not allow me to finish this damned game D:

Because Metroid Prime 3 was impatient from not being played and 'Corrupted' all your attempts to finish the previous game until you played it.

Sorry, had to make that joke.

[Blanka]

One year for Christmas I got FF II (snes). Against advice I used a Game Genie on it to increase the damage Kain did with his "Jump Attack". One day he jumped up and never came down. I started a whole new quest and didn't use the Genie, only to have the same issue arise. Feeling a little naughty I decided to call Squaresoft and see if I could pull a swifty by complaining that their product was defective because at the time the local stores offered no exchange or refund without a receipt.

On top of that, due to the popularity and the Christmas season, they were out of stock. I didn't want to wait for more to come in to the store. I had no idea how long it would take to come in. I thought that going through Squaresoft would be faster. So I called them and didn't tell them that I used a Genie and the guy on the phone said to mail it in. I did so with a scathing letter expressing my disdain with their incompetence. I included my phone number as well.

About a week or so later I received a call from one of their reps. I was getting ready to play the role of the ticked off consumer when he cut me off and said: "I bet that you never thought that we'd be able to tell that you used a Genie on it." I was speechless. I was so not prepared for that one. He then said that they were sorry and cannot help because I used a Genie which is a product that they don't support. What a waste of time. I got so owned by them. Squaresoft 1 Me 0 lol