Stupid things you did in video games as a kid

Wonder Pigeon

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From Banjo Kazooie alone:

1) Freaking out when I saw Clanker for the first time and refusing to play the game for about a month, due to fear.

2) Freaking out after failing to get to the end of that maze in that pyramid and refusing to play the game for about a month, due to fear.

3) Spending ages getting all the information about Gruntilda from her sister for the quiz, only to discover that that really wasn't necessary.

Don't even get me started on Pokemon, using Ghost Pokemon against Psychics because that's how it worked on the tv show, even though they'd get creamed every time, giving Pokemon useless moves like Flash, etc etc
 
James Parkin said:
When the massive beast down on the train in resident evil appeared, I shit my pants, and dropped a can of lager upside down on to my ps one, it died
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Same, cept I didn't drink lager as a child.

I used to lean to the side while playing racing games. Like it was motion control or something haha
 
I beat em ups like Tekken I used to forcefully jam many buttons at the same time thinking thats how special moves were done, little did I know that there were specific combos.
 
Wonder Pigeon said:
Don't even get me started on Pokemon, using Ghost Pokemon against Psychics because that's how it worked on the tv show, even though they'd get creamed every time, giving Pokemon useless moves like Flash, etc etc
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Ghost moves are super-effective against psychic-types. The issue comes because in the original games there were no decent ghost moves (lick and night shade, lol) and that all the ghost-types were also poison-types, which psychic ARE super-effective against. So your Gengar would get fecked by Alakazam even though it shouldn't.

Nowadays both of those issues have been addressed with the introduction of new and better ghost moves, and new ghost Pokémon.

feck YOU ALL.
 
Used to turn the N64 controller like a steering wheel when playing Mario Kart.
 
I remember playing original Mario Kart on the SNES with my younger brother. I was about 9 or 10 years old, and him 8. We'd be in the championship (me Toad, him Koopa), and I used to make him drive backwards round the track and try to ram the Princess head-on, or hit her with shells at point blank, just so I could finish first and win the championship. He'd end up getting kicked out after finishing last too many times, but by that point I'd be in a commanding lead for the trophy, and that was all that counted.
 
First time I ever played FIFA on the PC, I didn't understand the "select sides" screen, so I would just proceed without assigning the keyboard to a side. I played a few games that way thinking "why can't I have total control over the players".
 
JayWalker said:
I did that too. Would even try following traffic regulations and stop at a red only for some cnut to backend me following which I would unload my uzi at him/her and blow up their car.
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:lol:

Yep, same here.
 
JayWalker said:
I did that too. Would even try following traffic regulations and stop at a red only for some cnut to backend me following which I would unload my uzi at him/her and blow up their car.
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I used to do the whole driving normally thing too, but on Driver.

The cops used to bust you for speeding and red light jumping, so it paid off sometimes.
 
Count Duckula said:
Ghost moves are super-effective against psychic-types. The issue comes because in the original games there were no decent ghost moves (lick and night shade, lol) and that all the ghost-types were also poison-types, which psychic ARE super-effective against. So your Gengar would get fecked by Alakazam even though it shouldn't.

Nowadays both of those issues have been addressed with the introduction of new and better ghost moves, and new ghost Pokémon.

feck YOU ALL.
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Wow!
 
Count Duckula said:
Ghost moves are super-effective against psychic-types. The issue comes because in the original games there were no decent ghost moves (lick and night shade, lol) and that all the ghost-types were also poison-types, which psychic ARE super-effective against. So your Gengar would get fecked by Alakazam even though it shouldn't.

Nowadays both of those issues have been addressed with the introduction of new and better ghost moves, and new ghost Pokémon.

feck YOU ALL.
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Yeah but Planet blows up because of the firepower of 3 hataks ? A dozen hataks couldn't even dent an ori ship and our 304 destroyed the same ori ship with 2-3 shots with our uber asgard beams.
 
On Dhalsims level on street fighter II, my uncle told me there was a way of ripping the elephants tusks off. I spent an entire day trying to work it out.
 
I had trouble with Dino-Crisis. Scary shit - still is.
 
This game called Ground Zero Texas for Mega CD, I died at the end and there's a bit where you see some aliens dragging some guy off with he screaming 'Don't eat me!!!' and it haunted me, seriously. I actually hid the game in a closet after that
 
Staying alive on the first level of Pac Man for as long as possible in order to 'train' for the later levels.

Checking every single pipe every single time in the Mario games, despite knowing the levels off by heart.

Used to play 1-1 in Mario World on the gameboy over and over to get the fastest time possible. Even today I can do a perfect run.

Killing my brother in Battletoads after he accidentally hit me. 2 player Battletoads was basically a 2 player vs game.

In Pong I would try and add spin to the ball by brushing past it at the right moment.

Shooting the dog in Duckhunt, or deliberately wasting my first bullet to show off how good I was.
 
AdZzUtd said:
Driving normally in GTA.
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I used to do that in Driver.

Raven_Blade said:
Trying to shoot friendly characters just to annoy them or see if you could hurt them.
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I do that in every game ever.


Mockney said:
Yeah but Planet blows up because of the firepower of 3 hataks ? A dozen hataks couldn't even dent an ori ship and our 304 destroyed the same ori ship with 2-3 shots with our uber asgard beams.
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Beat me to it.
 
In grand theft auto I used to get my wanted level up and then hop in a commercial plane and try and use it to take down fighter jets (kamikaze style).
 
I remember there was a car game of some sort on the PS1 and if you drove off the course you would end up in a residential area with loads of detached houses etc. I used to think it was dead witty to reverse the car into a driveway.
 
The Dungeon level in The Last Ninja was very temperamental, so I would vacate the room and not let anyone else in until it had loaded.

It worked about half the time. Proof positive that my method was successful.
 
JayWalker said:
I did that too. Would even try following traffic regulations and stop at a red only for some cnut to backend me following which I would unload my uzi at him/her and blow up their car.
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same here, and in Driver

the police would never come after you for speeding or going through lights though :(
 
In GTA, I drove backwards to my missions.

Haters gonna hate
 
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