My mate told me there was a cheat for the SNES Mortal Kombat so that it would have blood and proper fatalities - this which involved cello taping a 2p coin to the cart (to make it heavier?!?) and pressing a huge combination of buttons. I think I tried it for about 2 hours before I rang the cnut in which he proceeded to laugh hysterically at my stupidity.
Stupid things you did in video games as a kid
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How you manage that? Very sensitive steering when you're reversing. I'd always spin out while trying it
You and Biscuit really need to talk...
Is that patience or bloodlust.
Did the whole driving normal on GTA and my weapon of choice when shooting pros or for people crashing into me was the shotgun. I also on the very 1st one used to love getting the big tanker finding the longest straight road and flooring it until it wobbled just to blow it up and kill myself.
Most genius thing as a kid was putting a bit of blu-tac over the lights on tv and playstation so when I was meant to be asleep and my mum came up she couldn't see it still switched on.
Most genius thing as a kid was putting a bit of blu-tac over the lights on tv and playstation so when I was meant to be asleep and my mum came up she couldn't see it still switched on.
I knooow right, had to change car every other street.
I wish i had thought of that. Watching 18 rated movies on the portable tv in my room at half 1 on a school night wouldn't have carried as much risk
Activated the Explosive punches in GTA4 and proceeded to kick the feck out of everyone and watch them fly 5 feet in the air.
For the longest time I was the worst driver for GTA IV. I don't know how but I always managed to flip my car over. I even got a car wedged in between the roller coaster and the fence at that one theme park near Bulgarin's. Somehow while the car was wedged in there I managed to activate a glitch and flip the car over in that tight space as well.
Also I NEVER let anyone hit me with a car while crossing the street and get away with it. For me that was instant code + rocket launcher + stand on car + aim straight down just to see how far I could fly and take out the punk bitch that ran me over at the same time.
My roommate used to be horrible with the physical leaning while driving habit. While we were kids he was playing Mario Kart 64 and once somehow managed to turn himself around to the point where he had to look over his shoulder to see the tv (he was playing while standing up).
In auto racing games with a pit stop capability I'd ram other cars into pit road to force them to take an extra delay.
I'm sure when Gran Turismo 5 comes out with damage I'm going to drive backwards around the track to see how badly I can damage the car (and my opponent's cars of coruse).
Also I NEVER let anyone hit me with a car while crossing the street and get away with it. For me that was instant code + rocket launcher + stand on car + aim straight down just to see how far I could fly and take out the punk bitch that ran me over at the same time.
My roommate used to be horrible with the physical leaning while driving habit. While we were kids he was playing Mario Kart 64 and once somehow managed to turn himself around to the point where he had to look over his shoulder to see the tv (he was playing while standing up).
In auto racing games with a pit stop capability I'd ram other cars into pit road to force them to take an extra delay.
I'm sure when Gran Turismo 5 comes out with damage I'm going to drive backwards around the track to see how badly I can damage the car (and my opponent's cars of coruse).
Hahaha! Me too!
Im just jumping on mushrooms..
I dont eat them I just squish them.
Jump jump jump and jump again
Jumping is so fun it really is.
And another jump jump jump jumpjump
squish squish squish!
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Playing tomb Raider 2 and getting her in the water and then moving the camera to have a look at her arse.
God it was a great game when you're 8.
I'd still do it now tbh.
God it was a great game when you're 8.
I'd still do it now tbh.
There's this guy in Ocarina of Time who you can race, but you can't actually win, he always beats you by one second. Later I found out that this was because the developers couldn't think of anything to give you for winning.
I spent days and days trying to beat that fecker.
I spent days and days trying to beat that fecker.
Hahahahahaha classic.
I lost so many controllers that way. And I put my foot through my bedside drawers. One time I got so annoyed playing that I literally danced on my ps2
Still worked kinda....
I made up words to the music from Legend of Zelda.
- Purposely drive my car in Demolition Derby into the walls to hear "Mind those barriers, they'll only slow you down." And then "You've blown your radiator, take it easy."
- Jump on the polar bear repeatadly to get the lives in Crash 2, then keep jumping on the bastard as it amused me.
- In Pokemon Yellow only have in my party the pokemon he had in the cartoon (which was a bugger as i could hardly evolve anything).
- Be very, very scared of nearly everything in Altered Beast.
Attacking the chickens in Zelda, despite knowing the dire consequences. Its just too much fun. Die chickens!
Shooting the chickens in counter strike.
I spent days racing with the Chocobos in Final Fantasy VII (think it was VII)
Not so much what I did as a kid in games but what I did to kids when I worked at game. The amount of boys that didn't get the grand theft auto games and instead got fobbed off with spyro due to my conversations with their parents.
One particularly nasty brat ended up with that bbc troll game.
Attempt a fatality on Mortal combat and end up just doing a low jab to the face.
Brilliant.
We used to have a pool who could get the most copies of a particularly shitty game sold instead going. Great fun.
When I used to live to China and that ps2 controllers were worth 5-6 euros, I used to break 1 each week out of anger and frustration
Pretty sure that's the only reason they made the game.
Resident Evil shit me up when I first played it, just seeing that freak of a zombie peer over his shoulder as you walk into a room hearing him munching on somebody...
Now, well now it looks corny as hell!! Although they've made up for that in Resident Evil 5 which haunts me instead
Dream Eater?
You Hypnosis their pokemon, and Dream Eater the feck out of them. Was perfect 'cos you'd get your life back too, made Gengar almost impossible to beat.
I did it too!
- Thinking I was awesome because I knew how to do the swordcopter thing with Yoshimitsu on Tekken 2
- Used to talk to characters I was playing as. Things like "come on, make that jump, DON'T DIE YOU BASTARD!"
- Holding B + down so I'd catch Pokemon easier
- Trading one of my brother's Pokemon that knew Cut so I could go to Surge's gym before going on the SS Anne, so I could get to that truck.
- One last Pokemon one. Finishing the Pokedex and then throwing my Gameboy across the room when all I got was a certificate.
- Having to get my dad to turn the Playstation off because I was that scared of a demo of...Nightmare Creatures, I think it was.
- On Star Wars Rogue Squadron, getting annoyed when I couldn't hit enemy ships and just crashing into them instead.
- On the Star Wars Episode One game, embarking on Gungan slaughters instead of actually trying
I'm getting all nostalgic now, remembering the games I used to play on the PC. Chip's Challenge, Microman (I think?), Rattler Race (basically Snake), Wacky Wheels, Rise of the Triads (triangles, not the mafia), the Lion King game.
Amazing games.
I used to get so pissed off at the Lion King game though, 'cos I could never beat the jump-rope parts.
(I always chose the Moose BTW)
The Lion King Game was fecking insanely hard I found, I just couldn't beat the Elephant Graveyard at all.
Holding A + Up to catch pokemon easier.
Repeatedly doing the Missingno/Infinite Item glitch with master balls despite having about 600 on Pokemon Red.
Trying to play through Yellow with the same pokemon as Ash had in the tv show.
Spending hours on end throwing molotovs out of the lighthouse in GTA Vice City.
Spending hours on end trying to fly my car across to the other islands on GTA Vice City with the cheat.
Spending a day trying to find Bigfoot on GTA San Andreas with a mate.
Driving normally on GTA then getting annoyed that it took ages to get everywhere.
Playing Tekken Tag Tournament and constantly doing team battles with all the massive characters like Gunjack, the bear, the sumo guy etc. against all the women on easy just so I could feel good about my ability on the game.
Skipping every mission I could on Simpsons Hit and Run in one chapter because I didn't like Marge's default car.
Playing on the practice mode on Soul Edge with the opponent set to the stand still and do feck all setting so I could try and learn the combos without actually checking the combo list.
Trying to complete Dino Crisis 2 by only using the machete and pretending it was part of Jurassic Park.
Playing fifa on world class then switching sides right at the start and scoring loads of own goals before switiching back just before the end.
Repeatedly doing the Missingno/Infinite Item glitch with master balls despite having about 600 on Pokemon Red.
Trying to play through Yellow with the same pokemon as Ash had in the tv show.
Spending hours on end throwing molotovs out of the lighthouse in GTA Vice City.
Spending hours on end trying to fly my car across to the other islands on GTA Vice City with the cheat.
Spending a day trying to find Bigfoot on GTA San Andreas with a mate.
Driving normally on GTA then getting annoyed that it took ages to get everywhere.
Playing Tekken Tag Tournament and constantly doing team battles with all the massive characters like Gunjack, the bear, the sumo guy etc. against all the women on easy just so I could feel good about my ability on the game.
Skipping every mission I could on Simpsons Hit and Run in one chapter because I didn't like Marge's default car.
Playing on the practice mode on Soul Edge with the opponent set to the stand still and do feck all setting so I could try and learn the combos without actually checking the combo list.
Trying to complete Dino Crisis 2 by only using the machete and pretending it was part of Jurassic Park.
Playing fifa on world class then switching sides right at the start and scoring loads of own goals before switiching back just before the end.
Blowing up exploding dustbins and killing myself in Doom 1.
im sure i completed it, but i remember that level being hard as nails
Back in 93/94 on the Megadrive, there was a game called Fifa International Soccer. Basically, I discovered that the game allowed you to run off whenever you commited a foul and the ref would come to book you. The ref would chase you down for ages until he caught you. The problem was that he would always give you a red card at the end of the chase. I would see how long I could run away for, and I could run away for minutes at a time.
I still have it, I might record it on a boring day for your viewing pleasure.
There was also a game called Manchster United in europe on the commodore 64. I discovered that you could slide tackle the length of the pitch and change direction whilst sliding. I would basically slide around the pitch after the opposing player. Wenger would have gone mad if he had seen it.
I still have it, I might record it on a boring day for your viewing pleasure.
There was also a game called Manchster United in europe on the commodore 64. I discovered that you could slide tackle the length of the pitch and change direction whilst sliding. I would basically slide around the pitch after the opposing player. Wenger would have gone mad if he had seen it.
I've just remembered my old RTS tactics. I decided that because building the stronger units took longer I'd just build loads of the cheap ones so rather than spending 5 minutes creating a few tanks, some regular infantry and a couple of missile infantry units I'd spend half an hour waiting for the queue of 50 riflemen to be created because it was faster.
Come to think of it there were many stupid moments in counter strike.
Shooting hostages, jumping off peoples heads to reach higher places, grenade jumps etc. Thought I wouldn't call these stupid, but acts of genius.
Shooting hostages, jumping off peoples heads to reach higher places, grenade jumps etc. Thought I wouldn't call these stupid, but acts of genius.