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Nicknacks Ding-ding! Going down... from Land Down Under Since: Oct, 2010
Ding-ding! Going down...
#176: Dec 30th 2010 at 2:06:01 PM

I would waste ammo in any game that gave you a gun, trying to write my name on the wall in bullet holes.

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LolipodDistortion HIP HOP HIPSTER from Austin, Texas Since: Aug, 2010
HIP HOP HIPSTER
#177: Dec 30th 2010 at 2:16:49 PM

Dude, I still do that. My friend and I spend matches of Modern Warfare just blowing up cars.

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hnd03 Parasol Star Memories from [REDACTED] Since: Jun, 2009
Parasol Star Memories
#178: Dec 30th 2010 at 5:37:44 PM

In Golden Sun, my Djinn were always on Standby. Even if I wasn't going to summon anything, my mind thought that changing classes=bad. Even if it was matching Djinn with their elements, nope, they were never set. Therefore my characters were always weak and I could not fathom why.

Of course nowadays, I'm the complete opposite.

edited 30th Dec '10 5:38:12 PM by hnd03

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Nicknacks Ding-ding! Going down... from Land Down Under Since: Oct, 2010
Ding-ding! Going down...
#179: Dec 31st 2010 at 12:48:57 AM

[up][up] Yeah, but I'd do that in games where you needed to conserve ammo.

Have you played that roulette game with the exploding cars? It's really fun.

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sz σχίζω from over there Since: Apr, 2009
σχίζω
#180: Dec 31st 2010 at 12:51:09 AM

I played [[Settlers the Settlers II]]. I did not destroy the memory of the game.

14 years later, I rediscovered the game and I have failed all of my finals for it.

I made a very bad decision loving this game so much.

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BigDaddyP Be Legendary from England Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Be Legendary
#181: Dec 31st 2010 at 1:46:27 AM

While I still had it, I was playing Grand Theft Auto and basically retold the aesop of the turtle and the hare with GTA. I was racing Hilary and due to sheer luck, I managed to get ahead of him, and I thought I had enough time to go and change my clothes.

He then sped past me, and I never beat him since.

Aesop... you Magnificent Bastard.

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TsundeRay HOORAY! from Santa Clara, California Since: May, 2009
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#182: Dec 31st 2010 at 2:19:54 AM

My first time playing a light gun game where you have to reload. You can guess how that turned out.

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Quillpaw Since: Jan, 2001
#183: Dec 31st 2010 at 8:44:52 AM

My first adventures in Gamesharking had me creating a Rhydon that knew all Electric-type moves. Yep.

lalalei2001 Since: Oct, 2009
#184: Dec 31st 2010 at 10:10:29 AM

Speaking of Gamesharks, my only recalled experience with one was a code to give you infinite coins in Wario Land II...Forgetting that the game tallies up your coins at the end of any level.

I think i let it run for 10 minutes before I turned the game off.

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#185: Dec 31st 2010 at 10:18:01 AM

Play Ocarina of Time. Seriously, that is not a game for children younger than ten. In fact, it should be rated T for teen. Do you have any idea what its like for a six year old to watch another six year old they are controlling die via prolonged face rape?

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lalalei2001 Since: Oct, 2009
#186: Dec 31st 2010 at 10:22:28 AM

Nah, Redeads just want to give you a hug. :p

...Come to think of it, I have no idea how I beat the game when i was younger. Was pretty clueless.

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Aondeug Oh My from Our Dreams Since: Jun, 2009
Oh My
#187: Dec 31st 2010 at 11:09:59 AM

I personally think that Oo T is plenty appropriate for children passed the toddler stage. Then again I grew up on possibly emotionally scarring children's media (LITTLEFOOT'S MOM DIED AND EVERYONE IS DYING D:) so...

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ShirowShirow Dinosaur Hunter from Land of Maple Syrup (Old as dirt)
Dinosaur Hunter
#188: Dec 31st 2010 at 11:38:22 AM

I played Dino Crisis when i was ten at my buddy's place. When the T-rex first appeared i dropped the controller and sprang away from the tv before huddling on the couch. My friend's mom apparently didn't know what an M-rating was.

Not that Zelda didn't haunt my dreams back then too.

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#189: Dec 31st 2010 at 11:58:28 AM

Meh, I was never really alll that scarred by video games that much. Resident Evil never bothered me.

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venort Since: Apr, 2010
#190: Dec 31st 2010 at 12:06:01 PM

the usual: always accelerating in racing games, etc.

oh, and, for some reason, I would always beat the first two dungeons on ocarina of time... then restart the game. just to fight king dodongo again.

Quillpaw Since: Jan, 2001
#191: Jan 1st 2011 at 4:59:21 PM

Also, I never got past the first level of Kirby and the Crystal Shards, because the first boss freaked me out too much. The first boss is a WADDLE-DOO.

Specialist290 Since: Jan, 2001
#192: Jan 2nd 2011 at 1:55:03 AM

Play Ocarina of Time. Seriously, that is not a game for children younger than ten. In fact, it should be rated T for teen. Do you have any idea what its like for a six year old to watch another six year old they are controlling die via prolonged face rape?

Seconded. I have still never completed that game simply because I was too scared to ever go into whatever temple it is at the bottom of the well.

Also, back in the days of the original Civilization: I tried to irrigate every square before founding my first (or any) city. Every square. Took me a while to figure out that was a bad idea.

On the other hand, there was this one ridiculously awesome game where I never actually built a city, instead using my Settlers to pop huts and get mercenaries to conquer everyone else's. Never finished it, though.

edited 2nd Jan '11 2:06:45 AM by Specialist290

TsundeRay HOORAY! from Santa Clara, California Since: May, 2009
HOORAY!
#193: Jan 3rd 2011 at 3:00:48 AM

I did Spirit Temple before Shadow because Shadow Temple is that terrible.

(lol boulder knockback)

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TommyX from Atluff Since: Aug, 2010
#194: Jan 3rd 2011 at 7:25:58 AM

In the days of Gold and Silver, I leveled up a Sunkern for days because I wanted to see what it evolved into. I believe I got to 35.

Netsocrempy from Hyrule Since: Jan, 2011
#195: Jan 3rd 2011 at 6:55:16 PM

In Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past, I never thought to PUSH THE DOOR blocking the secret entrance to the sancuary and NEVER GOT PASSED getting the princess out of the jail cell. I am so glad I got the re-release for the GBA.

In Super Mario Kart, I never let go of the acceleration, also, I lapped people and got pissed at my SNES because I was wondering how they passed me.

In Pokemon, I would sneak past people who wanted to have a battle so I would get through the game as soon as possible. This led to me being 20 levels behind the Elite Four and I would have to restart my game. Then, I would still sneak past them.

GameSpazzer The Beta Male from Against! The! Wall! Since: Jun, 2010
The Beta Male
#196: Jan 3rd 2011 at 7:06:37 PM

I'd lag behind in Sonic Advance 2 because I figured you were supposed to destroy every single robot in the level. Note that I was 6 at the time. Needless to say, I never made it past the first zone.

edited 3rd Jan '11 7:07:04 PM by GameSpazzer

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Poochy.EXE from 127.0.0.1 Since: Jan, 2001
#197: Jan 4th 2011 at 4:25:30 PM

[up][up] There aren't really many situations where there's much reason to let go of the accelerator in Mario Kart, so that I find completely understandable.

Meanwhile, since Mario Kart was my introduction to racing games, years later I'd play Initial D: Arcade Stage and also never let go of the accelerator. I wasted several dollars before I realized that the brake pedal is actually useful.

Some time after that, I played Wangan Midnight: Maximum Tune and proceeded to brake too much.

edited 4th Jan '11 4:26:15 PM by Poochy.EXE

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Deathonabun Bunny from the bedroom Since: Jan, 2001
Bunny
#199: Jan 5th 2011 at 10:51:48 AM

Perv.

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Pirka For every name that's been erased... from a tiny sub in your body Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
For every name that's been erased...
#200: Jan 5th 2011 at 5:55:41 PM

I used to spend literally hours in 3D platformers (notably Super Mario Sunshine and various Spyro The Dragon installments) just dicking around the game's 'hub' areas - climbing on roofs, swimming, trying to jump to unreachable platforms and perform game-breakers...

...no wonder I never beat any games as a younger kid...

~Pirka

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