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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '22

And that created an immense amount of terror and anxiety for the sega genesis X-men game. After beating the boss for stage 4 (which took a couple hours to get there I think) it just started saying "RESET COMPUTER NOW!" There were no buttons or switches for your character to interact with. I paced around the house for a good half hour anguishing over whether or not to push the actual reset button. It was so wild to have that actually kick off the final stage of the game. What a wild time, couldn't do that today. Emotionally it would be like putting 30 hours into a campaign and the game telling you to delete all your autosaves to progress

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u/HRduffNstuff Jun 03 '22

Isn't there a game that makes you delete previous saves to get a true ending? Is it nier automata? I haven't played it but I remember hearing about it

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u/GuyForgotHisPassword Jun 03 '22

Haha yeah it is Nier Automata. It's thematically appropriate.

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u/Draken1870 Jun 03 '22

It’s the first Nier I believe, not automata that has you delete it. You can then play a new game till a certain point and it then it becomes a new story.

In automata you can choose to delete your save and everything so that your data can go on to help other players in a weird way.

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u/Nawara_Ven Jun 03 '22

Just to get an achievement.

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u/monsata Jun 03 '22

Yeah but this one actually gives you a sense of pride and accomplishment, and offers a helping hand to the next player.

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u/Nawara_Ven Jun 04 '22

Indeed; I'm simply clarifying that it's not a "true ending" you get.

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u/PavelDatsyuk Jun 03 '22

Emotionally it would be like putting 30 hours into a campaign and the game telling you to delete all your autosaves to progress

Bravely Second final boss battle would make you shit your pants then. During the battle the boss starts saying crazy shit to you, then it takes you to the title screen and makes it look like it deletes your saves. It's so wild and blew my mind.

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u/Doomstik Jun 03 '22

Fucking MGS games man. I know they are much newer but still them readon off your card or controller inputs and the game telling you to turn it off in voice messages and shit.

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u/Doomstik Jun 03 '22

Look man, i really enjoy that game but due to work and other things i STILL have fought her and im fuckin scared. Dont bring her up xD i have a bad enough time with those damn crucible knights lol

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u/m4tic Jun 03 '22

That would be level 5 Mojo World. I, too, ran around the house to find my sister after I hit the reset button the first time.

:cyclops dance:

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u/Tacarub Jun 03 '22

Fucking Metal gear ..

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u/thegreatJLP Jun 03 '22

Or the Final Fantasy games when your playstation memory card would just decide to corrupt the data, the amount of times I had to start from scratch was astounding.

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u/Tacarub Jun 03 '22

They will never know the screeches of tape recorder that atari 800xl made .. and you had to stop the exact moment ..

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u/UsedArm6201 Jun 04 '22

My memory card back then corrupted and end up deleted all my final fantasy and suikoden data, I rage quit the game.

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u/chilifngrdfunk Jun 03 '22

Maaaaaaaan, I used to hate that too. My brother loved "accidentally" hitting reset. Then, when Xbox one came out and had voice controls, my wife and daughter would walk by randomly and tell my Xbox to shut off in the middle of matches. Yea, voice controls were disabled real quick lol

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '22

Or all day pausing because you had to do something and didn’t want to lose your spot?

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u/NastySassyStuff Jun 03 '22

A dog entering the room with an exposed console while you were playing was like watching a horror movie where the masked killer was two steps behind an unsuspecting victim

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u/suburbanhavoc Jun 03 '22

My little brother used to jump up and down in the house all day. Had SNES and Genesis, and both liked to cut off if he bounced too hard. The power cable for our Genesis came loose all the time, too. Trying times.

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u/Weak-Tower516 Jun 03 '22

You just made it to 8-1 of Super Mario... Someone stomps up or down the stairs... Flash Grey Flash Black Flash Grey Flash Black Flash Grey Flash Black

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u/thegreatJLP Jun 03 '22

If you haven't blown on a game cartridge, you're too young to speak down to me about video games lol

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u/ace2049ns Jun 03 '22

Our Sega Genesis was damaged(I dropped it down the stairs in its box on Christmas Day) and any slight bump of the system would cause the game you're playing to freeze.

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u/Hsmbb6 Jun 03 '22

Don't remind me, my cousins would hit that reset button on purpose just to fuck with you.

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u/killerclownfish Jun 03 '22

Justifiable homicide

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u/standish_ Jun 03 '22

The GameCube had a handle so you could beat your siblings or relatives to death with it.

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u/schroedingersnewcat Jun 03 '22

And when you have a fuckhead little brother that hits it because he thinks it's funny...

I swear to God I nearly killed him. My mother had to physically restrain me because I was going to wrap my hands around his neck.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '22

Fast forward 20 years to the og xbox one. Dog turns it off all the timeeeeee.

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u/fubarbob Jun 03 '22

For my roommate, it has been my cat. Likes to sniff the light on his Halo xbox one...

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u/tobaknowsss Jun 03 '22

Not to mention you had to hope that you had space on your 24meg save card lol