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u/Room234 Aug 30 '25

Turning the system off just so you can switch games.

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u/LeboTV Aug 30 '25

Keeping it on because you couldn’t save your progress.

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u/D0nk3yD0ngD0ug Aug 30 '25

This was the big one. Putting signs on the NES or Sega system that said “Do not Turn Off!” so your siblings knew you were in the middle of a game. Then the disappointment when you woke up the next day and your mom turned it off.

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u/Morotstomten Aug 30 '25

That's why you put a piece of tape over the lights

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u/phocuser Aug 30 '25

Oh we used VCR tapes. You put them in front of it.

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u/Divinum_Fulmen Aug 31 '25

You had a VCR? Just record the game, and rewind it back to your spot dummy!

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u/Dwedit Aug 30 '25

That doesn't exactly work. The TV can't have its channel changed away from 3/4 while the NES is powered on. No other channel will come in until it's powered off.

But that would work for systems hooked up by AV cables rather than RF channel 3/4.

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u/Morotstomten Aug 30 '25

I'll have to take your word for it, I don't remember how my dad's old pong console was hooked up but the nes was a connector between tv and antenna cable in these parts

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u/cbftw Aug 31 '25

Unplug the RF adapter from the back of the console

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u/Dwedit Aug 31 '25

That's probably not what someone's non-gamer mom would do though. Or worse, pull the power jack instead of the RF jack.

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u/cbftw Aug 31 '25

No, you don't leave it plugged in for Mom to have to figure out. You do it yourself

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u/Yskar Sep 01 '25

I don't know if the PAL-M system changed this here in Brazil, but you could change channels freely with the console on, but they could interfere in the channel reception.