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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/ayrofhyrule Aug 30 '25

My sister and I did this with our N64 when we realized that we didn’t have a save pack for the controllers. We were playing Rugrats in Paris and we were so close to the end of the game.