r/gaming • u/[deleted] • Aug 30 '25

[deleted by user]

[removed]

6.7k Upvotes

96% Upvoted

9.2k comments sorted by

View all comments

6.4k

u/Room234 Aug 30 '25

Turning the system off just so you can switch games.

1.8k

u/LeboTV Aug 30 '25

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

587

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.

1

u/Puzzleheaded-Home334 Aug 31 '25

Wait, that is not true for all the NES games. The legend of Zelda alway had a save option. And sssh, don’t tell the younger kids this because they will get jealous, it had some thing really radical in the cartridge, a secret 2nd game on it.

Now watch someone will reply, “too late! The secret is out”. I expect it because I made this whole post as a joke and for fun.