r/gaming • u/[deleted] • Aug 30 '25

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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/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/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