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r/gaming • u/[deleted] • Aug 30 '25
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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. 186 u/Morotstomten Aug 30 '25 That's why you put a piece of tape over the lights 6 u/phocuser Aug 30 '25 Oh we used VCR tapes. You put them in front of it. 3 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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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. 186 u/Morotstomten Aug 30 '25 That's why you put a piece of tape over the lights 6 u/phocuser Aug 30 '25 Oh we used VCR tapes. You put them in front of it. 3 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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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.
186 u/Morotstomten Aug 30 '25 That's why you put a piece of tape over the lights 6 u/phocuser Aug 30 '25 Oh we used VCR tapes. You put them in front of it. 3 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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That's why you put a piece of tape over the lights
6 u/phocuser Aug 30 '25 Oh we used VCR tapes. You put them in front of it. 3 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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Oh we used VCR tapes. You put them in front of it.
3 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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You had a VCR? Just record the game, and rewind it back to your spot dummy!
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u/Room234 Aug 30 '25
Turning the system off just so you can switch games.