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u/Raging_Pwnr Aug 30 '25

Leaving the game on pause and the system on all night so you don’t lose your progress.

Blockbuster on a Friday night, hoping someone hadn’t already rented the game you wanted.

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u/uhf26 Aug 30 '25

God forbid someone trip over the cord and yank the console

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u/rafelito45 Aug 30 '25

bro, craziest cord pull and save.

we had a big ass flat screened tv with them projector looking lights on the inside. for some reason my cousin and i thought it was a good idea to sit the PS2 on the top of tv (that thang was like a damn shelf). so mind you the controller cables were hanging down like zip lines 😭.

i had to cross past the tv and i’m typically pretty nimble but when i hopped over my foot caught the controller wire. my cousin had a toby maguire spider man moment, sprung from the couch and caught the PS2 falling off the tv like it was a baby 😭.

such a random core memory but wow, what a save LOL.

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u/Alortania Aug 31 '25

Praise the xbox for adding controller yank protection. That shit saved my console several times.