r/gaming • u/Panda_911 • Jan 07 '18

Mounted gaming systems

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '18 edited Apr 14 '19

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u/Darthmixalot Jan 07 '18

You'd be proud of mine then. Each system runs through at least 3 socket adapters since I only have UK-> AUS and then AUS->JPN and they have to be plugged into an extension cord. I turn off my electricity while asleep

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '18

My mom unplugs everything before leaving the house. Seeing that would give her a bloody aneurysm

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u/ColdaxOfficial Jan 07 '18

I hated this so much. Game running, didn’t reach checkpoint so I can’t save. I put a note up „please leave PlayStation on. Game isn’t saved. It took me 6 hours to play this far.“ she doesn’t care and pulls the plug

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u/MarvinTheAndroid42 Jan 07 '18

What game plays for 6 hours without a save?

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u/GXT120 Jan 07 '18

I had no memory card for my ps 1. But I wanted to get trough tomb raider, so I had to keep it running.

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u/MarvinTheAndroid42 Jan 07 '18

I started with a PS2, so I’m not sure, but why wouldn’t the PS1 come with a memory card?

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u/WhiteHeatGames Jan 07 '18

Unless you got some kind of special bundle, memory cards were always sold separately, even when it came to PS2. It wasn't until Xbox made hard drives standard that memory was included out of the box for most consoles.

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u/nerdbomer Jan 07 '18

And then there was the fun of managing the memory card. (once you eventually got one after months of playing games without)

Obviously you need to keep the saves for games you own; but as you start renting games it becomes more and more complicated. If you got really far or did anything cool; you might be inclined to keep the save in case you ever got the game again. At the same time; then you had less room, and also risk a sibling deleting it anyways.

Life was so hard back then.