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 Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 3:53 pm
There are plenty of stories of how you got certain consoles, or which one was your first. Many fond memories of use and playing in the fields without a care in the---wait, I kept my consoles firmly indoors. Scratch that!
Getting to the point: lets speak of the bad times; the horror stories. The times when the 'ol console couldn't take it anymore or, perhaps, when the console became a victim in a tragic turn of events.
Of course, the stories don't have to completely revolve around death! If your console went through something horrible, but came out alive then, please, do tell!
I'll kick us off:
- A Tale of Two NESs: My friend and his sister each got an NES on some christmas. By the time I met this friend, the SNES was already out and kicking. In the early days I borrowed systems from friends when they had something else to play, so I borrowed his NES often. I don't think he paid attention to which one he gave me; by then his sister didn't care about the poor thing. At one point he took one of them apart to see how it worked...yeah, you can see where this goes. It's pretty simple, but not the ending you'd think - He eventually gave me one of the NESs, and down the line I found out it was the one he had taken apart. Funny thing is, it still works to this day! The other, completely untouched NES? DEAD.
- Gameboy at Death's Door: But Death sent him back to earth! As I had said, I borrowed systems often. One of them that I borrowed very often was another friend's gameboy (the original one). He had two games: Kirby's Dreamland, and Mario Land. I aced them both just from having played them so many times. Well, one of my playthroughs of Mario Land found me playing through it two times in a row, without shutting it off. I found out two things:
1.) That you get a stage select option, but by that time the two playthroughs kinda made you sick of the game, and
2.) a gameboy can only take so much.
I don't know how long I had the thing on, but while in the middle of playing, I felt the back buldge out and at the same time it made a loud "BANG!" Scared the crap outa me, and I thought I had ruined my friend's gameboy---but no! I opened the battery cover and found two blown batteries oozing bad stuff; I dug them out with a popcicle stick. Next, I cleaned that sucker out big time. Afterword: Miracle! The thing still worked! Dunno how it's doing to this day, but it worked for as long as I can remember afterward.
- The Zombie PS2s: Same deal as before - I borrowed game systems for a long time. By this time I had the NES, bought an SNES off a friend and a Playstation off another friend. This was around the time when people's first-production PS2s were dying, though. My friend Tim's PS2 was causing him major problems, so he handed it off to me for free and bought one of the slim ones that were new at the time. Somehow, that thing was my main PS2 for a good while! Don't know why it lasted so long. Eventually it gave me problems...but by that time, my friend Simon had had enough of his first-run PS2 and handed that to me as well! So for a little while there I was working between two zombie PS2s that couldn't decide if they worked or not. Once one had problems, I switched to the other. Of course...this had to end at one point. Eventually, neither of them responded, and after a violent discourse (I smacked the poor thing) I broke down and my wife and I (then girlfriend) split a new slim PS2. Rest in peices you zombie bastards.
Okay, I think that's enough to start. I could talk about my Atari 400...but that one just died of old age, really. Plugged it in a few years ago and it just made one long noise that sounded like a phone being cut off. So, does anyone have anything a little more interesting? Any harrowing tales of a console lost to amazing circumstances? Find a place around the campfire and tell away!
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Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 4:25 pm
My brother and i shared a Nintendo64....all went well until one day when mom spilled coke a cola on it. DUNDUNDUN. It messed up the reset button so that is stuck and all would go well until the final boss and then BAM, reset game.
Pudder had a ps2 in six pieces held together by duct tape that sorta worked...until i stepped on it...
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Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 4:44 pm
fayorii My brother and i shared a Nintendo64....all went well until one day when mom spilled coke a cola on it. DUNDUNDUN. It messed up the reset button so that is stuck and all would go well until the final boss and then BAM, reset game. The pop-on-the-console thing always scared me, but I never ended up with the problem; even with all the late night hang-outs where tons of pizza, candy and pop were involved. I'm surprised it was effected to badly! Quote: Pudder had a ps2 in six pieces held together by duct tape that sorta worked...until i stepped on it... lol, Okay, I take the name of my story back. THIS is the Zombie PS2 story. WOW. I would have liked to see that console.
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Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 7:13 pm
-Smoking is bad, mmkay?
This is actually a friend's story, but I happened to be there for it. My friend James had kept his old Super Nintendo at his family's place. After so many years of his dad smoking, it got discolored and looked a bit brittle. So we went to go pick it up and the thing fell apart and almost disintegrated on the spot. Poor thing. He looked at me and asked "do you think this thing is still under warranty?" I shrug my shoulders and said "if only we had the time delorian."
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Metus Aquinas Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 7:14 pm
...? I was really careful with the consoles that fell into my possession, so I don't have any death stories to actually tell, lol.
The closest my consoles ever came close to danger was when someone in the house would accidentally trip over a cord and fall on their face. Console stayed perfectly intact, although whatever I was playing at the time was wiped from the face of the earth.
If you consider a PC to be a console, I guess it could be a death story. Hard drive died on me. Got a new one. Not even a week passes and I find out that the motherboard died. I dismantled the PC to salvage parts to add to my new desktop. I still have all the pieces that I didn't use in a box. Put all the little screws into a little plastic pint cup and tied up all the wires together. Dunno if I can actually put it back together now that everything is mixed in with everything else, lol. I didn't want to throw it away because it was the first PC I ever had. It gave me thousands of fond memories of playing awesome games like Starcraft, Diablo, Red Alert 2, NFS: Hot Pursuit 2, etc.
Other than that all of my older consoles can still be operated with decent efficiency. I still remember my parents bragging to one of my older cousins about my collection when he mentioned that every console he ever owned in his life was destroyed one way or another.
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Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 7:16 pm
The Frankachu -Smoking is bad, mmkay? This is actually a friend's story, but I happened to be there for it. My friend James had kept his old Super Nintendo at his family's place. After so many years of his dad smoking, it got discolored and looked a bit brittle. So we went to go pick it up and the thing fell apart and almost disintegrated on the spot. Poor thing. He looked at me and asked "do you think this thing is still under warranty?" I shrug my shoulders and said "if only we had the time delorian."
Holy. s**t. That would've been awesome to watch but would suck if that console was mine, lol. Must be one of those super long chemistry compound reactions that took place between the cigarettes and the console. 3nodding
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Metus Aquinas Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 7:32 pm
Metus Aquinas The Frankachu -Smoking is bad, mmkay? This is actually a friend's story, but I happened to be there for it. My friend James had kept his old Super Nintendo at his family's place. After so many years of his dad smoking, it got discolored and looked a bit brittle. So we went to go pick it up and the thing fell apart and almost disintegrated on the spot. Poor thing. He looked at me and asked "do you think this thing is still under warranty?" I shrug my shoulders and said "if only we had the time delorian." To my observation and what James told me, the thing was exposed day one since they got it, and his dad was smoking long into their childhood. So...I'm thinking...about 8 to 10 years?
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Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 8:05 pm
I tend to take very good care of my consoles and most of the "dinosaur" consoles that I've kept still work pretty well.
But I remember when the original chunky Game Boy started coming out in colors. I got the red one and I was so excited to play with it on Christmas morning. So, I opened it and had been playing it for probably no more than an hour when my chronic clumsiness reared its ugly head. I fell (walking while playing the Game Boy, because I apparently thought it was a good idea) and the Game Boy literally flew out of my hands.
Sadly, my Game Boy only lived for about an hour on Christmas Day...
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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 8:37 am
My first XBOX 360 that I won off of Mountain Dew/Pepsi win one every 10 minutes. Died while playing Dead Or Alive Xtreme 2.It started with a fuzzy screen,digitized characters,and finally the Ring Of Death.
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Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 4:14 pm
To be honest... and surprisingly enough... I have never had a system die on me. o_o Ever. I have never even had a considerable problem with one except the original NES, and that was only because it was like... fifteen years old. Even then it still worked 70% of the time.
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Tc Frorleivus Almus Ph Vice Captain
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Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 6:52 am
This is a bit of a long story, so.
When I used to live at home, I had to live in the same room as my uncle (who doesn't keep a very clean room, ugh) and I had all my game-related items together in one corner of the room. A short table (like a coffee table) which had the television, my Wii and my PS3 on it. Keep in mind that I have the old model of the PS3, which weighs like a hundred pounds.
Beside the table was my PS2, and the stack of games I had. They ranged from PSX to PS2 to PS3 to Gamecube to Wii, and a lot of the PSX games I didn't have the old cases for, so they were in jewel cases. Not to mention most of the PSX games already came in jewel cases anyway, but they were sturdier than what I had them in.
So! My mom's boyfriend-thing came in to yell at my uncle about closing the screen door at the front door to keep the sunlight from getting in. I'd like to point out that that old screen door had ancient screening on only the bottom of the door, and the faux-glass (which was actually plastic) was not tinted in the slightest. The only thing that was going to keep the sunlight out on that stupid door would be the frame. Anyway, he worked himself into such a rage over this ridiculousness that he shoved my television sideways out of anger and, yes, pushed my hundred pound PS3 off the table and onto everything next to it. Nothing stood a chance underneath that big bulky machine. It broke just about everything. My PS2 ceased to function, nearly all of my PSX games broke in those fragile little jewel cases, most of the cases with my PS2 games broke, Devil May Cry and DMC 2 broke, Final Fantasy X broke, a few of my PS3 games either cracked or the cases cracked, all my Gamecube games were in a single mini-CD-looking case thing, so naturally they all got it and most of them broke (my Smash Bros. disc broke into three pieces. I liked that game a lot, too), my Wii starts to make loud whirring noises when I turn it on and for a while, my PS3 wouldn't eject the disc, but it works fine now.
Blah. I lost a lot of things that day. I went out into the kitchen to make something in order to get my mind off it and, while trying to get a plate out of the sink full of dishes, knocked a few around and made quite a bit of noise. He happened to be walking by at that moment and had the audacity to ask me if I had a problem.
I was beyond angry at that point.
I didn't care about the fact that most of my games were broken. I mean, yes I did, but it wasn't that big of a deal to me. They could eventually be replaced. It was the fact that he came in to yell at my uncle over something stupid and destroyed so much of my stuff over it. I remember I just looked at him, but in my head, I was thinking "I have a pot of boiling water. Come over here and ask me that again."
Prison would have been the least of my worries.
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Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 9:18 am
Shizuka Mizu So! My mom's boyfriend-thing came in to yell at my uncle about closing the screen door at the front door to keep the sunlight from getting in. I'd like to point out that that old screen door had ancient screening on only the bottom of the door, and the faux-glass (which was actually plastic) was not tinted in the slightest. The only thing that was going to keep the sunlight out on that stupid door would be the frame. Anyway, he worked himself into such a rage over this ridiculousness that he shoved my television sideways out of anger and, yes, pushed my hundred pound PS3 off the table and onto everything next to it. Nothing stood a chance underneath that big bulky machine. It broke just about everything. My PS2 ceased to function, nearly all of my PSX games broke in those fragile little jewel cases, most of the cases with my PS2 games broke, Devil May Cry and DMC 2 broke, Final Fantasy X broke, a few of my PS3 games either cracked or the cases cracked, all my Gamecube games were in a single mini-CD-looking case thing, so naturally they all got it and most of them broke (my Smash Bros. disc broke into three pieces. I liked that game a lot, too), my Wii starts to make loud whirring noises when I turn it on and for a while, my PS3 wouldn't eject the disc, but it works fine now.
Blah. I lost a lot of things that day. I went out into the kitchen to make something in order to get my mind off it and, while trying to get a plate out of the sink full of dishes, knocked a few around and made quite a bit of noise. He happened to be walking by at that moment and had the audacity to ask me if I had a problem.
I was beyond angry at that point.
I didn't care about the fact that most of my games were broken. I mean, yes I did, but it wasn't that big of a deal to me. They could eventually be replaced. It was the fact that he came in to yell at my uncle over something stupid and destroyed so much of my stuff over it. I remember I just looked at him, but in my head, I was thinking "I have a pot of boiling water. Come over here and ask me that again."
Prison would have been the least of my worries. Good lord! Come on, I'll get some baseball bats and we're going to beat the ever-lovin' s**t outa that guy. That's just insane. I mean, 1.) getting all mad over the door thing is some childish bullshit, and 2.) like you said, just shoving whatever is next to you without a thought...ERG. I dunno what kinda situation you were in, but I woulda been at the guy's throat. Though hell, if he gets that mad over little stuff, who knows what he mighta been capable of. Perhaps that would have put you in more danger. The fact of the matter is all that stuff was expensive, and since you had a bunch of PS1 games, even more so (many popular PS1 games are ridiculous to buy second-hand now). Seems to me that you shoulda been able to take him to some sorta small claims court, 'cause that's just NUTS. That guy owes you a ton of money.
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Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 12:36 pm
My childhood memory: From as long as I can remember my mom had a Nintendo 64, As soon as me and my siblings got old enough to play..we roughed the poor thing up. It suffered many deaths, but we always managed to fix it by calling the nintendo consol services..? I was four, it had to do something with the card inside of it. As we grew older our nintendo64 was out of date, smashed by the Game Cube(Which we also had) Soon there were different cords to hook up the consols to a TV. Thankfully, our AV cord for the Gamecube fit the one for the Nintendo64. I still play my nintendo64 after years and years of wear and tear.
The Rip Off:: As i'm sure some of you know the Gamecube was meant to have problems so you could call up the nintendo company to buy a new one. My family has been ripped off by three gamecubes. Count it, Three. The first one lasted a couple of months. The second one, about a year.. my third gamecube has lasted me about three years or so..? Ironic. Well, I still have it and I know what the problem is..it's the power box that has failed me this time. I miss playing my Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess and my Need For Speed Most Wanted..
Funny how my eldest consol works better than any of my consols that I have now.
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Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 1:28 pm
WHOOOOPERS My childhood memory: From as long as I can remember my mom had a Nintendo 64, As soon as me and my siblings got old enough to play..we roughed the poor thing up. It suffered many deaths, but we always managed to fix it by calling the nintendo consol services..? I was four, it had to do something with the card inside of it. As we grew older our nintendo64 was out of date, smashed by the Game Cube(Which we also had) Soon there were different cords to hook up the consols to a TV. Thankfully, our AV cord for the Gamecube fit the one for the Nintendo64. I still play my nintendo64 after years and years of wear and tear. The Rip Off:: As i'm sure some of you know the Gamecube was meant to have problems so you could call up the nintendo company to buy a new one. My family has been ripped off by three gamecubes. Count it, Three. The first one lasted a couple of months. The second one, about a year.. my third gamecube has lasted me about three years or so..? Ironic. Well, I still have it and I know what the problem is..it's the power box that has failed me this time. I miss playing my Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess and my Need For Speed Most Wanted.. Funny how my eldest consol works better than any of my consols that I have now. I hear you there! I still play my SNES and I can amazingly get my NES to work quite often, but my Xbox 360 is screwing up by...well, just sitting there. I barely play the thing, but when I want to, it mysteriously doesn't load games. Sorry to hear about the Gamecube, though. I've had the same one since a little after they were released (whenever the silver one came out) and it hasn't had a single hiccup. 'Course I haven't used it since we got the Wii (well, not for Gamecube games anyway. Still have the Gameboy Player on it, and I've used that). Anyway, it sucks when something so expensive craps out so often.
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Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 1:46 pm
Alexx #2 WHOOOOPERS My childhood memory: From as long as I can remember my mom had a Nintendo 64, As soon as me and my siblings got old enough to play..we roughed the poor thing up. It suffered many deaths, but we always managed to fix it by calling the nintendo consol services..? I was four, it had to do something with the card inside of it. As we grew older our nintendo64 was out of date, smashed by the Game Cube(Which we also had) Soon there were different cords to hook up the consols to a TV. Thankfully, our AV cord for the Gamecube fit the one for the Nintendo64. I still play my nintendo64 after years and years of wear and tear. The Rip Off:: As i'm sure some of you know the Gamecube was meant to have problems so you could call up the nintendo company to buy a new one. My family has been ripped off by three gamecubes. Count it, Three. The first one lasted a couple of months. The second one, about a year.. my third gamecube has lasted me about three years or so..? Ironic. Well, I still have it and I know what the problem is..it's the power box that has failed me this time. I miss playing my Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess and my Need For Speed Most Wanted.. Funny how my eldest consol works better than any of my consols that I have now. I hear you there! I still play my SNES and I can amazingly get my NES to work quite often, but my Xbox 360 is screwing up by...well, just sitting there. I barely play the thing, but when I want to, it mysteriously doesn't load games. Sorry to hear about the Gamecube, though. I've had the same one since a little after they were released (whenever the silver one came out) and it hasn't had a single hiccup. 'Course I haven't used it since we got the Wii (well, not for Gamecube games anyway. Still have the Gameboy Player on it, and I've used that). Anyway, it sucks when something so expensive craps out so often. Like the ring of death for the first xbox 360's ? Chyeah, had a nice halo 3 version. It was a goner from the beginning. Then we bought two new ones..Also crapped up, one of them doesn't like to load the games..but now we have a Kinect, which works like a dream. (: As for my gamecube(s).. I miss my StarFox games. Uhgg, Such a waste of a classic..
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