kevin_trinh
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Listening to Dragon Quest XI OST when playing it, crying when realize I would never have that money back.
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Worst gaming memories
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SweetShark
Member
Every single time I want to download a game on Steam which is over 30GB.
Happosai
Hold onto your panties
I loved (still love) playing Yoshi's Island on the SNES. I was borrowing the cart from my spoiled cousins back in the 90's and had a fear of the dark as a kid. The SNES would sit on the floor in my room at the foot of my bed. One night, my Mom thought it would be funny to hold my door shut and turn my lights off (leaving me in pitch-black after I was already in bed). I remember leaping through the air like a gazelle toward my light switch. During that leap, I tripped over something and heard a cracking sound. Lights go on -- I tripped over the SNES and literally sawed the cart for Yoshi's Island in half. Half of the game was on the floor and the torso of the cart was stuck in the game slot. My cousins never let me borrow again after that and I had to give them Mystical Ninja as a "fair replacement."
joseph7jk
Member
Wait a second, on PC you can change the midi for the orchestral version, there´s some patch
VAVA Mk2
Member
I got Bible Adventures from my Mom's uber-Christian friend. You don't know what bad is.
SinDelta
Member
1 - Reading the news that EA had brought Bioware. This is the worst one, because I and many others knew what was going to happen after Mass Effect 2.
Enter Mass Effect 3, Dragon Age Inquisition, Mass Effect Andromeda, and Anthem.
2 -Mass Effect 3 - Seeing Shepherd throw herself into the crucible and realizing at that moment the entire series had been pointless.
3 -Skyward Sword - Outside of memes that shall not be spoken of, I never thought a Zelda game could be this bad. I was wrong. It combined all of the worst mechanics of the 3D Zelda games (multiple stealthed timed missions with the Silent Realms) added new ones (stamina, breakable gear) with few if any of their positives.
The story, while it had its interesting moments was not nearly good enough to make up for this.
Enter Mass Effect 3, Dragon Age Inquisition, Mass Effect Andromeda, and Anthem.
2 -Mass Effect 3 - Seeing Shepherd throw herself into the crucible and realizing at that moment the entire series had been pointless.
3 -Skyward Sword - Outside of memes that shall not be spoken of, I never thought a Zelda game could be this bad. I was wrong. It combined all of the worst mechanics of the 3D Zelda games (multiple stealthed timed missions with the Silent Realms) added new ones (stamina, breakable gear) with few if any of their positives.
The story, while it had its interesting moments was not nearly good enough to make up for this.
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Cynical_Aries
Gold Member
PS3 died, Preordering BF4 was also shit
German Hops
GAF's Nicest Lunch Thief
I accidentally deleted a save file for FF7.
I HAD PUT 27 HOURS IN !!
I HAD PUT 27 HOURS IN !!
Back to the Future was my first NES game other than the pack-in Super Mario Bros. + Duck Hunt and I received both during Christmas of 1988 or 89. Some time before Christmas, I had read a review of Back to the Future and told my mom that I didn’t want the game anymore. Alas, she had already purchased it and it was too late (not sure why we couldn’t return it but we couldn’t). The game was terrible and I never liked it. That isn’t my horrible memory though.
For some idiotic reason, a couple of years later I was at ShopKo with my mom and I happened upon Back to the Future 2 & 3 for NES (yes, it was one game). Now, apparently I hadn’t learned my lesson, or maybe I just loved Back to the Future that much, but I begged my mom to buy it for me, which she did. However, that again, in and of itself, is not my horrible memory.
When we got home from shopping, I went upstairs to try out the game. Some time later I heard a commotion downstairs. My father was taking to my mother, and then my mother started crying loudly. I found out that my mother’s favorite nephew had committed suicide and my father had told her the news.
This scenario has been forever burned into my memory. I’m not sure if I’d rather it had been a better game, but I have always felt guilty for begging my mom for a videogame on such a horrible day in her life.
For some idiotic reason, a couple of years later I was at ShopKo with my mom and I happened upon Back to the Future 2 & 3 for NES (yes, it was one game). Now, apparently I hadn’t learned my lesson, or maybe I just loved Back to the Future that much, but I begged my mom to buy it for me, which she did. However, that again, in and of itself, is not my horrible memory.
When we got home from shopping, I went upstairs to try out the game. Some time later I heard a commotion downstairs. My father was taking to my mother, and then my mother started crying loudly. I found out that my mother’s favorite nephew had committed suicide and my father had told her the news.
This scenario has been forever burned into my memory. I’m not sure if I’d rather it had been a better game, but I have always felt guilty for begging my mom for a videogame on such a horrible day in her life.
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fran.fernandez
Member
Mhmmm.
Maybe playing sega master with some friends at home. My dad came home tired from work and when he saw us playing he got mad and scream everybody out.
Other will be at friend home playing 3do, their parents fight, so I can hear some plates, glasses, furniture flying around.... that’s was bad for me but for my friend was worse.
Now bad memories because of the game? Nah, always thought is a privilege to play.
Maybe playing sega master with some friends at home. My dad came home tired from work and when he saw us playing he got mad and scream everybody out.
Other will be at friend home playing 3do, their parents fight, so I can hear some plates, glasses, furniture flying around.... that’s was bad for me but for my friend was worse.
Now bad memories because of the game? Nah, always thought is a privilege to play.
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Kerotan Frog
Member
7 Defective Xbox 360s with varying causes from 2005 to 2009. I've had RROD, frozen systems, power brick failure, and every other variation of dead. The last straw was when I went to play it and my entire hard drive was corrupted. I lost all of my save files..
I swore off the brand for 7 years until I got a One S in 2016.
My hatred for Xbox was real. But now I enjoy the system and play my One S daily.
Also, my launch 60 GB recently died and I realized I never moved my save data to PS Cloud.. So I may have lost all of that save data too.
Man, that gen had some pretty crappy hardware. Easily the worst gen hardware wise. I still have a launch PS1 and PS2 that work.
I swore off the brand for 7 years until I got a One S in 2016.
My hatred for Xbox was real. But now I enjoy the system and play my One S daily.
Also, my launch 60 GB recently died and I realized I never moved my save data to PS Cloud.. So I may have lost all of that save data too.
Man, that gen had some pretty crappy hardware. Easily the worst gen hardware wise. I still have a launch PS1 and PS2 that work.
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turtlepowa
Banned
- Entering Level 3 of Battle Toads as a kid
- Failing at the Fector's Challenge from Stardew Valley when the Boss had like 5% hp
- Baron Geddon not dropping the Bindings of the Windseeker for dozens and dozens of ids
- Some gamebreaking bugs in at least 5 games over the years
- Failing at the Fector's Challenge from Stardew Valley when the Boss had like 5% hp
- Baron Geddon not dropping the Bindings of the Windseeker for dozens and dozens of ids
- Some gamebreaking bugs in at least 5 games over the years
Falcs
Banned
When I was a kid I used to spend so many hours making movies in Nickelodeon 3D movie maker on PC. I had learnt how to control everything in the game so well and I had come up with some really good movies, that were so detailed. I animated so many scenes frame by frame and even ripped voice samples from clips of the cartoons and put them in my movies.
One day I accidentally formatted the hard drive where I had all those saved. Literally deleted part of my childhood.
One day I accidentally formatted the hard drive where I had all those saved. Literally deleted part of my childhood.
alabtrosMyster
Banned
The escort quest in Zelda twillight princess... I have not bought or played any Zelda game ever since.
I hate escort missions, if you have them in your game they better be so easy that you can do them eyes closed.
I hate escort missions, if you have them in your game they better be so easy that you can do them eyes closed.
Silvawuff
Member
Two stick out for me...I bought Vectorman 2 at full price because I loved the first, got it home, and had a "wtf is this" moment. It sucked and I spent so much money on it. Buying new games as a kid was a serious investment.
I was playing Crash Bandicoot when I received news that my Father had died.
I was playing Crash Bandicoot when I received news that my Father had died.