RetroGaming

You just steal those from your mom.

They were less than a dollar a pack back then.

You could do what now?

I watched a video recently about tool assisted Speedruns which actually educated me on why this worked. An issue with the sound card and the way user input was handled allowed certain button combinations to cause Random Code Execution. It's actually possible to beat one of the Mario games (can't remember the name right this second) on the first frame using this method, but it requires a ridiculous amount of inputs

Wait, what? Which button?

Edit: apparently hitting start + a on the menu screen after you lost your last life.

Whelp I was today years old when I found out about this...

Careful, you're gonna get sued!

Those old NES games broke my fear of failure, so roguelikes, soulslikes, and similar games where you have a real chance of losing are my jam.

This also applies to games with permanent roster losses like XCOM or Darkest Dungeon. I can't get enough.

I was one and went the complete opposite direction. I don't like most rogue-likes or games that are difficult just to be difficult. I don't get that "wow, I bashed my head against it 70 times and this feels rewarding!" feeling. I just get annoyance and a feeling of wasted time.

Battletoads was the badge of honor

Awoohoo

Wouldn't this depend on your source? If you're raiding the parents' packs and they have filters so do you. Lots of wannabe badass underage friends smoking their mom's Virginia Slims in my time

and a swig of Maddog 20/20 was also in order. Or some Night Train Express if one of your buds was already in their 30s.

There are no health benefits to the filters, they only keep you from getting tobacco in your mouth.

laughs in Contra

I still maintain that the first Goomba in 1-1 probably has the highest kill count of any single creature in the universe.

I'm going to pretend you only used that for the pause feature and taking screenshots. Otherwise, we're going to have a problem.

-- Video Game Police

Well, there's your problem. You've plugged a Romantic Robot into the place where your Kempston joystick should be. Never going to win at Daley Thompson's without perfecting your waggle. Also, the Speccy will probably crash from hammering the keyboard if you try.

Midnight Resistance is one of those weird games where the first level is the hardest; it's not too bad to finish it if you do the first bit. Fair play on Robocop, though - that's a hard game.