Contest (CAG Foreplay #44): Win an NES with 10 Games

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You might be an old school if you kept your games in a rubbermade container with your Name written on the back. No sleeves/cases of course.
 
You might be an old school gamer when you make you own maps for dungeons so you can find your way around in your next play through in the Legend of Zelda
 
You might be an old school gamer if you still to this day can play through Super Mario Bros. with your eyes closed.
 
You might be an old school gamer if you never had to apply a patch to your newly purchased game in order to get it run properly!
 
You might be an old school gamer if your first level design was done in Lode Runner on the Apple ][
 
You might be an old school gamer if you play a NES without telling everyone that you're hardcore because of it.
 
You might be an Old-school gamer if you wish the 360 controller triggers were as loud a the Zapper trigger.
 
You might be an old school gamer....
If your first impulse is to try blowing on your electronics and games (wii, dvd player, xbox360, PS3 and games) in an attempt to fix any defects or problems.
 
You might be an old school gamer if you remember lying down and pounding your fists as fast as you can for track and field.

Ahhh the memories.
 
You might be an old school gamer if you've had the music from megaman 2 stuck in your head since the 2nd grade (I'm 25 now ;)).

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You might be an old school gamer if cloud was just a thing in the sky.
 
... you continue to break your controllers because you think you can just "fix" them by opening them up and swapping out parts between broken controllers.
 
You might be an old school gamer if your console doesn't need the red, yellow, white connection.
 
You might an old school gamer if you still find yourself humming the Super Mario Bros. dungeon theme song often and randomly.
 
You might be an old school gamer if you still own and play any of the games Shipwreck and Wombat referenced in this week's Foreplay.
 
[quote name='nyman']You might be an old school gamer if you complain that the new Ninja Gaiden is too easy.[/quote]


SOOO TRUE!!!!!!!!!!
 
You might be an old school gamer when you resort to q-tips and rubbing alcohol to fix your games when blowing on them doesn't work.
 
If you've ever replaced the save game battery in a cartridge, you might be an old school gamer.
 
You might be an old school gamer if you still find it necessary to read the newspaper Sunday ads, the Sunday they come out, to find deals for your cheap ass!
 
You might be an old school gamer if you've called the Nintendo tip line to get help with Battletoads (at $1.35 a minute), only for them to tell you to use a game genie.
 
You might be an old school gamer if you repeatadly pause and unpause a racing game in hopes of keeping your time from running out. (Rad Racer.)

Got a 2nd one too:

You might be an old school gamer if you remember first-party controllers that came with Turbo functions. (Advantage and Maxx ftw!!!)

[quote name='punkmaggit']You might be an old school gamer if you've ever had to dip a player's guide in water just to get on with the game.[/quote]

747 ftw!!!! I actually beat that game in '91. Filled the bathroom sink to dip that think in and thought it was the coolest. Didnt take much to impress me back then, I was 11.
 
You might be an old school gamer if "up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A" has special significance to you.
 
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