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 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 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 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.