the paper mario game that was on the wii (forgot the name) i was really into it but on one level the game would ALWAYS freeze and make the most horrible sound... all my other games played perfectly so there was nothing wrong with the hardware
But, regarding games that screwed people over, I think the worst of all time was the glitch at the end of SMB3. I can't exactly recall how it worked but I recall that if you did something incorrectly at the final Bowser battle, somehow it would freeze the game right before completing the game... and then Nintendo tried to justify it by calling it something like "Bowser's Time Trap" or some garbage like that.
I mention this one because on my first full play through the freeze did, in fact, happen to me. SMB3 is one of my most favorite NES titles from my childhood. Still, I can't express how angry I was when that happened. Of course, being about 9 years old, I thought I did something wrong or that the NES was broken. Now I realize it was a big QA oversight and I've never forgotten it 25ish years later.
Everything I can find about "Bowser's Time Trap" seems to say it was a Game Genie thing, and happened when you used a specific code to stay as a particular Mario (Tanooki suit, etc.). Do you think you might be mixing up two different crashes?
But, regarding games that screwed people over, I think the worst of all time was the glitch at the end of SMB3. I can't exactly recall how it worked but I recall that if you did something incorrectly at the final Bowser battle, somehow it would freeze the game right before completing the game... and then Nintendo tried to justify it by calling it something like "Bowser's Time Trap" or some garbage like that.
I mention this one because on my first full play through the freeze did, in fact, happen to me. SMB3 is one of my most favorite NES titles from my childhood. Still, I can't express how angry I was when that happened. Of course, being about 9 years old, I thought I did something wrong or that the NES was broken. Now I realize it was a big QA oversight and I've never forgotten it 25ish years later.
Everything I can find about "Bowser's Time Trap" seems to say it was a Game Genie thing, and happened when you used a specific code to stay as a particular Mario (Tanooki suit, etc.). Do you think you might be mixing up two different crashes?
Interesting, I seemed to recall other people reporting this issue. I did have the Game Genie, but I didn't recall needing it to beat SMB3. Memories get fuzzy with time, though, so maybe that was the issue.
I also recall that it was called the "Bowser Time Trap" or something similar. Guess that's what player's named it, rather than Nintendo Power or anything pseudo-official.
Background: Purchased from a wal-mart for $20 - black label. Played it to a certain point 3/4s through disk 1 then the game would lock up at the exact same point - every time (after first fighting Emeralda). Went a year without playing it. Visited my local EB Games (remember them?) for a shitty disk doctor, the "churning" edition with the guarantee (from the salesman) that this would fix my game - even wrote it on the receipt that he would replace the disk if it didn't.
Needless to say, it made it worse.
Went on without playing it another year. Till finally, I gave in and knew what I had to do.
My mother gave me $40 for another new copy - now I have 1 working disk 1 and 2 working disk 2s.
Background: Purchased from a wal-mart for $20 - black label. Played it to a certain point 3/4s through disk 1 then the game would lock up at the exact same point - every time (after first fighting Emeralda). Went a year without playing it. Visited my local EB Games (remember them?) for a shitty disk doctor, the "churning" edition with the guarantee (from the salesman) that this would fix my game - even wrote it on the receipt that he would replace the disk if it didn't.
Needless to say, it made it worse.
Went on without playing it another year. Till finally, I gave in and knew what I had to do.
My mother gave me $40 for another new copy - now I have 1 working disk 1 and 2 working disk 2s.
Result: Xenogears, spectacular game.
Lol, I LOVE this conclusion. Not a trying to start a flame war (cause I know this is Nintendo Age, after all) but IMHO, Xenogears was/is the best game put out by Squaresoft. I've missed anything they've made since the PS2, though, so I know my opinion is scewed, but this game blows the other games like FF VII or ChronoTrigger out of the water, and those were amazing games too!
When Battlefield 4 came out, the multiplayer kept crashing, waiting for the "fixes", I decided to play the campaign . Never had this happen on my PS4 but I was near the end of Battlefield 4's campaign, I went back to play online . When I went back to play the campaign, all my progress was erased. Just adds to my theory Dice doesn"t care enough about single player to work the bugs out and even the star of the game (the multiplayer) wasn't stable enough to work. I remember the good ole days when you bought a game and it worked. It feels like I shell out money to be a Q A tester these days. Don't even get me started on the DLC.
Tower of Doom for Intellivision (a roguelike with no save function) once trapped my character in a wall when I was in the middle of an otherwise-winning run on the hardest difficulty. That wasn't much fun, but I think my reaction was more amusement than rage. I eventually beat it on a different playthrough.
Makai Kingdom - Pram. I really, really wanted to recruit Pram, but you have to unlock the mission to fight her, which you do by killing 50 or 60 of your comrades. Well, if you do, you can't continue in the story until you beat her, and she's level 1000. I had to level grind for nearly 20 hours to be good enough to beat her, but it was worth it. Pram's awesome.
Disgaea: Hour of Darkness - Was 160 hours into a playthrough when the game froze while saving right after I got out of the item world. It corrupted my save and I lost everything. Still love the game, though, and put 340 hours into another save file. I think a couple of my characters ended up being able to do 10,000,000 damage each. It's still my favorite strategy RPG, although I think 4 or D2 is a bit better overall.
Albert Odyssey - loves to freeze at the beginning of fights, even on like new discs.
The Game Gear - the battery life isn't long enough to complete a good number of games on the console. If you plan on playing it, keep an AC adapter handy. This happened to me on the Game Boy and the GBC a few times, too, but not as often.
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But, regarding games that screwed people over, I think the worst of all time was the glitch at the end of SMB3. I can't exactly recall how it worked but I recall that if you did something incorrectly at the final Bowser battle, somehow it would freeze the game right before completing the game... and then Nintendo tried to justify it by calling it something like "Bowser's Time Trap" or some garbage like that.
I mention this one because on my first full play through the freeze did, in fact, happen to me. SMB3 is one of my most favorite NES titles from my childhood. Still, I can't express how angry I was when that happened. Of course, being about 9 years old, I thought I did something wrong or that the NES was broken. Now I realize it was a big QA oversight and I've never forgotten it 25ish years later.
Everything I can find about "Bowser's Time Trap" seems to say it was a Game Genie thing, and happened when you used a specific code to stay as a particular Mario (Tanooki suit, etc.). Do you think you might be mixing up two different crashes?
But, regarding games that screwed people over, I think the worst of all time was the glitch at the end of SMB3. I can't exactly recall how it worked but I recall that if you did something incorrectly at the final Bowser battle, somehow it would freeze the game right before completing the game... and then Nintendo tried to justify it by calling it something like "Bowser's Time Trap" or some garbage like that.
I mention this one because on my first full play through the freeze did, in fact, happen to me. SMB3 is one of my most favorite NES titles from my childhood. Still, I can't express how angry I was when that happened. Of course, being about 9 years old, I thought I did something wrong or that the NES was broken. Now I realize it was a big QA oversight and I've never forgotten it 25ish years later.
Everything I can find about "Bowser's Time Trap" seems to say it was a Game Genie thing, and happened when you used a specific code to stay as a particular Mario (Tanooki suit, etc.). Do you think you might be mixing up two different crashes?
Interesting, I seemed to recall other people reporting this issue. I did have the Game Genie, but I didn't recall needing it to beat SMB3. Memories get fuzzy with time, though, so maybe that was the issue.
I also recall that it was called the "Bowser Time Trap" or something similar. Guess that's what player's named it, rather than Nintendo Power or anything pseudo-official.
I tried several times and it froze in the same spot every time.
Twin Snakes had just come out on gamecube at the time so I picked up a copy of that rather than trying to get a new copy of the PS1 version.
I played through it and I shit you not the game froze in the exact same spot.
It worked the next time I tried it but I really felt like God was fucking with me that day.
Xenogears (ps1)
Background: Purchased from a wal-mart for $20 - black label. Played it to a certain point 3/4s through disk 1 then the game would lock up at the exact same point - every time (after first fighting Emeralda). Went a year without playing it. Visited my local EB Games (remember them?) for a shitty disk doctor, the "churning" edition with the guarantee (from the salesman) that this would fix my game - even wrote it on the receipt that he would replace the disk if it didn't.
Needless to say, it made it worse.
Went on without playing it another year. Till finally, I gave in and knew what I had to do.
My mother gave me $40 for another new copy - now I have 1 working disk 1 and 2 working disk 2s.
Result: Xenogears, spectacular game.
Only one game comes to mind.
Xenogears (ps1)
Background: Purchased from a wal-mart for $20 - black label. Played it to a certain point 3/4s through disk 1 then the game would lock up at the exact same point - every time (after first fighting Emeralda). Went a year without playing it. Visited my local EB Games (remember them?) for a shitty disk doctor, the "churning" edition with the guarantee (from the salesman) that this would fix my game - even wrote it on the receipt that he would replace the disk if it didn't.
Needless to say, it made it worse.
Went on without playing it another year. Till finally, I gave in and knew what I had to do.
My mother gave me $40 for another new copy - now I have 1 working disk 1 and 2 working disk 2s.
Result: Xenogears, spectacular game.
Lol, I LOVE this conclusion. Not a trying to start a flame war (cause I know this is Nintendo Age, after all) but IMHO, Xenogears was/is the best game put out by Squaresoft. I've missed anything they've made since the PS2, though, so I know my opinion is scewed, but this game blows the other games like FF VII or ChronoTrigger out of the water, and those were amazing games too!
Disgaea: Hour of Darkness - Was 160 hours into a playthrough when the game froze while saving right after I got out of the item world. It corrupted my save and I lost everything. Still love the game, though, and put 340 hours into another save file. I think a couple of my characters ended up being able to do 10,000,000 damage each. It's still my favorite strategy RPG, although I think 4 or D2 is a bit better overall.
Albert Odyssey - loves to freeze at the beginning of fights, even on like new discs.
The Game Gear - the battery life isn't long enough to complete a good number of games on the console. If you plan on playing it, keep an AC adapter handy. This happened to me on the Game Boy and the GBC a few times, too, but not as often.
Originally posted by: Brock Landers
Perfect Dark HD - achievement never popped for beating the game on Perfect Agent so I never got 200/200
Same thing happened with me. I have like a 98% achievement completion for all my games but fucking Ghostbusters multiplayer glitched me out of 2.