Anyone else own a Power Pad as a kid but never used it...

rlhrlh
in Collector's Corner
...because your parents/grand-parents hated how you were always shaking the house, running in place?



Yeah, that happened to me basically every where I went.  I wasn't ever allowed to use the thing for more than 5-10 minutes at a time.  We had a lot of book cases and knick-nacks on shelves so there was always the fear that something would fall off.



It sucked too because I always loved the idea of the thing but what might be worse is that now that I'm an adult, I totally understand.  My wife has a lot of stuff hanging on the walls, and I'd be in the same camp as my parents if my kids had something like this.

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  • Mega TankMega Tank
    Shaking the house? Did you live in a bounce house?  



    I never owned the power pad, but the parents of my friends would never mind us running in place. Of course, some people would use their hands on the power pads to cheat. Tsk tsk.
  • DefaultGenDefaultGen
    Not the power pad, but when DDR got big I remember only playing it in basements. In college I got yelled at for playing on 3rd floor.
  • Loxx O)))Loxx O)))
    Now that DDR is mentioned... I did play that a lot with friends. I had a friend that I used to play with in his dorm. We were on the second floor. Don't think we ever considered what other people would think about it. Stupid college kids drinking and on drugs.
  • quest4nesquest4nes
    Shaking the house? You talking about a trailer or something? 2nd story? A house that sits on blocks?
  • darkchylde28darkchylde28
    My neighbor had one and we just didn't like the novelty of it. We didn't play with it long enough to figure out the electric-toothbrush-on-a-controller trick, but we did quickly figure out you could just kneel next to it and hammer the two pads with your hands (or the advanced version, which was to put a small chair on a small rubber ball and rock the daylights out of it). We weren't lazy or inactive, just not thrilled with World Class Track Meet.
  • Loxx O)))Loxx O)))
    Electric toothbrush on a controller trick?
  • sadikyosadikyo
    I never had one as a kid, but I have one now. I honestly don't remember when or how I got it and I'd like to get rid of it, so if anyone wants one for cheap let me know, haha!
  • zizi
    Well nows the perfect time to buy tailgate party!
  • zfleming54zfleming54
    I had one and didn't even have a compatable game to use it with. I traded it in to a local game store 15 years ago for maybe a quarter and they commented how it was like new. I still regret nothing...
  • rlhrlh
    Lol, well for those who mentioned it, I lived in a home with a craw-space and my brother and I would compete against one another, stomping as hard as we could. Our shenanigans were rather loud, so there is a chance that there were ulterior motives involved in getting us to stop. I remember other kids, though, saying the same thing. They loved the idea of the game but often didn't get to use it much, unless they were one of the fortunate few who had a basement. Basements aren't common in Columbia, SC.
  • wesrwesr
    I never had one but I guarantee it wouldn't have gone well here with wood floors that shake a bit and make noise. I wasn't allowed to use the one my friends had as i was apparently too fat for it lol. I have 2 now but i guarantee I really really am too fat for them to even try lol
  • DarkToneDarkTone
    That never happened to me. My first thought was buy a child a toy that you know will make lots of noise, then get angry that it made lots of noise?
  • VGS_captmorgandrinkerVGS_captmorgandrinker
    Originally posted by: quest4nes



    Shaking the house? You talking about a trailer or something? 2nd story? A house that sits on blocks?



    You'd be surprised how much room shaking happens with 2 kids stomping around in a room that isn't on the ground floor.     Might not necessarily be on the 2nd; could be a split level or it could be the room with the basement below it.

     
  • darkchylde28darkchylde28
    Originally posted by: Loxx O)))



    Electric toothbrush on a controller trick?



    Yeah, you can plug a regular controller into where the pad is supposed to go, get an electric toothbrush lay it across both buttons, push down slightly, and when it's time to start running, flip the sucker on.  You'll take off like a rocket.  Lift up when you want to "jump" then put it back when you need to "land."



    In a similar vein, my brother would take the back side of a Bic lighter and run it across the bottons like mad when trying to do the "feats of strength" on Mortal Kombat on the SNES.  That same trick should work just fine for Power Pad games as well, although there's more effort involved than just pressing a crazily vibrating toothbrush down onto the buttons, lol.

     
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