NES Games--they take a lickin' and keep on tickin'!!
I'd like to see modern console discs take this kind of abuse:
And
as a bonus, look at this Game Boy that LITERALLY survived a war zone!
I'd like to see a PSP take this kind of abuse! They did have to replace
the screen of course but everything else inside is original and still
works.
PS: I'll give ya a cookie if you can tell me what product is famous for the slogan I borrowed for the topic of this thread.
So what about yourselves? Any good stories of how Nintendo consoles/games took a beating (accidentally or on purpose) yet still worked afterwards?
One story I remember is reading about (probably in Nintendo Power) is someone who found a Game Boy (original) in his lawn after it had been out in the dew and run over by a lawn mower several times, and the Game Boy still worked perfectly. Also, I think a dog chewed up a Zapper cord years ago but after my father used some electrical tape, it was good as new!
And
as a bonus, look at this Game Boy that LITERALLY survived a war zone!
I'd like to see a PSP take this kind of abuse! They did have to replace
the screen of course but everything else inside is original and still
works.
PS: I'll give ya a cookie if you can tell me what product is famous for the slogan I borrowed for the topic of this thread.
So what about yourselves? Any good stories of how Nintendo consoles/games took a beating (accidentally or on purpose) yet still worked afterwards?
One story I remember is reading about (probably in Nintendo Power) is someone who found a Game Boy (original) in his lawn after it had been out in the dew and run over by a lawn mower several times, and the Game Boy still worked perfectly. Also, I think a dog chewed up a Zapper cord years ago but after my father used some electrical tape, it was good as new!
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I have way too much sentimental value in that controller to use another one. So many hours played on so many great games.
It really speaks volumes about how Nintendo products are made. I've had 4 or 5 PlayStation controllers, 3 Xbox controllers, etc. I used to work for GameStop several years ago, and I still remember the days when we had to do "field destroy" items. For those of you that don't know what I mean, anytime we input any defective items in the store computer, the system would tell us what to do with it: return to HQ to fix, or field destroy. We were required to literally break and destroy any items with that designation. By far, the crappiest-made stuff in the world was 3rd-party first-gen PlayStation stuff. You could seriously drop one of those controllers from WAIST height, and it would shatter upon impact. On carpet. Boy, did we have fun breaking the steering wheels!
Do that with an NES controller. Won't hurt it a bit.
PS: I'll give ya a cookie if you can tell me what product is famous for the slogan I borrowed for the topic of this thread.
The slogan is for Timex Watches. I think.
Recently I tried to fry a Nintendo 64. I removed all cooling, and left the chips completely naked. It took over 2 hours of gameplay (as well as covering the console with plastic wrap and blowing it with a hot hair-dryer) to finally kill it. The power supply died first, and when I tried to use a different power supply with the console the screen came up with just static.
And let me guess, once you put the heatsinks back in and gave it a chance to cool down, it still worked perfectly.