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[wolfpaw1966]

Thought I'd start a fun topic for the 2600 forums. Just curious if anyone else has experienced this little faux paus...

"You know you haven't played in awhile when"

......you actually end up CHASING the ghost in Ms. Pacman and die when you touch it. Hmmmm...

Anyone else have a funny story to share?

[wolfpaw1966]

Oh yeah...when the ghosts are regular, not blue from a power pellet. lol

[Gateway]

wolfpaw1966, on Sun Aug 19, 2012 11:38 AM, said:

"You know you haven't played in awhile when"

When you are pushing in a cartridge that won't fit into your 2600 and getting frustrated- then realize the cart is from your Colecovision stack.

[Ranthulfr]

...when you have to learn the way through Adventure's mazes again.

[bennybingo]

When you think your TV is broken and then quickly realize the B/W switch is in the wrong position!

(same goes for thinking that your console is broken and then quickly realizing that the channel selector is set to 2 instead of 3)

[Scrabbler15]

...you can't remember what the four plays are in Atari Football.

[wolfpaw1966]

lol...these are good, guys. My next one would have to be...."in Berzerk you can't seem to get a grip to keep from running into the walls, then you realize (facepalm) you haven't even touched an Atari 2600 controller in months, and need to relearn it all over again!" I seem to be having trouble working the damn thing.

[Gateway]

Another one..

wolfpaw1966, on Sun Aug 19, 2012 11:38 AM, said:

"You know you haven't played in awhile when"

You plug in your cart of SSSnake to give the game "one more chance".

[Miss 2600]

...when you can't remember which side on the joystick is the "Top."

[ianoid]

...your paddles caught another case of the jitters.

[Schizophretard]

Miss 2600, on Sun Aug 19, 2012 10:48 PM, said:

...when you can't remember which side on the joystick is the "Top."

This is the best one. LOL!

[Schizophretard]

....when you have to join AtariAge to learn how to fix a game that won't start and finding out the fix is hitting the reset switch.

[Zwackery]

You're wondering why Wizard of Wor doesn't work and then you realize you need to be using the controller in the right, not left, port.

[wolfpaw1966]

Zwackery, on Mon Aug 20, 2012 4:59 AM, said:

You're wondering why Wizard of Wor doesn't work and then you realize you need to be using the controller in the right, not left, port.

Now THAT is a good one, and it's happend to me so many times!

[Gateway]

Another one..

wolfpaw1966, on Sun Aug 19, 2012 11:38 AM, said:

"You know you haven't played in awhile when"

You plug in Mythicon's Star Fox and start yelling at the top of your lungs "Do a barrel roll!"

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[Master Phruby]

When you can't get out of a pit in E.T.

[wolfpaw1966]

Master Phruby, on Tue Aug 21, 2012 8:58 AM, said:

When you can't get out of a pit in E.T.

Absolutely hate that.

...when you try to circle your ship in Asteroids and end up rocketing across the screen...right into an asteroid.

[RickR]

When you can't remember which is more difficult:  A or B on the difficulty switch.  I always use Space Invaders to figure that out, as SI makes it pretty obvious.

[pacgreg]

When you forget which way the controllers plug in. When your VCS is grey. When you don't thing imagic carts are for the vcs. When you play Pac man. When you try congo bongo on a sixer... I got more of a list but that seeme like enough.