You know you're a junkie if...

shadow460 · October 20, 2005

You can make a patchwork quilt out of worn out game boxes.

You can no longer see the walls for the games stacked next to them.

You still wear '70's "Atari" T-shirts and consider them to be modern.

You own over 25 different types of controller (bonus points if they are all for different systems)

You've ever found a CIB classic game in the wild, then read the manual on your way home (bonus points if you were driving and got a ticket for it.)

You will never undestand how anyone could live without a (insert system name here).

You will never own a system made by (insert company name here).

The three main staples in life are a roof, video games, and electricity to run them.

You own every one of (company name)'s systems ever made.

You have so many cartridges that they could fill the guest bedroom from wall to wall, floor to ceiling.

You have so many game CD's that you can't lift the entire collection at once because they're too heavy.

You've ever kept your spouse waiting 'til you finished "this level." "Hang on, honey, let me finish the Water Temple!"

You've ever had the following conversation with the opposite sex:

"It's either me or that game tonight!"

"I'll call you tomorrow, then."

You know how much ore a War Miner can hold.

You can make Fulgore do a 99% combo with only three hits.

You've protected Lyssa for hours on end--til you got bored.

You can recite all 100 Gold Skulltula locations backward while sleeping.

You've bested Z-Gradt in battle more than once.

You know what logo is on the first place car in the Sea Side Street Galaxy race.

You've driven the F-094/s.

You performed the Kintaro morph fatality in under 28 seconds.

The MindMaster has ever declared you to be Cheating.

OK, folks, let's add to this list!

+FujiSkunk · October 20, 2005

You find the absolute last game you need to complete your (insert system name here) collection... and suddenly your life seems so empty.

Lord Helmet · October 20, 2005

...you post to this board religiously every...single...day.

SteveW · October 20, 2005

You've ever found a CIB classic game in the wild, then read the manual on your way home (bonus points if you were driving and got a ticket for it.)

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Oh, come on now, we all know that real men don't read game manuals.

shadow460 · October 23, 2005

You drive in real life like it's a video game.

Bonus points if:

You drive like it's Gran Turismo, and you drive a car such as the Subaru Impreza WRX, Mitsubishi 3000GT, Supra, etc.

You drive like it's wipEout.

You've ever gotten a ticket for it

Score another bonus point if you've gone to jail for it.

Dones · October 23, 2005

"Hang on, honey, let me finish the Water Temple!"

+ Reading this and knowing what it is actually referring to. :ponder:

Edited October 23, 2005 by Dones

silverpoodleman · October 23, 2005

...you'd rather keep a game of Atari Circus going when the wife is calling you to "bed"

...you realize that you've used up all your sick and vacation days at work because you had to get to the next level on (fill in the blank)

...your wife looks puzzled when you say "goodnight, dear" and she says "Good morning, honey"

...you are $20,000 in debt and still bidding on Eli's Ladder on ebay.

...you start giving duplicates of games you have as holiday presents to people who do not even own an Atari VCS, just to get rid of the dupes ("Son, why did you give your grandmother four ET's and two pac-man's for Christmas?")

...you have a position on the "buried ET cartridges in NM controversy"

...you defend your position on the "buried ET cartridges in NM controversy"

...you spend time researching the "buried ET cartridges in NM controversy"

...a first date ends abruptly because your date said she didn't care for video games

...a first date ends abruptly because your date casually mentioned that she prefers outdoor activities

...attempting to break the world record by playing video games for the longest amount of consecutive hours seems like a realistic goal.

...you have to gingerly step over piles of cartridges to get to your bed.

...you go to sleep thinking of ways to beat the game you are currently playing

...you've gained 150 pounds since you got "back into Atari" six months ago

Edited October 23, 2005 by silverpoodleman

Lord Thag · October 23, 2005

..you post to this board religiously every...single...day.

You and me both, man.

Don't forget:

You talk about it enough that people at work start leaving dirty piles of random games stuff on your desk.

You can debate the finer points of a given arcade port and discuss in detail the differences between the versions on several different consoles.

You treat your bookcase(s) full of games like a wine connesseur deciding on the evening's wine

You react to finding rare games like most people would to winning the lottery

You have more than twenty game systems hooked up at once.

Dones · October 23, 2005

You talk about it enough that people at work start leaving dirty piles of random games stuff on your desk.

:lol: Add points if you actually wish this would happen to you.

You have more than twenty game systems hooked up at once.

...and know the different types of video switchers available.

..or instead of a switcher you keep an universal video cable.

You start collecting carts for a specific series/label/company (ie, getting all nes capcom games).

You cringe when stores throw away box art/instructions.

You don't buy display box games at new price on EB stores, because "they are not new".

You collect different colored GBA SP's.

You keep a GBA on your night table instead of a book.

Know pacman's ghost names.

Add point's if you know what the "9th key" means.

Add points if you know the patterns for the mazes or learned them from a "break 1 million in pacman" player's guide.

Add points if you own said guide.

You know you are a junkie if you have a preferred cart cleaning method.

Add points if you have defended said method.

Add points if you have used a compressed air can.

Add points if you have a security bit to open Nintendo carts.

Add points if you know or researched the different types alcohol for qtip cleaning.

Add points if you actually bother to check this when buying at a pharmacy.

Add points if normal over the counter pharmacy alcohol is not good enough for you.

Add points if you know the armor all running joke on these forums.

You know you are a junkie if you play emulators but have felt there is nothing like the real hardware.

Add points if you have defended this claim.

You are overly critical about an emulator's accuracy.

Add points if you defend an emu on such grounds.

Add points if you spend time researching different emulators just to be able to perfectly play that one favorite game.

If you have play games on an emu to decide what games to buy for real.

If you know video game slogans by heart.

Add points if you know to what consoles each slogan belong.

If you have MAME up and running on your machine.

Add points if you have the entire mame romset.

Add points if you have updated said collection everytime a new version of mame shows up.

Add points if you have downloaded supplemental artwork, snapshots, screenshots, etc.

Add points if you have thought or planned on using a Front End.

You have a MAME cab or emu-box.

Edited October 23, 2005 by Dones

JimmydelaKopin · October 23, 2005