Chris++ Posted May 22, 2002 Share Posted May 22, 2002 Mine's a tie between two occurrences. You're playing Raiders of the Lost Ark. You get to the Map Room, put the inventory cursor on the timepiece, and notice that you have quite a long wait before the clock's hand will cycle around to the "straight up" position. So you get up and get some coffee, or make a sandwich, or attend to natural business...and then you get back to your Atari, just to see the sun disappearing! My other most frustrating event is when the bat steals your crown in Mountain King just before you get to the top and beat the level. GRRRRRR. CF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snider-man Posted May 22, 2002 Share Posted May 22, 2002 Dragonstomper. You fight your way through the Enchanted Countryside, buy all of your supplies, sneak through the cave to the dragon's lair....and get slaughtered, having to start from the beginning again. Great high when you beat the flamethrower, but depressing when you're the one getting "stomped." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Slocum Posted May 22, 2002 Share Posted May 22, 2002 When I was a kid someone told me that they heard that if you get 1,000,000 on Donkey Kong, there's a hidden elevators level. I can tell you two things about that: 1) it takes a long time to get to 1,000,000 and 2) there ain't no elevator level. -Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osbo Posted May 22, 2002 Share Posted May 22, 2002 same here... but with River Raid, during years I've played river raid hoping to get somewhere... never happends Oh! and losing the race the last day in Enduro grrr OsBo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Monkey Posted May 22, 2002 Share Posted May 22, 2002 Slow release frustration: 1989-1995: Playing Demon Attack for hours on end trying to get it to "lock up" or "end" after the "70 - something" level... ...giving up after "100- something" levels... 1996: Finding out there is more than one version of Demon Attack... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opa Opa Posted May 22, 2002 Share Posted May 22, 2002 quote: Originally posted by Smart Patrol: When I was a kid someone told me that they heard that if you get 1,000,000 on Donkey Kong, there's a hidden elevators level. I can tell you two things about that: 1) it takes a long time to get to 1,000,000 and 2) there ain't no elevator level. -Paul I heard that too! And you're right, there is no elevator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAZ Posted May 22, 2002 Share Posted May 22, 2002 Playing an opponent at Atari 2600 Boxing, and getting locked into a series of blows, each one you may escape barely, whereby you can lock your opponent in the very same move until he his frustration reaches dangerous levels. This continues for the entire round, until there is finally the let up at the very end. Thing is you may NEVER escape a series of shots till KO, and you pray that your opponent gets out of rhythm. How bout trying to cross the road portion of Porky's? And then on top of that trying to use that pole vaulting thing for hours and hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Atari Posted May 22, 2002 Share Posted May 22, 2002 Trying to get Billy Lee to freakin' jump kick in 2600 Double Dragon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smf_4ever Posted May 22, 2002 Share Posted May 22, 2002 quote: Originally posted by Smart Patrol: When I was a kid someone told me that they heard that if you get 1,000,000 on Donkey Kong, there's a hidden elevators level. I can tell you two things about that: 1) it takes a long time to get to 1,000,000 and 2) there ain't no elevator level. -Paul LMAO.. that is funny.... sorry to laugh at your pain... but that is funny.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pitfall Harry Posted May 22, 2002 Share Posted May 22, 2002 I have had many Arrrrrrgh! moments in my never-ending quest to become one of the very few to claim a perfect score in Pitfall! The worst of them was a couple of months ago. I decided on a new approach where I would take fewer risks by slowing myself down to the point where I would reach the final treasure with virtually no time remaining. And so it was. I dodged every obstacle without losing a single life, without falling down any holes and without contacting a single log. I grabbed every treasure along my way except for the very last. And that final treasure, the Gold Brick in jungle scene #29, was in my sights! As I crossed into scene #29 from scene #30, I glanced quicky up at the timer. Five seconds left. Plenty of time. In my excitement over certain Pitfall immortality, I decided I wasn't going to just casually run into the final treasure. No, I was going to take it to the hoop. With a final running leap, I was going to STOMP on that sucka! Slaaaaaam Dunk! And so, with the final seconds ticking off the clock, Pitfall Harry leapt high into the air. As he took flight, I lay down my joystick and thrust my arms high into the air in celebration. Woooo hoooo!!!! Harry didn't land on the Gold as I had expected. I badly mistimed my final jump and Harry glided completely OVER the final treasure without touching it. That brief moment of stunned realization was all it took. I lunged for my joystick, slamming Harry back around. But time ran out on me before he could traverse the last 3 or 4 pixels he needed to get to the gold. The game ended. I scored 110,000 points, making it my 44th best score ever. It would be more than a month before I played Pitfall! again. I still have yet to score a perfect game. Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted May 22, 2002 Share Posted May 22, 2002 Haha When I read the thread title I imediately thought of ROTLA and the very thing that CF wrote. Its like watching water boil. I'll also list the crappy FBI agent or Scientist showing up billa-second before the mother-ship is about to return to pick you up in E.T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Propane13 Posted May 22, 2002 Share Posted May 22, 2002 1) Playing Raiders of the Lost Ark, and moving the wrong joystick after waiting a long time, causing imminent death (I remember doing this in the map room, and falling into the valley of poison) 2) Getting a perfect game in Pitfall 2, and a) hitting the last frog b) hitting the last bat c) hitting the last scorpion d) failing to jump over the hole right in front of Quickclaw and hitting the frog or bat. Argh!!! -John K. Harvey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krytol Posted May 22, 2002 Share Posted May 22, 2002 Almost completing Adventure and the f*%#ing bat steals the bridge (or whatever.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted May 22, 2002 Share Posted May 22, 2002 Being killed in Cosmic Ark by a meteor just before you have the chance to see the next creature. Trying to cheat with photocells/relais and finding that even they react to slow in the higher levels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krytol Posted May 22, 2002 Share Posted May 22, 2002 Dodging a missile in Space Invaders and realizing you Joystick is on the fritz. Then having to take it apart and fix it. Arghhh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted May 22, 2002 Share Posted May 22, 2002 That Pitfall II stuff, particularly the last frog. Getting 99,600 on Mr. Do! and never knowing if 100,000 rolls the score! Maze #1 on Jr. Pac-man Putting in my Solaris and watching the screen roll for no reason, mocking me so I can never play it. (and no, it ain't PAL or on a 7800). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuckandCover Posted May 23, 2002 Share Posted May 23, 2002 1. Not being able to nail that last brick on Super Breakout. 2. Playing Dragster all night and never getting under six seconds. 3. Getting nailed by ANYTHING during the torturous climb to Quickclaw in Pitfall II. 4. After successfully ridding the skies of enemy fighters, plowing into the deck of the aircraft carrier on F-14 Tomcat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philflound Posted May 23, 2002 Share Posted May 23, 2002 Fighting with your brother when playing Space Invaders, since player 1 has the cheat pattern where you can just kill and kill and kill, and player 2 starting on the right sometimes dies as soon as you move. I also quit this after turning it over about 4 times. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Slocum Posted May 23, 2002 Share Posted May 23, 2002 quote: Originally posted by Thomas Jentzsch: Trying to cheat with photocells/relais and finding that even they react to slow in the higher levels. OMG! Did you really try that!? -Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted May 23, 2002 Share Posted May 23, 2002 quoteOMG! Did you really try that!? Yup! Only for the left and right meteors, because I only had two photocells. But it helped (a while). [ 05-23-2002: Message edited by: Thomas Jentzsch ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquid_sky Posted May 23, 2002 Share Posted May 23, 2002 Being in the middle of a long game of chopper command, almost 100,000 points.. and the power went out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel D. Park Posted May 23, 2002 Share Posted May 23, 2002 Early in the atari days, I remember watching my brother playing Spider Fighthing and getting so mad that he swung the joystick by the cord and through it threw a mirror. What a knucklehead. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIPITBULL Posted May 23, 2002 Share Posted May 23, 2002 beating the hell out of my friend in Air-sea battle then he got so mad he jerked the cartridge out of the 2600 and threw it across the room and cracked the case, I then started beating the hell out of him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opa Opa Posted May 24, 2002 Share Posted May 24, 2002 quote: Originally posted by liquid_sky: Being in the middle of a long game of chopper command, almost 100,000 points.. and the power went out. I had no choice but to laugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyle Posted May 24, 2002 Share Posted May 24, 2002 Haveing my wife kick my ass in outlaw!! But that was just one time she has never done it again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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