What stupid things did you think about a videogames when you were a child?

[El_Misterioso]

playing a level of auto scrolling and dying on the edge of the screen I remembered the times of the past and I remembered something very stupid that I thought about the auto scroll, after a while and seeing what you guys thought, I'll say what I remember

 

[Bagel Le Stinky]

I used to think developers had to code every pixel with text, showing what color it is and how long it would be used for

 

[Taleweaver]

Well... Since my first experiences with video games were game&watches, which had a sort of black lights to indicate positions of enemies/falling blocks/you, i presume pc's worked in a similar way. So when i played an actual pc game (point n click, in green /black) , i couldn't really grasp how all the graphics worked. Were these all stored in the pc somehow?



Oh, and also the classic: blowing in the cartridge helps. Heck... I could've been the one who started the trend in the first place.

 

[chaosagent]

I used to think that there were little angry people inside the Nintendo increasing the game's difficulty for me.

 

[City]

That you could make a living with game reviews. Honest games reviews.

Over the years there have been countless incidents of companies bribing reviewers/their bosses in exchange of money by purchasing website banners. It burst my little bubble of hopes and dreams. Then it cemented my disappointment the time when I discovered that most reviewers don't play video games until completion, or at least enough to really call it a day. I get that you have deadlines, but why would you play 30 minutes of a game like POKEMON FREAKING MYSTERY DUNGEON and give it a 6 out of 10? If you don't have the time just write a "preview". But I guess that's not what these companies want.

 

[sombrerosonic]

i thought that the creeper from minecraft was real and he would come into my bed and blow me up after escaping my TV...... not proud of that one.......

 

[El_Misterioso]

now I will say mine, I thought that the edges of the television had something that could kill any video game character, this came about thanks to autoscroll, the truth is I laughed when I remembered that I thought this

 

[El_Misterioso]

one that hurts me a lot, De Blob Wii

 

[AncientBoi]

Pong. I was angry at that game, as it would progress faster, I would actually look for a Slowdown button.

Course I would lose anyway.

 

[CoolMe]

Before I knew anything about video games, I used to think that the point of every game was to get a high score.

It was the case for many early Arcade games..

 

[metroid maniac]

I used to think that GTA III went on forever. If I could only fly over those tunnels in Shoreside Vale, I would be able to explore the whole world.

 

[KitChan]

I thought Playstations were bad consoles.

Now I'm wiser and realize they're not bad, they're terrible.

Does anyone else smell smoke?

 

[HelpTheWretched]

I was a kid in the NES days. I used to think every single possible screen -- every combination of background, characters, enemies and objects -- existed on the cart as a separate .bmp file.

 

[ChiefReginod]

Whenever there was a non-interactive door in the background, I always thought there must be hidden rooms/levels in them if I could only find a way to open them.

I later promised myself that if I ever made my own games, every single door would have something behind them. Even if they were locked, I would program something in, because what if someone used a cheat device or a hack to enter them somehow? it would blow their minds if something was actually there. (An example of this actually happening in a game is the infamous bath scene in Landstalker.)

 

[Dud]

I used to think yelling and pressing the buttons on my controller as hard as possible could make me win a match, race, or level easier. Oh, and loading would go faster if I sang a today's hit song to my TV. Good times.

 

[AncientBoi]

LoL, When I was a kid?

Anyway, PONG was the game. I said, I can do this. All went well until.. It speeds up

 

[CraddaPoosta]

That anyone would be impressed if I could beat Dragon Warrior at level 17.

 

[TheDJMC]

I had one of the Colin McRae RAC games on PS1 and the tutorial always said to "put your foot down" which I took literally.

 

[AkikoKumagara]

Imagine my surprise when I discovered Missingno. for the first time.

I didn't have internet access back then and thought I stumbled upon a Pokégod tho, for real.

 

[elpapadelospollitos]

Steering the controller on racing games for faster turning x)