Comments on: Top 10 Reasons Retro Games Are Evil

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:20:15 +0000

Jason,
I’m guessing the URL got stripped. I loaded the pic up to my photobucket account, and used the dummy link to copy, paste into the post. It works on other sites.
Thanks,

By: Charles

Charles — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:38:07 +0000

Hell yes… just fired up X-Com a few months back until that damn hidden reaper decimated the entire party.

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Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:08:39 +0000

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By: Fanky Malloon

Fanky Malloon — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:04:33 +0000

R.O.B. should be the spokesrobot for Retro Evil. He projected bad ideas.

By: Brutal Q Smoothness

Brutal Q Smoothness — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:46:57 +0000

The corners of the controller did indeed cause injury during heated gameplay. Even worse though was the NES R.O.B. Sometimes he would beam messages into my head to try to get me to do his evil bidding. “No R.O.B., I don’t want to play Gyromite!” I used to scream…

By: Fanky Malloon

Fanky Malloon — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 23:01:29 +0000

China is here Mr. Burton

Grover that is dangerous

Lucky, I would suggest the Konami code for everything, including work.

I too was injured over and over again by the old Atari “X & O” table top trackball game. Evil personified.

xxxvii…Pitt Fighter did not just take quarters. It stole some of my innocence. Bennet from Commando should have been a boss.

Brutal did the corners of the NES controller also stab you
?

Thanks for all the comments. Please keep them coming, as I know everyone must have some nightmare stories about their consoles and games being evil.

For example: Did you all know that Ghosts and Goblins cheated and wanted me to break my controller in a fit of rage?

By: Brutal Q Smoothness

Brutal Q Smoothness — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:43:48 +0000

Speaking of Track and Field, the NES version anyways, I’m convinced that the Popeye like forearms one would develop from the repeated A,B button combo smashing was a more effective workout than the current offerings of the Wii. That was your retro Wii Fit.

By: jason aka xxxvii

jason aka xxxvii — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:12:50 +0000

jason, great to hear from you. that pit fighter game brings back sweet memories of pockets full of quarters and cramped fingers.

By: Jason Evangelho

Jason Evangelho — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:56:27 +0000

Hey Justin! Did your URL get stripped out or was it a gravatar issue? Let me know what happened so we can fix it.

Thanks a ton for the comments.

By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:20:36 +0000

Ugh, my pic didnt post.

My last post would have made a lot more sense if you all would have seen the pic of the old school Atari football with the trakball LOL…

By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:05:54 +0000

While on the subject of blister!!!

By: Travi

Travi — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:30:55 +0000

Fantastic!

By: Lambert, Lucky

Lambert, Lucky — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:21:15 +0000

Hilarious… Munky Falloon struck a nerve. I still have a scar from atari track and field. Perhaps Munky can review some of my other favorites- activision pitfall, PS1 nba jam (rodman’s got great hair), and ataris riddle of the sphinx. God bless cheat codes, wish they had them at work.

By: Grover S. Dreamtime

Grover S. Dreamtime — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:04:51 +0000

Betting on video games is dangerous. I worked off my debt by seeing how long I could hold a wingnut that previously had a flame held to it. At $25 for 30 seconds, I worked off $6 of my $80 debt. Ouch!

By: Jack Burton

Jack Burton — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:12:51 +0000

Ahh, the joys of retro-gaming. I saw two returning adult college students(i.e. 30 year olds) have an all out fist fight over Tecmo Bowl.