Argh!!- Games & Consoles You Destroyed in Anger

[Wavelflack]

I've never really understood this phenomenon. I don't think I've ever become angry enough to destroy any of my things, much less game stuff. When a game is tough or is cheap, then I enjoy overcoming ridiculous difficulty or cheapass things (ie; Ninja Gaiden bats). The physical cartridge, system, or controller could not care less what is done to it. It doesn't have a mind, emotions, or pride.

That said, I've already admitted to (lightly) trashing some arcade games in the past (which came back to haunt me later in life), but they weren't mine. They belonged to someone else, and that makes it okay.

[Backgammon]

I once destroyed the case of an atari 2600 jr with a punch after playing (and losing, losing and losing) Othello when I was a kid. But it was still working after the punch tough, and, boy, my hand was HURTING after that .
That day I learned that Ataris were built to last forever. Beat that, F&*&%$ Sony

But a SNES Super Metroid and a NES Tiles of Fate cartridges never worked again due to my blind fury.

[Leo_A]

This thread is pitiful

If someone cuts you off on some interstate when you grow up and leave home, are you going to go into road rage and run them off the road?

[AFGiant]

Yes.
I mean no.
Whatever *breaks an Xbox*

[Wavelflack]

This thread is pitiful

If someone cuts you off on some interstate when you grow up and leave home, are you going to go into road rage and run them off the road?

Well, that's entirely different.

A. It's not a videogame console, cart, or controller. It's a just a car.
B. It's someone else's car.

So yes, I'll run them off the road any day of the week. It's always more satisfying to see fear in a person's eyes than to see a hairline fracture develop on Buster Brothers*. And carts don't explode with a pleasing fireball when they run headlong into a guardrail.






*[Still irritated, after all of these years, that Buster Brothers (SNES) doesn't have a fucking 2 player mode!!!!!!!! Why not rename it to "Buster Orphan" or "Buster Sole Survivor", or something relevant? Stupid SNES and it's limitations....]

[Ninja Blacksox]

I only once ever had a " Falling Down Incident ". In a fit of rage I threw an Arkanoid Vaus controller into the tv. I smashed the controller, but happily the tv survived.

Wow.

I can't beleive I'm not the only one.

I broke an Arkanoid Vaus controller.

Luckily, some brown packing tape fixed her right up.



I attempted to break a PS2 controller. Sure enough, the R1 button flew across the room. Luckily, I was able to find it a week later. It fit right back in.

-A Boy

[Neonsolid]

Gone.

[charitycasegreg]

A few snes controllers. I think thats it. i got mad playing a game and I grapped the cord, and held it and swung it and the ground extremely hard about 15 times. Then I started tearing it apart furiously. I have a pic of the aftermath. DOnt know where the pic is though. Now when I get really mad I usually just turn the system off before soemthing happens

[slip81]

I had my first fit of destructive videogame rage yesterday. While playing Jak & Daxter the Precursor Legacy I died so many cheap deaths due to the camera trying to free the last sage in the end that I took the game and snapped it in half.

Other than that nothing. No broken consoles or thrown controlers. J&D is the only game to get me mad enough to lash out at it physically. And the only reason I broke it is because I knew I only paid $5 for it. If I had paid anymore I would never have destroyed it.

[TRM]

My friend got so pissed at Battletoads for Game Gear. He took a hammer, smashed it to pieces. It was his only GG game at the time, and his mother refused to buy him any others after the "incident"

[Sanriostar]

The physical cartridge, system, or controller could not care less what is done to it. It doesn't have a mind, emotions, or pride.

There are many a time that I wish that wasn't so for Slick n' Sam in Q*Bert. They are the only two video game characters I've ever wished could feel physical pain.

[demented-yoshi]

I've Never broken any of my stuff but I've thrown a few games against the wall and spat on the T.v then swore for about 30 seconds then started playing again.

My friend a few years back rented a bugs life for Ps1 he told me he tried to make the bug climb a mountain or something but kept dying so he jumped up and down of his ps1---There were no survivers the funniest part was he had to pay for the game that he broke since it was a rental.

[klausien]

I actually destroyed the pcb from inside and N64 once. When I was desoldering the power LED to install a blue one, I pulled too hard and ripped the trace right off the board.

Thankfully I had another to take apart, but seeing as how I don't have a gamebit screwdriver, I had to waste some more Bic pens to get it open.

[mizarkgram]

I have an anger amangement problem and I frequently throw my NES and SNES pads, but they seem to be too rugged for me to break. I have never deliberately broke a system or game in anger, I tend to give up on a game if I get too angry with it. I have, however detroyed some systems while attempting to repair them (casing and innards that is) but they were mostly NES toasters that I had given to me that did not work in the first place.

[joshnickerson]

Zounds. The most extreme thing I've ever done is throw a controller across the room (of course, after checking that nothing was in the way). Otherwise, if I'm getting REALLY pissed off, I turn off the game and walk away and do something else. Like go onto message boards and gripe about it

[Famidrive-16]

The closest I've ever come to breaking something was when I was playing pokemon stadium 2 on the 64. Anyone played the trainer fight with that bastard who always switches no matter what you do? Yeah, after I lost that this proffesor guy said "YOU SHOULD'VE SWITCHED!!!", and I took a can of soda and chucked it throughly at the TV screen. It didn't damage anything though, just a mess of soda on the floor that got cleaned up in five minutes.

[goats]

The only thing that I remember breaking was a disk of Virtua Tennis 2k2 I was really pissed and through the controller at the console , the disk got too scratched to play but luckily the controller and console where ok, I am staying away from that game now. Too bad I love the game though

[adaml]

I bounced my NES Athena cart off one of my bedroom walls when the game froze up fighting the lobster boss in one of the later levels. It actually left a good sized nick in the wall. Unfortunately, the cart still worked fine.

[retroman]

never broke my own shit.....hobby cost to much....

[jezt]

My drunk ass dad use to smash up systems all the time. I have had two Nes's and two Super Nes's in the time that I lived there when I was a kid. He was a mean drunk. . I know its not funny, but whatever.

[NE146]

I never ever get frustrated. I used to be able to go through a small section of ghouls and ghosts for hours over and over until I passed it without a single thought about it whatsover. It would drive my college roommates nuts!

[Tatsu]

Luckily I've never damaged a whole system but I've thrown several controllers around. The NES controllers seem to be unbreakable, one even has some bite marks on it... The only thing that ever broke was an PS1 contoller. I got so mad I smashed on my closet and it was torn in two parts. Fortunately id didn't break in the middle but just the upper part was torn away from the under part. I could press the thing together again and it still works fine now.

[shopkins]

I tried to play Tenchu 2 stealthily, and got frustrated as I kept getting discovered. Eventually I smashed my Dualshock on the floor in a fit of rage. It still worked after that but the casing had sort of seperated, so when it rumbled it would occasionally give me a small electric shock. I guess that was a good reminder to control my temper.

[goatdan]

I once or twice threw my Jaguar controller toward the system while playing Tempest 2000. No damage ever occured, and I knew I was throwing it where the carpet would catch it. Usually, I just put down my controller...

I also once tripped over my Jaguar and knocked my Jaguar CD from it while having a fight. But that was a real world fight and had nothing to do with the Jaguar. Luckily, it was okay too.

I've destroyed some other video game things (NES Advantage, NES Console, Genesis controller, 3DO controllers), but that was from being curious and trying to figure out the internals.

[Ed Oscuro]

I tried to play Tenchu 2 stealthily, and got frustrated as I kept getting discovered. Eventually I smashed my Dualshock on the floor in a fit of rage.

Ho boy, I just got the game in the mail today (freaking GH version though grr), guess I'd better be careful