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10 Greatest Lies In Video Game History

Posted by Will Snizek in The Old School, Video Games on September 24th, 2009

If gamers were great at one thing, that would be lying. Throughout the years, gamers from around the world have conjured up lies (video game urban legends) that were believed to be true by the masses. I decided to put together a list of my favorite video game lies to share with our readers. Feel free to challenge me on any of these, but I guarantee that all of the following tales are indeed untrue:

#10. Blowing into NES cartridges will fix them.

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One of the biggest lies of the 1980s was the whole blowing into the NES cartridge tale. Most gamers believed that blowing into cartridges would fix them and allow you to play games that weren’t loading. By doing this, you were actually damaging the cartridges with moisture.  Using alcohol and Q-tips would be the proper way to clean and fix cartridges that don’t load.

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Top 5 Hardest RPG’s I Have Played

Posted by Aaron Mazza in The Old School, Video Games on April 20th, 2009

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RPG’s, or Role Playing Games, used to be the only genre of games I’d buy. I got hooked into playing them via friends and would buy tons of them. Some good, some bad, some easy, and that leaves the hard ones. These are my Top 5 RPG’s that I found to be the hardest ones. Please keep in mind the years when the games came out, the consoles, and my age when playing them. Games are listed newest to oldest and are in no particular order.

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