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What's the biggest whiplash you remember seeing on a new system (programming.dev)
submitted 13 hours ago by to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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Back in the day, I would power off my hardware. My computer would tell me when it was safe to power off, my Genesis and PS1 you pressed the power button and that was it.

But when I got my PS2, turning it off wasn't just turning it off. The power button didn't turn anything off, it just reset the system. So I always hit the power switch on the back.

It wouldn't be for a while before we learned we can turn it off and back on faster by pressing and holding the power button. Rather than killing the system. And newer systems like the PS3 didn't like it at all when they were powered off completely.

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[–] 14 points 13 hours ago (1 child)

I remember getting a DS, and just being amazed that I could just close it, and my game would be paused and I could just open it back up the next day and keep playing right where I left off.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 hours ago

    I got a DS on launch day with Super Mario 64DS and I had a moment being a bit stunned thinking “Wow I’m playing a 3D console game on a handheld”.

    Took me a while to trust the close to suspend feature. I think the GBA SP could do that before but only on certain games.

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