What's the biggest whiplash you remember seeing on a new system : retrogaming@lemmy.world

What's the biggest whiplash you remember seeing on a new system (programming.dev)

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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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[–] radiofreebc@lemmy.world 2 points 21 minutes ago*

I remember when TV's went from black and white to colour.

NTSC - Never The Same Colour

[–] Zarxrax@lemmy.world 7 points 1 hour ago

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.

[–] mesamunefire@piefed.social 2 points 35 minutes ago

Savevstates made gaming so much better.

[–] the16bitgamer@programming.dev [S] 4 points 1 hour ago

Another was being able to turn on your system with the controller. In the past it made no sense since you'd probably need to change the game disc/cart. But these days I can't image another system without being able to turn it on from a controller.