Dethklok
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N64 the Nokia of consoles.
Apr 16, 2017 6:41 PM
Dethklok
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TheBestUsernameYouveNeverSeen
I've had my 360 since launch day and it has yet to break on me. It's a bit messed up, but it works. I don't know how.
chudtime
The Super Nintendo could be launched into the sun and still work.
barrocoyote
New hardware is always less reliable, but people don't like to accept that they are infinitely more complex devices.
Paradigmthefallen
And yet, the N64 apparently freaks out whenever you try mod it. Ben Heck apparently went through more than one trying to make a portable N64
seanvt
When I worked at Gamestop someone tried to trade in an N64 that had dead cockroaches in it....
2444666668888888101010101010101010
Love all the dumbasses who dont realize rrod was an error code for the xbox. Most rrods could be solved by googling how many rings it had
GngrbrdMan
Bullshit. I had my 360 for 7 years and never had a problem with it.
HEUGH
Had my Xbox since 2010. It's been stepped on, knocked off a shelf, and had a soda spilled on it and it still works.
Englishisnotmyfirstlanguage
My n64 is still working but a friends's 64 fell the first week he bought it and died so I used to assume they're not that sturdy
DocVolt
Cause no shitty lead free BGA soldered chips
Loedingup
Snowboard kids!!!
PhantomGhoti
Oh fucking weird. If i drop this rock on the ground its fine but this phone just cracked? Whaaah. Less complex part fail less?
PhantomGhoti
Though tbh shame on MS for RRoD even being an issue because of their shitty wiring.
Lunchbox151
never dropped a 64 have you?
PotatoBlubber
I still have a working 360. The first gen one. Never had a red ring.
BoatswainsMate
I still have all of my PlayStations. 1,2 and 3. And the only thing that's ever broken was my n64 :,-(
LivingDecomposition
My N64 was super temperamental. My PS2 on the other hand fell out of a second-story window and still let me play Ratchet & Clank.
AintNoThangBangARang
I don't understand how we went from these to tablet devices. Like I enjoy the switch and WiiU but we went from the console that went (1/2)
AintNoThangBangARang
From breaking TVs to consoles that could be looked at wrong and crack. The switch is phenomenal but dude. I want this kind of trust again.
Leokes
+1 because the title made me laugh
flowen8
Roncadillac
That's crazy
z3lfmoord
Yeah but did the person die?
Recklan
Yes but the game boy surviving is a miracle... from God...
KiteVincent
Anyone ever get the yellow light of death on ps3?
Icomeheretoprocrastinate
Yes
DocVolt
I used to basically print money reballing those
SexyMcSugarTits
Yup.
bolshevik09
Yeah blu ray drive i think
tooomanysteves
My N64 from 1997 still works.
CheshireCad
Mine is sitting in an open storage barn in a field, connected to a TV from the 1980s. Still works whenever I try it.
MarcoPoloOnPollo
I had three separate ones overheat from playing more than a few hours.
redl0tus
+1 for snowboard kids
dadinplaid
I was just talking about that game with a friend of mine a couple days ago. He had just re-bought it for $5 at a thrift store.
scaredanddelusionalmonkey
I had an xbox360 for like 5 years and never red ringed
wastedwarrior
Mine is going on 10 years and I still play it just fine
SlotegeAllDay
Ditto. My brother owned his for close to 6 or 7 and I think the only problem he ever had was the disc tray getting stuck.
scaredanddelusionalmonkey
Yeah I got that one too
HitlersOven
Lucky bastard
Ellimem
Like seeing a goddamn unicorn.
Undroid19
Oddly enough, that's how my 64 broke.
boneh3ad
The SNES was the most indestructible. There are takes of them surviving house fires with slightly melted exteriors and still working.
LiquidPoo
The Xbox would like a word with you.
boneh3ad
My original Xbox is pretty janky at this point. I'm on my 4th power cord and I have to hit it for the disc tray to open.
Gremlynn4023
Gamecube was pretty beefy. Remember that vid of one being dragged behind a truck?
boneh3ad
It's respectable, but not SNES level.
jimwormmaster
I've heard of one guy that shot one with a shotgun, and one that kept working several minutes after being set on fire (Double Dash rage).
WarDragon1984
I've heard of original gameboys going through the washing machine and coming out working.
Havok707
Well its a heavy brick, the back easily opens with the spin, evacuates the batteries and takes it.
BloodyCrowOfCainhurst
There is that famous one that survived the gulf war.
Cernunnos94
@flowen8 's comment
Moljnir
Nintendo should say 'blow me.'
kimWorld
Who downvoteted this comment?
thisisthefirstoneitried
Its taking the cartridge out and putting it back in what did it, lines up the pins. Blowing just ruins them
Quasinconsistent
No... that ruins the contacts on the cartridges...
illuminatislayer
No no no, blow me.
SilverNicktail
Pity the N64 controllers were pieces of shit that broke constantly.
z3lfmoord
I never broke one l, I was careful though.
Havok707
Impact resistance was ok, lifespan not so much.
SlotegeAllDay
I call bullshit. As a very angry young teenager I slammed my controllers off the hardwood floors constantly and they never 1/
SlotegeAllDay
stopped working. Even broke some plastic off one, but I had the same controllers for years until the joysticks were too loose to use. 2/2
pokenar
Meanwhile, my mom snapped an N64 controller in half once for gripping it too hard.
MeatPosicleIsDead
I worked on broken consoles for 7 years. Now I hate GameCube and they have the usual Nintendo crap features. But they are indestructible.
heroofhyla
The fan on mine doesn't spin, and the system shuts itself off after a few minutes.
Buck39
Got to admit though, that handle is pretty handy!
thisisthefirstoneitried
I loved my little lunchbox!
ElderTrollyman
My GameCube broke when my mom accidentally spilled a glass of water inside of it then blamed it on me and said I must have forgotten.
Imhereforthelurking
2/? The dropped weights, threw from 2 stories, and then smacked it with a sledgehammer. Ps3 and Xbox went 1 and 2, weight and hammer, but-
AverySillyName
The Xbox survived the weight and sledgehammer, it died from the fall.
kermie92
My mom punted my GameCube into a wall. The screen that shields the fan broke but it's been running strong for 16 years.
mountainofpuppies
angry mum much?
Imhereforthelurking
3/3 failing in that order, but the Cube went through all three, and only lost the outer faceplate and a few scuffs and nicks, but working.
mountainofpuppies
the ps3's blu ray laser takes a fucking whisper to displace
motherFUCKINGdickbuttplayingwithJavert
I went through 3 GameCubes and all broke from a simple fall. Fuck em I like my n64
DraxTheDestroyerLaughingAtYourEmbarrassment
My friend's mom literally bowled his GameCube down the driveway once. All the covers flew off, but nothing was broken, and it worked fine.
faceofpoopy
Literally used a SNES game as a street hockey puck (with a shitty street too), then put it in and it worked first time. LUL nintendo
zigzagler
It's because Nintendo is aware that children use these things, and children are nothing if not destructive
TrijezniMujo
marines and children, fastest way to destructive test something.
DrHotdogs
Nintendium
LordofSadFace
Its a shame Nintendo is running out of Nintendium, their consoles are not as durable as they used to
DaMummy
How much did it cost to fix the driveway?
DraxTheDestroyerLaughingAtYourEmbarrassment
Needed to have the whole thing replaced
Imhereforthelurking
I remember an episode of attack of the show, or something, they tested the durability next gen of the time. GameCube, Ps3, and Xbox.
sacul64
Hate to be that guy but ps2
Imhereforthelurking
And thank you! I erred on the side of time, and thought it was ps3, but I'll take a correction where needed.
hahaopossum
Xplay, they tested Ps2, gamecube and Xbox. Gamecube won
thisisthefirstoneitried
by a wide margin!
Imhereforthelurking
Thank you!! I honestly couldn't remember the show, just know it shared a channel with attack of the show
GadenKerensky
360s aren't as shit as people make them out to be; the early models RRoD'd frequently. But subsequent models have proven highly reliable.
hibsta
I never had a problem with my 360, until I dropped it. Then it ran really loudly all the time
omnipotentmonkey
yeah, My arcade model (aka the shittiest, least reliable one lasted me 4 years, and then my slim has lasted the intervening 5 years, 1/
ElderTrollyman
My Xbox360 pro still works to this day after getting the red ring 3 times.
Sfinski
I had to switch the console 6 times until they wouldn't do it for me anymore.
omnipotentmonkey
of course, this is anecdotal evidence, but from what i've seen the 360's hardware issues were hyperbolised. I had far more problems 2/
omnipotentmonkey
with PS2s and their ridiculous disc-read errors. 3/3
LogeeLassleyyy
Uh, my disc read errors always came from my 360
omnipotentmonkey
Like I said, anecdotal, maybe I got lucky with the 360 and unlucky with the PS2 because I went through five of the buggering latter.
CodeChimpin
And the RROD was super easy to fix.
parkway
Easy to fix, but most times things eventually broke again. Source: I used to repair them all the time for friends.
feeltheice
Depends on the cause: but anything that requires baking a console is crap to begin with
GadenKerensky
I did not know that. But TIL.
Zaayl
There were always problems on the hardware front, when they fixed the RRoD, disc trays/reader went to shit.
Zaayl
And from a ergonomics standpoint I LOVE the 360 controller, (sand the shit d-pad) but they had serious problems with degrading within a year
Zaayl
Ive gone through 3 Xbox's (1 RRoD, 2 disc trays.) and like...5 controllers? More? Analog sticks sticking, bumpers going spongey/unresponsive
Zaayl
That said, at least ten years from now if I picked up a 360 controller, it would take like a hour to get used to again. N64 controller? Nah
emocin
To be fair the n64 was a lot less complex and had way fewer moving parts. But fuck the 360 I went through 3 :(
CodeChimpin
The most common problem was the RROD, and it was pretty easy to fix.
BionicToad
I am on#3 but they finally added a heatsink all under warranty. Had to ride CD drive free years back, still use it at least weekly though.
TheMightyKibbless
My wife still plays the one I got 10 something years ago in middle school.
SuperRockinMrMagic
I've had the same one for almost ten years. Only now get some issues with the disk drive
IDontKnowWhatToDoWithMyHands
I think I went through 3 as well. One time it broke simply because I brought it to my grandma. My PS2 survived 100's of trips.
Ellimem
You got lucky with your PS2. Those were notoriously busted for a ton of people.
Kinkyfuck
dropped a hard metal statue on my ps2, got a crack on top, worked fine
LiterallyWorseThanHitler
I'm not sure if it had any moving parts, actually
KingJakers
Flapper doors on the cartridge hole thing and the power button.
yamigrl
I've had mine for years and it always runs super well! I don't understand why it either lasts forever or RRoD's quickly.
Deadpoolio7
My 360 RRoD'd and do I jumped over to Sony. Pretty good decision that.
racecarbedx
Yep went through 5 Xboxs. Had one PS3 and now I have had one ps4
Deadpoolio7
My PS3 is still chugging and the only problem I've had with my PS4 was a fucked hard drive that cost £30 to replace. Smashing
Ellimem
My PS4 keeps spitting discs back out. It's the dumbest shit. It's not like the problems I had with PS2s, but still aggravating.
Deadpoolio7
I thought Sony had solved that? Or at least would fix that shit for you.
OrangeFlavours
Why would you buy 3 xbox's?
UNDEADLY
i went through 7. only bought 1
OrangeFlavours
Christ, how does 6 xbox's even break though? And how'd you earn 6 of them for freee.
emocin
Likewise. They got replaced by Microsoft before I gave up.
GadenKerensky
I've only ever gone through one. ONE. Never had problems with it.
z3lfmoord
The difference being when you bought it.
SlightlyRelatedToThePost
My very first 360 red ringed, Microsoft replaced it for free and the new one works to this day. I've got no complaints of customer service .
OrangeFlavours
I still have a 360. The only problem is it's fan kicked out, so I have to put an actual one up by it's side, besides that works fine.
z3lfmoord
Replace the fan for like $12....or your method is free
OrangeFlavours
Yeah. I have an actual computer(well a laptop), and all the games I have are pretty much entirely completed, so not much point in 1/2
OrangeFlavours
2/2 new fan.