The curious tale of a Nintendo UK Hotliner during the console war era

Re:The curious tale of a Nintendo UK Hotliner during the con... by lostgame on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @11:19PM (#29326879)

There was only one time I sincerely considered calling a tips line.

It was this stupid barrel in ‘Carnival Night Zone’ in Sonic the Hedgehog 3 - if you ever played the game; you know what I’m talking about - and I later wondered if it was literally placed in the game as bait to make you call the SEGA help line.

Either way; this article was a fascinating look into that small world.

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Re:The curious tale of a Nintendo UK Hotliner during the con... by hlandau on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @01:15AM (#29327360)

Supposedly, it became so common for people to get stuck here, the hold music for the SEGA hotline added a message telling people how to get past it, before they even spoke to someone.

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Re:The curious tale of a Nintendo UK Hotliner during the con... by lostgame on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @07:38AM (#29329370)

I am not fucking surprised. Where else - ever - in the Genesis classic Sonic games did you ever have to use up or down to move an item?

Also, IIRC; it wasn’t in the manual.

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Re:The curious tale of a Nintendo UK Hotliner during the con... by nekobrain on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @05:22AM (#29328584)

OMG yes! I thought it was just me being too young :)

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