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Do you leave your consoles on? (self.retrogaming)
submitted 2 months ago by comfyquaker to c/retrogaming
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Do you leave your consoles on while you’re not playing them and if so, whats the longest you’ve left it on? does it matter if the system is disc based, cartridge etc?? why do you leave it on?

personally i was told by my parents to always turn it off when i was done. thinking this was a pretty normal thing to do until one of my friends shared with me that he always has his n64 running conkers bad fur day. if it isn’t, the powers out. I’m rather surprised, but curious if anyone else does this.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Back when games did not have saves I would leave a system on while trying to beat the game. But only maybe during dinner, or maybe overnight.

The first time my sister used my SEGA Genesis she only turned off the TV. The Genesis ended up being left on for an extended weekend. I do not know if that caused it or not, but shortly after that the power supply died.