My First All-Nighter (MFAN)

[turboswimbz]

let's see all nighters... never for video games, I was sure when I hit reply there must have been 1 night, but I think I always went to bed in the wee hours.  There were a few times In college I did actual all nighters ummmmm studying anatomy. errr hmm.  one of which did involved mindless games of mario kart wii and super mario wii till 2:30am, and a jug of wine.

[esteban]

The next morning I ate unsweeted puffed rice cereal that my parents packed for me because they were weirdos while everyone else ate Captain Crunch. We watched that TV video game show where kids ran around an obstacle course and won NES games by sticking them on a Velcro suit. On the show I saw a Neo Geo for the first time.

Funhouse with your host, J.D. Roth? I remember watching that show, even though it sucked. I guess nothing else was on during that time slot?

UNSWEETENED CEREAL was my childhood. Wheat puffs, sans sugar. Toasted Oats. Crisp Rice. No frills.



MFAN (Turbo edition!): It must have been Dungeon Explorer. 1989. Winter. At some point (2:00 AM?), I suddenly feel RAVENOUS.

I RE-HEAT PIZZA IN TOASTER OVEN. Greasy fingers. Gulped down the slice, crispy crust and all, washed my hands, and resumed playing. I DIDN'T WANT GREASY CONTROLLERS. I still use those pads, and they are still CLEAN (no coagulated grease chunks on that beauty!)

I still love every single goddamn tune from Dungeon Explorer.

[lord_cack]

I have a few all-nighter memories: Dragon Warrior, Super Mario World, Final Fantasy (1,2,3,7....pick one hehe), Ys I&II, Gate of Thunder, Street Fighter II, tons of games spanning from the mid 80's to the late 90's.

But, nothing compares to my friends and I when Everquest came out. When you string all-nighters into a week.... thats a whole different level of sleep deprevation and insanity.

[Tatsujin]

I don't exactly remember MFAN

I remember standing up in the night and playing some hidden battle zone, pheonix or lol position on the VCS.
When I got my C-128, I was playing all nights in my room. headphones ma fren. only the clicking of my quickjoy II or what ever it was at that time, was a little bit noisy, so could wake up my lil sister sister in the room next to mine. so had to be careful with that joy, gene.

I also remember playing the lynx for hours in my bed, when I had to sleep for the next days school. I played blue lighting the most, since that game was so ace in the darkness playing it under the blanket. felt like a real pilot..lol.

in beginning of the 90s we also had our first multiple participant allnight (or until pass away) game nights, with PCE (bomberman), MD, SFC and all kind of stuff.

Bomberman was so awesome at that time. sure still it is today.

[Obfuscate]

I also remember playing the lynx for hours in my bed, when I had to sleep for the next days school. I played blue lighting the most, since that game was so ace in the darkness playing it under the blanket. felt like a real pilot..lol.

Funny, I use to do that with Stun Runner on my Lynx

[DejahThoris]

My first all-nighter was with Worms 2.  Went to a friend's house that I'd never been to before and he had a bunch of PC games, something that I hadn't really gotten to experience as our computer was still running MS-DOS at the time (Monster Bash and Rise of the Triad were my LIFE!).  Later that year our family got a new computer and I got to enjoy Diablo, Grim Fandango, and tons of others but I digress.  We spent the whole night up, mostly playing Worms 2 against one another, his mother even joined in late at night for a few matches.  I also learned of Final Fantasy 6 and E.V.O. Search for Eden that night.  Turned out to be a pretty great friendship for the longest time.

[420GOAT]

i think it was night driver on atari till 3 am or so...that was like 81/82 the before my chick was born!!

[Marll]

I DIDN'T WANT GREASY CONTROLLERS. I still use those pads, and they are still CLEAN (no coagulated grease chunks on that beauty!)

I still love every single goddamn tune from Dungeon Explorer.

This^^ I still use my original system, turbo tap and controllers and they are very clean and have surprisingly little wear.

I still love pretty much very tune in DE as well. Turbo did have some really awesome music on both chip and CD.

[vestcoat]

UNSWEETENED CEREAL was my childhood. Wheat puffs, sans sugar. Toasted Oats. Crisp Rice. No frills.

Haha. Nice to know I wasn't the only one.

[Jibbajaba]

UNSWEETENED CEREAL was my childhood. Wheat puffs, sans sugar. Toasted Oats. Crisp Rice. No frills.

Haha. Nice to know I wasn't the only one.

My parents used to go on these stupid diets, and because of them, they used sweet & low instead of sugar, and would only buy me corn flakes.  So every morning I ate corn flakes sweetened with sweet & low.  Gross.

Chris

[motdelbourt]

As far as Turbo stuff I have no idea. Maybe Dungeon Master or DEII or something.

More likely Final Fantasy VIII, staying up and breaking the leveling system. That and Alundra.

[soop]

I don't remember MFAN, but there were some memorable ones.

the time my friend had a PS3 (when they were new) and I turned up for like a week solid to play Metal Gear 2, and the time he went to bed at 3am, and I just sat there playing Grand Theft Auto straight through from about 11pm to 12 the next day, didn't even get up to pee.  I only knew it was morning when he got up to go to work, and I realised the sun was up outside.

The Laser Quest (like laser tag) all nighter - I used to hang around there with my friends pretty much daily, and the first all nighter started the very night I got back from holiday in Portugal, straight from the airport.  All the Arcade machines were set to free play (Xexex, some Neo Geo fighter, some other stuff), and we were playing variations on standard like Royal Rumble and AVP in the arena etc.  It was pretty loopy.

And then (soppy story) I remember me and one of my girlfriends just went for a walk one night, and just kept walking around the city getting into conversations and doing stuff until the sun came up.

[galam]

My first was Simons Quest on NES when I was in grade school and it was a big deal because it was a school night. Felt so rebel when you're 13.
My first turbo all nighter was Prince of Persia a few years later during winter vacation. Once it was done it was immediately followed but cosmic fantasy 2 during that same winter break. A friend and I tag teamed it and got no sleep for two days. And I don't mean "tag teamed" in THAT way. The disc hole is way too small.

[BigusSchmuck]

UNSWEETENED CEREAL was my childhood. Wheat puffs, sans sugar. Toasted Oats. Crisp Rice. No frills.

Haha. Nice to know I wasn't the only one.

My parents used to go on these stupid diets, and because of them, they used sweet & low instead of sugar, and would only buy me corn flakes.  So every morning I ate corn flakes sweetened with sweet & low.  Gross.

Chris

Can't be any worse than fat free ice cream with splenda and raisins.

[Lost Monkey]

UNSWEETENED CEREAL was my childhood. Wheat puffs, sans sugar. Toasted Oats. Crisp Rice. No frills.

Haha. Nice to know I wasn't the only one.

My parents used to go on these stupid diets, and because of them, they used sweet & low instead of sugar, and would only buy me corn flakes.  So every morning I ate corn flakes sweetened with sweet & low.  Gross.

Chris

Can't be any worse than fat free ice cream with splenda and raisins.

My parents went on a carob kick... substituting carob substances for chocolate.  The horror....  The horror...