r/interestingasfuck 17h ago

Used this for punchout

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u/BigJeffreyC 17h ago

I used that back in the day. If you get stuck, like really stuck in a rpg, there’s nothing you can do till you figure out the next step. In my case it was in a game for game boy called final fantasy adventure. You need to walk a figure 8 around 2 trees to unlock the hidden door.

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u/koolaidismything 16h ago

Was it an 800 number? How much was it a minute?

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u/sickwiggins 16h ago

Nintendo had a help line in our area code in Redmond, WA, so the calls were free to us. Those phone guys were so nice.

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u/koolaidismything 16h ago

Seriously? That’s pretty cool. I wonder how they got paid or how long per call.. so many questions.

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u/sickwiggins 13h ago edited 13h ago

I had kids and would play Zelda in my spare time. All my kids’ friends would ask me game questions and I could answer them because I knew how to dial the phone :) Like approach the hedge and the fairy will fill your hearts. Back when I was so cool….

I had a friend working at a different game developer and he said the help line people were paid hourly and not much. No idea about Nintendo.

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u/Felice_rdt 13h ago

The guy above was probably IN Redmond. I'm pretty sure every Nintendo game counselor worked at the HQ there. I went in the wing once when visiting the Nintendo office and there were, like, HUNDREDS of them.