Posted by Chiusano at 209.60.223.58 on July 02, 2000 at 00:56:16:
In Reply to: Mallrats Q's you're probably sick of... posted by Dave R on July 01, 2000 at 23:16:37:
: 5- Brodie left a video game system running overnight?! That aint healthy man. He should thank his lucky stars the room didn't catch fire, but the thing still ran... hell, you could cook a continental breakfast on my Dreamcast after an hours work.
About ten or so years back, I used to play this game name of Zillion on my Sega Master System. Tough game. It had over a hundred levels and you had to gather up a bunch of specific items in order to complete it. So playing it would take an eternity and, since I didn't want to shut it off and lose everything I had accomplished thus far, I was forced to pause it when the time came to hit the hay and resume gaming the following morning. Did it quite often, actually, and never had any technical problems or fires or what have you.
So pausing video games overnight CAN BE DONE. I can testify to that fact. Though I'd imagine that it's probably not a very good idea.
Chiusano