Topic: Game systems you've played to death

The first system I ever had was the NES, which was initially my dad's, but I adopted it . After awhile, it died and we got an NES2. The NES2's seen quite a lot of use, but still works pretty well.

I also had to throw away my Game Gear a few years ago because it would only come on for two seconds. Fortunately, many GG games were also on the SMS, so whenever those games come to the VC (Columns, please), I can download them for nostalgia's sake.

I played my Xbox until it started freezing on me. I traded it in once I got my 360 along with many games that weren't backward-compatible. First time I'd ever gone to Gamestop.

The only game system I think I've actually played so much it died was my original TurboExpress.

I played my original NES to death. It still turns on but the games will not load anymore. Oh well, it had a good life and it lasted longer than I ever expected.

The blinking blue screen issue, right? There's a fix for that. If you take the NES apart (be careful here, there are a lot of screws!) you can get access to the pins that make contact with the cartridges. You'll need to perform two operations on these pins:

• Clean the pins with alcohol. Rubbing alcohol works fine, but purer stuff is even better. This is to remove any corrosion that has happened over time. Especially if you previously employed the "blow into the cartridge" fix.
• Due to the VCR-loader design of the NES, the pins have been bent inward over time. Bend the pins a bit back outward. Make sure they all align or you won't get a clean connection with the cart.

Put the system back together and everything should work fine. I did this to my 20 year old system (which we treated quite well, so it was late in exhibiting the symptom) and it now works like a charm.

My Gamecube and my Wii are two that have died on me from excessive play time.

My SNES is a runner up because its really close to death lol

My original DS. Eventually, the L button stopped working. I did an experiment, and my DS's touch screen only worked in 50 degree whether or higher. Considering I live in Kansas where it gets down to 0 degrees in the winter, I couldn't play it in any car, outside, on the bus, and I had to heat it up after taking it outside before it would work. Also, it's opening menu sound was higher pitched than usual. Strange enough, Gamestop still accepted it so I could get a DSi.
I guess this isn'tt necessarily "to death" but those prevented me from gaming in the winter when I want to game most. I also couldn't play some games because of the L button thing.
My N64 still works, but it freezes if you touch the system, so I have to be very careful when I play it.

None of my consoles ever died and there was hardcore stuff on them.

My N64 and its controllers had a pretty bath of coffee, courtesy of my mom.

The only console I've had die on me was the Genesis, and that was over ten years ago. I wonder if it had anything to do with all the add-ons? Heck who knows.

The add-ons killed your console, all Genesis in the world and ultimately Sega.

Holocaust level destruction...

Let me see...2 Gamecubes, 1 DS, 3 DS Lites...a Sega Genesis and the original GameBoy. (Although my little brother may have contributed to most of the damage).

My Gamecube doesn't recognize discs anymore, but it technically isn't dead, as it still turns on. other than that, I've never had a system die on me, and considering what some of them have gone through, it truly is a money saving miracle (My original DS in particular was once dropped down a flight of no less than fifteen stairs and is still in working order)

As a kid, I damaged my GBC after I threw it across the living room after getting very frustrated with a game (probably Pokemon). The GBC still worked, it just couldn't use an adaptor from then on.

None of my consoles have ever died, though I think my 360 might if I keep playing it...

It hasn't exactly died yet, but it seems to be getting worse everyday.
What did I do to it you ask. Why it decided to take a swim .

My original DS. I was going to get a new one, but then the DSi was announced and I decided to wait for that.

I miss my ColecoVision.

I own three Dreamcasts and some of them refuse to play certain games, so I have to swap them out depending on what I am playing. (Not my fault, two of my Dreamcasts weren't originally mine.)

My primary N64 controller has a loose control stick that resulted from too much Mario Party, but it still works.

Thats about it, I take good care of my consoles. My Game Gear still works fine; the main problem is finding enough batteries!

my Gameboy Advance was dropped one too many times

Gamecube

My Gamecube is on it's final legs. That thing needs to finally be retired so that it can enjoy it's last days, methinks.