Do you remember the days when we had to avoid lava and spike pits, beat predictable enemies and those incredibly lengthly alpha-numeric codes to restore our games before the use of save points? Well, this list gives us 6 gimmicks to remember fondly (or not so fondly) in addition to other gimmicks which have not left us yet.

Since its birth, video gaming has undergone an incredible evolution, from simple sprites and a ghost-eating Pac-Man to today’s domination of home consoles. After all that time, any gamer who’s worth their weight in rupees will remember (fondly, or otherwise) some once-common sights that went the way of the Virtual GameBoy, never to be seen or heard from again. CRACKED recalls some video-game staples of yesteryear, and admits that, in the end, there are still more of them kicking around than we’d like.

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