One of my most embarrassing moments was after renting X-Men for the Sega Genesis. I thought this game was totally amazing; you could play as multiple cool X-Men, and there were all kinds of sweet levels.
Anyway, although it was tricky (this was not an easy game), I made it super far into the game and I was happy with myself. After beating one level deep into the game, I reached a point where all action came to a halt and a message said "Restart the computer!" So I walked up to what looked like a computer in the game and hit buttons. No dice.
So I'm thinking, "I have to have missed something". I backtrack, trying to activate other objects. Nope, no luck. I hit all kinds of buttons, try pressing buttons together, try pausing the game -- no luck. I look for a secret door, cover every pixel of the screen.. Nope. What feels like an hour goes by. Refusing to give up, I rack my brain to figure it out, becoming more and more frustrated, and then angry to the point of wanting to cry, and eventually I figure the game is broken, it's a faulty product, and I'm mentally envisioning taking the cartridge out and tossing it out the window.
Finally, after 2 hours, when I am a wreck and on the border of tears, I come to terms with the fact that I'm going to start over. So I turn off the system, and start the entire game over. Eventually get to the same point, get stuck again. Search in vain, no luck again. Out of frustration I just hit the Reset button on the Genesis.. And it moves to the next level.
Wtf.
I have never been so mad at a game in my entire life. As a matter of fact, Sega, if you're reading this, I'm still mad at you right now. No kid deserves to go through this and that little stunt ruined my weekend. Beat the game and never touched it ever again.
Sega pls
http://youtu.be/-lefgdRAuW0?t=5m3s -- If you want to see what this looked like.