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Oh woe, woe, woe is me. I have LOST my Polarium cartridge. Well that isn't entirely true. I haven't lost it because I know where it is, I just can't get to it.
The story started on a happy monday afternoon in the car, driving to Cornwall for a weeks holiday. Having already driven for about 100 miles myself (oh yes), I decided to relax with my DS. I opend the game pouch of my HMV case and saw that Polarium had become lodged inside the connector part of the Zelda LttP cartridge. So I lifted the cartridges out of the pouch and as I turned the GBA cartridge over, Polarium fell out, slipped through my fingers and down my left side. I put the DS and LttP beside me on the seat and looked to my left expecting to see the little game laying there on the floor between the door and the seat.
Nothing.
I searched frantically, lifting up the seat incase it had slid underneath the foam, but there was nothing there. I opened the door and inspected all around the underneat of the door, but there was nothing there. Then I realised the horrible truth. The game must have slid down my seatbelt, through the little slit in the plastic above the wheel arch and into the cavity where the seatbelt is attached. I have no way of getting to it whatsoever, as the plastic doesn't come off, and I can't fit anything into the little slit to prize it out.
I was understandably annoyed, and didn't play my DS again all week in case something similar happened. Luckily, to make up for it, when I got home on saturday, I had BG&E, Metal Arms, Spiderman 2 and XIII waiting for me, all of which are fantastic games.
The moral of this story is, obviously, take more care of your DS carts. They are too small.
The story started on a happy monday afternoon in the car, driving to Cornwall for a weeks holiday. Having already driven for about 100 miles myself (oh yes), I decided to relax with my DS. I opend the game pouch of my HMV case and saw that Polarium had become lodged inside the connector part of the Zelda LttP cartridge. So I lifted the cartridges out of the pouch and as I turned the GBA cartridge over, Polarium fell out, slipped through my fingers and down my left side. I put the DS and LttP beside me on the seat and looked to my left expecting to see the little game laying there on the floor between the door and the seat.
Nothing.
I searched frantically, lifting up the seat incase it had slid underneath the foam, but there was nothing there. I opened the door and inspected all around the underneat of the door, but there was nothing there. Then I realised the horrible truth. The game must have slid down my seatbelt, through the little slit in the plastic above the wheel arch and into the cavity where the seatbelt is attached. I have no way of getting to it whatsoever, as the plastic doesn't come off, and I can't fit anything into the little slit to prize it out.
I was understandably annoyed, and didn't play my DS again all week in case something similar happened. Luckily, to make up for it, when I got home on saturday, I had BG&E, Metal Arms, Spiderman 2 and XIII waiting for me, all of which are fantastic games.
The moral of this story is, obviously, take more care of your DS carts. They are too small.
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Oh woe, woe, woe is me. I have LOST my Polarium cartridge. Well that isn't entirely true. I haven't lost it because I know where it is, I just can't get to it.
The story started on a happy monday afternoon in the car, driving to Cornwall for a weeks holiday. Having already driven for about 100 miles myself (oh yes), I decided to relax with my DS. I opend the game pouch of my HMV case and saw that Polarium had become lodged inside the connector part of the Zelda LttP cartridge. So I lifted the cartridges out of the pouch and as I turned the GBA cartridge over, Polarium fell out, slipped through my fingers and down my left side. I put the DS and LttP beside me on the seat and looked to my left expecting to see the little game laying there on the floor between the door and the seat.
Nothing.
I searched frantically, lifting up the seat incase it had slid underneath the foam, but there was nothing there. I opened the door and inspected all around the underneat of the door, but there was nothing there. Then I realised the horrible truth. The game must have slid down my seatbelt, through the little slit in the plastic above the wheel arch and into the cavity where the seatbelt is attached. I have no way of getting to it whatsoever, as the plastic doesn't come off, and I can't fit anything into the little slit to prize it out.
I was understandably annoyed, and didn't play my DS again all week in case something similar happened. Luckily, to make up for it, when I got home on saturday, I had BG&E, Metal Arms, Spiderman 2 and XIII waiting for me, all of which are fantastic games.
The moral of this story is, obviously, take more care of your DS carts. They are too small.
The story started on a happy monday afternoon in the car, driving to Cornwall for a weeks holiday. Having already driven for about 100 miles myself (oh yes), I decided to relax with my DS. I opend the game pouch of my HMV case and saw that Polarium had become lodged inside the connector part of the Zelda LttP cartridge. So I lifted the cartridges out of the pouch and as I turned the GBA cartridge over, Polarium fell out, slipped through my fingers and down my left side. I put the DS and LttP beside me on the seat and looked to my left expecting to see the little game laying there on the floor between the door and the seat.
Nothing.
I searched frantically, lifting up the seat incase it had slid underneath the foam, but there was nothing there. I opened the door and inspected all around the underneat of the door, but there was nothing there. Then I realised the horrible truth. The game must have slid down my seatbelt, through the little slit in the plastic above the wheel arch and into the cavity where the seatbelt is attached. I have no way of getting to it whatsoever, as the plastic doesn't come off, and I can't fit anything into the little slit to prize it out.
I was understandably annoyed, and didn't play my DS again all week in case something similar happened. Luckily, to make up for it, when I got home on saturday, I had BG&E, Metal Arms, Spiderman 2 and XIII waiting for me, all of which are fantastic games.
The moral of this story is, obviously, take more care of your DS carts. They are too small.
Roubles. Unlucky you. Polarium is wonderful. I'm still rubbish at it, but I can see how it's so addictive.
I've done over 70 puzzle thingies, though, which is good.
I've done over 70 puzzle thingies, though, which is good.
I use a pencil case to hold them all, and the DS itself. Beats buying an ultra-expensive case and all the games can go in there too.
Oh and woe it was Polarium. Infuriatingly addictive little title.
I use the cases from GAME, only hold 2 but they have the nicest blue rubber inside, howevor as they are not much bigger than the game, i start losing them aswell.
i carry mine in my wallet, theyre just the right siz to go in the photo bit....i thauhgt i lost one of my ds games once, but then realised it was insid the actual console :D
UMD > Cartridges
*runs*
*runs*
haha
I suck at Polarium ... the proper game of it anyway. Done all the puzzles, but can't get above an E- for the Tetris-style bit.
I've got better than an -E once.
And done 78 of the puzzles. 79 + 80 are annoying the hell out of me.
And done 78 of the puzzles. 79 + 80 are annoying the hell out of me.
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