Yeah I remember we had Simons Quest for the NES and we were so stuck on it, finally my dad (who was playing it) called the number and you had to like kneel by a lake for 5 seconds after picking up some item based on a cryptic message of a villager. It was a 1-900 number so it probably cost like 10 bucks. There wasn't even any internet unless you were at a university, I still don't know how you were supposed to figure it out on your own.

Yeah it cost like 3 bucks to call and then like $2 per minute and you were on the line waiting for some dude to look it up in a strategy guide and give the answer.

The soundtrack of that game still rules. What a terrible night to have a curse