When I was a kid and Super Nintendo was the new hotness, a friend and I loved 'Shadowrun'.
A group of us had played various TT games over the years and loved video game adaptations but that one in particular was fantastic for an ARPG.
We had for years wondered where a spell was that was listed in the manual.
We tried everything, asked everyone we could think of, when finally we decided to call the Nintendo Power hotline, whatever it was called.
The charges started immediately and as you listened to a recorded spiel.
I think was several selections later we spoke with an agent who looked it up and informed us he could tell us for an additional fee. We agreed and he informed us the spell had been removed either prior to release or in the localization.
We were devasated.
Weeks later my Dad gets a call from my friend's parents. We go over and they explain they had a huge phone bill because apparently my friend had called them back asking all kinds of stuff for games, then it progressed to phone sex lines.
Of course this was all my fault. So not only did I have to do yard work all summer to pay it down, but he got to enjoy his summer scott free.
My question was how did they not know either time it was squeaky-voiced kids.
I guess they didn't have to since all the commercials said something like 'kids must have parents permission to call'.
