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Remember When N64s Were at McDonalds?

>> No.2490126

remember when you got the chicken pox about the same time?

>> No.2490128

Was this some American thing?

>> No.2490132 [DELETED] 

>>2490126

Help me remember, reddit doctor

>> No.2490147

>>2490128
i saw two gamecubes at a mexican mcdonalds once. they only had a soccer game, of course.

>> No.2490152

the ones at mine got replaced with Gamecubes and replaced all the Mario Party and fun stuff with shovelware

>> No.2490157

>>2490128
had/have them in canada too, there is one near me that still has a working unit with pokemon snap and mario party.

>> No.2490190

>tfw my parent's said I was too young for video games until the GC/GBA era and these along with hotel 64s were my only exposure
64 games looked so fucking incredible back then

>> No.2490402

>>2490116
is that in Ukiah, CA?

>> No.2490408

>>2490402
Nope, I am from MI

>> No.2490415

>>2490116
>>2490128
Never saw that here in England

>> No.2490425

>>2490116
If they did that now there'd be some autist at the machine for hours.

>> No.2490454
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2490454

Blockbuster had a N64, usually with Mario 64.
Since it was close to the release of the N64, not many kids (especially in my country) owned one, so a lot of them played the game, without knowing where to go, or what to do.
I'd usually play and grab a few stars quickly to show off while other kids around watched.

>> No.2490457

>>2490425
>implying there wasn't even back then

hope you like wave race with the broken controller cause the kid whose family dumped him there 3 hours ago and went shopping is dedicated on that star fox.

>> No.2490465

>>2490425
>If they did that now--
Someone would deliberately break something. Assuming a theft would not occur.

>> No.2490513

>>2490465
>Implying that shit didn't happen back in the day.

>> No.2490526

>>2490116
No. I wasn't in Burgerica at that time. Must have been nice to have the piglets off in a corner playing games instead of spazzing out out the counter. Thanks Nintendo.

>> No.2490538
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>>2490116
>Those greasy controllers.
Jesus Fuck.

>> No.2490567

How horrifying. I remember them being in game stores and some department stores. I played a lot of Ocarina of Time before I got the game in House of Fraser.

>> No.2490580

>>2490538
don't you just wanna lick 'em?

>> No.2490582

>poor growing up
>bugged my mom to take me to the department store that had a N64 display you can play
>some other kid was playing it
>mom was annoyed and had to just wait there while I waited for the kid to be done
>kid hogged the machine
>we left and I didn't get a chance to play

Maybe she really did love me...

>> No.2490584

Back in the days we had nintendo in our mcdonalds.

Nowadays we have mcdonald toys in our nintendo.

>> No.2490612

I remember seeing one in games boutique (yeah remember that) when the dreamcast was new, It was turned off or broken and I didn't get to play a dreamcast until last year.

>> No.2490695

>>2490580
It's amazing how they'd put something like that in the kid section of a restaurant that serves shit you eat with your hands.
That shit must be a germ inferno.

>> No.2490703

>>2490584
nice meme

>> No.2490704

>>2490582
I once stood waiting until I peed myself.

Didn't get to play either.

I don't miss being a kid.

>> No.2490709

>>2490612
> games boutique

No, I remember an Electronic Boutique.

>> No.2490712

>>2490695
I worked in a McDonald's back in the day and you have no idea how often they'd get disinfected. I feel like we did that every 10 minutes. The real bacteria goldmine is in the milkshake machine.

>> No.2490717

>>2490712
Well, good thing there's some management there.
How come the milkshake machine is so nasty?

>> No.2490724

>>2490717
Just like the soda fountains it's out of sight and therefore out of mind. Cleaning got neglected so often there would be horrible sludge built up inside more often then not.

>> No.2490730

In the McDonalds of my town there was never anything like that, nowadays the only thing that we have in there is a Dendy and a CRT monitor with Super Mario 14 builted in, there is also a knock off of Missile Command where you have to protect Kremlin by american missiles

>> No.2490751

>>2490730
>Super Mario 14
What is this illusive game?

>> No.2490784

>>2490724
When I worked at mcds, we found larvae in the solidified sludge within a run off tray inside a shake machine. It looked like swiss cheese because they had burrowed into it.

>> No.2490804

>>2490730
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVPjKCoxEPU

>> No.2490806

They still are. One near my place has this setup, but no one plays it.

>> No.2490817

>>2490751
You've never played Super Mario Onety-Four?

>> No.2490842

>>2490116
Just looking at that picture, I can smell the scent of hamburger buns and hear the almost velcro-like squeak of walking on that grimy floor.

>> No.2490921

>>2490116
>Play Fair
>Please Share


> imblying

>> No.2490975

>>2490116
They still have N64's at McDonald's in rural parts of Guatemala, they have Gamecube's in Guatemala City.

>> No.2490990

>>2490921
Don't tell me what to do, Grimace. You don't even exist anymore.

>> No.2491417

>>2490817
His dad must not work at Nintendo

>> No.2491432

>>2491417
ITT plebs who's dads aren't Nintendo

>> No.2491460

>>2490990
>Grimace doesn't exist anymore

It sucks how all the old characters have faded into just a memory of the past. They were cool as a kid. I still have those Halloween toys from the 90s out on my shelf. Now all we have left is creepy ass Ronald McDonald

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>>2490116
>tfw non-rural mcdonalds still has an n64 with mario and starfox here

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>>2491460
>Now all we have left is creepy ass Ronald McDonald
Nope, he's retired as well.

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2491495

>McDonald's child section has colorful TVs with McDonald's characters that have babyish N64 controllers that were playing shit like Elmo or Lego

I still can't help but feel like the N64 was designed to be as kiddy as possible.

>> No.2491498

Does anybody own one of these? I would like to own one of these

>> No.2491545

>>2491494
What... I still see Ronald on TV commercials

>> No.2491548

>>2491495
Hey, McDonalds could just as easily have put Shadowman or Biofreaks into those kiosks.

>> No.2491552

>>2491460
>not knowing the hamburgler came out of retirement
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wHHeyT45hI

>> No.2491561

I remember a Mcdonalds near the church I grew going to had huge play area that also had TV's with a Gamecube, a PS2, and an Xbox with two controllers each.
Gamecube had Mario Kart, PS2 had Spyro, and I don't remember what the Xbox had because the original Xbox had no games.

>> No.2491563

>>2491561
>Xbox had no games
Can't imagine Halo being in the McDonalds kid area. Fusion Frenzy maybe? That's the only E rated game I can think of for Xbox

>> No.2491772

>>2490116
Am the only one that remembers the N64 based arcade machines?

>> No.2491776

>>2491772
the kiosks? they were just short demos

>> No.2491780

>>2491772
Are you talking about Killer Instinct 2 and Crusin' USA? Because those were outright lies. Neither were remotely close to N64 hardware despite being marketed as such.

>> No.2492251

>>2490709
I thought it was Electronics Boutique. Definitely something by that name in the UK as I used to go to it in London.

>> No.2492354

We have one of these at a McD's by a local cheap theater, almost none of the controllers work anymore and the screens are terribly burned-in.

Shame. Probably why they're less common now (y'know, besides mobile gaming).

>> No.2492369

>>2491772
Are you talking about the Aleck64 board? You'd have to be a lover of obscure japanese arcade boards to remember that.

>> No.2492697

>>2491460
Weren't Grimace and the Hamburglar bad guys at first?
What was the birds name?

McDonald's lore is fucking deep.

>> No.2492705
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>>2491498
>Wanting a McDonald's monolith inside your home.

>> No.2493024

There's a McDonald's close by where I live that STILL has this.
I think Diddy Kong Racing is one of the games in it.

Controllers are garbage but at least burn-in isn't really present.

>> No.2493058

>eating at mcdonalds
>ever
I always thought this was an Amerifat stereotype, but then again I see posts about Walmart too. tfw wish I lived in america

>> No.2493063

>>2490538
Fat people

>> No.2493071
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2493071

Remember when you stayed at that hotel with the pay-to-play N64?

>> No.2493075

>>2493071
Cool, I see they've got the entire console library available in there.

>> No.2493098

>>2493071
I forgot about those. I was in a Hilton during a layover last xmas that had one, it was free play though.

>> No.2493103

>>2493058

I did eat at McDonald in the 90's and i'm not american.
Mostly because i wanted some surprise of the happy meal and for some of the cartoons they aired 24/7.

>> No.2493128

>>2493075
Do you not see the arrows indicating that there are more pages?

>> No.2493159

>>2493071
Yep. That was my first time playing x-wing and kirby 64 as a kid. It was amazing, because I actually had an xbox at home (born 1995), but the hotel n64 felt more fun because it was so different.

>> No.2493175

>>2493071
yep and snes. recently saw a gamecube one as well

>> No.2493198

>>2493075
Nice meme, friend :^)

>> No.2493214

>>2493071
oh my god yes

>> No.2493282

>>2493058
McDonald's is one of the few US burger chains that's popular worldwide.

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>>2493071
My god, just seeing the image from the box art for Mario Kart is making me want to play it right now with three of my friends.

But then I remember all my friends moved away from me...

>> No.2493363

>>2493071
Yes thats how I found out about Yoshi Story which i thought sucked as a kid and idk about now I remember bitching that I wanted to play MK 64 or smash but my brother won my parents over. This was 12 years ago too.
>>2490116
At Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg they had a GC with Melee but idk if they do anymore. It's been awhile since I went there.

>> No.2494328

>>2493071
>$3.50 water

>> No.2494330

>>2493363
>Yoshi Story which i thought sucked as a kid
You were right.

>> No.2494332

>>2490157
I don't believe you

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2494367

>>2491552
He seems like someone you can't really trust.

Though "burglar" would be a bit too light for this guy.

>> No.2494375

>>2490116
One of our McDonalds sill has em'. They're greasy, worn, and the sticks, which the xception of one, are so worn, that they don't work properly at all. The games have changed over the years though. Initially it was Mario Party and Tony Hawks Pro Skater 2, but kids got into fights over Mario Party, so they swapped it out with some BMX game.

>> No.2494381

>>2491494
What baffles me about this, is why the fuck would you go to a fast food resturant, one of the greasiest shit stains of them all none the less, to buy fruits and vegetables?

>> No.2494394

>>2492251
Isn't Electronics Boutique still around? I thought it turned into EB Games but I don't know for sure.

>> No.2494481

>>2494381
Retarded amerifats.

>> No.2494493

>>2494367
>Hamugger with priors

>> No.2494515

>>2494394
gamestop bought em out.

>> No.2494571

Here in Stanton, CA we had one with MK64 on it, haven't been there in a while.

>> No.2494669

>>2494328

Welcome to our hotel, enjoy your stay!

>> No.2494897

>>2493075
well played my friend

>> No.2494915

My local McD still has one set up.

>> No.2494924

I never saw a mcdonalds with an N64 but I remember going to one that had a few super nintendos hooked up with super Mario world. I think that must have been around 94/95

>> No.2495973

>>2494330
Damn straight it looked so stupid and I was like
>WE PICKED SMASH AND MARIO KART 64 OVER THIS?!?!?

>> No.2496146

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4z6S6SErYA
I think I had the knuckles toy

>> No.2496383

>>2493363
Where was the Gamecube?

I live in Illinois and I'm going there soon, last time I went was in December.

>> No.2497125

>>2496383
In the Mcdonalds In Woodfield Mall but idk if they still have it or not. Its been over like 2/3 years since i last went there but they have a Pac Man Bar/Arcade/Restaurant there now called Level 257 officially made by Namco it looks good but im only 20 so i cant drink till the end of the year.

>> No.2497214

>>2490116
I don't but that kiosk would be cool to own.

>> No.2497228

>>2497125
>im only 20 so i cant drink till the end of the year.
Wait, what? What kind of shit laws do you guys have over there?

>> No.2497230

>>2497228
Eurofag, pls

>> No.2497241

>>2492705
hahahaha

>> No.2497287

>>2494381
A lot of people have this notion that fruit and vegetables=weight loss. As in you can eat your hamburger and it's alright since you also ate a salad which is healthy food.

I wish I could say something like "lol retarded muricans" but a lot of people around the world think like this.

>> No.2497450

>>2493071
I played X-Wing and Super Smash Brothers on one of these at a hotel in Idaho ten years ago. It was cool, I guess.

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>>2490584

autistic instagram caption worthy

>> No.2498580

>>2493071
Yeah, I remember them different sticks from normal 64 controllers, too, like they stuck GameCube ones on or something to make it last longer. I also saw GameCube versions as well. I never actually played one, but I had a Game Boy and plenty of games for that to keep me occupied.