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3401898 No.3401898 [Reply] [Original]

OH BOY, MOM AND DAD ARE GONNA TAKE YOU TO BLOCKBUSTER
What awesome game are you gonna renting today?

>> No.3401901

>tfw I was never taken to a video store

>> No.3401908

>>3401898

A few Blockbuster stories for you

The games I've rented repeatedly were ACME Animation Studios on SNES and Army Men on N64.

One time my friend convinced me that the Barbie game on NES had a nude mode, so I convinced my mom to let me rent it. It was awful and did not have pixelated tits. My mom thought I was fucked in the head for the longest time.

I remember seeing Flintstones Surprise at Dinosaur Peak for sale NIB for like $5...

>> No.3401923

>>3401908

Also, not related to Blockbuster, but my roomate once had Nintendo Stadium Events with 2 pads. Traded it into FuncoLand (bought out by GameStop) for $40. Balls.

>> No.3401932

>Loved Cool Spot for SNES
>See Spot goes to Hollywood
>"holy shit, a 3D Spot!"
>get it
>it's dogshit

>> No.3401941

>>3401898
Jet Force Gemini plz

>> No.3401975
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I wonder if it holds up well

>> No.3401980
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3401980

I loved renting WWF War Zone specifically to mess around with the custom character options. Game itself was kind of ass, but there was nothing funnier than making an obese guy in leather daddy gear.

>> No.3402015

>>3401980
Warzone didn't have custom characters. Wasn't it the sequel Attitude that introduced that?

>> No.3402035

>>3402015
https://youtu.be/sfIjP0m9N3Q

>> No.3402065

>>3401908
>I remember seeing Flintstones Surprise at Dinosaur Peak for sale NIB for like $5...

Nah, you don't. Like everyone else, you didn't even know this game existed until it became "LOOK HERE! RARE! COLLECTIBLE NES TITLE! SUPER RARE!" eBay collector/reseller junk.

"DON'T MISS YOUR CHANCE TO OWN THIS RARE PIECE OF NINTENDO HISTORY!"

lol

>> No.3402068

>>3402065
Not that guy, but I knew it existed because of codes in a Game Genie book. Never saw the game itself though.

>> No.3402074

>>3402065
You're embarrassingly smug over nothing, goddamn.

>> No.3402081

>>3402074
>owner of "rare nintendo history" detected

>> No.3402091

>>3401898
we hadnt stores like blockbuster in Germany.
Well at least not in the small areas. But we got a Video Renting store in the next city 2miles away and every weekend i could rent a game or two over the weekend (saturday til monday because sundays all stores except for gasstations are closed here),

I tried alot of Playstation games over the time.
Marvel Vs. Capcom 2
Exhumed
Lifeforce Tenka
Tenchu
maaan .. it was a glorious time for me.
Playing Time Crisis with a Light Gun for the first time was fantastic. They even had games that were "banned"(indiziert) in Germany but not in other Pal Regions. So i enjoyed "Die Hard Trilogy" and other Brutal games.

I miss these old days. Fucking Nostalgia Goggles.

>> No.3402094

>>3402074
No, what's embarrassing is the constant parroting of "Dinosaur Peak! Little Samson!" due to the collector market.

No one had a clue what these games were prior to it as less than 10k copies of each game were ever produced, they were both released at a time when the NES had been obsoleted by a newer system, one of them was exclusive to a single chain of video rental stores, and even then only about half of said video rental places actually had any copies.

There are way more special snowflakes with stories about these games than actual copies that existed. Sadly, most of them feel the need to post their fanfiction here.

>> No.3402201

River City Ransom, again. Just buy it for me for Christmas already.

>> No.3402214

>>3401898
I rented Paper Mario from Blockbuster and then they tanked almost overnight so I just held onto it.

>> No.3402264

>>3402214
Holy shit, I did the exact same thing with Paper Mario. Still have it.

>> No.3402267

>>3401898
>Awesome game
>Blockbuster
Pick one. We had Mr Movies for good games/movies, Current World for good games/console rental, Video Plus for when those two didn't have shit, More 4 as a last resort, and then Blockbuster.

>> No.3402273

>>3402065
Just because you've never heard of the most common Flintstones game ever doesn't mean nobody else has.

>> No.3402327

>>3402094
Its just people having shitty memories but running with it.

I rented shit all the time as a kid and the box to little samson looks familiar, like something I saw in a rental place. Do I go around saying "I couldve got it when they sold their old games!" No, cause it probably wasnt little samson and even if it was, who gives a fuck?

>> No.3402336

>>3402327
>Who gives a fuck
The guy you're responding too, obviously.

>> No.3402347

>>3401898
Rampage World Tour, I was addicted to that game.

>> No.3402357

>>3402336
I was more talking about who would give a fuck if I did have the chance to get a cib sampson for $5 but didnt. Like saying it online gets me some street cred or some shit.

But yeah, that guys cares too much that people remember shit wrong.

>> No.3402367

>>3402357
Oh, okay, I get what you're saying now. Right, I couldn't possibly give less of a shit what someone else paid for something.

>> No.3402435

>>3401898
>Own a used game without it's box
>Go to video rental store
>That weird feeling of finally getting to see the full box art
Can anyone relate? Which games?
Mine were Kid Chameleon and Sonic 1.

>> No.3402439

>>3402347
Same. I loved to play as monsters since it was quite rare back in those days.
Quite the disappointment when I played it few years ago again. It was just destroying buildings. I remembered more fondly beating other monsters.

>> No.3402441

>>3401898
>rent Star Ocean 2
>at home
>find only one disc in the box
>it's the 2nd disc

Fucking Hollywood Video

Besides that, I can't really remember other games I've rented besides Smart Ball from a small, family-owned rental store

>> No.3402645

Remember when they used to rent out consoles? I did that a few times..

>> No.3402649

We didn't go to Blockbuster, we went to some local video store when I was a kid.

I remember it had an "adult" movie section in the back that my mother wouldn't let me go see. I always wanted to go back there and see what the movies were, I thought they were like "A Nightmare on Elm Street 7" back there lol. I didn't know it was porn.

>> No.3402660
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Can't remember which games I used to rent, but I remember always seeing Superman 64 and wondering if it was good

>> No.3402662
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>>3401898
I remember renting a lot of PS1 games from blockbuster: mgs, spyro, crash, croc, medievil...

There's an organic food store now where my local blockbuster was, mfw I pass by it now...

>> No.3403049

>>3402357
>But yeah, that guys cares too much that people remember shit wrong.
It's not that they're remembering shit wrong, it's that they're completely making up bullshit stories for "internet cred" on an anonymous website.

>> No.3403317

I've never been to a Blockbuster. Always went to mom & pop rental stores or to the local grocery store.

>> No.3404185
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3404185

>Rent Kingdom Hearts for Ps2 back in grade school
>Get home
>Open case, CD's for both Kingdom Hearts and Disneys Extreme Skate Adventures are inside, by some weird mistake
>End up playing DESA more than Kingdom Hearts in the one week period I rented it

>> No.3404221

>>3402441
I see a lot of people talk about Hollywood Video, but around where I lived (Greater Richmond, VA area), they were scarce.

We had a couple of local chains called Movie Time and Video World. Both of these got bought by Movie Gallery in the mid 90s, and since Blockbuster emerged around here at about the same time, it pretty much prevented Hollywood Video from entering the market. They existed, but they were a much smaller presence than Movie Gallery and Blockbuster.

>> No.3404234

I remember sometime in 2003-2004 the Blockbuster in my town was getting rid of their 16 bit games. I picked up Dynamite Headdy and Gunstar Heroes for Genesis for $5 each. For Super Nintendo, all the popular stuff was gone and they only had F-Zero and Ninja Gaiden Trilogy, both $5. Unfortunately, because of nostalgia I picked up F-Zero and skipped Ninja Gaiden Trilogy. Fuck me.

>> No.3404327

I never went to a Blockbuster. I'm 20 and the only video store in my town closed down circa 2003 to 2004. I only remember ever renting one game from it: A PS1 Rugrats game. I think it was Search for Reptar.

I can't remember pretty much anything about it besides the graphics. I wanna play it again though.

>> No.3404538

>>3404221
It's funny because Blockbuster and Hollywood Video in my town were on the opposite corners of an intersection. Hollywood Video had a much bigger store, but later on, we just went to Blockbuster because we always had these free rental coupons.

>> No.3404567

>>3404234
Nah dont worry, ninja gaiden trilogy is legit garbage, trust us.

People only want shitloads of cash for that game cause Mah Speculators & Mah Greed.

>> No.3406226

My local blockbuster survived the fall of the company in 2011 apparently, it just now shut down about 4 months ago.

>> No.3406528

>>3401898
Near the end of the NES I loved going in and picking up a game every once in awhile from the used game bin.

It was even better if we rented a movie, game, and I got to get a cheap used game as well. I miss those cases though.

>> No.3406592
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3406592

Blockbuster wasn't ever really near me, but we went to a place called Video Outlet. I remember seeing the bright ass red cart of Maximum Carnage for SNES and being glad I picked it. They never stopped renting games dating back to the NES up until they went out of business only a few years ago.

>> No.3408134

>>3403049
Are you stating that they are consciously making up a story and not just mixing legitimate memories of seeing games for sale at Blockbuster and the knowledge that Blockbuster sold old copies of shit like Dinosaur Peak and Hagane?

Sure, there are probably some who will 100% make shit up, but people have shitty memories that are easily manipulated.

>> No.3408137

>>3401975
Dirt Trax FX was interesting.

>> No.3408146

I rented Lufia 2 every Friday for months.

>> No.3408989

>>3408134
Yeah, that's exactly what they're saying

>> No.3408992

>>3401898

Banjo Kazooie, Kingdom hearts or Ratchet & Clank

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>>3401975
>>3408137
I'd never heard of it until now. That's some amazing 3D for the SNES.

On a side note, the track 1 music sounds like a bizarro version of "La Bamba". Not that that's a bad thing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SPlN-0J63w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp6j5HJ-Cok

>> No.3410894

>>3408992
Only sort of retro anon, but you nailed it.

Those games, Chameleon Twist 2, Klonoa/Klonoa 2 and Marvel Vs Capcom 2 sum up pretty much game I ever rented from age 13 till like 15

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3410918

I wasted a rental on this pile of fuck
>three levels, then the game abruptly ends
>get ass kicked by older brothers irl

>> No.3412386

>>3401901
It was fun to go at the time, but I don't miss it.

>> No.3412412

>>3401898
I rented an entire SNES from there once. Played SMW 24/7 until returning it.

>> No.3413126

>>3412412
Sounds like fun.

>> No.3413875

>>3410918
You were not alone

>> No.3414552

>Spider Man and the Xmen: Arcade's Revenge
>genesis version

after playing for a half hour, my brothers and I realized this game was dogshit

but the title screen music kinda sounded like rock music and I liked it

so for that weekend I kept resetting the genesis to hear the title music

years later, I learned fully of the genius that is Follin

https://youtu.be/R0Vlbk5lgn0

supposedly follin composed the music for the snes version, and somebody else arranged it for the genesis soundchip and did a half-assed job of it. sounds very GEMS-y but it's still pretty good.

>> No.3414590

>>3401898
>Blockbuster
dumb cunt they were awful

>> No.3415428
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3415428

The ones I remember the most were this, NES punisher, Genesis Ghostbusters and E-swat.

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Also this and Spiderman vs the Kingpin.

>> No.3415446

>>3414590

So what alternative would you have suggested?

>> No.3415451

>>3415446
local stores were so much more comfy and actually carried weird explotation,arthouse and horror stuff blockbuster was a cucked family freindly version of what a video store should have been

>> No.3415501

>>3415451

I know I/my family rented some from a local store near my house in the early 90s. Of course it is closed now, but I don't remember if its closing is what made us switch to BB or if we made the change prior. Not sure how many games I ever rented from there, though I feel like one of them may have been Bayou Billy.

I have a somewhat vague recollection of what the store looked like on the inside (I was born in '88 and I think we'd changed over to primarily renting from Blockbuster by the mid to late 1990s so my memory is a bit hazy as to the specifics). Wish I had photos of it or could remember the name to see if anyone else in my area snapped a photo back in the day.

>> No.3415892
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Scumbag story about Blockbuster...

>Late 08, just before they tank
>Parents had bought me GTA IV for birthday
>360
>Ad vun, breddy good, ebin/10 :DDD
>Suddenly, game shits itself after six months
>Load up, walk out of safehouse, game only plays for 3 minutes, then crashes.
>Textures drop out, NPCs stop spawning, Vehicles hover off ground, then crash, not it any particular order
>feelsbadman.jpg
>Cleaning disk does nothing
>Cleaning out Xbox does nothing
>Resurfacing disk does nothing
>Using my dad's Xbox does nothing
>2 weeks later, get license
>Go to Blockbuster
>Rent GTA
>Swap disks
>Return broken game
>Play for 2 more months
>HAPPENS AGAIN
>Repeat
>Never happened again.

Related question, ANYONE ever heard about this error? I never found anything recorded on it.

>> No.3415914

>>3415892
Sure! This way
>>>/v/

>> No.3415963

>being so poor that you have to rent movies/games rather than buying them

LAUGHING MY ASS OFF TO BE HONEST FAMILY

>> No.3415968

>>3415963
>spending $60+ on a game you'll finish in a few days.

>> No.3415978

>>3415963
eh my dad was pretty rich and would rent us stuff. my mom would actually buy games for us and she was way worse off. Renting was less of an investment.

>> No.3416020

>>3401898
My favorite local stores were very close to my house, had lower prices and great variety. I didn't need Blockbuster.

My most rented cartridges were the Donkey Kong Country trilogy, Banjo-Tooie and a nice SFC fighter called Fighters History - Mizoguchi Kiki Ippatsu!.

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Remember renting this and wasn't able to do the Trevor run. Underrated game and wouldn't mind giving it another go.

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Some shovelware title because the game you really wanted isn't there.

>> No.3416417

Total bro dad
>be me, 5th grade. N64 mania
>be wanting 1st n64 star wars game
dad saw this. dad knew his boys wanted to GGnoRE Darth Tater
>the motherfucker waits for blockbuster to open, midnight gamestop release status, just years ago
>he gets it but doesnt tell us

picks me and bro up from school
>we ask about the game and he says some kid worked there as volunteer to get only copy from poortown game stop
he lied
>dad got it
>he had it in the n64 waiting for us to jam out.

>jam out on n64 we did.


<3

>> No.3416423

>>3415963
Renting was the cheaper way of making sure a game wasnt shit before you spend $60 on it, anon

>> No.3416437

>>3416423
>trying to explain budgeting to someone affluent to the value of money

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>>3416437
>trying to explain to someone affluent why drink driving is reckless and inconsiderate to others

>> No.3416742

>>3416709
>"inconsiderate to others"
>unironically caring about other people

>>>/tumblr/
>>>/facebook/

>> No.3419265

>>3416401
>friend convinces you to rent some dumb sports game
>proceed to kick his ass at it
>he wants to stop playing