90s Culture Appreciation vol. Intro

[bale]

we had an NES console in 1987 but most of our new games were rentals by like mid 1988. we did have the North American Mario 3 in very early spring 1990 tho, I remember getting the tag/ticket at Toys R Us in late 1989.

 

[eracism]

 

[wballz]

$74.99 for a game in 1997….lmfao!!!!!!!!! No wonder why would get one game a year and just rent games from blockbuster lol

I still remember when PS1 was easily modable.

Everyone had atleast a cd spindle of bootleg games.

 

[dman14]

blockbuster was clutch
also, would swap games with friends when they were done

 

[fdub]

Yep, I remember those days in Toys R us when getting games. You pick up the ticket, pay for the game, and go to the counter with the receipt and ticket to pick up the actual physical game.

 

[1995]

I definitely tried this when I was little

 

[onewearz]

I remember when laser disk was the absolute sh*t if u had it. Funny thing was them sh*ts were gigantic

I think blockbuster had em but u could only carry so many at a time ...

 

[lazyj10]

I literally was teaching my kids about the concept of a "rain check" the other day using video games at Toy R Us as the example....such a let down to go there and they be out of the game you want to buy and wait for that phone call when it was back in stock.

 

[DCAllAfrican]

 

[DCAllAfrican]

 

[executive76]

 

[DCAllAfrican]

 

[TSCQ]

 

[TURBO UNO]

Yep, I remember those days in Toys R us when getting games. You pick up the ticket, pay for the game, and go to the counter with the receipt and ticket to pick up the actual physical game.

I remember that fondly. Last game I bought at my local Toys R Us was a PS1 copy of Hot Wheels Turbo Racing. They even handed me a promo edition Hot Wheel car called “Sweet 16”. That exact store is now a Latino supermarket Vallarta.

 

[DCAllAfrican]

 

[DCAllAfrican]

 

[DCAllAfrican]

Mr Dink

 

[executive76]

 

[DCAllAfrican]

 

[DCAllAfrican]

 

[6 Rings G.O.A.T.]

 

[dman14]

was cleaning out storage closet at work and one of the younger staff saw a box of old software installation CDs. had to explain to him that CDs were used to install software onto the computer

 

[executive76]

 

[wayniac211]

 

[executive76]