Toys "R" Us Christmas catalog from 1996...

[grandtheftbike]

chipped ps1 >>>

and i thought games were expensive now

 

[lynchpin33]

Nice find, I REALLY got to thank mom and dad, they really would come through with games and consoles every Christmas. Being older and on my own, I really see the value of a dollar and why my parents tell me, they would always start buying gifts and such in August. With the prices and paying family household bills you almost had to.

 

[blakep267]

I wish I could show this to every person who complains about prices of games and paying for dlc.

but for the most part, I didnt really go to Toys r us for video game stuff. I usually just stayed in the action figure aisle and got power rangers, dbz, and gundam wing toys and the occasional beast war AF. I do remember when the tomagatchi craze was happening and th shelves were bare

 

[ucancallmerell]

I remember this. I still have my Super Nintendo and it still works. I remember you used to have to blow in the cartridge when the game was acting up.

 

[elpablo21]

The Sega Saturn page

 

[acemaster193]

Word.i didn't know SNES games were that expensive. Got all my games off trades and flea markets.

 

[young halo]

Damn, I dunno about you guys, but I enjoy looking at old catalogs...   

But man, those prices... chipped-PS1 FTW.

I like looking at old catalogs myself.

I feel you.

The guy who got the new Eastbay first was the coolest kid in school.

"Can I see it next?"

"Nah, brah."

word

we did this with the SLAM magazines too

 

[naija nitemare]

70 dollars for Street Fighter what the hell

 

[ps2child]

I remember I use to salivate looking at the video game pages. When my parents asked me to make my Christmas list, I would cut out all the stuff I wanted to glue it to a piece of paper.

 

[thadocta]

My parents must have really loved me to buy all that stupid, expensive ****.

I didn't get a N64 until 1998 and we got a from a pawn shop. Frugal Dad FTW!

i remember getting an n64 for my birthday from my uncle then when we were moving the movers stole it so my grandpa got me another one.

i only have like 4 games tho

 

[tr1ll]

That was the year I finally got a Sega Genesis.

I remember my moms put it under the Christmas tree, wrapped, like a week before Christmas. I ripped the corner of the wrapping off, trying to see what it was. I saw the 2 tone red stripes, but still didn't know what it was. At first, moms told me it was some power tools for my dad, a few days later she confessed it was a Genesis. She had no idea I had totally believed her when she said it was power tools.

 

[Trent Reznor]

i remember getting an n64 for my birthday from my uncle then when we were moving the movers stole it so my grandpa got me another one.
i only have like 4 games tho

Man I remember this Christmas vividly. My dad must have had a few good nights at the bar because I got like 5-6 playstation games that year. I usually would only get one, maybe two.

I remember I got that Christmas Soviet Strike, Crash Bandicoot, Twisted Metal 2, the PSX racing wheel, Ridge Racer, and a few others. Soviet Strike was my STUFF! I loved that game.

Then I traded everything in a few months later to FuncoLand for a Nintendo 64 and Turok. Wound up buying the PSX again 2 years later.

 

[fdub]

Yo, games was REALLY expensive back then. I remember that year very well. I was in the 4th grade that year and my mom didn't even buy us that many games for the N64 due to those prices:x I think we had like 4 games at the most for the n64. I know we had a lot more games for the Ps1 though.

 

[daytona 5000]

no wonder I never got any systems |I

|I |I |I

 

[tr1ll]

Yall remember Neo Geo CD was like $699. New games were $199 on release.

 

[bluesneakerhead]

 my childhood.

i never knew games were that expensive back in the day too 

 now i'm feeling super grateful since my parents spoiled me with n64/gameboy games 

 

[Bert.]

almost forgot games were that expensive, i remember paying $200+ for my N64 :x

 

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

Shocked at the prices..

 

[iheartboost]

I can't believe I forgot that games were $70 a pop, and here I am, complaining about prices now, lol

 

[parada45]

Why did SNES games cost more than PS3 games? lol

 

[Nike Jordan]

Why did SNES games cost more than PS3 games? lol

Cartridges were pretty expensive to manufacture.

 

[xsourdieselx]

street fighter alpha 2 was on snes?

 

[Jordan8]

Why did SNES games cost more than PS3 games? lol

They forgot to reference how much games would cost in the future

 

[grandtheftbike]

didnt eem see the memory cards going for 24.99

 

[snax91]

I still have my gold gameboy pocket listed in this catalog.