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It’s 1998. It’s Friday night and you just walked into Blockbuster to rent a game for the weekend.
- Thread starter SolVanderlyn
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Hmmm... it would've been:
- Banjo-Kazooie
- Dragon Ball GT: Final Bout
- Ghostbusters on Sega Genesis
- Final Fantasy II
My brother would buy the big games for N64 and PSX so I would rent either the ones he wasn't interested in or rent games for the 16-bit systems. Either that or I would rent a horror movie or an anime.
- Banjo-Kazooie
- Dragon Ball GT: Final Bout
- Ghostbusters on Sega Genesis
- Final Fantasy II
My brother would buy the big games for N64 and PSX so I would rent either the ones he wasn't interested in or rent games for the 16-bit systems. Either that or I would rent a horror movie or an anime.
I remember me and my dad driving around my town looking for a copy of Mortal Kombat 3 to rent on Mega Drive around then.
We must have signed up for a dozen rental stores that day, apart from one where the owner inexplicably demanded to see my dad's gas bill before he'd let us join (he wouldn't accept a driving licence as proof of ID).
We must have signed up for a dozen rental stores that day, apart from one where the owner inexplicably demanded to see my dad's gas bill before he'd let us join (he wouldn't accept a driving licence as proof of ID).
Resident Evil 2.
The Blockbuster I used to go to had a setup with the Pizza place next door on Fridays and Saturdays where if you rented at least three games, you got 50% off a large pie at the pizza place if you brought your receipt over. I pretty much associate RE2 with Friday nights and pizza because of that, lol.
The Blockbuster I used to go to had a setup with the Pizza place next door on Fridays and Saturdays where if you rented at least three games, you got 50% off a large pie at the pizza place if you brought your receipt over. I pretty much associate RE2 with Friday nights and pizza because of that, lol.
I made horrible picks when I got to rent games - Quest 64, Reboot, and Glover were ones I remember I didn't like around that time. I did end up renting Timesplitters 2 once though, so they weren't all bad picks.
In 98 I was 16 so it would be a sports game. This time of year it would've been Madden or a wrestling game.
Preach.Me and my friends would throwing down with some WCW vs NWO Revenge. Some of the best local multiplayer ever. Arguments were had, controllers were thrown and legends were made.
This game rivaled Goldeneye for 4 player goodness, just beating people down over and over with inanimate objects that refuse to submit.
GoldenEye 007, Banjo-Kazooie or Diddy Kong Racing. 1998 through 2001 I was a heavy N64 player
Ocarina of Time I bought.
Ocarina of Time I bought.
I remember renting Broken Sword loads of times!
Looking back now at games released in 1997/1998 is absolutely insane. We had Final Fantasy 7, Ocarina of Time, Goldeneye, Half-Life, Resident Evil 2, Metal Gear Solid... the list is endless!
Looking back now at games released in 1997/1998 is absolutely insane. We had Final Fantasy 7, Ocarina of Time, Goldeneye, Half-Life, Resident Evil 2, Metal Gear Solid... the list is endless!
Not quite 98, but in 2000 I rented Majora's mask so that I could get the expansion pak to play my own copy of DK64 at home (I did not currently have the expansion pak). Must have done it at least 3 weekends before I actually got MM and a pak of my own!
I envy folks who had good opportunities for game rentals.
Growing up I had a local, independent video store in walking distance from my house. Their game section was pretty small. I rented Super Smash Bros over and over and only ever gave it back when someone was on the wait list. Eventually I rented Paper Mario, which I loved, but couldn't finish in time before I had to return it. By the time I was able to rent it again, my save was deleted. I remember another time when both of these games were spoken for I rented Yoshi's Story. I remember thinking it was very weird and offputting. Eventually the business closed and sold all their movies and games for $1 and I didn't get any of them in time.
When we moved, there was a regional chain in town with the worst selection imaginable. Video stores were already on the downturn and this chain routinely ran sales where you could buy their inventory outright, but they didn't have a system to make sure they had at least one of something left over. So if you wanted to rent The Lord of the Rings the only DVD they had left was The Two Towers. If you wanted Pirates of the Caribbean, too bad. They only had the third one. Their game section was pitiful and was almost exclusively sports games.
Growing up I had a local, independent video store in walking distance from my house. Their game section was pretty small. I rented Super Smash Bros over and over and only ever gave it back when someone was on the wait list. Eventually I rented Paper Mario, which I loved, but couldn't finish in time before I had to return it. By the time I was able to rent it again, my save was deleted. I remember another time when both of these games were spoken for I rented Yoshi's Story. I remember thinking it was very weird and offputting. Eventually the business closed and sold all their movies and games for $1 and I didn't get any of them in time.
When we moved, there was a regional chain in town with the worst selection imaginable. Video stores were already on the downturn and this chain routinely ran sales where you could buy their inventory outright, but they didn't have a system to make sure they had at least one of something left over. So if you wanted to rent The Lord of the Rings the only DVD they had left was The Two Towers. If you wanted Pirates of the Caribbean, too bad. They only had the third one. Their game section was pitiful and was almost exclusively sports games.
How hypothetical is this? After a couple of years of owning that Saturn and being very jealous of the Playstation library, I'd got a PC for Christmas 97, and a 3D graphics card for Christmas 98 so was all in on PC and rentals were not a thing.
In a reality where I'd picked the Playstation and stuck with consoles (and I was in the US), then I'd have been all over Gran Turismo and Metal Gear Solid.
In a reality where I'd picked the Playstation and stuck with consoles (and I was in the US), then I'd have been all over Gran Turismo and Metal Gear Solid.
Seeing as I worked at a Blockbuster that was just 2 blocks away from the house I lived in with friends and another friends house in 1998, whenever I wasn't working there we'd take advantage of the tiny employee discount I had to rent a pile of movies and a game every three days and flip between watching those movies and playing that game at our place or the other house.
We watched a HELL of a lot of movies and played a hell of a lot of N64 games that way - in 1998, we were probably playing Banjo Kazooie, F-Zero X, Iggy's Wreckin' Balls and Rogue Squadron.
We watched a HELL of a lot of movies and played a hell of a lot of N64 games that way - in 1998, we were probably playing Banjo Kazooie, F-Zero X, Iggy's Wreckin' Balls and Rogue Squadron.
I think Winback was the game where my wife asked if the game took place in a Box Factory.
Enjoyable though, even having played MGS.
It's 1998. It's Friday night and you just walked into Blockbuster to rent a game for the weekend. What game catches your eye?
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On topic?
Uh, I didn't really rent games, the last game I rented was Yoshi's Cookie, so we'll go with that one.
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I rarely got to rent games from blockbuster as it was just a pain in the arse for my mum to return them. BUT one of the only games I ever rented was in 1998/99 and it was Resident Evil 2.
My 10/11 year old played it for 1 hour, shit his pants and had nightmares for the rest of the week.
Pretty soon after that I got my PS1 chipped and just bought games from the guy down the street for £5 each! Thank you Council Pirate!
My 10/11 year old played it for 1 hour, shit his pants and had nightmares for the rest of the week.
Pretty soon after that I got my PS1 chipped and just bought games from the guy down the street for £5 each! Thank you Council Pirate!
The good games were always gone, so I always ended up with Superman 64. I don't really miss this aspect of 90s gaming.
Fell head-over-heels for cooperative gaming with this one. Saw the packaging, Dad says, "Oh yeah, mom has read some of this guy's books."
Raven Shield was peak R6 though.
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, for the second time.
Because the first time you rented it last year... you beat it in 2 hours and thought it was lame. Only later, from friends on the school bus, did you learn about the inverted castle.
Because the first time you rented it last year... you beat it in 2 hours and thought it was lame. Only later, from friends on the school bus, did you learn about the inverted castle.
I'd be 3 years old, confused why I'm in a foreign country and probably would cry for my mom. lol
To be on topic: probably Spyro the dragon or Disney's Hercules on the Playstation.
To be on topic: probably Spyro the dragon or Disney's Hercules on the Playstation.
1998 was an amazing year...
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Probably Ocarina of Time or Gran Turismo, maybe Spyro, I'd be browsing for an hour hesitating...
1998 in video games - Wikipedia
Probably Ocarina of Time or Gran Turismo, maybe Spyro, I'd be browsing for an hour hesitating...
Looks like I'm renting motor toon racing again for ps1. First I gotta look at all the cool n64 games I can't play. N64 box art always looked so much fun at blockbuster compared to my ps1 boxes. 8 year old me actually wanted n64, idk why I went with ps1
All those Disney Saturday Morning Cartoon games: Chip n Dale, DArkwing Duck etc. Final Fantasy II for the SNES. Comix Zone for Genesis. Tom and Jerry for the SNES.
So many awesome memories.
So many awesome memories.
Symphony of the Night, Crash2, Bushido Blade, Einhander, Turok 2, and Shogo: Mobile Armor Division on PC. All set.
Metal Gear Solid. I'm in 6th grade and my Gym teacher told me all about it. It's CRAZY that it's available to rent, so I can't pass this up.. But I don't even own a Playstation, so I'm renting it and then begging my older cousin to borrow his. He'll finally say yes, but he's not much of a gamer and doesn't even own a memory card. So I'll have to play through MGS without saving. Also, I'll get stuck at the Sniper Wolf part and have to look my Gym teacher up in the phone book and call him at 9PM for the tip on how to proceed.
True story.. lol
He was pissed, but he told me what to do.
True story.. lol
He was pissed, but he told me what to do.
Star Fox 64
I never owned it but I probably rented it about 64 times. And then stole my cousin's copy as an adult...
I never owned it but I probably rented it about 64 times. And then stole my cousin's copy as an adult...
Pokemon Stadium, Super Mario 64, Super Smash Bros, Mario Kart 64, Yoshi's Story, and Diddy Kong Racing. I rented those frequently in 1998.
Yikes. You want to know something very sad? I owned a lot of those games and know exactly what you're talking about. This is a retro thread and somehow I'm the target audience ;(
