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Toys R Us photos from 1999-2000
- Thread starter Forkball
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I kinda wanna go back to that time. Games were more magical.
But that's probably my nostalgia speaking
But that's probably my nostalgia speaking
Boo this man.
It is, but I know what you mean. Seeing the strategy guides made me feel warm and fuzzy to a Perfect Dark one I had back in 2000. I always wanted gaming magazines and strategy guides back in the day, and since there was no Youtube, thumbing through guides of games I didn't own gave me insight to these games I didn't.
The advantage of being a kid is everything is new, and when you're also living through the transition into 3D, the new stuff seems even newer.
It's strange the things you end up missing and feeling nostalgic over.
That's not even the truly nostalgic toys r us layout for me (you know the old school, pick up the game tag and bring it up to the counter, oh my feels) but even this layout I see it and am taken back to some golden age in my mind. Truly don't know what you got til its gone.
That's not even the truly nostalgic toys r us layout for me (you know the old school, pick up the game tag and bring it up to the counter, oh my feels) but even this layout I see it and am taken back to some golden age in my mind. Truly don't know what you got til its gone.
I think the feels of going to the store to pickup dissappear with age.
With that said, the current design of places to pickup a game for my kids aren't as fun looking or won't exist as digital grows.
With that said, the current design of places to pickup a game for my kids aren't as fun looking or won't exist as digital grows.
I don't think I ever seen the inside a Toys R Us during that era. Think the last time I bought a game there was something for SNES or Genesis, never seen that setup I'm used to the isles of box art with yellow tags you'd grab from the sleeve. By the late 90's I only bought games from Comp USA, Software etc., EB Games and Sears.
Seriously! I'm glad people do because it's a great time capsule.
Where are the yellow slips for the games?? I never saw game boxes just out at any of the Toys 'R' Us stores I went to in the '90s and early 2000s.
Eh, this was well beyond their hayday though. Early 90's ToysRUs...now that was a beautiful sight.
What's so special about a few pictures from 1999? I mean that's not that long ago. It's only...... 22 years old.......
fuck I'm old.... :-(
fuck I'm old.... :-(
Yep.
Edit: I also never really saw the actual games on the shelf, it was all yellow slips you would bring to the cashier.
Paramus was my store growing up! We bought NES games there and I remember lining up for the GameCube. So many weird memories of that store, I can practically walk it in my mind
Yup this was the wild days for me, seeing SNES games I wanted.tbh, I was used to the game slips in the gaming section
Browsing for games sometimes felt like digging for treasure. There was no internet. The odds of finding something you never heard about were pretty big. Magazines didn't cover everything.
You looked at the art on the box and the screenshots. Sometimes a clerk would let you try the game for a little while.
Good times man. We didn't have a toys r us btw but the stores here were very similar.
You looked at the art on the box and the screenshots. Sometimes a clerk would let you try the game for a little while.
Good times man. We didn't have a toys r us btw but the stores here were very similar.
tbh, I was used to the game slips in the gaming section
Yep, this is what I identify.
Lol that State Street Chicago location WAS my TRU!
And in 1999/2000, the same time Playstation, N64, and Dreamcast games were on the shelves, which is why the pictures with SNES games in the album are nuts to me!
Honestly, I wish there was an album for that. I remember when PS2 games were out but there were no PS2s in stores, and I got excited trying to show my mom a PS2 in a kiosk before realizing it was a Sega Dreamcast. I'd love to see a bit more of that, PS2/DC games on the shelves but before GC/Xbox came into the picture.
This was when they had the plastic containers around the games. I wanna see some pics of before that when the paper slips were there and you had to bring em to the back room to retrieve your game. :)
