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This is one of the marketing stunts that really hit home for me. My memories of going to the video store as a kid are some of the most vibrant early memories. I

by werber 6y ago

This is one of the marketing stunts that really hit home for me. My memories of going to the video store as a kid are some of the most vibrant early memories. I wonder if kids today will have the Netflix or Dinsey+ UI burned into their memory the same way, or if they're exposed to so much content it will all be a blur

adventured 6y ago
I never cared much about movie rentals as a kid, however growing up in the late 1980s one of my favorite things was renting NES games from local video rental stores on the weekends (they all got into NES rentals pretty quickly). There was always a bit of a thrill looking for a new game to play through. Each game experience back then seemed remarkably original, like new gaming territory was being traversed for the first time. Going from Ninja Gaiden to Little Nemo to DuckTales to Mega Man and so on. The only thing better was the massive wall of games at Toys R Us. Originally they displayed the boxes on the wall (they later switched to a lame slip of paper). I vividly remember Zelda's gold box leaping out from everything else.
- slezakattack 6y ago
  What was particularly fun for me as a kid, regarding video game rentals, was that consoles like the N64 and SNES had saves on the cartridge and sometimes you'd pick a game with a save slot where someone already unlocked a huge chunk of the game. Hitting the "jackpot" with a cartridge that had everything unlocked made the game even more fun. Suddenly that one level I was stuck on in Donkey Kong Country has been passed and I'm on to checking out other levels..
- werber 6y ago
  Wow, I hadn't thought about that wall at toys'r'us in ~25 years, and that excitement just flooded into my brain reading this. But also, it made remember Funcoland, damn, even the smells came back to my brain. Thank you!

3 ms·

This is one of the marketing stunts that really hit home for me. My memories of going to the video store as a kid are some of the most vibrant early memories. I

by werber 6y ago

adventured 6y ago
I never cared much about movie rentals as a kid, however growing up in the late 1980s one of my favorite things was renting NES games from local video rental stores on the weekends (they all got into NES rentals pretty quickly). There was always a bit of a thrill looking for a new game to play through. Each game experience back then seemed remarkably original, like new gaming territory was being traversed for the first time. Going from Ninja Gaiden to Little Nemo to DuckTales to Mega Man and so on. The only thing better was the massive wall of games at Toys R Us. Originally they displayed the boxes on the wall (they later switched to a lame slip of paper). I vividly remember Zelda's gold box leaping out from everything else.
- slezakattack 6y ago
  What was particularly fun for me as a kid, regarding video game rentals, was that consoles like the N64 and SNES had saves on the cartridge and sometimes you'd pick a game with a save slot where someone already unlocked a huge chunk of the game. Hitting the "jackpot" with a cartridge that had everything unlocked made the game even more fun. Suddenly that one level I was stuck on in Donkey Kong Country has been passed and I'm on to checking out other levels..
- werber 6y ago
  Wow, I hadn't thought about that wall at toys'r'us in ~25 years, and that excitement just flooded into my brain reading this. But also, it made remember Funcoland, damn, even the smells came back to my brain. Thank you!