Back in my day this was the only way try a new system
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My neck hurts just looking at this
Isn’t this still the only way to try out a new system?
I remember going into a Walmart while on holiday and seeing the game aisle with 4 or 5 consoles on it, I was amazed. I spent the whole time playing the Mario football game on the gamecube while my parents did some shopping lol
I still have neck problems because of this.
And everytime I passed and EB games I’d try a game
I mean this is still my favorite way to try a new system. Walmart is cool.
Hahaha good times! I remember those lines waiting for a turn, While my mother tried to leave Walmart and I protested cuz I wanted to play lol
We need to go back to this. No one would have bought bf2042 if this shit was playing at the Walmart Super Nintendo that all the single moms dropped their kids off on
This picture is giving me ptsd bc I’m a Cowboys fan and we lost yesterday
Holy nostalgia
Wish more places still did this. I remember going Argos and you could try the new Xbox and PlayStation back when the 360 was still popular.
Nowadays it’s mostly just buy and hope it’s a good console.
I see crazy taxi 🚕
/r/Tvtoohigh
Now you just take advantage of Walmarts rental program.
You could also visit your rich friend and try it out.
the amount on gunk that would accumulate on these controllers…*shivers*
some kids at my school dared one of their friends to lick one. he had to be taken to the hospital 36 hours after exposure. he was dead 3 days later. RIP Todd.
Edit: hey similar thing happened to one of my controllers at home. I had a shitty Madcatz controller that all of my friends were use when they came over. It accumulated some kind of alien bacteria over time and I could not eradicate it. I would wipe the controller down with everything under the sink that I could find. Lysol, bleach, you name it. The greasy substance would always come back even if it wasn’t touched by anyone.
It wasn’t the only way. You used to be able to rent video game systems from some of the video rental stores.
Whys the screen so high?
No. I used to rent consoles from Blockbuster before deciding (asking parents) to buy.
It still is, in the UK at least.
It still is…
Ah yes rogue squadron
I played the King Kong demo multiple times. Hell I remember when mc Donald’s had n64 booths
McDonald’s also had videogames back then.
Good times.
I can make out Dave Mirra’s Freestyle BMX 2 in that blurry mess and my childhood just came back to life.
In the 90s you could rent consoles from blockbuster. I bought my own PS1 memory card and rented a PS1 every couple of weeks.
Now you HAVE to buy it.
Damn, that nostalgia hit though, thanks friend.
I flexed so hard with guitar hero 2 like this
That hat is a tragedy, eagles fan of course.
Hell yeah Rogue Squadron
I can feel this image in my neck…
Kmart
When I was a kid you could rent a system at the video store. I still remember the glorious weekend that I had a SNES. I don’t think me and my friends moved for 72 hours. Then I had to wait until Christmas to get my own.
OG Pokémon Snap in there
I remember being super excited to go to Wal-Mart and play the Sonic Heroes demo
My version of this was the rich kid in the street with every console and big release.
I could rent them from Blockbuster. Good times.
Hmmm, how can we place this monitor the most unpractical way possible, I got an idea!
Hahaha I remember standing for hours playing Zelda Majoras Mask. My problem with some of them is that they automatically RESET lol with good reason though but still if I’m the only one there it gets annoying 🤣
You could rent them as well. When we couldn’t afford gaming systems growing up I would be able to rent one for my birthday.
I was lucky. I had rich cousins who got all that stuff early.
Back in MY day, you could go to Blockbuster and rent a PS1… Those were the days.
Now the only way is to have between $400-$800
I’ll never have a more transcendent moment than being 6 and playing Super Mario World for the first time at a Walmart Kiosk.
Another Cowboys fan disappointed.
Nope, you could rent game systems back then. It started with Blockbuster from at least the SNES era. So I don’t knw what this post is about. It lasted a while too because I remember renting a PS3.
I used to stand there for hours while my mom shopped
And the perfect posture correction method.