Question: do you miss blockbuster?

[Doctor Wily]

I was the kid that would hide the new games in the foreign film section , just so I could have access to them when I needed to .

 

[Killer Instinct]

I’ve said this before but lowkey feel like this is the reason a lot of 6’s and 7’s back in the day gained such a cult legend status. Sometimes games that weren’t the greatest were the ones that were always available at blockbuster so when you couldn’t get anyhting else you had to pick up something like smash tv or that horrible lion king game.

not only that but you were forced to play it also. It was your new game for the weekend so you put your all into getting the most out of it and part of that memory slowly turned into being mixed into a good gaming moment because of the circumstances.

I dont think any of these less than great Games have that ability anymore. People have so many options and games are so accessibile people just move on, even for good games. It plays into people having lower attention spans, thats if kids just don’t settle for watching their favorite streamers play it instead.

It's admittedly why I revere Chrono Cross & Legend of Legaia so much. Those were Blockbuster rentals that my mom picked up for me in her way home from work. Blind rentals. Totally unexpected and I would have never entered Blockbuster looking for them, but I found a lot of enjoyment in them.

 

[Killer Instinct]

And of a male was at the counter you could rent an M rated game no problem without a adult

But if a woman was at the counter

Guy at the counter with a ponytail and nose rings tried to convince my pops not to rent Vice City. He hit his ass with the Uncle Willie.

 

[bigde09]

People forget how annoying blockbuster was. We glorify it now but I remember how much people used to shyt on them

 

[-DMP-]

I’ve said this before but lowkey feel like this is the reason a lot of 6’s and 7’s back in the day gained such a cult legend status. Sometimes games that weren’t the greatest were the ones that were always available at blockbuster so when you couldn’t get anyhting else you had to pick up something like smash tv or that horrible lion king game.

not only that but you were forced to play it also. It was your new game for the weekend so you put your all into getting the most out of it and part of that memory slowly turned into being mixed into a good gaming moment because of the circumstances.

I dont think any of these less than great Games have that ability anymore. People have so many options and games are so accessibile people just move on, even for good games. It plays into people having lower attention spans, thats if kids just don’t settle for watching their favorite streamers play it instead.

Oh this is facts.

An extreme example for me was renting super man 64. Did I enjoy it? No, did i grin and bear it cuz that’s all I had? Yes

I remember playing demo disks over and over again because I couldn’t get the real game. So I have fond memories of the first level of MGS even tho I didn’t play it till years later. You worked with what you had back then and were thankful.

 

[beenz]

it was a time indeed going every friday. but what I DON'T miss is going there and the shyt u wanna rent is all out of stock. this goes for a game or movie. movies were only $3 for a weekend and games were $4

 

[beenz]

I don't miss the store itself , but the experience of going with my family and picking a movie/game just based on the cover.
Reviews were not that big back then to impact your choice , at least for me since I was just a kid.

how many times did u go there and pick a game based on the cover art only for it to be complete

happened to me more times than I'd like to remember.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Oh this is facts.

An extreme example for me was renting super man 64. Did I enjoy it? No, did i grin and bear it cuz that’s all I had? Yes

I remember playing demo disks over and over again because I couldn’t get the real game. So I have fond memories of the first level of MGS even tho I didn’t play it till years later. You worked with what you had back then and were thankful.

Thats me and Einhander from Squaresoft. I played the first level of that game over and over again on a demo disk and till this day i get excited whenever its brought up like it was my Favorite game from back in the day.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

how many times did u go there and pick a game based on the cover art only for it to be complete

happened to me more times than I'd like to remember.

 

[beenz]

u already know any game with that LJN logo is some

especially a NES game.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

u already know any game with that LJN logo is some

especially a NES game.

Thing is they got me twice cause the sega genesis version has dope box art also

 

[GambinoMakeItWork]

Can't say I really miss them outside of nostalgia - I do have fond memories browsing there. The horror section had me shook as a little kid

Honestly, those free demo discs were what really put me onto games back then (Ape Escape, Klonoa, Threads of Fate, Legend of Dragoon, THPS 2, etc)

Side note - I remember Crash 3 having a hidden Spyro 1 demo, that was a game changer classic platformer passing the baton to another

 

[beenz]

Thing is they got me twice cause the sega genesis version has dope box art also

 

[-DMP-]

This just proves your point but I legit went when I saw the cover then went wait

I did not have fun with this game. Cover is flames tho

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

I actually did love those royal rumble games on SNES though