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Growing up in the nineties, I rented (or my parents did) a lot of videogames. Namely for the PS1 and the Nintendo 64.

The village rental store would also be the place I effectively traded in games I didn't want anymore (they also let you buy their older games).

What games did you used to rent when you were younger, and did you have any go-to games that you remember fondly?

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[-] JulesTheModest@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 months ago

I used to get these crappy "James Pond" games over and over. For the Sega Genesis.

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[-] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 3 points 8 months ago

Sonic 2 and on were common rentals of mine. I also rented Dune Battle for Arrakis a lot. I finally purchased a copy in the early 00s. But I think the game I rented the most was Another World, and there was another one of similar concept around the same time (which I think was a genesis exclusive) that I rented a lot.

[-] he_is_matt@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

I think you may mean Flashback, which was one that I definitely spent some time with during rental weekends.

[-] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 3 points 8 months ago

That is the one!

[-] comfyquaker@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

I lived in a smaller town when i was younger and we rented video games from the grocery store. I recall n64 games on one side of a display rack, and vegetables on the other.

Our household used to rent RUSH 2049, Vigilante 8, and Gauntlet often. Many fun weekends to be had!

[-] kakes@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago

My cousin and I used to rent Guerilla War for the NES just about every weekend. As an adult, I bought the game just purely out of nostalgia.

Similarly, I remember I rented Donkey Kong Jr (also NES) so often that my dad eventually bought it for me just to save on rental fees.

For the N64, my go-tos were Bomberman 64 and Smash Bros.

Kirby and the crystal shards on N64 was my JAM back then

[-] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago

We used to rent a Genesis I think, with some kind of off-road buggy game? Good times.

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