Nostalgia Thread - 1996 Toys R Us Holiday Ad

[Bmore]

I still have my gamegear... works perfectly... equipped with Aladdin, MK 1 and Xmen.

[riley420]

That's why PS1 really succeeded, the prices for games were exceptionally cheaper.

I actually still have my Sega GameGear, found it under my stairs the other day.

The games were cheaper because they made you go out and buy a seperate unit for save games. You could buy Soviet Strike (awesome game, btw) for $48 and never save. You had to spend $25 on a 112K (kilobyte, lol) memory card....which would fill up after saving 3 or 4 different games.

Sony had/has a racket going with the memory card market.

[JayDizzle]

I love that the N64 had SMB 64 and Pilot Wings 64 and people still paid that price to buy the system because was the new thing...

Sounds familiar.

Also, Tamagotchi.

The less said, the better.

[leaffan]

i bought NHL 97 or 98 for $92 after tax at Toys R Us.

Shit was so expensive that time for us canucks.

I remember my buddy buying goldeneye for like $140 when it first came out. Shit was out of hand back then.

[JBregz]

The games were cheaper because they made you go out and buy a seperate unit for save games. You could buy Soviet Strike (awesome game, btw) for $48 and never save. You had to spend $25 on a 112K (kilobyte, lol) memory card....which would fill up after saving 3 or 4 different games.

Sony had/has a racket going with the memory card market.

Problem solved
I remember having this and shitting bricks at the space.

[Twigg4075]

Did anyone actually pay $70 for a video game back then??

Nope. I never spent over $50.

[PepperNY]

I remember when I was trying to decide between purchasing a N64 or a PSOne as I had just got my first job and the determining factor was games on the N64 were like $70 and the same games were half that price on the Playstation so I ended up going that route, plus I always felt like you needed 3 hands for that N64 controller lol. Not to mention I loved playing some NFL Gameday which was better then Madden at that time.

[christguz]

I miss this...

[Derrville]

The most expensive games belonged to the SNES and that wasnt even the current gen.

[PepperNY]

anyone ever have one of these?

[ryne candy]

I remember calling TRU all over Houston looking for SMB 3 (in '93)and finally finding one about an hour away....my mom drove an hour away and spent $50 on it...lol.

[CCBrink]

I remember paying like $80 for Star Fox 64. It had that "Rumble Pak" though. Game changer

[Argath]

Things were so much more simple back then. No scratched disks or RROD. Just blow on the bottom of the cartridge and it works good as new

[Swarley]

Things were so much more simple back then. No scratched disks or RROD. Just blow on the bottom of the cartridge and it works good as new

:michaelscott:

Both the Sega Saturn and PSOne had discs.

[Argath]

:michaelscott:

Both the Sega Saturn and PSOne had discs.

I had a sega genesis and N64 smartass