7DollarHagane
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Hardware was so much cheaper then too.
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90's Toys R Us Holiday Ad
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Owningrampage
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god when the economy didn't crash LOL. god i remember this
I'm surprised about that too. I don't think the Genesis or the SNES were ever sold at a loss (pretty sure Sony started that trend). Was it because back then all the mattered for the console was how many bits the CPU could do?
Owningrampage
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I miss game slips..
omg that was the best thing at toysrus was the game slips
JrBaconCheeseburger
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Game slips.... Old school
No Game slips it's sold out ....FUCK
Great thread
Took me back
No Game slips it's sold out ....FUCK
Great thread
Took me back
I miss game slips..
I miss these
I remember I used to take the ones I wanted and put in on the fridge so mom knew what to get.
Don't Laugh
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who remembers kb toys?
SPACECADET
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seeing that silver gameboy pocket again...
i miss you pal...
i miss you pal...
User 463088
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I remember the Christmas I got my Gamegear. I went through the eleventy hundred batteries I got within a few hours. Santa brought me a car charger for it too, so I ended up sitting in the car playing Game Gear.
I also remember the year I got my SNES and Genesis. Didn't get an N64 for Christmas, though. At least, not until a lot later. I got the Donkey Kong 64 bundle thingy.
I also remember the year I got my SNES and Genesis. Didn't get an N64 for Christmas, though. At least, not until a lot later. I got the Donkey Kong 64 bundle thingy.
ZombiePlatypus
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Good times.
Lol I actually kinda miss the Tamogatchis and Giga Pets.
Right here! Picked up Metal Gear Solid there.
Lol I actually kinda miss the Tamogatchis and Giga Pets.
Right here! Picked up Metal Gear Solid there.
Jibbajabbawockky
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I'll never forget going into a KB Toys as a kid with my parents before Christmas and seeing a lady haggle with one of the employees behind the counter over an $80 copy of Shaq-Fu.
Hahaha. Yup! I remember making elaborate Christmas lists with those ads where I'd write down the item and then cut out the picture of the game from the ad and glue it on the list.
KDash31987
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Beautiful.
I used to have a bunch of these ads (and a ton of old game magazines) stored in some boxes, but I lost them in storage. Sigh...
At least I still have all of my consoles and games, though, and even most of the boxes. I loved the '90s. My favorite time to play video games.
I used to have a bunch of these ads (and a ton of old game magazines) stored in some boxes, but I lost them in storage. Sigh...
At least I still have all of my consoles and games, though, and even most of the boxes. I loved the '90s. My favorite time to play video games.
HamsterPackage
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I remember paying around 100$ Canadian for FF3.....
Cartridges man. It was a big part of Nintendo's falling out of favor with third party devs when they went cartridge on N64. Square bailed day one for the CD format. The profit margins were worse because it was so much more expensive to produce.
LordBaztion
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Damn, every console had "realistic" graphics back then.
Feels like someone makes a thread about this ad every couple of years. Here's the last one.
Petrae
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I sure do. Worked there as a greeter for the holiday season 20 years ago at the Holyoke, MA store. Bought my copy of Donkey Kong Country there.
fireworkfan
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CrazedProfessional
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That Saturn lineup is pure gold!
IrishNinja
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right in the feels
PHOENIXZERO
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And up and yeah, I get a laugh out of people complaining about game prices being $60.
Same with Chrono Trigger, though it might've been on sale at Best Buy for $70, I know I got a good deal of shit for spending so much money on a game though though that game lasted me at least a 100 hours.
Guessing it's because (High Meg) cartridges were more expensive to make than CDs.
Yep. Remember going to Toys R US with my dad and seeing many SNES and N64 games for $60+.
vagabondarts
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Memories... Time marches on. It's more than just about the games when you step back and think about it.
It's moments and people and events and a time in your life that no matter what you do you'll never quite recapture it.
It's moments and people and events and a time in your life that no matter what you do you'll never quite recapture it.
Petrae
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I miss game slips..
Yeah, that was a pretty unique retail approach. I liked it; I bought quite a few games from Toys 'R Us this way-- including Street Fighter II Turbo and Konami's NFL Football for the SNES on the same day.
The best part of the game slip approach was having the box art on flip-up cards. No live product on the floor, no gutting of games. You could see everything you'd ordinarily see by looking at the game box/case and most questions would be answered.
Toys-R-Us was always more expensive. The PSX games in particular stand out. By the time jewel cases hit, most psx titles were coming in at $39 at EB. I was buying so many games because of it.
SNES carts were always crazy. $70 SFII Turbo. $85 FFIII. I remember being hyped for Illusion of Gaia simply cause it was affordable at $40 or so. - This doesn't excuse modern prices in the least, the price of producing a cart was astronomical compared to a cd, and I'd assume the same is true with dvd/bd today.
SNES carts were always crazy. $70 SFII Turbo. $85 FFIII. I remember being hyped for Illusion of Gaia simply cause it was affordable at $40 or so. - This doesn't excuse modern prices in the least, the price of producing a cart was astronomical compared to a cd, and I'd assume the same is true with dvd/bd today.
Ivory Samoan
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Wow... gaming has gotten much cheaper when adjusted for inflation!
Like, ridiculously cheaper... I suddenly feel, OK with spending $150 on CE versions.
Like, ridiculously cheaper... I suddenly feel, OK with spending $150 on CE versions.
I mentioned that here on a Gaf a few years ago and someone didn't believe me... $79.99 for it
remember picking up my n64 at launch from toys r us and getting someone's reserved copy of Mario 64. I had the console reserved but didn't know you had to reserve the game as well. Told the person going to fetch my n64 that I had Mario too despite never giving him the reservation slip and he brought me a copy. That game was magic...
gaming was so much fun back then, now its all about circle jerking over resolutions.
n64 games were this way too. usually first/second party games were $10-$30 cheaper than 3rd party games.
gaming was so much fun back then, now its all about circle jerking over resolutions.
n64 games were this way too. usually first/second party games were $10-$30 cheaper than 3rd party games.
I miss game slips..
good times
Horseticuffs
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Nothing hits me like old toy catalog Christmas shit. Guys, I'm already pining for Fall and Halloween, y'all wanna make me miss the holidays now too?
I went there so much as a young kid, bought so many Pokemon cards there. I recall my mom saying a few years ago that they had really good Black Friday deals.
Terrible_Majesty
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I bought DKC1 SNES on launch day for $92 including tax. I'm Canadian YAY!
RadioHeadAche
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There was a one in a nearby town that sold a lot of slightly older stuff as well as more current items. Such a great place. I remember getting Vice City there as well as digimon toys. If I recall correctly they also had those Metal Gear action figures, Tenchi Muyo toys, King of the Hill figures, basically a ton of cool stuff.
I miss that store.
Dutch holiday catalogue from Intertoys (largest nation wide toy retailer), holidays 1997. Note how there's no Saturn, Sega was pretty much dead and buried around here by that time. Only a select few Electronic stores carried it.
Always funny when people complain about gaming priced today. Back in 1997 we were still paying F179,- (81) for Donkey Kong Country 2 or 3, games for a last-gen system! Games for N64 were pretty ridiculous as well for the most part.
PSX games were mostly F130 (59) though, so those prices were okay, even for the time.
I remember Kay Bee Toys. Aside from video games, I used to love going to it for the Hot Wheels. I was crazy about Hot Wheels cars as a kid, and Kay Bee and Toys r Us always had a full aisle full of them. Also remember when I'd go visit my grandparents and they'd take me to the outlet mall and Toy Liquidators.
xDUMPWEEDx
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Best deals in that ad:
$59.99 Gameboy Pocket
$199 Saturn + 3 games
Worst deal:
$199 Saturn Netlink
$59.99 Gameboy Pocket
$199 Saturn + 3 games
Worst deal:
$199 Saturn Netlink
Piston Hyundai
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Wow, that Saturn + Virtua Cop/Virtua Fighter/Daytona bundle is a god damn steal considering it was in 1996. Should've got that instead of an N64.