BONUS: Absurd vintage retail instructional videos for floor operations!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=C990wzFsoho
I was super interested in the very first kiosk in this video. It seems like it only allows people to choose from a selection of video previews, but when he opens the display up you can see a PCB connected to a SNES cart. There's no way to play any of the games, and obviously a SNES cart couldn't store video, so I looked it up. Apparently the SNES cart is a custom controller for the Laserdisc player. What a bizarre setup.
BONUS: Absurd vintage retail instructional videos for floor operations!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=C990wzFsoho
I was thinking how gamecube is one of the newer ones yet its already 15 years old been feeling old lately..
Not quite the same but I became really fascinated by Not For Resale demo carts for a lot of games, specifically the Pokemon Distribution Carts (before serial codes seem to have permanently made them disappear). I've always loved the idea of owning something I'm not supposed to own.
I would love a thread to discuss these things, they're so interesting to me.
Behold!
Behold!
Anyone remember the Gamecube kiosks at McDonalds? I got my first exposure to Wind Waker there.
The 56k warning is hilarious since most of younger GAFfers won't even understand it lol.
Yeah, check out this video review. This guy has an Everdrive cart in it!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl0GGF-kMjk
Vectrex Demonstration Machine via eBay Australia here
This is probably one of the rarest ones I've ever come across in my days on the internet (not in person):
Vectrex Demonstration Machine via eBay Australia here
My local used game store got a DK comp cart the other day.
They said some girl came in wanting to sell it for some gas money thinking it was a regular game and hoping to get about $20 bucks for it. When they told her they'd pay $500 she flipped out.
Now it has a $2000 tag on it. :/
All the haters on why would you keep such "junk". Well no one ever says that when they walk into my room full of kiosks.
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Also if anyone has any kiosks or displays they'd like to sell, let me know.
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What's weirder is how it appeared in Australia. How the fuck would it even get here?!?Yeah, that Vectrex one is so fucking neat. Stealing it for the OP.
I say this with love and admiration: FUCK YOU!
You're living the dream, man!
Did you get lucky on some of those or did you pay the going rate?
That Game Boy one is what I envy the most, but those SNES kiosks are sick.
This is a great thread OP, unfortunately for me I don't have that kind of cash
All the haters on why would you keep such "junk". Well no one ever says that when they walk into my room full of kiosks.
[plug]Also if anyone has any kiosks or displays they'd like to sell, let me know.
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They still have the big one in the McDonalds by my house.Anyone remember the Gamecube kiosks at McDonalds? I got my first exposure to Wind Waker there.
And fun fact, a N64 kiosk was the sole reason my first N64 game was Lylat Wars and not Super Mario 64, I played Lylat Wars and instantly fell in love with the game, it was my first 3D experience coming from the SNES and it felt like pure... well magic.
That Virtual Boy one in the OP is not a store Kiosk. That's a home made setup.
The store Kiosk used the actual VB controller.
RIP Mario