darth_infamous
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The greatest console bundles in video game history
- Thread starter iidesuyo
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Turbo-Duo
It's always funny how they said "A secret arcade hit" because they couldn't finalize the final pack in until after the packaging was done. The included Turbo Force magazine inside was also printed prior to them finalizing the package - it says Dungeon Explorer is included, when it's actually Ninja Spirit.
It is one hell of a deal, though. Every single game included is one of the best of the entire generation. They also don't advertise Bomberman, which is also included.
Smokin' Sick Style!!!
Banned
You are all smoking dope.
Black GC, Double Dash and Limited Edition Zelda Disc including Zelda 1, Zelda 2, Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask and Wind Waker Demo?
The best.
Black GC, Double Dash and Limited Edition Zelda Disc including Zelda 1, Zelda 2, Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask and Wind Waker Demo?
The best.
cj_iwakura
Member
I'll do you one better: this was also stackable with the NiGHTS bundle. I got four games for free, effectively. (And Dragon Force & Shining Wisdom)
Goldenroad
Member
There was an XBOX ONE holiday bundle this year that included:
1 TB HDD
Rise of the Tomb Raider
Tomb Raider (2013) Remaster
Ori and The Blind Forest
Gears of War Remaster
and
Rare Replay (which is 30 games itself).
Looked at on a pure dollar per game basis, you're getting a console plus 34 games for the regular price of the console. I don't think there's ever been a deal quite that good for a brand new console.
Even still, and I was in the market for one, I just couldn't justify it.
1 TB HDD
Rise of the Tomb Raider
Tomb Raider (2013) Remaster
Ori and The Blind Forest
Gears of War Remaster
and
Rare Replay (which is 30 games itself).
Looked at on a pure dollar per game basis, you're getting a console plus 34 games for the regular price of the console. I don't think there's ever been a deal quite that good for a brand new console.
Even still, and I was in the market for one, I just couldn't justify it.
LordBaztion
Member
The X1 assassins creed bundle was insane value for it's price.
Mass_Pincup
Banned
This deserve a mention:
hospitaldriver
Member
4 amazing games
Came to post this. Best Christmas present I ever had. Me and my brother spent so much time playing Streets of Rage together. It remains one of my favourite games now
shouamabane
Member
Amen
MisterHero
Super Member
The GOAT is the Wii and WiiSports
but when I got Super Nintendo not only did I get Super Mario World, but I got Mario Paint and a free mail-in for All-Stars. That might not be completely accurate though
but when I got Super Nintendo not only did I get Super Mario World, but I got Mario Paint and a free mail-in for All-Stars. That might not be completely accurate though
Even better
Granted, it looks like it only came with one controller.
I distinctly got that bundle over the then new Genesis 32X because, not only was that a no brainer with the included games (on one cart no less!), you got a free 2nd controller by mailing in the included voucher.
Still rocking to this day!
Edit: Honerable mention has to go to the White Vita 1000 Assassins Creed: Liberations Black Friday bundle. Liberations, free PlayStation All-Stars download code, a year of PS+.....I was set for quite a while.....
Why does it have a 3 button pad? I always thought the MD II came with 6 button pads?
secretanchitman
Member
SNES + Mario All-Stars and Mario World like people have said
But also this beauty. This is what my parents got my brother and I from Sam's Club and I thought I was the luckiest kid in the world.
But also this beauty. This is what my parents got my brother and I from Sam's Club and I thought I was the luckiest kid in the world.
J
JeremyEtcetera
Unconfirmed Member
Another cool one, although this screen gets harder to look at the older you get.
But I read that the NX was Nintendo's biggest misstep.
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Smash and Splat Wii U is pretty on point, TBH.
Alex Stroud
Banned
My favorite was the Mario 25th Anniversary DSi XL w/ Mario Kart DS. The DS family was at its absolute peak build-wise, the design was pure sex and the game stands among the DS GOATs.
Other territories got a better box design and NSMB, but this one stands among the greats IMO.
Other territories got a better box design and NSMB, but this one stands among the greats IMO.
Easily the Gamecube bundle with the Zelda Collector's edition
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEGpXrN43QU
$100 for a new console and four classic games that introduced me to the Zelda series.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEGpXrN43QU
$100 for a new console and four classic games that introduced me to the Zelda series.
you remember wrong. That bundle was discontinued in late 1993/early 1994. The 32X launched against this SNES bundle in late 1994:
DISSESHOWEDO
Banned
No idea, this was the official bundle with S&K and was a gift from my aunt from Sweden, had to buy two six button pads after that so i can play MK3U properly!
I just noticed that the guy on the left holds the controller backwards, and Daddy on the right is pressing Select which does nothing in a World Cup match.
Sub_Level
wants to fuck an Asian grill.
For $300 you could get
- The most hype AAA title of that year that you could instantly sell for $40+ due to high demand, thus driving the actual price of this bundle down to $260.
- A console with a well built library by that point
- A console that didn't require a paid online subscription
- A good sized 500GB HDD
Elitist1945
Member
Maybe not the GREATEST, but it was awesome as fuck to have it a week before other people.
Stallion Dan
Member
20 MEG CARTRIDGE!!!
Robert at Zeboyd Games
Banned
The Neo Geo Pocket Color bundles were rather awesome.
System + several games for under $100.
System + several games for under $100.
The Neo Geo Pocket Color bundles were rather awesome.
System + several games for under $100.
There were two flavors of this, too. The other one, IMO, was the better deal because it came with MotM, Last Blade, and Sonic Pocket Adventure.
Stallion Dan
Member
you remember wrong. That bundle was discontinued in late 1993/early 1994. The 32X launched against this SNES bundle in late 1994:
Just because a bundle is offically discontinued doesn't mean stores instantly have no stock and stop selling it.
rootbeerafloat
Member
I remember seeing that bundle disappear long before the 32X launched. Unless he lives in an area where his stores didn't sell SNES consoles for months on end, I think he's misremembering that the 32X had just launched. More likely, it was around the corner.
Diablohead
Member
It's more a personal thing but the black gamecube with prime bundle was godly for £99 back in the day, you even got a prime logo to stick in the lid window of the cube.
It was great to me because I had £120~ in trade credit saved up and bought it for myself.
yeah, I had alex kidd but i know some later models had sonic 1 built in instead.
It was great to me because I had £120~ in trade credit saved up and bought it for myself.
This was a good one also that blew my mind at the time as it was built in...
yeah, I had alex kidd but i know some later models had sonic 1 built in instead.
twilitezoner
Member
For its time (Christmas 1982) this was as hot as it gets.
johancruijff
Banned
yess
my father used to sell this in his shop
i spent a lot of afternoons there showcasing duck hunt and mario to other kids, but only after doing my homework
good fucking times...
No Dreamcast Ultimate Pack?
Pretty much when the writing was on the wall for the DC, in the UK, rather than dropping the price, they released a bundle containing:
Dreamcast
VMU
Jet Set Radio
Metropolis Street Racer
Virtua Fighter 3
...for £100.
Not a lot of good images of it, this is all I could find:
Pretty much when the writing was on the wall for the DC, in the UK, rather than dropping the price, they released a bundle containing:
Dreamcast
VMU
Jet Set Radio
Metropolis Street Racer
Virtua Fighter 3
...for £100.
Not a lot of good images of it, this is all I could find:
Ragnorok64
Member
I feel like that packaging does a disservice to the system. It makes it look super cheap. Were perceptions different in Japan?The Neo Geo Pocket Color bundles were rather awesome.
System + several games for under $100.
That console. Had it all the way up until a few months ago when my brother broke it. Fuck
The Neo Geo Pocket Color bundles were rather awesome.
System + several games for under $100.
I've always loved the way that those look like they're a cheap cloney knockoff, when in fact, they're the real thing.
IIRC it was when they were basically liquidating and leftover stock was passed on to a different distributor who, well, shoved it all together and sold it for super cheap.
The real product but not the real brand, if you see what I mean.
Outrun
Member
This.
JamesJoyce1882
Member
This will be an unpopular answer, as people hate the PS3 super slim and GOW ascension, but this was a fantastic bundle:
But I have to admit it's only the second best PS3 bundle, as I bought it to play Ni No Kuni.
But I have to admit it's only the second best PS3 bundle, as I bought it to play Ni No Kuni.
This was a good one also that blew my mind at the time as it was built in...
This looks like a better deal:
Armitage Shanks
Member
Obvs it's GB + Tetris. Hands down. Hashtag fact.
This was several years after they had already died. They were super cheap by that point. The reason that package exists is because a large stock pile of unsold NGPC units had been discovered. This was like 2007-ish.
The original US NGPC packaging didn't look cheap:
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
For its time (Christmas 1982) this was as hot as it gets.
Wasn't there a version of this with the lightgun thingy?