This looks like a better deal:
My 8 year old mind would have been blown.
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The greatest console bundles in video game history
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My 8 year old mind would have been blown.
Robert at Zeboyd Games
Banned
Yeah, the NGPC was the first portable system where I actually liked the system itself - great controls and great battery life value. Decent library too, although there were WAY too many fighting game. Card Fighters Clash was awesome.
Jack The Nipper
Banned
One of the best.
Super Nintendo + Super Mario World + Street Fighter II.
That was the definitive bundle.
This. Best Cristmas ever.
Just read the OP!?
Turbo-Duo
Arguably some of the best of the system, in the box...
Gate of Thunder
Ys Book I&II
Bonks Adventure
Bonks Revenge
Bomberman(secret code unlock on disc)
And either Dungeon Explorer or Ninja spirit
I came in here to post this. Nice work, sir.
V
Vilix
Unconfirmed Member
It was the perfect Trojan Horse to get people into gaming.
This. It took gaming beyond mainstream.
spookyfish
Member
Love that original gameboy. Wish I still had my original in box.
My favorite, and may be nostalgia talking, is the Nintendo Deluxe set because that is the bundle I got when we bought it way back. Wish I still had it:
Still have this. Bought it from Woolworth two weeks before Christmas 1987.
Chie Satonaka
Member
As someone who really wanted a TurboGrafix 16 as a kid (and still want one now), that TurboDuo bundle would have made me flip my shit back in the day.
Amazing value there.
Amazing value there.
These two and the SNES bundles, ANY of the SNES bundles.
It was just incredible. It really spoiled me to getting consoles and having something right out of the box. Its a shame that consoles dont launch with pack in 1st party titles anymore. And I cannot recall the last time you got 2 controllers in a console pack since the GCN.
InsaneTiger
Member
This was the first gaming system my parents bought for me:
Atari ST Power Pack (came with the Atari 520 ST). Look at all this juice.
Also came with a bunch of utilities because obviously the Atari ST was a home computer, not a console.
Wondering how many games there actually were in that, because I see a few dupes.
Still, I think I see:
R-Type
Out Run (twice)
Eliminator?
G-LOC?
Black Tiger? (The one in top-right with the dragon)
Gauntlet II (twice)
Road Blasters? Maybe Techno Cop, but I think Roadblasters.
Bombuzal (twice)
Nebulus (/Castelian) (twice)
Pac Mania
Double Dragon
Starglider
Space Harrier
Super Hang-On
Bomb Jack
Not sure what the mostly green one is in the bottom-right. Predator, perhaps?
How'd I do?
Edit: I've just realised that there is actually text under the screenshots! Still, I couldn't parse it.
stuminus3
Member
Seven Force
Banned
There was a Streets of Rage 2 Genesis bundle, right? I distinctly remember getting that bundle as a kid.
May not have been crazy value or anything, but the Pokemon Yellow GBC bundle was pretty much all you needed for Gameboy in the late nineties.
May not have been crazy value or anything, but the Pokemon Yellow GBC bundle was pretty much all you needed for Gameboy in the late nineties.
Nostalgic Nightmare
Member
Neo Geo AES Gold System
You have to take into consideration the time, the money, and actually getting arcade like experience on a home console.
You have to take into consideration the time, the money, and actually getting arcade like experience on a home console.
higgsboson1997
Member
you remember wrong. That bundle was discontinued in late 1993/early 1994. The 32X launched against this SNES bundle in late 1994:
Whoa there! Calm down. Your better than this! I remember because the 32X JUST released that month, and the prospect of upgrading my Genesis was VERY appealing to me at the time. 16-bit upgrades of my favorite games PLUS a chance to catch up and play Mario World, since before I sided with Sega as well as a free controller in the mail....that Mario Bundle literally saved me from a shipwreck.
Looking back, I even wrote the date I was going to send the voucher for the 2nd controller on Proof of Purchase in back of the box (and apparently scribbled the date I actually got it since I wasn't following directions ^_^; ). Always keep your boxes kids!
Crimson_Echidna
Banned
Even better
Granted, it looks like it only came with one controller.
Even even better:
DarkArterialGore
Member
What an amazing Christmas present that would have been for any kid back in the day, superb SEGA.
4 amazing games
Besides the one in the OP there was an official US bundle that I got to replace my NES after my brother went wild on the first one which was.
Four Controllers
the NES Satellite, the wireless version of the Four Score
and a pretty dang rare double cart of Super Spike V-Ball and Nintendo World Cup.
"FOUR-DIMENSIONAL GRAPHICS" lolNeo Geo AES Gold System
You have to take into consideration the time, the money, and actually getting arcade like experience on a home console.
jabberwocker
Banned
The gameboy may be the winner in my mind, its rare that arguably the best game on the system is packed in at launch. Snes with SMW is a close second but I wouldn't call that the best snes game or would I?
DirgeExtinction
Member
If I remember correctly, this was the N64 bundle I received as a kid:
jabberwocker
Banned
If I remember correctly, this was the N64 bundle I received as a kid:
Odd bundle as you really cant use that second controller for zelda.
This was the first gaming system my parents bought for me:
*high five*
all getting down on your knees and using your hands on the power pad to cheat on track and field. those were the days.....
DirgeExtinction
Member
Yeah, I think I just gave that controller to my cousin.
Willy Wanka
my god this avatar owns
The UK Xbox bundle that had Jet Set Radio Future, Sega GT, Splinter Cell and Halo for £200.
FriedConsole
Banned
Still no AC power cable which I didn't know existed until recently. I guess it isn't totally unprecedented that the New 3DS doesn't come with a AC power cable.
Chronicjihad
Banned
Amazing value.
Tal Shiar Agent
Member
Best Game Boy version. Best Gen 1 Pokemon.
Captains Curse
Banned
The Neo Geo Pocket Color bundles were rather awesome.
System + several games for under $100.
I bought this exact package at EB games when I was a kid. The kept it behind the counter and I only knew about metal slug and pac-man when I bought it. Such a great deal.
So simple, sooooooo goood.
I had this but it also came with Super Mario Kart. It's still hooked up to a CRT in my room.
LFMartins86
Member
Had that one but with World Cup Italia 90 instead of Sonic. So good, I miss Super Hang On.
Amazing value.
Agent Icebeezy
Welcome beautful toddler, Madison Elizabeth, to the horde!
Fuck me for being a day one console purchaser. Most of these are fucking amazing.
HueyFreeman
Banned
Winner. This is crazy - though did VC come without the gun?
(though that is an awful version of daytona)
The UK Xbox bundle that had Jet Set Radio Future, Sega GT, Splinter Cell and Halo for £200.
Though I must say that is pretty fucking close.
potatohead
Member
The original Game Boy.
- the system
- an addictive game
- batteries
- headphones
- a link cable
This was so incredible. If you had to wait 1 hour for your train, you could just walk into a store, grab the system and play. And if you met some other guy on the train who had a Game Boy too, you could play Tetris in vs. mode, because everyone who owned a GB also owned Tetris and a link cable.
Today one has to watch out whether the DS has a charger included!
NES Super Set.
- the system
- four (!!) controllers, the adapter was able to support rapid fire
- three games: Nintendo World Cup, Super Mario Bros., Tetris
That bundle sold like hot cakes.
What are your picks?
I kind of miss that time when boxes were massive.
When you bought anything big it came in a big box to let you know what you're getting is gonna be huge.
potatohead
Member
That's fucking dope. Amazing.The UK Xbox bundle that had Jet Set Radio Future, Sega GT, Splinter Cell and Halo for £200.
NinjamicWZ
Banned
Turbo-Duo
Arguably some of the best of the system, in the box...
Gate of Thunder
Ys Book I&II
Bonks Adventure
Bonks Revenge
Bomberman(secret code unlock on disc)
And either Dungeon Explorer or Ninja spirit
I always wanted this so bad when I'd see it at EB. Same bundle. Could never justify it to my mom.