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The greatest console bundles in video game history
- Thread starter iidesuyo
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Best Game Boy version. Best Gen 1 Pokemon.
This was my first gaming device, aaah the memories.
Then I got this:
With Mario Kart 64 and 2 extra controllers.
This right here. All of that for $350 is an amazing deal.This right here
That Jet Set Radio Xbox bundle was cool, too.
Ol No Bones
Banned
Wow if you didn't own an XB1 at that point that's difficult to pass up. Damn.This right here
That Jet Set Radio Xbox bundle was cool, too.
Have they really changed in size much? The OG Xbox box was massive for obvious reasons, but the DC, PS2, and GCN boxes were pretty small. I guess Nintendo had a habit of using styrofoam, which made them a bit bigger than necessary, but they were by no means massive.
Yeah, BABY!
Winner. I got one, still truckin
Tobe Tobusch
Member
looked so sexy when i saw it in the shelves. love the colors ! not to mention it came with one of the best games ever.
Apoleptica
Banned
This introduced a ton of newcomers to what Jet Set Radio was. Some areas had bundles with it and Halo.
The Green Xbox with Halo (and I think DOA3) was also pretty good.
My personal favorite, Jet Set Radio Future was amazing on the xbox, and sega gt 2002 was also fantastic.
MrCunningham
Member
Even better
Granted, it looks like it only came with one controller.
The only downside to this package was that it came with one controller. But then again... controllers used to cost $30 back then...
One of my favourite pack-ins was the Sega CD with...
Sonic CD:
Ecco The Dolphin CD and Sega Classics 5-in-1
Sewer Shark:
There were actually 20 games in the bundle. Some of them aren't in the screenshots.
Black Lamp! Now there's a game I'd forgotten the existence of. I assume that's the one with the dragon?
crazyrabbits
Banned
I also liked the Playstation Value Pack from Europe. It was a PSX with 2 controllers and a memorycard. And the god tier Demo One.
No game though, but up to you.
I had both of these (although in the latter's case, I think it was a U.S. specific version), and I loved them both.
cireza
Member
Yes ! Got this bundle when I was a kid, loved it. Great memories.For me was this beast, after my original Genesis short circuited!
Not a bundle, but I love the PAL packaging for the 32X and its games.
darkwing-buck
Member
Not a console, but for originality sake, let me introduce you the Atari ST Power Pack
An Atari ST with 20 games, and not unknowkn crap, but well known names like Double Dragon, Afterburner, Outrun (too bad the ST version suuuuucked) and so.
It was so good and so relatively popular that it ended biting Atari in the ass in the UK when publishers discovered that their sales on ST had slowed a big deal since the introduction of the Pack, given that new customers didn't buy games as they were well served for long time.
(Edit, I can't believe I have been beaten on this, damn you stuminus3 :_( )
An Atari ST with 20 games, and not unknowkn crap, but well known names like Double Dragon, Afterburner, Outrun (too bad the ST version suuuuucked) and so.
It was so good and so relatively popular that it ended biting Atari in the ass in the UK when publishers discovered that their sales on ST had slowed a big deal since the introduction of the Pack, given that new customers didn't buy games as they were well served for long time.
(Edit, I can't believe I have been beaten on this, damn you stuminus3 :_( )
The one I bought after owning a PSX.
I had this too but mine also came with Rainbow Six 3.
AnkiRendan
Member
Love this. I wished it was a DSi XL, but oh well...
So fucking hot.
Fun times.
this guy knows his stuff.
stuminus3
Member
Yup.
It was the first thing I thought of when I saw the topic title. Fond memories.
mrhyderager
Member
HOW WAS I THE FIRST
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
God bless this bundle.
Rabid Dwarf 76
Member
This introduced a ton of newcomers to what Jet Set Radio was. Some areas had bundles with it and Halo.
The Green Xbox with Halo (and I think DOA3) was also pretty good.
I worked my ass off in high school to buy this bundle. Worth it. So worth it!!!
Destiny gets a lot of flak, but I bought this and regret nothing.
This is the GOAT Wii U bundle.
damn that is really nice
imagine if it included Mario kart 8 in that bundle too, the new Trifecta of Multiplayer nintendo games bundle would be the BEST bundle ever O__o
dead souls
Member
The Turbo Duo bundle was insane.
This was great too. Purchasing this was the last time I went to a store on Black Friday.
This was great too. Purchasing this was the last time I went to a store on Black Friday.
Me and my brother got a SNES bundle, but i can't remember the exact name (and sadly no picture of it). It was an official (EU only?) bundle which included:
- SNES
-2 1 Controller
- Super Mario World
- F-Zero
- Super Soccer
This bundle was our entry into the world of home consoles. Good times.
Edit: I finally found it, but my memory was wrong. It seems it came only with 1 controller.
- SNES
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- Super Mario World
- F-Zero
- Super Soccer
This bundle was our entry into the world of home consoles. Good times.
Edit: I finally found it, but my memory was wrong. It seems it came only with 1 controller.
8 year old you knows what's up.
NOLA_Gaffer
Banned
Do all costcos look like Home Depot on the inside?
Tom Nook
Member
Yes, Costcos is essential like a big warehouse; all their items are in pallets for easy transport.
NOLA_Gaffer
Banned
Interesting, I'm used to game systems being behind glass.
Ragnorok64
Member
I realize the threat startrer wanted this to focus on official bundles but I do have to give shoutouts to the random Sam's Club bundle of a GameCube, 2 controllers, Smash Bros Melee, a memory card, and the strategy guide for $99.98 (or whatever they end their prices with I don't think they do .99). I scooped that up real quick when I saw it in store. It was later in the GameCube life span but that bundle was still a ridiculous deal.
My Xbox came with Jsrf and project Gotham racing. Fucking incredible bundle.This introduced a ton of newcomers to what Jet Set Radio was. Some areas had bundles with it and Halo.
The Green Xbox with Halo (and I think DOA3) was also pretty good.
facetheslayer92
Member
This introduced a ton of newcomers to what Jet Set Radio was. Some areas had bundles with it and Halo.
The Green Xbox with Halo (and I think DOA3) was also pretty good.
My friend's dad bought this bundle for him in Fall 2002 over the Playstation 2. We were both in first grade at the time. We would play Star Wars Obi-Wan after school. Fun times
phant0m
Member
GOAT
Violence Jack
Member
That GTAV and TLoU black friday bundle was the deal I'd been waiting for.
You're crazy if it's not
My pick as well. It's not the best bundle, but Super Mario 64 changed gaming completly.
Getting this was amazing.
itsbenoclock
Member
It was the perfect Trojan Horse to get people into gaming.
As much as I loved my PS3 bundle (80gb, World at War, Fallout 3, LittleBigPlanet, Resistance 2, LOST, £299) this is the one that made the Wii so successful. Convinced swathes of buyers through one game that it was worthy of purchase without solid promise of anything else. It was my first Nintendo console because of this game.
Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!
Member
I can't say enough how happy these two bundles made me as a kid (ignore the "asian specific" sticker, it's the same box they used in the US). The Game Gear Bundle was even cooler for me at the time, because Toys R Us had a deal going on where if you bought any game gear you got a game free with it. So I got Sonic and Castle of Illusion the same day.
The day I got each of those were magical days I wish I could relive. I remember being overwhelmed with joy
Is that game gear picture the Genesis Sonic on a GG screen? Seems like false advertising lol.
