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does anyone remember how much Video Game rentals cost at Blockbuster in the 90s?
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Date: April 2nd, 2025 11:35 PM Author: michael doodikoff in hindsight Blockbuster video Game rentals would have been a good way for a poor guy to plow through all of the Video Games for cheap. like $5 for three days or so? I don't remember (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704271&forum_id=2#48809536) |
Date: April 2nd, 2025 11:40 PM Author: Before the Dawn Heals Us Cq (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704271&forum_id=2#48809547) |
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Date: April 2nd, 2025 11:42 PM Author: richard clock 5 bucks sounds right (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704271&forum_id=2#48809550) |
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Date: April 2nd, 2025 11:43 PM Author: .,..,..,.,,..,..,,,,,,,,..,...,.,.,., Late fees made me angrier than libs do today grrr 😡😡😡 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704271&forum_id=2#48809552) |
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Date: April 3rd, 2025 10:14 AM Author: michael doodikoff (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704271&forum_id=2#48810596) |
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Date: April 3rd, 2025 10:17 AM Author: Gary's Economics back then you had to appreciate even the shitty game you rented (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704271&forum_id=2#48810608) |
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Date: April 3rd, 2025 10:22 AM Author: ....,.,.,.,.,...,;,.,.,;,.,;,;,.,. i think they rented by the week? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704271&forum_id=2#48810636) |
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Date: April 3rd, 2025 4:35 PM Author: michael doodikoff yeah but how much? like $5? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704271&forum_id=2#48812222) |
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Date: April 3rd, 2025 4:37 PM Author: ....;;;;;;.;;.;.;.;;.;..;;;......;.;;.;.;.;;;;.. Yeah, the newer games were like $4-5. Older games $2-3 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704271&forum_id=2#48812228) |
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Date: April 3rd, 2025 4:41 PM Author: michael doodikoff back then we probably thought that was expensive AF back then.
what a deal in hindsight
reddit says you could even rent Consoles https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/gtxdu9/how_much_were_video_game_rentals/ |
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Date: April 3rd, 2025 4:43 PM Author: ....;;;;;;.;;.;.;.;;.;..;;;......;.;;.;.;.;;;;.. Yes its true. i remember my blockbuster had that although i never actually rented one. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704271&forum_id=2#48812238) |
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Date: April 3rd, 2025 6:12 PM Author: gedood persoon we never had a SNES but we rented one several times which was a gigantic deal (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704271&forum_id=2#48812498) |
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Date: April 3rd, 2025 6:13 PM Author: daniel gay luis (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704271&forum_id=2#48812503) |
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Date: April 3rd, 2025 4:43 PM Author: Dickey Simpkins In today’s dollars, about $13 to rent a game for 4-5 days. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704271&forum_id=2#48812240) |
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Date: April 3rd, 2025 4:44 PM Author: Oh, You Travel? ( ) That intellectuall dishonest bc N64 games are $60+, PS1 $40ish (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704271&forum_id=2#48812246) |
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Date: April 3rd, 2025 4:48 PM Author: lex yeah but your parents weren't worried about the economics as much as you turning out weird, nerdy, or gay. they failed, but the rental system appealed to that urge. it seemed less losery to rent an occasional game like perusing a couple of movies each month, rather than buying a dragon's horde of NES cartridges. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704271&forum_id=2#48812255) |
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Date: April 3rd, 2025 4:43 PM Author: Oh, You Travel? ( ) Blockbuster only had horrible western made games for the most part and it wasn’t $5. Maybe your local place was $5. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704271&forum_id=2#48812241) |
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Date: April 3rd, 2025 4:44 PM Author: lex do u guys remember early ps1 days when the memory card meant you could PICK UP YOUR SAVE GAME LATER if you didn't immediately re-rent it? fucking gamechanger right there. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704271&forum_id=2#48812243) |
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Date: April 3rd, 2025 4:47 PM Author: michael doodikoff i don't think I ever rented a PS1 Game. I was a late adopter and bought a refurbed PS1 from a Sony outlet store, simply for Gran Turismo, Metal Gear Solid, Tiger Woods Golf, and Tenchu (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704271&forum_id=2#48812253) |
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Date: April 3rd, 2025 4:53 PM Author: lex man, i rented a lot of PS1 games, but i was relatively young. there's probably a memory card somewhere in one of my junk bins with a 2.5 hour save of ape escape on it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704271&forum_id=2#48812265) |
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Date: April 3rd, 2025 4:58 PM Author: Oh, You Travel? ( ) Re-renting games is the destitute imo. Which there were a lot of after 1994 with the passage of NAFTA (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704271&forum_id=2#48812273) |
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Date: April 3rd, 2025 5:40 PM Author: michael doodikoff I think I rented Desert Strike SNES one time from Blockbuster. I remember playing it all fucking weekend to get the most out of the $5 rental fee (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704271&forum_id=2#48812406) |
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Date: April 3rd, 2025 5:43 PM Author: the place where there is no darkness I remember, it was so expensive the thought of renting didn't even cross my mind (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704271&forum_id=2#48812411) |
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Date: April 3rd, 2025 6:03 PM Author: aggressive mimicry It was $20 a week at the start
By the time I was old enough to work there it was 20/mo for unlimited time trade in any time |
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Date: April 3rd, 2025 6:04 PM Author: Gary's Economics I rented Skitchin' for Sega Genesis about five times. For those who don't know, it's Road Rash with rollerblades.
I don't know why I didn't just ask for it for Christmas. |
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Date: April 3rd, 2025 6:12 PM Author: daniel gay luis Around the end they had some program that was like 15 a month and you could have a game rented out nonstop as long as you wanted or something like that I can't remember the details (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704271&forum_id=2#48812499) |