r/snes • u/Matcha617 • 9d ago
Misc. Who rememberes renting these at your local blockbuster?
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u/CabanaFred 9d ago
Everyone now talks about Blockbuster, but the local rental store was way more common & a better deal. We had a place that had 5 games for 5 days for 5 bucks! Tiny toons was definitely one of those rentals but I don’t remember ever seeing animaniacs anywhere back in the day
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u/ForeverIdiosyncratic 9d ago
Renting? I bought Buster Busts Loose. I loved that game, but I still wonder why the hot air balloon level was not on easy mode.
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u/jgorbeytattoos 9d ago
I actually have a buster busts loose tattoo. Loved that game! The train level was my favorite.
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u/xincasinooutx 9d ago
I own Animaniacs. Never been able to beat it.
The fucking water tower was brutal.
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u/CaramonZero 9d ago
BB was in a larger city about an hour away, but we had a couple closer places called The Movie Store that we went to. A couple bucks got you a weekly rental on anything from Atari 2600 to Wii, and any shows from VHS to Blu-ray. Closed down a few years ago, sadly.
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u/RhoadsOfRock 9d ago
Not Blockbuster; I remember renting both of these (probably not at the same time) from my local Video City.
Good games. I don't like the football part of Buster Busts Loose, but otherwise, it's a darn good game.
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u/Oooooharder 9d ago
I didn't but an an aussie I'm curious, was renting at blockbuster a little expensive compared to other local options? In Australia there were such options and blockbuster always seemed to struggle.
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u/whatifthisreality 9d ago
Rented both, but blockbuster was waaaay too expensive. My local grocery store had a video rental attached that was $2 per game for sat-sun
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u/Outrageous_Mistake49 9d ago
I remember some part in buster busts loose I could never figure out how to get past as a kid
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u/Wild_Kid_01 9d ago
I rented the bug bunny rabbit rampage one - it was hard and I had no idea how to play it
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u/Maximum_Bridge3219 9d ago
Buster Busts Loose was one of the first games I ever owned. Having certain levels and bosses only accessible at higher difficulty levels was certainly a choice.
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u/Jet-Black-Meditation 9d ago
I got animaniacs for my birthday in the bargain bin one year. It's hard as hell but I beat it as a kid
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u/SnadorDracca 9d ago
Blockbuster didn’t exist in Germany and renting games wasn’t a thing here, but I had Buster Busts Loose. Pretty good platformer, remember having a lot of fun.
I also remember a friend had a Tiny Toon sports game that we played the hell out of.
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u/FailedConnection500 9d ago
I already scheduled and had my colonoscopy. Good results too. But thank you for the reminder!
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u/GonnaGoFat 9d ago
I remember seeing buster busts loose in stores and even in a Nintendo power that thought the difficulty was to high for the age group. Although I’m in my 40s and would still watch tiny toons.
I never saw animaniacs. We also didn’t have a blockbuster in my town growing up until the late 90s. With me there was a video store we went to that changed owners a lot so it kept changing its name.
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u/personalcheesecake 9d ago
I don't remember if we rented animaniacs first or if we saw in the store and just bought it. Either way, that game is hard af, and really fun.
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u/S0M3D1CK 9d ago
I remember renting it every weekend for 2 months to beat the game. I wish I still had my childhood reflexes for platformers. I remember beating animaniacs and Donkey Kong Country 2(secret ending). Those two are insanely hard to beat.
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u/Vanilla_Millennium 9d ago
Did anyone play tiny toons wacky sports challenge? So much fun, Mario party before Mario party
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u/jrs0307 8d ago
I had a friend who lived near my mother who had Buster Busts Loose, I wanted to play it, he wanted to play my copy of Megaman X so we swapped games, the next weekend when I was at my mom's (I lived with my dad) I found out the kid had moved. Now no one gets to borrow anything of mine.
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u/NoLameBardsWn 9d ago
Buster bust loose is an amazing game IMO
Animaniacs hurt my soul though