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pbj:
N64 was all about the native 4 player support.

Titchgamer:

--- Quote from: pbj on January 31, 2017, 11:26:06 am ---N64 was all about the native 4 player support.

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Yeah that was a big selling point for the Console TBH, Made part play very easy.

RayB:
Mario 64 DEFINED how to make a proper 3D run & jump game.
Goldeneye was also a system seller.
*Boom*

Back to the original thread, a friend of mine swears by the rare and obscure "Roc n Rope". But I just remember it as being difficult and clunky.

Howard_Casto:
I waited for the inevitable fallout. Now that it's done let me explain why I was right.

NES games started at 30 bucks. They could go as high as 70-80. Final Fantasy III, I distinctly remember being 70 bucks retail. I think Metroid, the first game that I ever bought, was around 40-45. That was the normal going rate in most areas. if it was different where you lived I'm glad for you, but I can only go by what I paid for them retail. That is before it's adjusted for inflation btw. I'm not referring to bargain bin titles either, you had those with every generation. When you got to the 16 bit era, the going rate was more around 70-80. Street Fighter II Turbo was 75 if I remember correctly.

Rental chains didn't catch on, in rural areas like I live in at least, until the 2nd or 3rd year of the nes's nationwide release. Even when they did, it was still a shot in the dark if you would rent a good game.

The internet didn't exist yet (can we at least agree on that?) and the only game mag with getting, at least initially, was Nintendo Power. They rarely gave a game a bad review because it would be hurting their own product. We didn't know that as kids though.

So with the internet and every schmo with a video camera doing reviews of games these days we are spoiled. You can pick apart details all you like, but my point still holds.

Malenko:

--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on February 07, 2017, 02:12:39 pm ---I waited for the inevitable fallout. Now that it's done let me explain why I was right.

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Fallout? I don't feel that rebuking your false claim with hard evidence is "Fallout"
Again, its really easy to say games were $70 when you don't have to prove it.

Here, I found an ad for a couple of SNES games at $70 NBA Hangtim, Alpha 2, and Ultimate MK3 at $70. Donkey Kong Country 3, Marvel Super Heroes:War of the Gems, and even Madden 97 were all 60.

Love this ad because its got the original donkey kong country in the SNES, DKC2 for sale with a coupon, and DKC3 full price, all on the same page. UMK3 at $70 was such an odd price point since UMK3 on Saturn was $60 and MKT on PSX was $50
citation: http://www.rsvlts.com/2016/12/01/tbt-with-the-1996-toys-r-us-video-game-catalog/

This ad is too big to embed http://www.platypuscomix.net/fpo/newspaper/31389toysrus1.JPG
but it shows ---smurfing--- Atari games for sale side by side with the NES games and nothing is over $45 let alone $70. Side note, LOVE the revolver style NES zapper. Could never sell that nowadays.

You getting price gouged at Uncle Bob's House of Video games because you didn't have a Sears or Toy's R Us within 100 miles doesnt mean that NES games were $70 or SNES games were $80. It just means YOU paid that much, not everybody.

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