austin532 | 467 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 With rental stores disappearing everyday, I'm curious to know what the last game you remember renting was. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,544 Editorials Team · Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 NBA Street 2 for PS2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Morbis | 2,089 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 (edited) Wow, that's a tough question. The last game I ever rented myself would've been an N64 game over twenty years ago, but God knows what it was. I do know for sure that the last rental I ever played was a Wolfenstein game on the original XBox, because I distinctly remember how my super excited friend had rented this new-fangled Microsoft console and proceeded to invite everyone he knew over to his place to check it out. But that, as well, would be over twenty years ago. Damn... Edited July 8, 2022 by Dr. Morbis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 | 2,024 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 Maybe it was Turok 3 for N64. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radagast | 21 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 I can't recall the specific game but it was definitely a PS1 or N64 game in the late 90s or year 2000. Never rented games after that point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driftwood | 209 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 (edited) Spawn for ps2, fairly sure I returned it late. Edited July 8, 2022 by Driftwood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaMan52 | 2,450 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 (edited) I still have a receipt from when I rented Sonic Heroes in 2004, but that wasn't the last game I rented. The last game I rented was either James Bond 007 Nightfire, F-Zero GX, or Need for Speed: Most Wanted. That was in 2008; my local VHQ/Movie Gallery still had many of the GameCube's games for rent. However, I still visited video stores until 2010 or so. My local VHQ/Movie Gallery had a sealed copy of Sonic Adventure DX for GameCube for $10 in April 2010. I bought it, and still have the receipt to prove it: They also had a sealed copy of Sonic Mega Collection for $20, which I also bought the following month in May. Here's the receipt: I knew that would be the last time I'd find them sealed at a local store, so I still have them (but I opened them because I sold my original copies a few years prior). Edited July 8, 2022 by MegaMan52 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nes Freak | 584 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 rocket robot on wheels from blockbuster 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesRobot | 5,804 Events Team · Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 I didn't have a new console after the Genesis until I got a PS2 and by then I was pretty much just buying games. So probably Road Rash 2 or 3? '95 at the latest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumez | 2,963 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 Probably Yoshi's Story? N64 is the last console I remember ever seeing game rentals being available for, and it made sense because it was the era where games still weren't that easily accessible, and generally very expensive to purchase. At that time, PS1 had already killed a part of the rental market with how widespread piracy was on that platform. 3 hours ago, austin532 said: With rental stores disappearing everyday Are they? Didn't they all disappear literally 20 years ago? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brickman | 3,989 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 32 minutes ago, Sumez said: Are they? Didn't they all disappear literally 20 years ago? Haha glad I’m not the only one that thought that comment was weird. Maybe the US took way longer to phase out rental stores. My last rental was also a N64 game but I don’t remember what game. I don’t recall seeing PS2 and GC for rental, or if they were there was barely anything there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trj22487 | 350 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 (edited) NBA 2K11 is the last game I believe I rented from Video Headquarters in Keene NH, so I would be 2010. The Blockbuster had closed the Summer before that. I didn't have enough cash to buy it at launch like I normally did so I rented it for the weekend before getting it. Was totally worth it as the game blew away every NBA game before it. Maybe still hasn't quite been topped in ways. Edited July 8, 2022 by trj22487 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glazball | 169 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 Indeed, a tough question but fun to think about! The last game I can remember renting was Blast Corps on N64. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cj_robot | 542 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 11 hours ago, Sumez said: Are they? Didn't they all disappear literally 20 years ago? We had Family Video stores here in Indiana up until I think just a couple years ago. Also Redbox machines are all over the place (in the US, at least), and have video games to rent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorEncore | 3,691 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 (edited) Definitely something on the PS1 or Dreamcast, although I'm not sure of the exact game. Top contenders are probably Resident Evil - Code: Veronica, Nightmare Creatures, and Power Stone. Around this time I stopped playing videogames almost completely and what I did play, I purchased. Edited July 8, 2022 by DoctorEncore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox | 1,667 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 Have this checked out from GameFly atm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nesmaster14 | 436 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 Grand Theft Auto V for PS3 when it first came out, so like 2013. Didn't realize that game is that old til I looked now lol. Drove to a Red Box at a grocery store like 6 miles from my town as it was the only one that had it. Before that it was probably 2002/3 at Blockbuster for some PS2 game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange | 1,700 Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 L.A. Noire for the Xbox 360. Those bastards tried to charge me 3 rental fees since the game had three discs. I explained to them that if I rent the first disc, the other two are useless to any potential renters so they’re not missing out by letting me take home all three. No dice. I played through the first disc but didn’t rent the other two from them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart010 | 1,707 Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 To help jog peoples memory, NES US launch in 1985Genesis US launch in late 1989 Sonic 1 Genesis - June 1991 (US)SNES US launch in late 1991 Street Fighter 2 - June 1992 Super Mariokart - September 1992 Sonic 2 - November 1992 Super Mario Allstars - July 1993 Mortal Kombat - September 1993 Disneys Aladdin (Genesis) - November 1993 NBA Jam - March 1994 Mortal Kombat 2 (Genesis) - September 1994Donkey Kong Country - November 1994 Sega Saturn US launch in May 1995Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island -August 1995 Killer Instinct -August 1995 Mortal Kombat 3 - October 1995 Genesis starts to wind down Donkey Kong Country 2 - November 1995Virtua Fighter 2 - December 1995PS1 US launch in late 1995 Blockbuster peaked in the mid ‘90s. Megaman X3 - January 1996 Super Mario RPG - March 1996SNES starts to wind downMadden NFL 97 (Saturn) - August 1996Crash Bandicoot - September 1996 Tomb Raider - October 1996N64 US launch in late 1996Final Fantasy 7 - September 1997 (US) Gran Turismo - September 1997Mariokart 64 - February 1997 Goldeneye 007 - August 1997 Netflix was founded as a DVD by mail rental company in 1997.Resident Evil 2 - January 1998Tekken 3 - March 1998 Metal Gear - September 1998Zelda 64 - November 1998 Super Smash Bros - January 1999Final Fantasy 8 - February 1999Tony Hawk Pro Skater - August 1999Dreamcast US launch in late 1999Gran Turismo 2 - December 1999 Pokemon Stadium - February 2000PS1 winding down in mid-2000PS2 US launch in October 2000 Gamecube US launch in November 2001XBox US launch in November 2001 By mid 2000’s Blockbuster was in crisis mode, Netflix has 3 million customers by now. By 2010 Blockbuster was delisted from NY stock exchange, meaning it was essentially liquidating all stores. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorEncore | 3,691 Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 22 hours ago, fox said: Have this checked out from GameFly atm This seems like the perfect type of game to rent rather than buy. 16 hours ago, Strange said: L.A. Noire for the Xbox 360. Those bastards tried to charge me 3 rental fees since the game had three discs. I explained to them that if I rent the first disc, the other two are useless to any potential renters so they’re not missing out by letting me take home all three. No dice. I played through the first disc but didn’t rent the other two from them. That is one of the dumbest things I've ever heard a rental store do. Wow. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox | 1,667 Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 13 hours ago, phart010 said: By mid 2000’s Blockbuster was in crisis mode, Netflix has 3 million customers by now. By 2010 Blockbuster was delisted from NY stock exchange, meaning it was essentially liquidating all stores. Nail in the coffin I think was Netflix coming to 360 on October 18, 2010, and later the wii and every other device you can imagine. That's when I stopped going to video stores on the reg. Then March 27, 2011, 3ds came out and seeing that Gamefly was having 3ds games, I did a trial and been with them ever since.Between November 6, 2013, and January 12, 2014, all 300 remaining corporate-owned Blockbuster stores in the U.S. were closed and the DVD-by-mail program was shut down. Hollywood vid, which was my local go to store had closed a year or two before that. So the last time I was in a was in a Blockbuster must have been around 2013/14 for the store closing sale. I picked up a Wii U game (so they at least made it all the way into the Wii U era) and a copy of Manborg. The store closing deals were not as good as I had hoped. Hastings lasted till late 2016, but they were too far away for me to rent from. Kind of crazy to think some people haven't rented a game since the N64. Y'all just went out and blindly bought every game you wanted to try in the last 20+ years?@DoctorEncore That's what I was thinking. It's pretty much an interactive horror movie, plan to co op it with my cousin over a couple of nights. Should be a blast, but is pretty much the perfect one and done kind of experience. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadeye | 1,596 Homebrew Team · Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 Alien Trilogy for PS1 in what comes to mind. I don't recall any after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart010 | 1,707 Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 32 minutes ago, fox said: Kind of crazy to think some people haven't rented a game since the N64. Y'all just went out and blindly bought every game you wanted to try in the last 20+ years?@DoctorEncore Yeah that sounds about right. The last game I remember having rented was conkers bad for day on N64. I feel like after that we stopped renting games. It’s kind of strange when you think about it. Maybe we stopped renting games because by that time you could watch game reviews on YouTube 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumez | 2,963 Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 53 minutes ago, fox said: Kind of crazy to think some people haven't rented a game since the N64. Y'all just went out and blindly bought every game you wanted to try in the last 20+ years? I'm not sure where I'd go to rent a game in the first place? Plenty of other ways to see if a game is something for you, though. Demos, reviews, word of mouth, video footage, playing other people's copies, and so on. Hell, the library actually has a surprisingly huge collection of modern console games you can just borrow, too. But if not having played a game yourself before buying it is "buying blindly" though, then yeah a wast majority of my collection was bought blindly. In fact, back when renting was still a thing, I'm pretty sure that kept me from buying a lot of the games I liked, because now I'd already played them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jfreakofkorn | 282 Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 Thats a tough one . Would say gun nac from my local rental store which has left me w fond memory playing w friend(s) . As for ps1 , my friend and i rented the first grand thieft auto . We were like stuck on that game like for days playing it . . . With blockbuster , i just rented film(s) as they usually had a larger selection of rental(s) than the local shops . . . Dunno know at why i did nt go for the games maybe more than half of the good game(s) were out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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