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Message: [QUOTE="Duwen, post: 9246, member: 475"] When I think about video rental stores I don't immediately jump to video game memories... my most nostalgic memories of video stores comes from that "wild west" period of the early 80's, before there were any chains like Blockbuster, where just over half the titles were VHS and the bulk of the rest was Betamax with maybe one small shelf of Video2000 titles, and major studios weren't backing home video yet so it was all crazy grindhouse/exploitation titles you never knew existed. And being in the UK I was a patron of "video librarys" (as they were colloquially known) during the 'pre-cert' era and witnessed the whole "video nasties" scandal first hand (and being a young fan of such material, it birthed a life long passion for obscure cinematic treasures). By the time video stores here were renting and selling games almost all of the independent stores had gone. I do remember one of the larger chains that wasn't Blockbuster (not sure which one though... maybe Choices) selling Asian imported Megadrives and games, and the games being dirt cheap - like less than half the price of new EU releases. I racked up a fairly sizeable collection of J-shmups that I wish I'd never traded towards other things due to them now being worth a total of a month or two's wages! As far as actually renting games... that was something I only really did during the early days of Saturn and Playstation. As soon as I had a modchipped PS1 I never rented again. [/QUOTE]

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