What memories do you guys have about renting video games at places like blockbuster or hollywood video

[Boofytan]

I loved the smell of popcorn in the morning. Free popcorn!

The horror sections were usually the best because they had cool giant standies for Creepshow and giant statues of Aliens, Freddy Kreuger etc. Most of the bigger video stores had a great horror section ambiance.

One mom & pop place had a few Master System games but that was about it. Same for Turbografx but I never had one. For nes/genesis/snes, after a month you had to go to a new place to change things up so there were a few places we had in rotation. Everybody seems to have massive nostalgia for Blockbuster but there were a few local chains that were just as good, and one place that was about 3x larger than your average Blockbuster. They were selling Neo Geo home consoles, and i think they even had a few arcade cabs.

And giggling when guys would awkwardly go to the curtained off section. I remember that too. Otoh hentai wasn't really well known so it was right next to copies of Tank Police & Guyver.

 

[MrBird]

I remember that before I rented Gamecube games from Blockbuster, there was a smaller rental store called Mr. Video that we would go to, which I only vaguely remember renting some N64 games, and it's a place I associate with Bomberman Hero, of all games.