Who was lucky enough to have TG16 rentals in your area?

[wilykat]

Playing Thundercats? You mean on VCR or did I miss Thundercats game on TG16?

[johnnykonami]

I bet he meant just playing with the action figures, those were pretty popular for Thundercats as I recall.  There was a Commodore 64 game, I think.

[Gentlegamer]

I had a Thundercats sticker book.

The 80s really was the best decade.

[wilykat]

Ditto.

Voltron, Robotech (although I prefer original Macross nowday), G1 Transformers, many more shows, and so many toys that bought the government's wrath claiming the TV series were really 30 minutes commercial for toys.  And the classic LEGO Space sets (the original blue and gray, like Benny's Spaceship)

Oh yeah movies like Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, 2 of the Star Wars, Wrath of Khan, Last Starfighter, Neverending Story (which sadly has ended after about 110 minutes) and too many others.

There's also the obilgatory Saturday morning cartoons, the only time in a week that was worth getting up before noon.    (cable, satellite, and a number of 24-hours cartoon channels killed Saturday morning concept)

VCR was godsend when my family got it because it meant I can catch shows that aired before I could get off school bus.

My little brother and I RP'd Thundercats quite often.

[esteban]

Answer: No.

[Moosehead]

I lived in a small town in Atlantic Canada with a population of 1000 or so. There were two major convenience stores that rented games and movies. One of them had SNES/Genesis/TG16 games until about '98 or '99. The owner rented systems as well. A lifeline for a boy in a one horse town because I could buy junk food, magazines, comics, rent games and movies all in one place. The RadioShack half an hour away had the TG16 kiosk until '95 or '96.

[Gredler]

I lived in a small town in Atlantic Canada with a population of 1000 or so. There were two major convenience stores that rented games and movies. One of them had SNES/Genesis/TG16 games until about '98 or '99. The owner rented systems as well. A lifeline for a boy in a one horse town because I could buy junk food, magazines, comics, rent games and movies all in one place. The RadioShack half an hour away had the TG16 kiosk until '95 or '96.

Rad first post, welcome!

I wish I could've rented more TG games, we had NES and Genesis, then SNES, but never TG 16

[Anthony1]

Back in 1991, for about a 7 month period  I lived relatively close to Ventura Blvd in the Woodland Hills area of Los Angeles.

I used to take the Bus to GamesExpress on Ventura Blvd and rent a PC Engine converter and PC Engine games. They had a deal where you could rent a converter and 3 games for 3 days for $15 or something like that. Of course, they had USA TG-16 games as well. I could rent those for a good deal as well, but I was mostly getting the PC Engine games just cause they seemed so exotic to me at the time.

Die Hard Game Club, the original store, was also located on Ventura Blvd, in the completely opposite direction as Games Express. I went to the Die Hard Game Club store one time, but unfortunately it was closed when I got there.. Never did end up going back during my 7 month stay.

[esteban]

I lived in a small town in Atlantic Canada with a population of 1000 or so. There were two major convenience stores that rented games and movies. One of them had SNES/Genesis/TG16 games until about '98 or '99. The owner rented systems as well. A lifeline for a boy in a one horse town because I could buy junk food, magazines, comics, rent games and movies all in one place. The RadioShack half an hour away had the TG16 kiosk until '95 or '96.

Rad first post, welcome!

I wish I could've rented more TG games, we had NES and Genesis, then SNES, but never TG 16

Agreed, that's an intriguing first post.

I know I would probably go crazy in a small, rural (?) area...but I love the thought of folks renting out TG-16 stuff in an "isolated" place.

It seems entirely appropriate, to be honest.

Back in 1991, for about a 7 month period  I lived relatively close to Ventura Blvd in the Woodland Hills area of Los Angeles.

I used to take the Bus to GamesExpress on Ventura Blvd and rent a PC Engine converter and PC Engine games. They had a deal where you could rent a converter and 3 games for 3 days for $15 or something like that. Of course, they had USA TG-16 games as well. I could rent those for a good deal as well, but I was mostly getting the PC Engine games just cause they seemed so exotic to me at the time.

Die Hard Game Club, the original store, was also located on Ventura Blvd, in the completely opposite direction as Games Express. I went to the Die Hard Game Club store one time, but unfortunately it was closed when I got there.. Never did end up going back during my 7 month stay.

Ha! I vaguely remember that area but never connected it to video game stores.

[dallaspattern]

I grew up in the Yukon Territory and there were two places that rented out TG games, a local video store and good ol' Radio Shack. Many a Friday afternoon spent in that radio shack choosing a game for the weekend or ordering something to buy. I still remember Bonk's Revenge coming in... I was so stoked that I'd brought my Express down so I didn't have to wait to bring it home to play it. I also remember the video store blowing out all there games in 96 or so, and buying Gunboat and Impossimole for $5. Whoops.

[NYGiantFan]

Good stuff.  I grew up in a typical small town, but we had 3-4 video stores close by that all carried a good selection of games to rent.

However, I never remember seeing Turbo games.  When Blockbuster finally opened a store the Turbografx was dying.

One poster mentioned a sell off of games for cheap when the store closed.   Gosh how I wished I could have taken advantage of those in my area.

I always wonder where Bubble Bath Babes, Hot Slots, Peek a Boo Poker ended up.  All 3 were available to rent and I remember knowing they were "adult" themed games but not having a clue what each game really was.  The video store had just a white box with the title of each game and tags to pull off to take to the counter.

The teenager in me kept trying to figure out how I could rent these to see some animated tits.

[HailingTheThings]

Good stuff.  I grew up in a typical small town, but we had 3-4 video stores close by that all carried a good selection of games to rent.

However, I never remember seeing Turbo games.  When Blockbuster finally opened a store the Turbografx was dying.

One poster mentioned a sell off of games for cheap when the store closed.   Gosh how I wished I could have taken advantage of those in my area.

I always wonder where Bubble Bath Babes, Hot Slots, Peek a Boo Poker ended up.  All 3 were available to rent and I remember knowing they were "adult" themed games but not having a clue what each game really was.  The video store had just a white box with the title of each game and tags to pull off to take to the counter.

The teenager in me kept trying to figure out how I could rent these to see some animated tits.

Had a local Video Master that had those adult NES games for rent. I only remember because as soon as I picked one up, my big brother would snatch it out of my hand and stare at it... Until whatever parental figure we were with found out and scolded us. lol Same thing with adult anime on VHS. haha

[shabba]

To the original question, the local Blockbuster Video rented them in my little Georgia town for a number of years. It fed my TG love until the mid 90's.

On a different note, when the TG was beginning to head south, the local K&B toys placed a huge closeout bin outside its storefront in the mall. My best friend and I would go through the bin and pick out whatever games were cool, mainly the few TG games that were left. I had a copy of Might and Magic 3 and Beyond Shadowgate for many years that I paid about $20 a piece for. That bin also contained a boat load of SNES games that were poor sellers and at ridiculous prices. We bought a few and took them across the street to K-mart to return. Since K-mart at the time, like Wal-Mart, didn't require a receipt, we would buy games for $5-10 bucks and get back $30-50 because K-mart was still over pricing their stuff. We must have done this for an entire year until the K&B closed. Another game in that lot I picked? Earthbound. Wish I still had them all...

[ParanoiaDragon]

Back in 1991, for about a 7 month period  I lived relatively close to Ventura Blvd in the Woodland Hills area of Los Angeles.

I used to take the Bus to GamesExpress on Ventura Blvd and rent a PC Engine converter and PC Engine games. They had a deal where you could rent a converter and 3 games for 3 days for $15 or something like that. Of course, they had USA TG-16 games as well. I could rent those for a good deal as well, but I was mostly getting the PC Engine games just cause they seemed so exotic to me at the time.

Die Hard Game Club, the original store, was also located on Ventura Blvd, in the completely opposite direction as Games Express. I went to the Die Hard Game Club store one time, but unfortunately it was closed when I got there.. Never did end up going back during my 7 month stay.

Twice a year, my family & I would go to religious conventions at the old dome building(previously known as the Valley Music Center owned by Bob Hope) at 20600 Ventura Boulevard in Woodland Hills. 
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So a few times, at the end of the day after the convention, I got my parents to take me there.  I bought Browning there, of all things, as well as the PCE version of Terraforming.  I recall seeing the Ys Anime on Jp VHS up on the shelves, & just, tons & tons of PCE games.