Our Gaming Memories 2 - Game Sack

Episode 240 - Once again we go down memory lane and dig up stuff from the past that somehow pertains to video games! This was a really fun episode to make.
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[@HappyConsoleGamer]

I am going to buy Daves Dad Pac Man on the NES again and become the son he wished he had!

[@skollrum]

My son had scratched up my 360 games, had finally got break from work, and non working games. You can never understand your father's loss. All the crap, literally crap, he took from as a baby.

[@bonesjackson81]

Dave just got faced! The 🖐 haha

[@ReallyCoolSite]

I've always thought that Dave was a douche, now I know for sure. Jeez man. At least go buy your dad a plug and play Pac-Man!

[@tetrisdave]

Thanks Johnny he'd like that. Be sure to buy him an NES also because he doesn't have one. Ha!

[@i8thebaconcheezburgr]

You spelled N.E.S. wrong you English-canadian man.

[@vix_in_japan]

One of my gaming memories is one day I went into Target and bought a Dreamcast. It was great but the modem never worked. But hey ho..... :)

[@MARIO1UP2000]

Is that a real memory or a fake one if it is, you got sacked by game sack

[@MARIO1UP2000]

Was it a real memory or did you make it up, if it's real, you just got sacked by game sack

[@davebladegun3009]

You know what’s crazy? Game Sack, as well as a few other KZbin channels, are a part of my gaming memories now. I think your channel is about 8 years old, and I’ve been watching nearly since the beginning. Sometimes I just start up a Game Sack playlist on my Smart TV while I am playing Genesis or some other retro system (but usually Genesis, and definitely not a Nintendo system). In fact, there are probably five different KZbin channels I watch regularly that cover retro games, and I just enjoy having them on as background noise in general - whether I’m doing some kind of work around the house, or doing cardio, or whatever. It sure beats the hell out of listening to the news, or talk radio. It’s pretty nuts to think there are complete strangers in other parts of the country, or even the world, who are now a part of my “gaming memories.” I was listening to a Game Sack episode that was playing on my TV the first time I beat Shadow Dancer, for example (I guess I’m just ADHD like that). That’s a game I had played many many times, for many years, but I’d never beaten it. So now, when I think about Shadow Dancer, I think about being a six year-old kid and swapping the controller with my friends, but then I also think about being a thirty year-old man and watching Game Sack. LOL And of course I can’t ever, ever play Truxton, or MUSHA, or Revenge of Shinobi - without thinking of CGR. And I think tons of people nowadays would say they think of Angry Video Game Nerd whenever they play Castlevania II. It’s like adding new layers of nostalgia on top of older layers of nostalgia. And now I’m starting to ramble sooo I’m done. Yep. Cool episode.

[@SickoReaper]

I know what you mean, I feel exactly the same towards gamesack and avgn, It's like a second layer of nostalgia.

[@AmberShort]

Same here. I actually don't remember how I ran into Game Sack but I am thinking it might have been through Retroware yeeears ago. Also, Joe's name rung a bell back from the OC Remix days but wasn't sure it was him. How ironic I would see him create Game Sack. Nonetheless, I love these guys and they seem to create alot of their stuff with love. Which I feel they truly deserve. Even though I rarely post as often, they know I'm -stalking- I mean lurking around. =)

[@josephcampbell9298]

Similar memory of Pac Man. My aunt and uncle own a grocery store next door to me, and my aunt purchased a Mrs. Pac Man cabinet for the store. She'd never played a game in her life, but she could fly through the levels and get farther than any of the rest of us could. She still has that same cab and can still blaze through the game.

[@jmac79ers]

Back in 90 something my friend and I set up a tent in his back yard. In true camping tradition, we ran an extension cord out to the tent where we had a 13" black and white tv and a Super Nintendo. NBA Jam, NHL 94, and super metroid kept us more than entertained that summer

[@xxcrysad3000xx]

Dave's packing skills are next level. 5 out of 5, would buy from again.

[@JayDee284]

I guess Dave's Baldness is Karma for Selling that Pac-Man game behind his Dad's Back ;)

[@PutlerHuyIo]

Male pattern baldness is genetic, so his dad gave him that karma the second he was born. xD

[@herbiehusker1889]

@@PutlerHuyIo it's inherited from your mom's side though.

[@JayDee284]

@@PutlerHuyIo Not really I have Friend who's Bald but his Dad has a Full head of hair.

[@skochin]

Or maybe for scamming Target

[@Spinalfields]

@@JayDee284 I'm pretty sure your friend's grandfather or great-grandfather on the mothers side are balled

[@colonelsandwich641]

Jokes on Pat, now everyone and their mother will want a copy of Gangster Town!

[@Vexonia_Music]

Legit we should organize something to get him to sign copies of Gangster Town at cons he goes to

[@gamesthatiplay9083]

Once AVGN makes an episode on it.

[@ZakkHung]

One of my favorite gaming memories takes place when I was working at Walmart in the electronics department when the Sega Saturn was released. A customer had returned their Saturn, so I saw this as a chance to get one a little bit cheaper since it was an open box item. ☺ I purchased Sega Rally Championship as well that day and drove home after work as fast as I could to play. After setting up the Saturn I popped open the disc tray and to my delight a rented copy of Galactic Attack was in it with the rental sticker still on it. Lol. Score! So Galactic Attack was my first shooter for my Saturn, followed quickly by Darius Gaiden. 😊😊😊

[@jasonhubbard6775]

From the sound of things, Pat the NES Punk sure lives up to his name.

[@jkemp6791]

It’s not a true Gaming Memories video without hearing about Dave being a ladies man.

[@JesseDylanMusic]

That's Joe! You mean when he ignored his hot, sweet girlfriend to play Virtual Hydlide, right? Yeah, that's Joe. Incidentally, Joe, can you hooks me up with your ex? She and I can play Hydlide together.

[@JazGalaxy]

Jesse Watson I think he’s right about it usually being Dave even though it’s Joe in this episode. Love these guys. So funny.

[@JesseDylanMusic]

@@JazGalaxy Dave has a lot of stories about playing games while pretty girls yell at him to stop playing games :P

[@thewarbaron]

This was one of my favorite episodes. I have so many memories of gaming growing up, but there is one that stands out. My best friend at the time who lived next door had just got an NES, and I rushed over to play the pack-in Mario duckhunt. Before long both our parents came in with several new games from the video rental store with Ghostbusters, Mario 2, Top Gun, and a few others. Later on in the day they went back and rented us even more games, all while we just sat in my friends room, probably close to a dozen games in all. Every game was so magical and new compared to my Intelevision. looking back now I don't know why they decided to rent so many games for us, all in one day, I would normally be allowed one a week. I've asked my parents and they don't remember, I suspect they were just happy to shut us up with videogames for the whole day- maybe they were having a party

[@thefroyukenfiles3641]

Yep! That sounds like parents' solution #46 to keep their kids entertained while they have a get-together party downstairs.

[@badbirdkc]

I had the Dreamcast lighting strike thing happen to me, but with the original Xbox. I was at a friends house and we were doing a Halo lan party, this would have been around 2003 or so, before Halo 2. There was a big lightning strike and the power goes out for a second. When it came back on, we started back up and tried getting everything going again, only I couldn't connect. We kept trying and trying, but finally realized that the power surge fried my modem - and only my modem. Unlike the Dreamcast, it wasn't interchangable, so I was out of luck unless I bought a whole new system (which I didn't). So for the rest of the time, we had to take my younger brother's Xbox over to play. I wasn't able to get Xbox Live until I got an Xbox 360 years later. My friend still hosts an Xbox lan party once a month, and I always go, even if most of the guys from the good old days don't anymore. It's still fun.

[@chrisvanderhoef9885]

I went to Powerfest in Milwaukee in 1990 and it was so awesome. You truly don't understand how cool it was unless you were there. Boy, I wish I brought a camera with.

[@wboeren1]

Really liked this episode, good to hear i am not alone in a criminal videogame return history..

[@davebladegun3009]

Water 8962 I once stole a DVD copy of The Breakfast Club from the Movie Gallery store I worked at in 2006, after I quit following a dispute with the idiotic moron who managed the store. I also stole a coke and an ice cream bar....... I still have it today, the DVD I mean - I ate the ice cream bar and drank the coke pretty much immediately after I stole them, but I didn’t eat the DVD.

[@RetroMMA]

@@davebladegun3009 Well, DVD is a vital nutrient but it does have a shelf life, so...

[@adamgriffith873]

When the psp came out in the USA there was nowhere AT ALL really that had the games available to rent for the first SEVERAL months after its launch... so I did a lot of try and return with careful shrink-wrap adjusting and somewhat suspicious but also bored and tired, large-store return-counter employees. It was kinda necessary though; that system was good but also felt like a gamble in many ways with bad loading, Sony drm, unclear developer support, and Nintendo dominance. Who's with me?

[@LuizMGRamos]

As a 37 y.o. gamer, watching these episodes of old memories of fellow older gamers like me brings a lot of nostalgia. One of my most vivid memories is of the day i was at my cousin's house and he was waiting for a guy to deliver his recent bought Panzer Dragoon Zwei, Nights Into Dreams and Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, all for the Saturn, obviously. We were young, and it was way past bed time (acording to my aunt, but she gave us a free night to play that day, due to our anxiety). The guy arrived about 9pm and suddenly it was 7am, the sun was rising and the house was smelling fresh hot coffee and toasts. Good days.

[@schtive81]

I bet you The VideoGame Years would be still around if Pat let you do a segment on Gangster Town.

[@garageweights]

One of my favourite episode ideas! I' really captures how videogames make you feel nostalgia beyond just for the games. I found myself reading allot more of the comments than I would normally.

[@1981patx]

I will never get why people would give these Guys a thumbs down. Great Show, not one bad Episode =)

[@BoozeAholic]

LOL Joe's Virtual Hylide story is so sad, he actually spent a dollar on it! Oh yeah and there was that issue with the gurlfrend and all but I could understand if he were playing Guardian Heroes, Legend of Oasis, Dragon Force, Xmen vs Street Fighter or whatever.

[@thefroyukenfiles3641]

Virtual Hydlide: The relationship killer.

[@holgerwikingsen713]

Would the story be different if Joe would have rented Greendog instead?

[@d00m3fanatic]

Plot twist: she watches this and realizes how much pain he already went playing virtual hydlide and forgives him for real

[@reaganreed5645]

Back in ‘99 I bought a Dreamcast a week before Xmas. Fast forward , Xmas eve I was at a girlfriends house playing sonic adventure. Then, her 2yr old came running out, running right across the controller cords and yanking my Dreamcast onto the floor, breaking the game and system. Now I had to wait all through Xmas with more games but no console, not till next day, I got all replaced and I was very happy.

[@Panchorinion]

One of my very favorite episode of game sack. Love all the stories and the different approach on narrative of each one.

[@muhanc.a.9299]

My greatest gaming memory comes from watching Game Sack's gaming memories video.

[@CrossoverGameReviews]

My favorite gaming memory comes from reading a comment about someone's favorite gaming memory being watching Game Sack's gaming memories.

[@Aboveup]

I really love these videos. It's so interesting to hear these personal stories attached to the games we play.

[@slib4646]

Favourite GameSack memories: waiting until the clock strikes 11 every other Sunday for a new video

[@ninjamaster3453]

No. They dump it early Sunday morning. What are u a foreigner or something?

[@Randhrick]

@@ninjamaster3453 omg some people who are not American watches Game Sack and they don't have the same time zone ? Impossible !

[@slib4646]

@@Randhrick Nice avatar lol. Also funnily enough I actually am American, currently not in the US however (another impossibility according to the internet).

[@Randhrick]

@@slib4646 Us slimes has to stand together :) I am a Canadian slime on eastern time so when they release a video it's 2am here.

[@odinsplaygrounds]

Poor you dad :( lol. And he probably played Pacman out at an arcade or even bar (the cocktail table version). It was obviously very popular in the early 80s and could be found anywhere.

[@beefcurtainz69]

I hear Dave still gets spanked and sent to bed without supper to this very day.

[@Terrythetroll.]

Probably

[@Schuschu1]

I’ve got a memory about one of your memories! I fondly recall watching The Video Game years and frantically looking up all the contributors to see what other shows were out there. That’s how I discovered Game Sack, and boy am I glad for that. Your videos are a bi-weekly highlight!

[@GameSack]

Awesome!

[@ninjamaster3453]

Anything good you found? I love learning about these vintage consoles and games.

[@Schuschu1]

Ninja Master GameSack was my favorite find. I also really like Gamester81. Really that whole series was amazing. Tons of good info on games, pinball, systems, and the crazy history of video games in general. Retroware is a sweet channel.

[@RedBlueSpot]

Yes! A new episode of Game Sack! Great start of this day. Game Sack is part of every good day.

[@SassoStudios]

Love this series, thanks Game Sack

[@kikilalazz123]

Somewhere on KZbin, someone made a video of a Dreamcast with broken modem he bought from Target.

[@julioagua]

"The worst day of my life, who lead me to lose my faith on humanity and become a villian"

[@kangarod]

Really enjoyed this video. Thank you for sharing your memories with us.

[@mruef]

I'm from Switzerland and one of my favorite gaming memories is playing Monkey Island in the EGA version on my i386 with a total of awesome 16 MHz "boost processing". When I was capable of leaving the island just to see myself stranded on another island, my mind was blown! It took me the whole summer holidays to finish the game and I was so afraid that I could lose my save state, that I kept my computer running for 5 weeks total! Years later I had another playthrough of it on my jailbroken PSP ;) PS: I like your show!

[@PhilShary]

Joe and Dave, these episodes are priceless! We're already here for nostalgia, so why not just indulge in it?

[@VRHyoumaru]

Kinda surprised there's so much surviving recorded footage in Joe's final story, he must have a lot of archived footage

[@jexthegamer]

I love this series, even though it's only two episodes in.

[@charmanfer]

I love you, Game Sack.

[@Straightened-Slinky.]

These Memories videos are a lot of fun!!

[@Zeldaschampion]

Well to be fair...Pat Contri has had an infamous history of being wrong on things....

[@PutlerHuyIo]

One does not earn a nickname like punk for no reason, after all.

[@HaakonAnderson]

He got all butthurt 8bit guy made reproduction labels for his personal games he has no intention of selling.

[@HockeySavants]

He's about as bad as the game chasers

[@ignissolus7503]

Pat is the brie larson of retrogames. Super unlikeable

[@JamesNGames]

Remember when Pat use to have a great channel and had an awesome series of videos to watch? Honestly, I'm glad you fellas still make great videos and haven't strayed from your formula. I understand him wanting to capitalize on the "Podcast Formula" I use to kind of enjoy them in the beginning but have become very stale. I always find myself skipping around the videos to the end due to becoming bored and eventually unsubbed his page. Thank you for always taking time to make quality videos that always keep me hooked from beginning to end. Game on fellas!

[@TheExactlyatmidnight]

I have the exact same story you do.

[@moviemetalhead]

Nope, can't say I ever remember Pat Contri being of any good to anybody.

[@gamesthatiplay9083]

I always enjoyed Pat's videos, now he's a podcast and I used to listen, but I discovered that I just didn't care for Pat as a person, so now it's tough to watch his videos and that character. I was also surprised to see Ian was making more Patreon money than Pat until they stopped having public records.

[@ninjamaster3453]

I'm happy too. Its great to hear these old stories from older guys.

[@AceFondu]

The CUPodcast is still good when they talk about older games. But, when Pat tries to bring up newer games he hasn't played or has no knowledge of and Ian tries to fill him in so Pat can have an opinion is when it really bogs down. No one wants to listen to someone give an opinion on something they just heard about 2 minutes ago.

[@DrScientistSounds]

Been watching you guys since seeing you on The Video Game Years, gonna be one of my favourite series forever!

[@Randhrick]

Got so many gaming memories and moment in my life linked to games. Cool episode guys !

[@TonyDeCoste]

When Dave said he went on a camping trip with this family and spent the whole time at the pizza joint playing video games I thought it was a recent story and totally pictured his wife and daughter sitting there eating pizza without him.

[@JohnnyMatherson]

ironically if Pat covered Gangster Town it'd be snatched up fast at the convention and be you know, known about

[@WebstersYouTube]

Pat being petty and childish? What a surprise.

[@TheCheat420]

@@blake59 They didn't come across as jealous to me. To me it actually seems like Pat and the guys are friendly acquaintances. Why don't you like Pat though?

[@VicVein]

Hopefully this serie continues because these stories are hilarious 👌

[@Boojakascha]

The Batman Game Boy game in which he shoots a gun always makes my giggle^^. I wished there was a game in which's plot his parents were alive, Bruce was poor & had super powers =)

[@Boojakascha]

@@blake59 Bruce dislikes guns ever since his parents got shot. That's why he never ever uses them.

[@Boojakascha]

@@blake59 In the late 30s he was a lamb =)

[@Boojakascha]

@@blake59 The early Batman wasn't as tough of a dude as you would think today^^

[@Boojakascha]

@@blake59 You don't know Adam West, do you?

[@amigabang6157]

My favorite Games Sacks memory is when me and my dad met Jo and Mark at E3 2001, We camped all night outside the Games Sacks booth and we were first to meet them the next day They signed all my Games Sacks t-shirts and books and we even took a picture with Jo witch is framed on my bed room wall

[@DEFkon001]

One of my favorite gaming memories revolves around how I got my copy of Final Fantasy 3. It started with a visit to a video rental store my family would frequent, and I loved the place as it had a huge selection of games. ( They even rented PC-CDROM games ) Anyhow, I had gone in with the intention of re-renting Snatcher for the Sega CD, but it was out. Seriously who the heck else owned a Sega CD in my little rural town and would be interested in that title?!? Jeesh. I didn't have a back up plan and my parents were giving me that "hurry up" look.. Not wanting to leave empty handed I quickly browsed the aisles and picked up Final Fantasy 3 simply because it had an interesting cover, and I had read a good review on it. Well I got hooked on it and played it non-stop for the weekend we had it, and when I went to return it my parents offered to buy it from the store because they knew I had my save game on that cart. The store agreed and not only did I get the cart, but they gave me the box that they had resealed.

[@MateusAuri]

That's really cool, but makes you think... what if you had bought Snatcher instead?

[@m.3.3.w]

After finishing it I can say I love tuning in every Sunday to see a new episode. You two are just amazing.

[@79Notnek]

That Mario Kart story is why I NEVER lend anything to anyone, even my closest friends.

[@ninjamaster3453]

When your friend asks to borrow $5 give it to him. So when he asks to borrow $100 you remind him of the $5 he never paid you back.

[@79Notnek]

@@ninjamaster3453 I don't lend anyone money period, not even family. It never turns out well.

[@vchill79]

Yup, I don't let Nobody borrow anything, people don't respect other people's things..so I tell everyone to go fuck themselves

[@panagiotiszavantis]

Yep same story i lend to a friend of mine my copy of kingdom hearts but i had also my memory card inside the box.... So after That he said to me That he lost my game and my memory card and i said to my self That i Will never again lend something mine to another person.

[@XISMZERO]

Fills me with joy whenever there's a retail reference thrown in like your Cinderella City story!

[@AnthonyFlack]

You guys are lucky to have friends who share your love of video games. Now that I am a grown adult none of my local friends have any interest in video games whatsoever, and that's too bad because I have an awesome game collection and I also develop games for a living. Oh well, you guys will have to substitute for the nerdy friends I don't have. I have a lot of happy memories from the 8 bit computer era, buying budget games on cassette based solely on the picture on the cover. Back in those days shops used to be sent random assortments of games so every shop had different games, and you never knew what you were going to get. A lot of them were terrible, but we played them anyway. I would also spend a lot of time at the many arcades which existed at the time (all long gone now of course), where I could play some properly good games, and be inspired to go home and try to code my own terrible imitations. My parents hated how much I was into video games, but now making games is my job so some good came of it. Or maybe not. I have a distinct memory of seeing Xevious in the arcade for the first time. This is the first game I saw where I felt like the graphics had real style. The scrolling landscape! Those silvery spaceships! It looked so much better than the other games that were around at the time and it really inspired me a lot. I have memories of seeing a lot of other arcade games for the first time as well, like Final Fight with its huge sprites. I try to hold on to these memories so that when I am feeling burned out by work I can remind myself how much my child self would have been thrilled to be doing what I am doing today. One specific gaming memory: I was traveling home from university, a journey which involved a boring three hour ferry boat trip. However this ferry did at that time have a Metal Slug 2 cabinet on board, so I could pass the time playing that at least. On the same ferry trip was a young dude of about seven I guess, and he had persuaded his parents to give him a single coin so he could enjoy one brief moment of Metal Slug awesomeness to break the monotony. I offered to play co-op so we started a game together. I was pretty damn good at Metal Slug in those days, and I was able to coach him through it, advise him where attacks were going to come from and when to hang back and let me take the lead, and as a result that little dude managed to get through at least the first four missions with his one coin before he finally died, while his parents had to wait, and wait, and wait for him to be done. He had an awesome time and I felt good about it.

[@AnthonyFlack]

That little dude is in his 30s now I guess. I hope it's a good gaming memory for him as well.

[@JimLeonard]

Bless you for converting the VHS footage correctly!

[@Absoti]

The Pat story cracks me up, but at the same time doesn't surprise me a whole lot. I have the same sentiments on a lot of the more well known retro gaming youtubers when it comes to their "undying allegiance" for Nintendo coverage, when it's practically been done to death. That's why I love this damn channel, giving credit (and well deserved criticism) where it's due to all other classic systems. Especially the love Sega gets. Ha ha. Great episode.

[@gamesthatiplay9083]

After listening to his podcast for enough years, he just feels close minded with rare moments of willing to bend to an agreement. Perhaps the Video Game years only dealt with popular games.

[@BenHeckHacks]

Agreed. Almost feels like gaming history is being rewritten in favor of Nintendo, ignoring how successful the Genesis was and how the PS1 clobbered the N64 in sales.

[@chunksgames]

My most favorite gaming memory is NES open. My dad was not a gamer at all and I remember renting this game from blockbuster. He came in and watched me play this golf game (he was a avid golfer) and next thing I know he took the controller and fell in love with the game. We took the game back to the rental store and went to the base exchange (Military brat) and he bought it. Up until the day he died we would always get together and play that golf game. I have a tattoo of Mario from the box art of the game as a remembrance of him.

[@kuropixeljp]

This is fantastic, so glad you guys are making these kinds of episodes.

[@fabioalvesshow]

This is my favorite episode so far

[@AlyxxTheRat]

That feeling when you ditch your girlfriend over Virtual Hydlide

[@lemn8]

I really loved this episode. Especially the part of working at the cinema. The contrast between analog movie en digital games. Nostalgia at his best.

[@pauljohnson7548]

I remember when I got the Genesis in 1989. It came with Altered Beast and I also had enough money left to buy one game so I got Space Harrier II. My sister, my dad and I were all saying there's no way graphics could ever get better than this. We were obviously wrong. Very wrong.

[@davebladegun3009]

Paul Johnson I think that, for people who did NOT play Altered Beast when the Genesis was new, it is almost impossible to appreciate what that game meant at the time. I was five, and my brother was eighteen. We both were completely blown away when we heard “POWERRR UP!” coming out of our new game system on Christmas morning, and of course the graphics just blew our minds. My mom was not as impressed, though. And she quickly instituted a “No Altered Beast” rule that stayed in effect whenever she was home. The amazing voice samples that impressed me so much really rubbed her the wrong way.

[@Commander64]

Haha "there's no way graphics could ever be better than this" I think I've said that about every new system I've ever bought, even now I recently bought a really nice gaming PC and I'm like "surely this is the limit, it can't get more realistic than this" will I ever learn?

[@psychopoison]

Hahaha I said that when I saw Driver 1 , I remember saying to my brother that games couldnt get any better than that

[@CONSOLETRUTH2]

What's sad is that you thought that the Genesis had amazing graphics, ESPECIALLY WITH LAUNCH GAMESB🤣

[@homiedclown]

@@davebladegun3009 That's why Altered Beast was the perfect pack in game when the Genesis launched. At the time of it's release it was the best looking console game on the planet. It looked so close to the arcade version that you would need to have both running side by side to notice the differences. (scaling effects on the bosses aside, I was always bummed that they couldn't find a way to pull that off in software.) It was not a great game, but it was 2 player so both controllers could be used out of the box. It did a perfect job of showing off the increased power over the 8-bit consoles, and it fit the image that SEGA wanted of the Genesis being the arcade at home.

[@roarimascarybear]

Hearing that you played basketball in 1989 at the age of 17 put this channel in perspective for me. I'm 29 and pretty much started out with the SNES with Link to the Past. I've loved this channel because of our difference in ages because it's given me some interesting stories that I wouldn't otherwise hear, because of my slightly different era. PLEASE do more of these videos. On another note, any interest in guest segments?

[@marakarthegreat]

anyone else remember when we did not have to pay extra to play online? Thanks microsoft

[@IdealIdeas100]

We still dont if you use a computer.

[@blakebortles6098]

sega channel was $14.99 month back in 1995

[@realmatic10]

Yeah, it’s Microsoft’s fault that everybody does this...It’s not corporate greed from Sony or Nintendo that compels them. It was all Microsoft’s idea, and they just tagged along because the consumer demanded it, haha,

[@DEFkon001]

@@IdealIdeas100 Yeah, I keep forgetting that consoles charge for online play even though like Joe I hardly ever use it.

[@DEFkon001]

@@realmatic10 or you know it could be to cover the overhead for operating a global array of servers, store fronts, and infrastructure... Of course Steam, Origin, Blizzard, Epic, etc all offer online stores and MP for free and sell their games for far less than the console stores so who knows.

[@cbrdealer]

One of my favorite vids in a while. It makes me think back to the times when i was that age.

[@LuisAndion]

3 Wonders is the most underrated Capcom arcade game ever. Such a great little gem.

[@davebladegun3009]

Perhaps even a ------ hidden . . . ? . . . gem?

[@CrossoverGameReviews]

Ah, Midnight Wanderers, my favorite Capcom franchise. I love this game more than... okay, I better not say it or I'll be hanged by Capcom fanboys. These aren't the greatest Capcom games, I'll admit, but I played it so many times, both MW and Chariot, than any other Capcom game (with the exception of SFII, of course, everybody played that game more than any other). I love these games so much that I was even making a fangame. This was a time I really wished Capcom would bring it back but that was impossible because they hate the franchise. Back before MvC3 released, they made an announcement that they were NOT going to put the MW duo in that game. Why the heck would they make an announcement like that? Okay, maybe it wasn't an announcement but perhaps an interview, but still, why it even make such an statement? Oh well. At least they gave us two awesome games I'll cherish forever. Thank you old Capcom and screw you new Crapcom.

[@LuisAndion]

@@CrossoverGameReviews MW has such an amazing character design. It's just very atmospheric, something thats unusual for arcade games in general, but specially in this sub-genre.

[@LuisAndion]

@@davebladegun3009 Are you trying to summon Jesus?

[@MoonSpiritChannel]

Aww, I like these gaming memories. Good to know the psyches and personalities of content creators like you guys.

[@Blueflag04]

lets create a patreon to buy pac man for Dave's dad

[@MrSerpico145]

Why?

[@DuckAlertBeats]

Count me in. I felt really bad for him! Lol

[@MrSerpico145]

@@DuckAlertBeats how about let Dave buy it himself. I'm sure if it would be a meaningful gift it would've been done by him by now.

[@BATCHARRO]

Maybe we should assess how alive Dave's dad is, first.

[@nerdchannel6961]

My brother and I have many gaming memories together. Just so you two know, one of my favorite memories is when my younger brother started watching gamesack. I had always talked about it with him. He always said he would check it out. After awhile i kind of gave up. Then one night out of nowhere he comes into my house and was like, "I just watched every single episode of gamesack and am now addicted. We now catch every new episode and talk about them and how gaming you two have been gaming through the years just like us. Its a great feeling having someone who cares about games as much as you, and you can share that with them.

[@doctorcrankyflaps1724]

Love you guys. Please keep making great videos : )

[@TheWilliamHenley]

Just wanted to say this is by far my favorite episode of Game Sack as it is not just reviews, but personal memories. I also love the story behind The Video Game Years - I loved that show, and while I understood at the time the show had high production values, I didn't realize how high until I saw this. Nice video this week!

[@SoundwaveMusic22]

The NES Punk not wanting to take attention away from the NES? Shocking.

[@Mikenoronha]

Love these gaming memories segments. I do the same with my friends and cousins.

[@CRISHTANG]

Loved this ep! Huge coincidence, tonight I had just been talking about possible save systems for my game, and in particular, playing Mega Man III at the Powerfest. Since the station would reset every 5 minutes, I would write down the passwords after beating bosses, and had huge crowds of kids watch me since I was the only one advancing thru the game. I made it to Wily 3 by the end of the Powerfest L.A. stop (where I also won the NWC City Championship). Didn't know you guys went too! So cool!

[@GameSack]

I'm gonna start calling you Crish.

[@dellagustin]

I think this is the first time I see three wonders featured in a big show. I used to play this in a place near my house, it is a great game. It seems to be very obscure though.

[@sketchrfl]

strangely enough i had to play gangster town after watching this tonight.

[@pauljohnson7548]

Is Gagster Town the comedy version of Gangster Town? Or the S&M version?

[@sketchrfl]

haha no the SMS game. my eyes missed that typo.

[@sketchrfl]

i'll look for that sometime. seeing footage of it looks pretty interesting

[@bongodoug]

Video Game Years is how I found Game Sack. I would love to see more.

[@doug.navarone2037]

Was this topic chosen because of the Pat story? More Game Sack is always a good thing

[@wynnpetsovich34]

virtual hylide is my all time favorite review you guys have ever done. I’ve never laughed so hard at a KZbin video.

[@Code1D10T]

Sigh. I really liked The Video Game Years. I was hoping it was going to continue and cover the 90's era of gaming.

[@samlowry5008]

My thoughts exactly!

[@MrRaivokasMagma]

This was ten or so years ago. I had found this small game store that operated online and they were selling lots of used and new games. I managed to pick up some kinda few PS2 games there. One day I noticed they had listed Mega Man Zero Collection for DS. I had played them on emulator and loved those games. Didn't have DS though, but wanted to support those who had made those games. So I placed an order and waited. One evening I got a phone call. Caller was owner of that game store. He said sadly they didn't have it on stock anymore and apologized. Then one of the best conversations about games I had happened. We talked about Mega Man, older games, our preferences, our video game game history! One fact he told that suprised me was, that he and his friends had played yearly NHL games on Mega Drive in 1998. I was surprised that there was a NHL game on Mge Drive that late. That phone call lasted for almost an hour. Sadly that store doesn't exist anymore. But I still have this memory I treasure.

[@josh24441]

Hey I'm from Denver as well. Westminster to be exact (next to water world) in the federal heights area. I know about buy back games, and I also remember power play games. And the giant arcade called the boardwalk. My first real job was at the AMC Westminster promenade 24. And my best gaming memory was going to the power play games in Arvada (by the super saver theater) every Saturday morning (because that was their cheap rent days) and renting games. That's where I discovered games like Actraiser and final fantasy 3. They would also let you play a used game for like 15 mins before buying it.

[@vchill79]

I'm also from Denver, grew up on Alameda and Federal, I know all these places

[@Dre_aka_sleepysandman]

@@vchill79 me too

[@josh24441]

That's cool :). When I was a teenager I was supposed to go to ranum but I hated school so I had to go to ACE.

[@josh24441]

V.ChiLL 79 I remember when I was a kid there was this big arcade called the boardwalk. And it was HUGE, like (I think) 3 stories filled with all kinds of arcade games. It was sorta in northern Denver but for the life of me, I can't remember what street it was on. And when I was a good kid for like a month my mom would treat me to like a 30 dollar arcade card to spend there, and she would take me and a friend and we'd be busy for hours!!

[@sonofode902]

Love this series.

[@Shendowx]

Thunderstorms of the worst time to play games, I was finishing up xenosaga 3 which I have already completed the last two games and we were hit by a thunderstorm. Long story short 32mb memory card with white cleaned and so was the PS2😭

[@CommodoreFan64]

I think you mean MB not GB, but yeah I've had 100's of $'s worth computer networking gear(back with Wireless N 2.4Ghz was new), along with a network port on my PC at the time, that was all on a surge protector fried because it came over the cable lines, a Wii as well that was on a Belkin surge(nothing else on the surge got fried) due to a squirrel on the power line, and a DVD player(back in the late 90's when even a cheap one was $200+) so yeah these days I don't take any of that stuff lightly when it comes to protecting my electronics, and I even have a UPS for my main computer so I have about 20 mins to save my work, and shutdown.

[@t0xcn253]

Wow, between him selling off his dad's precious pac man and the dreamcast returning racket, Dave is quite the deviant!

[@super_robot_punch]

Remember that time Pat called gamers spoiled ungrateful babies? Yeah well I do. Hmmmmm let’s eat his soul.

[@retrorami]

He wasn't wrong

[@TheCollin]

I love this episodes. If you ever get anyone to feature on an episode again then another one of these would be great.

[@scottp.548]

Game Sack......killing video game happiness for father's everywhere! :(

[@franzpattison]

I liked this episode! I had it playing in the background while I was playing video games. All the stories were fun to listen to!

[@Zontar82]

I wonder why anything regarding Pat in it is a scam XD

[@JohnnyMatherson]

Wish there were more episodes like this-a podcast of memories, a mini series would be awesome from you guys Also Joe's reaction to Sper Mario Kart lol

[@ishotbambismum6105]

my first gaming memory was playing the Atari 2600 at home...while everyone else had a Nintendo. by the time I had a Nintendo, everyone had a snes...suffice it to say as soon as i had my first job, I went out and bought a ps3...

[@ishotbambismum6105]

YTCensorsMe Poop no...

[@joshbechaistron791]

One of the best episodes y'all have ever done...its always awesome reliving some great gaming memories! Great vid guys.

[@RetroCheater81]

A few parts from this video made me think of a gaming memory. Me and my brother rented Super PunchOut. We didnt want to return it but knew my dad had to drop it off on his way to work that day. We very crudely swapped the chips out of the rental with Bill Laimbeer's Combat Basketball. Naturally the video store called our parents and asked whats up, we said it was like that when we got it but just played that game anyway. They didnt fight it.

[@davebladegun3009]

This story is truly legendary.

[@meetoo594]

heh, reminds me of copying rental vhs tapes then swapping the spools round so the shop got the shit copy and I got a pristine one. It didnt matter if macrovision messed up the copy because the store would just think the tape was worn out. Worked great until they started gluing the tapes together (very early 90`s iirc) rather than using screws. Still didnt matter though because by that time I had a sync-pulse generator that made perfect copies of macrovisioned tapes.

[@meetoo594]

@Them Are At McDonald's Haha, I used to have a high end VCR that had multiple audio channel mixing so you could record input from a microphone on top of the films audio. Used to dub a description of plot twists, character deaths and the ending itself onto the starting credits of rental films. Yeah, I hated the human race back then lol.

[@meetoo594]

@Them Are At McDonald's I was doing amateur commentary before it was a thing lol.

[@thefroyukenfiles3641]

I recall swapping out a PlayStation game from Blockbuster (I forget what game it was) with a demo disc upon the return date just so I could play it a bit longer. Unfortunately a Blockbuster clerk called my parents about the disc swap and I played dumb when they asked me about it. They got their game back and I got the demo disc back the next day, but it was worth the extra time for playing...whatever game it was I rented.

[@bloodydeathclub]

Joe, Dave, I’ve been watching your channel for years and I’ve never commented. I love what you do. Every time I see a new episode announced it fills me with glee! I’m about the same age as you and I have very similar gaming experiences. Big love from the UK! You guys are the best 😍 You guys are FUNNY!!!

[@kennymetz187]

I care about gangster town. Still play it with my two sons

[@NefariousWes]

Pretty cool that you still have that old footage, Joe. Buy Back used to be awesome.

[@sivberg]

Woow dreamcast is lightningproof. Now thats gota have been new to consoles too. GG pc ;)

[@GameSack]

I think maybe the fuse in the system blew out. Ste over at HD Retrovision replaced it last year, actually. Thinking back on it I'm wondering if that's how the fuse originally blew out in the first place.

[@sivberg]

@@GameSack Ok, i just had to defend consoles abit cause it always sounds like, for a console u know. Online gaming was new period at that time. I say this with a smile ofc :) It was only the modem that blew right. So consoles win in the lightning constest! whos with mee :D

[@sivberg]

ok now i actually read what you said and it appears the console got injured but lasted until last year perhaps. Let me hope right so maybee consoles won the lightningcontest atleast🙂

[@sivberg]

ok you have taught me a lesson, i shall never again care about something as imature as consolewars. I wanna make the world a better place instead

[@chakrazoo]

My Dad would play pool but never any video games. He loathed em' Your Pac-Man story made me remember some good times with my Father. Thanks for the video/stories guys.

[@PeteSkerritt]

I *love* episodes like this one. Sharing memories is a great way to keep them alive while getting others to go “Oh, yeah!” when they see a certain game or games. One memory I have is going to Toys ‘R Us in Auburn, MA one day to pick up Street Fighter II Turbo and NFL Football for the SNES. We all know that SFII Turbo was awesome (and expensive because of the bigger cart)... but, after getting psyched up for NFL Football because of previews in video game magazines... that game SUUUUCKED. Oh, sure, it had plenty of Mode 7 tricks, but the underlying gameplay was terrible. For almost every game I own, there’s a special memory or memories that go with it. It’s sure fun to look back on those, and this episode gives us all a reason to do so. :)

[@RetroCheater81]

You talking about Konami NFL Football? I remember playing that game. Theres an easy way to cheat your way to victory. Im really not trying to advertise my channel but here it is. It was made a LONG time ago so... kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJTZmWyOnrB5rM0

[@Terrythetroll.]

I have a endless list of great memories that came from playing games