Top BLOCKBUSTER NES RENTALS in 1994! - Erin Plays

[@bretlinden8248]

I worked for Blockbuster in 94 and 95. Not a good experience, but that's a story for another time. Anyway, when they decided to pull the plug on NES rentals, I used several of my meager paychecks, using my advantage as an employee, to snatch up as many previously played NES games as I could. Most of my NES collection was built that way.

[@gorkskoal9315]

But do you also drop your lightsword because you're brooding jedi?

[@daviebaggins]

I remember my family couldnt afford a snes in 1994. anyone remember how expensive the games were? I remember them being 70$. so i rented nes games on the weekend. My favorite was bayou billy.

[@daviebaggins]

@@dennisaylen813 crazy isn't It. Now they dress it up as full versions of games for 74.00. Back then it was buy the game 74 or get a genesis game.

[@bretlinden8248]

@@daviebaggins I didn't have an SNES. I had the NES. Previously played games were $8 if I remember correctly.

[@rimjobledouche5201]

I did the same with the PS1 and Saturn.

[@anthonywheeler2082]

Kirby's Adventure was the first Kirby game I ever played. It had fantastic graphics for the time. It was like playing a SNES game on the NES. I still love that game.

[@shawn_530]

I keep laughing at Mario’s Time Machine and how angry it makes you 😂😂😂

[@mizzoupatriot8814]

It's like an entirely different game with Mario characters slapped on it.

[@jeffreyshepherd8488]

​@mizzoupatriot8814 so is super Mario Bros 2 but people seem ok with that

[@brianmarshall3921]

@@mizzoupatriot8814 why not, Mario 2 pulled it off

[@jacobbaranowski]

I remember when Blockbuster was closing forever, I went to buy as much games as I could get.

[@joshsweet7512]

Ah dope! New Erin! *sees Blockbuster in title* Now I'm sad... *watches video* This is a delight

[@ErinPlays]

I’m sorry for the roller coaster of emotions.

[@joshsweet7512]

@@ErinPlays Blockbuster in a nutshell, to be fair Keep up the great work!

[@Nintendofan-yk4cd]

Retro Blockbuster game rental videos, always up my alley!

[@nostalgicwiz3977]

Great throwback video. Never knew there was a TMNT Tournament Fighters for the NES.

[@3DJapan]

The Disney games always had great animation, even in the NES.

[@ErinPlays]

It’s true for the most part!

[@supergeoff]

Yep you're not wrong

[@JforJeff]

Love the blockbuster videos. It hits that perfect mix of nostalgia and pain. Great job as always Erin!

[@spookerredmenace3950]

awesome new Erin! ah the days of 1994, i was 14!

[@MrMegaManFan]

I miss the days of renting a NES for the weekend. It really made you appreciate the limited amount of time you had to enjoy and/or beat a game - even a bad one.

[@PDubsArcadeLoft]

Recently discovered your channel Erin - you're doing a great job! Very enjoyable content!

[@ErinPlays]

Thanks so much! I’m glad you found me :)

[@dtphenomenal]

The days of blockbuster rentals, playing games all night and first loves. You’re taking me back Erin. Riding down memory lane on a Dyno

[@winterburden]

That was my time! I must have been a weird kid, because I always rented Faxanadu 😵

[@notthesameman]

I never seen it but my friend had it so i had to play when i went over, he thoight it was bot good but id say it is, but nah dude your not weird it had so many fun times trying to beat it.

[@MrOfficer235]

Welcome back Erin. Love you!

[@BB-te8tc]

Great video! This was around the time when these games were increasingly hard to find new, or in some cases, even available in rental shops. I remember being a kid and never being able to find Panic Restaurant anywhere, even at Blockbuster.

[@NelsonWin]

Never knew I'd click that fast. ❤❤ Hello again, Erin.

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

'94 has given us a lot of games to praise and play. Thanks for reminding us, Erin.

[@GoldmineVideo1]

Don't you just wish you could still Rock up to Blockbuster video and rent some nes or snes games? Its the simple pleasures that could make like so much better.

[@rfk223]

Fantastic video. Your comment about the sunset in the Tecmo Superbowl intro made me laugh

[@ErinPlays]

😁

[@moorishblack9742]

I did not expect you to mention Tecmo Super Bowl but when you did I teared up.

[@ErinPlays]

❤

[@HUNRockman35]

In Mega Man VI, Mega Man not only can fly with the Jet Adaptor, but he punch with the Power Adaptor.

[@TimDavis77]

NES TMNT Tournament Fighter version of April O’Neil has got it going on

[@ErinPlays]

She’s a cutie.

[@theboy4414]

Ahh the cheesy commercials are just amazing

[@fraenzchen85]

Amazingly awful.

[@NelsonWin]

"Too bad they're good"

[@TheWorstThingEver]

Really interesting video. I was a holdout who still played the NES for a couple of years after the SNES released, but even I had moved on by 1994. I'm not familiar with a few of these games.

[@hardlyfunny]

FYI, I got a notification 2 hours after you posted this video. BTW, love this series you’re doing.

[@db4life925]

Kirby's adventure was always and to this day my favorite game in the series. For the next blockbuster rental video? How about the Sega genesis? I've rented plenty of the games back in the day.

[@Slipknlov]

Hey Erin! I love your videos! So much nostalgia. This reminds me of going to Blockbuster with my dad when I was a kid, and he would rent me a game or two. Your pigtails are super fine

[@ErinPlays]

That’s awesome it brought back memories. Thanks for watching!

[@hanchiman]

Hothead appeared in the Turtles comic series from the 90's that drifted differently from the cartoon show. The comic series had a more serious storyline vibe, like Alien Earth invasion, Environmental destruction by aliens, Hothead in the comic is a Chinese guy who used to work as a Fireman, after an accident in an Antic shop in Chinatown that he nearly burned to death he become by magical means a big Dragon from a Dragon statue

[@chusas1911]

I love this kind of videos as we didn't enjoy these games in spain ( they were not launch in our version). Keep it up!

[@ErinPlays]

Thanks!

[@xteknotronikx]

Erin please review 92. I was 8 years old and have fond memories of that year

[@silveredgrunion7196]

Well this just made my afternoon. 1994 was my jam. Too young to care about the future, but old enough to enjoy the present. Video games, cartoons, juice boxes and the occasional peanut butter and marshmellow sandwich. This video was well done and mucho appreciatio'ed. i made up a word there.

[@ErinPlays]

This is such a nice comment, and thank you.

[@GeorgeFloydsSobriety]

@@ErinPlays It's a guy in his 30s typing in baby speak. Some odd fetishes in your fandom

[@trealsteve]

@@GeorgeFloydsSobriety I see you’re putting your bid in for the 2021 Player Hater of the Year.

[@WhispyWoods.]

Seeing the snes style Mario on nes is totally blowing my mind. Didn’t realize that game existed 🤯

[@Toad64]

What a great topic for a video series, this was really good. I am definitely looking for your other Blockbuster rental videos!

[@ErinPlays]

Thanks!

[@PetProjects2011]

I had the Jungle Book NES when I was a kid! I never got passed the first level because I never knew you had to kill ALL enemies before progressing to the next level. Something the instruction manual doesn't bother mentioning.

[@ErinPlays]

Yeah I didn't know that either!

[@3DJapan]

I rarely went to Blockbuster. I was all about West Coast Video and a small Philly chain I later worked at, TLA Video.

[@throwbackturtle2391]

Great video as always Erin! Love me some Kirby!

[@LouJNT]

I love these type of videos, keep up the good work Erin, love u

[@canman87]

I rented Mega Man 6 about 1000 times when I was younger, albeit most of the time from Albertsons, lol. Kirby is still solid to this day and The Jungle Book game wasn't too shabby either. I miss those days.

[@tobe1207]

People always downplay and dis nostalgia. But if you never had your dad or older brother take you to a video store to rent a game for you and a movie for the family and a few packs of candy... Then how tf would you know?

[@tearfulsmiles9901]

Luckily, my video store as a kid was only about two blocks away, so the moment I was allowed to leave the driveway on my bike, it was constant trips there for penny candy, and if I was lucky, a used vhs.

[@VanillaCuckoo]

4:44 Ah yes, I see what you mean about the rockin' flowers, but that little dude actually reminded me more of an onion version of ZZ Top. Anyway... I hope I'm not horribly misremembering this, but my recollection is that there was an unofficial way of renting games here in the UK back in the early '90s. You'd "buy" a game from the shop for the full price (e.g. £40), and if you returned it for a refund within 2 or 3 days (whatever it was), the shop would give you your money back minus a few pounds. I think that only applied for a relatively short time, then I think the powers that be tried to stop returns altogether. Before that, cunning kids must have been buying games, playing them for a few days or a week, then returning them for a full refund. My personal memories are of renting NES games the more orthodox way. In the early 1990s, my much older brother would come to stay over at our house on weekends, and we'd stroll round to the local general store on Saturday afternoon and he'd rent a game for me for 24 hours. I think it was only an excuse for him to play it really. Back in those days it was seen as a bit weird for an adult to be playing video games!

[@supergeoff]

1995 when I first went to the blockbuster video I've rented Goof Troop and Home Improvement for the Super NES and Roger Rabbit movie

[@sonicmario64]

My first time playing "Wario's Woods" was as an unlockable game found in "Animal Crossing" for the Nintendo Gamecube, which I remember being found by accessing the GBA Island (by linking a Game Boy Advance to the console after visiting the island in the game and talking to Kapp'n). :)

[@blodguizer]

I was still in the military then with no car so I didn't do much renting at Blockbuster. I did rent after I was discharged but only 16 bit games and I did buy a rental copy of Ninja Gaiden 3 from Blockbuster and some SNES games.

[@megagrey]

And to think Radical Entertainment went on to make Simpsons Hit & Run and Incredible Hulk Ultimate Destruction.

[@spidervic24]

Keep it going ! Next gen and next top 10! These were fun videos!

[@moorishblack9742]

Achievement: You've earned yourself a sub.

[@BruceLeon83]

Super Tecmo Bowl had such a rad opening theme. Kinda gets you pumped.

[@drewirons2646]

Really cool video idea. I was one of those younger kids who inherited an NES rather than getting a Genesis/SNES, and I mostly rented titles on the weekend ("there were dozens of us!"). I did indeed rent TMNT: Tournament Fighters, and my jaw hit the floor when I heard my local store had Mega Man 6. Honorable mention is that now-rare Jetsons game. Life was mostly good for an NES owner in 1994 (except for Mario is Missing... that was a disappointment).

[@dan_evilrobot]

I absolutely love Kirby's Adventures on NES, extremely fun/cute game. Even though I'm not a fan of the Kirby series. But yeah this an awesome video Erin.😉👍

[@htyeung48]

Hothead did'nt appear in the original TMNT by fred wolf but Hothead did make an apperance TMNT Fast forward but most of the characters you might not heard of in the TMNT tournament fighters are mainly in the comics that was hardly or never ever use for the cartoon series it depends on whoever was in charge of the TMNT series at that time

[@elvisrobotbeta3299]

Hi Erin, how are you? Greetings from El Salvador. First time I see a video of you of this type. They are very good for being cataloged by year. I would like one from 1987 if you can. I think Blockbuster had not yet come to my country for 1994. It's funny to imagine that you rented games in that place. I loved the comparison you made between Kirby and Rainbow Brite, because I loved that cartoon. For 1994, my NES had recently been sent to me from the USA, so the only game I knew was the one that came inside: Super Mario Bros. 3 (bundle that I still have complete and in good condition) and a few games that I saw in store windows and drug stores, like Mario is Missing for the SNES. P.S. You look very cute on the thumbnail ;-)

[@ErinPlays]

It might be hard to find rental information from that early, but I'd be interested to look into it! And I'm glad you liked the Rainbow Brite reference :) Thanks so much for watching!

[@xyanide1986]

Oh yeah I was also a victim of SNES Mario's Time Machine. I kinda liked the surfing segment, but it seemed a bit bleak and in general I was very confused and disappointed.

[@wwe2005]

97 would be a good year to see the top rentals for, some amazing games came out that year.

[@MajandraFan]

Comforting nostalgia, very nice.

[@thatwasprettyneat]

I hate to be one of those people that comments on disliking a video, but it just seems so random to me that 30 people would dislike a video like this.

[@spaceinvaders9561]

I was 17 yrs old senior in high-school in 1994 feel old now great video

[@shanenathan3506]

Could you maybe think about a video About titles that bundled or released at the same time with Nintendo 64!! Thanks Erin! Glad I found your channel!

[@ErinPlays]

Possibly! And thank you :D

[@jessea9744]

You should do all games of 1996! I can actually remember being 4 years old renting clay fighters and Mario RPG!

[@detail___5387]

Donkey Kong was looking like he was posing for a nude in that painting 😂.

[@necrothorne0]

I loved this one, Erin. Even though I was playing my Genesis at the time, I still occasionally played my nes and remember Kirby especially. Hmm, maybe see what we’re the top rentals in ‘96?

[@ArcadePilot]

I didn't really know the 8 bit NES games where still being rented in 1994? At the same time, I remember the big deal about virtual reality, 3DO, and the possibility of gaming through the internet 🙁

[@krisfrederick5001]

Going to Blockbuster as a kid was like going to Mecca

[@DazAlienGeek]

Such a great idea for a video! I love it!

[@JaimieRain]

Yes I was still renting 8-bit games in 1994! (Sega reigned supreme in my country though) The best 8-bit games were coming out 92-94 but sadly few people know they exist

[@mootbooxle]

I definitely missed out on some of the later NES titles the first time around. I’d already traded it in for a Super NES by 1993!

[@ty_the_RetoVideo_guy5543r]

Ty the blockbuster guy approves...btw i am the blockbuster guy cause I worked at blockbuster for ten years and still to this day when i go home to my hometown I get called the blockbuster guy..insert smiley face here..haha

[@ErinPlays]

Haha, awesome!

[@mizzoupatriot8814]

TMNT Tournament Fighters on SNES was awesome. It was like Street Fighter 2 mechanics but with TMNT characters.

[@TC_Montana]

Not really retro I guess, but an Erin plays video in this format for the PS2 in 2005 would be a dream come true... 😍

[@PunkRockZombie205]

That's awesome. I didn't even realize Nintendo still made games for the 8 bit system in 94. I had moved on to genesis at that point. That tmnt fighting game looks fun. For whatever reason I never rented it

[@Evan-C]

Warios woods was also on the SNES I believe

[@sirrealkiller8357]

Uncanny: just watched Captain Marvel and got gushy over the Blockbuster cameo. Great video, Erin!

[@justinhenderson4901]

💕 you and Mike keep up the great work🤘

[@Tigerkingz1981]

Star Tropics 2 was also one of the last releases on the nes console and a pretty fun game. I remember it advertising along with Megaman 6 around 1994. Your review was pretty good. Didnt know about the TMNT tournament fighters game being on the nes in the beginning of your review.

[@VidiverseExplorer]

I hope Casey Jones will playable in the upcoming TMNT Shredders Revenge.

[@vengeance1701]

Man, 1994 was almost time for N64, PS1.

[@alexanderrichmond1742]

Hey Erin, when you did that He-Man action figure video, you did reviewed the 2002 Masters of the Universe and 2008 Masters of the Universe Classics toys? And TMNT also had a lot of clones like Battletoads, Moo Mesa, Road Rovers, Street Sharks, Biker Mice from Mars, Extreme Dinosaurs and more!

[@johnriddlebaugh7436]

Hothead was a character in the comic book series (the more kid-friendly series) published by Archie Comics in the 90s.

[@anthonydouglas8060]

Out of the ones you na med Tecmo Super bowl is the one I played/liked most.

[@darthrizzen9349]

Thanks! I didn’t even know there was a Jungle Book game (with « Bear Necessities » constantly playing in the background). You learn something every day. The Mario edutainment « games » were infamous though. 🤣

[@TheMr77469]

Jungle Book for NES looks like it could be on Gameboy Color.

[@lordjs9726]

Interesting list. None of the games I expected were on it. I was surprised.

[@redmist78]

Those were some weird years those were my high school years and I didn't really go to blockbuster even though it existed in one of my towns. I went there more as an adult. I wish I would have got there at the sweet spot when they were getting rid of all their Nintendo and super Nintendo games.

[@patricioreyysusredonditosd5444]

In Argentina we had the same kind of "Blockbuster": The Videoclubes. At that moment, we rented games of Nes, Sega Genesis and SNES. Greetings and fantastic video, Erin!!! 🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷

[@JMFSpike]

Funny how Wario's Woods is considered a top rental of 94 when it was released on December 10th. Anyway, I'd be very curious to know what the top NES rentals were in 96 or 97. New games are always going to be popular rentals, but which NES games were popular long after new games ceased?

[@qqq1701]

I've never heard of that Turtles game. I played a lot of Tecmo Superbowl even though I'm not a sports guy. There was kind of remake on the DS that was neat.

[@chocolocojames213]

I also remember renting games from Warehouse 😁😁😁

[@benlogan100]

We rented so many games at Warehouse we “won” a VCR from them

[@brettdulaney697]

I was playing a lot of PC games at this time, wasn't playing my genesis or snes much anymore at that time and sold my nes, was waiting on the sega saturn

[@Jhoffa22_]

"Ahhh the good old day's".. *Hey Gorgeous *Great Video as usual💯💪

[@JohnnyBurnes]

Erin, "6 titles of the same series on the same console's crazy!" Assassin's Creed, "is it really?"

[@fredfuchs3573]

Rocking flowers kb damd were old i haven't thought about that in years

[@DJCGAMESTUDIOS]

Marios time machine seems more like homework than a game LOL. Great Vid.

[@cookmikew]

Mario Time Machine was definately a trap game but not as bad as Mario Is Missing. Or maybe it is.

[@ajmetz82]

Wow! I'd thought Joy Mecha Fight was the NES' only tournament fighter. Of course I'm based in the UK, and 1993 was the console's last Christmas here - all about Kirby's Adventure and Battletoads vs DoubleDragon, =).

[@nazrijee]

Never knew about some of these games. I like megaman. The fighting tmnt is kinda cool.

[@segaoldschoolsega925]

Mario’s time machine is a great gift to give to your friend who loves Mario games

[@EricM-112]

I still think Kirbys adventure holds up being one of the best NES games ever

[@lukecaine4503]

Love the videos you do makes my day. Thanks

[@bpelectric]

OMG this takes me back lol

[@MockingjayYT]

Excellent video as always 🤗 I always enjoyed playing the turtle games.