Top BLOCKBUSTER SNES RENTALS of 1995! - Erin Plays

[@rebelscum1825]

My grandma bought the snes bundle pack with donkey kong from walmart. Then she later got mario kart. She did a good job

[@Mega_Mikey]

I borrowed games from my grandma when I was a kid lol

[@rah_sollest]

You have a really cool grandma. C:

[@deezy81]

Is she still alive?

[@RetailArchaeology]

God I miss renting video games at Blockbuster. Fun video as always 😁

[@githane]

Same, though we typically had local places we go to as our closest Blockbuster was 20m away. I don't miss the rentals missing manuals though.

[@briankinney3140]

Best days ever!

[@Fuzy2K]

I used to rent N64 games almost every weekend when I was a kid. I miss that a lot

[@ZeusTheIrritable]

I didn't have an SNES, but the whole Friday night Pizza Hut followed by a going to rent a game really slaps my nostalgia right in the face.

[@TheSpacey52]

I remember going to Blockbuster every few weekends and renting movies with my family. My Dad would check out the game section and rent an SNES game for us every once in a while. I remember us renting games such as Killer Instinct, Lion King, Mechwarrior, Judge Dredd, but the most impressive was Doom. At the time, I had never seen anything like it because of it's graphics and gameplay. That was like a major turning point in my life for gaming. 5yrs later, I found a copy of it at Ebgames, and even to this day, I dig out my SNES and make a playthrough of it once a year

[@metroidxme6470]

Rare. Absolute gaming legends.

[@newwavejunkie]

I nominate “Razzle Dazzle” to be Erin’s new catch phrase!

[@TheGlyrion]

You literally described a night of my youth. When I was 12 in 1995 my cousin and I had rented Killer Instincts and we also went to see Casper at the drive-in movie park lol

[@porksausagelicencetothrill4380]

I miss renting stuff from Blockbusters, great times

[@DillonintheDetails]

It's not your nostalgia glasses talking. This was seriously one the highs in gaming's history. Thank you Erin ✌🏻😁

[@ErinPlays]

Thanks for watching and I'm glad you agree!

[@toooydoeur]

2017

[@baxterbunny4403]

@@ErinPlays try comix zone

[@SalinaBabba8343]

It really was a golden age of a certain type of gaming. While they were simple compared to today's titles, a lot of these hold to the test of time. I still play DKC 1 & 2 to this day

[@BMR86]

Killer Instinct was such a staple for me at the time, me and my older brothers drooled over this game and Mortal Kombat, and the fact that KI came with the soundtrack with the snes cartridge was mind blowing! I never had it personally but I remember someone recorded the soundtrack on a cassette tape from the cd and handed it to me, I listened to that tape in my mom's car all the time!

[@joehosier6187]

The year is 1995, I'm six years old. I just finished eating my stuffed crust pizza, but we don't really rent games that often. Instead I'm playing final fantasy 4, except back then everyone thought it was 2. Little did I know that I was only a few years away from using our very rare video game rental time to choose to rent: *dun dun DUUUUUUN* Superman64. God damn, I was so confused. It really does still haunt me to this day.

[@GelodeMijo]

when I rented DKC3 for the first time, that's when I found out that you can go over 100%, because in the rented game it had a 105% save game, and it was the first time I saw Krematoa island and the Gyrocopter, unforgettable

[@PolecatsRock]

A year earlier I rented an SNES with Castlevania IV, soon after finally getting my own SNES. The nostalgia! I can remember going into KB Toys and getting that Power Rangers game!

[@acriser15]

i worked at blockbuster back in the day all up until they all closed down, i so miss that place!

[@TimDavis77]

These videos are a great snapshot of gaming at the time.

[@Ka-tet84]

This is a really fun idea for a series. 🙂 I had the Killer Instinct SNES bundle. Came with the game, soundtrack, and player's guide. It was awesome.

[@bringbackmy90s]

The'90s Rentals Series is so much nostalgic fun! Thank you Erin

[@chrismosquad1056]

This was RareWare’s hay day. Pre-rendered ray-traced sprites were all the rage. 👍🏻

[@FrankFrankly711]

Gotta love the mid-90s! Amazing games for the SNES with graphics that just blew me away, often rented with friends for long up-all-night sleep-overs fueled by candy and pop!

[@deezy81]

All night sleep overs were the shit as a kid.

[@alternity28]

Candy and pop ...in the 90s? I hope Cornholio made an appearance!

[@The90sGamingGuy]

All these games really take me back to 1995 a time when all that mattered was after school cartoons, pizza and video games. Thank you for the awesome video Erin!

[@DarDarBinks1986]

If the late '70s and early '80s were the Golden Age of gaming, the '90s were the Platinum Age.

[@sodapants3328]

Yes, I remember Susie and her partner were supposed to go to the prom until she dies in an accident

[@db4life925]

The donkey Kong country games for me. I still play them to this day. Thank you for another great video Erin. Keep em coming!

[@gustavoflorio5383]

Still eventually listening to the soundtrack! It's fantastic!

[@benlogan100]

Totally recommend Yooka Laylee Impossible Lair for DK Country fans

[@mikewilliams736]

@@benlogan100 Thanks, I will check it out.

[@woundedtiger1213]

I’ve been tryin to find something to watch for 20 minutes now. Thank you Erin plays for having some good content

[@WizardOnAWhale7]

My mother was obsessed with the Donkey Kong country games. She'd even get up two hours early to get a level or two in before she had to get ready for work.

[@LemonTree9280]

Please expand on this series! Renting games 92-95 was my childhood!

[@Dnosirrom]

Oh man, the nostalgia is real Erin...THE NOSTALGIA IS REAL!

[@ErinPlays]

😮

[@travis6279]

This video series really takes me back. I was born in '92, so I got to experience video game rentals during the N64 era. I remember my brothers and I renting Goldeneye, Perfect Dark, Diddy Kong Racing, Gex Enter the Gecko, etc. from Video Update back in '98-2000. I would love it if you did a Rental video for the N64 era!

[@CoffeeFreelancer]

You invoke so much nostalgia Erin. Thanks a ton. Ordering old-school pizzahut and 95 snes games right now...lol

[@anthonywheeler2082]

A werewolf fighting a skeleton is pure art.

[@Duskets]

I used to go to Blockbuster as a child and rent a game every Friday night. I must have been about 7 or 8. One particular game didn’t have a cover, only the standard Blockbuster box that with the logo wrapping around the package. I didn’t know what it entailed but I really liked the title. The game was Silent Hill. I didn’t get past the intro cause the music scared me to death.

[@deezy81]

Awesome.

[@Jeffelangelo]

I remember Power Rangers and Donkey Kong being huge pieces of my childhood lol

[@jasonshouseoffunandvideoga7169]

Blockbuster was an amazing place indeed. I still have a Blockbuster card from back then. I could only hope that someday, somehow the franchise makes a triumphant return although it's highly unlikely. Long live the 80's and 90's 👊

[@redmist78]

I was playing some retro games today on my SNES on my raspberry pi. They're a lot harder now than they used to be.

[@CrownlessKing88]

I didn’t realize until I was an adult that it was Diddy’s Kong Quest as in Diddy’s conquest. I always just read it as Diddy Kong’s Quest for some reason

[@Jppen]

Same. I'm pretty sure the first time I realized it was Kong-Quest was hearing Dave from Game Sack saying it.

[@winterburden]

Thanks for sharing the best rentals of 1995 Erin, it was an excellent year! 🙆‍♀️

[@miahthorpatrick1013]

YES!!! I definitely remember Susie Q! I loved that movie so much I actually taped it on my VCR in the late 90`s! 😆

[@TrippyCommentaries]

I didn't have the snes version of killer instinct... so I had to play the game boy version on the super game boy with my friends. Still had a good time with it though 😅

[@countryboyred]

I didn’t have the super game boy so I just played killer instinct on regular gameboy, could barely see the screen. Was still fun somehow.

[@GrandMasterLynx]

2:23 I remember watching that movie I loved it Speaking of Power Rangers I will forever miss Thuy Trang

[@brandonginsburg3120]

Rumor has it the Red ranger was originally intended to be portrayed by an indigenous North American.

[@boilerfan18]

I remember the weekly trip to Blockbuster to rent a game for weekend. Those were good times.

[@jhh-jiynks6568]

Absolutely fantastic video. Your charisma really was on display here. Very genuine and entertaining Thanks

[@mikewilliams736]

I remember hearing that the makers of DKC walked into some expo or something where they were going to finally reveal the game and they saw all the other snes games and thought to themselves "oh crap, were going to completely blow ppl away." Put yourself in their shoes, working on a game with incredible visuals day and night till they forgot they were incredible visuals, only to be reminded of it while walking into that expo. Great video!

[@waynefletcher9690]

I miss renting games and movies. It was such an awesome an time to be alive. Thanks for bringing back such great memories Erin!!!!

[@justworkingfortheweekend8504]

I feel old as dirt watching this. Now you can just play these on the internet for free

[@deezy81]

Nice dog.

[@fjcarmo0369]

When it comes to Killer Instinct, I have beaten that game with every character. If you want easy wins, Fulgore is your go-to character. Even with just short combos, he is complete domination in that game. They made him even more powerful and easier to win with in the N64 sequel Killer Instinct Gold.

[@arcanescroll]

4:53 8-Bit Dance Party Time LOL

[@drew4564]

DK country 2 is still to this day my favorite game of all time

[@bryansansone3301]

Erin is a goddamned treasure. Damn I miss the 90's.

[@jacobthesnacob4192]

I think it was about 1995 that I stayed at my grandparents' house for a weekend and rented Demon's Crest for the SNES. Literally all I did for a few days straight was play that game and draw pictures of it when my grandparents wanted me to do something else. I'm sure they were concerned with my obsessing over a game about demons in hell, but it remains one of my fondest memories and favorite games to date. Thank you Nana and Papa :)

[@sceneitallwithjeffandjon6984]

My big 1995 rental was Chrono Trigger. I rented it from the local Hollywood video, proceeded to play it for something like 12 hours straight, and I was so enraptured that I ended up buying it at the closest video game retailer. It's been my favorite video game since then, and I have rental stores to thank for that.

[@alainultimo]

Yeah thats cool. By the time (about 7:00pm) my family would take me to the videostore you could only find the very bottom of the barrel (cliffhanger, Jurassic park, sim city 2000, beethoven and such)

[@alternity28]

The Donkey Kong Country games showed off the pinnacle of the SNES's specs. Erin always bringing the Razzle Dazzle!

[@Ernesto87]

Killer Instinct is absolute favorite fighting game. My go to character was always Sabrewulf and my little brother would always pick Riptor.

[@MSflyer2005]

I probably rented the Power Ranger's one the most, or possibly NBA Jam! Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

[@stevezac_cptlpnshmnt]

Please continue this series! The nostalgia is great!

[@ErinPlays]

I will!

[@Johnny82Utah]

The more Erin plays the better! Love stumbling on this channel after watching Metaljesus for years. DKC is perfection. I'm jealous of that Killer Instinct bundle. That game was basically my entire 1995 summer and I could never do combos LOVED the soundtrack and visuals.

[@brendanwilson8977]

Miss those days so bad. Do 2000 next, almost the end of the N64 era. Awesome video as always Erin!

[@danerd8978]

So who knew it was actually a pun in the title of DKC 2. It's actually called Diddy's Kong Quest as in Conquest!

[@necrothorne0]

I remember renting games back then. Only I had a sega genesis. I did rent and play Judge Dredd on sg. I definitely felt that the environments and graphics added to the confusion until you were able to get used to it. It was fun, but long and difficult.

[@MM12684]

When I watch this channel it makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside

[@strangulator42]

these were all great games that I loved, but Clay Fighter was my favorite tournament fighter that was really awesome even if you weren't good at combos!

[@ErinPlays]

Clay Fighter is fun!

[@MattsInTheBelfry]

BBBBBottle!

[@quentinparhiala9415]

This is great video from Erin Plays and that's awesome you could rent video games at Blockbuster

[@MrMegaManFan]

I miss the days of renting cartridges and VHS tapes from the same place at the same time.

[@DrOwEdInDrO]

Video is so accurate as I rented all these games when I was younger

[@SotosDTAce]

Erin I love these videos. It's like a trip down memory lane reminding us of good times. Great video... 😀

[@jsinister_vq8303]

That maybe Amazon joke had me dying lol 😂

[@andy2more475]

So good, thank you Enin!

[@MilkmanYeti]

At 5:30 you call it Diddy Kong's Quest like I did as a kid. Took me years realize that isn't the title! It is Diddy's Kong Quest! Lol We all missed it!

[@SalinaBabba8343]

Orchid was my go-to in KI. You can rack a 30+ hit combo with her easy... After a while my friends stopped wanting to play that game with me 🤔

[@JW666]

Remember we rented the SNES console and Donkey Kong Country 2 at our local video store. Good ol'days

[@witapepsi]

I LOVED Susie Q! Donkey Kong Country 2 is seriously one of my top 3 series.

[@thesousa37]

The donkey Kong country series is what got me back into gaming. I still remember getting my donkey Kong country bundle from zellers....that’s like a Canadian target. DK county 2 was my favourite.

[@mrbigjonstud]

great video as always Erin !!!, and yes, 95 was a great year for videogames for sure :)

[@wasogrunge]

Awesome! I love that you chose to use the Power Rangers soundtrack for the video's opening.

[@justindenney-hall5875]

Erin Plays Yeah, I remember that "Suzie Q" movie, in fact earlier today I watched a disney channel iceberg video and that movie was covered on one of the deeper layers.

[@JoeyD82288]

Crazy I was 7 in 95 and my first memory of the SNES was Donkey Kong Country because my neighbor had it.. I just turned 33 and Donkey Kong Country is still a game I play today

[@MyRetroLife]

Very cool video Erin! What a year for gaming. Had all of those except Power Rangers and Judge Dread.

[@joystickmaniacs]

Awesome year! I was a teenager and all that matters was grunge-alternative music, sports, movies, comics and videogames. I remember rent on BB titles like NFL quaterback club, Top Gear, Ken griffey jr, winning run, Super star wars and many others, on those days I had much fun without concerning anything else, thx 4 the memories, great video!

[@Harbinger_of_nurgle]

DKC2 to this day has my favorite video game soundtrack of all time!

[@brandonginsburg3120]

Stickerbush Symphony is gorgeously sad.

[@ArtieOddity]

When I rented Donkey Kong Country from Blockbuster, I put the cart in the SNES, powered it on and the tittle screen said "Demon 's Crest". Someone had switched the rom pcb...a good night for me.

[@Juiceair77]

There’s something about that Killer Instinct soundtrack that gets you pumped.

[@yandman26]

I purchased both Killer Instinct and NBA Jam TE from my local Blockbuster. I was waiting patiently for the all new N64. Those two games alone breathed much needed life into the system, whilst the world went Playstation crazy.

[@jameswolfstar]

Buying consoles and games at Toys R Us using those paper tickets, man that brings me back

[@markianclark9645]

Yes..over here in London..our SNES bundle was Starwing..Starfox to you over the 'Pond' Christmas 93 i believe...Killer Instinct was one of the last games we got before Sony Playstation arrived..still have 2 SNES PAL consoles..currently trying to prevent him selling them all on eBay at the moment..sell the MasterSystem instead i insist..keep the SuperNintendo..these you selected Erin are classics..The Donkey Kong series a must replay..our favourite though would be Battletoads in Battlemaniacs..the ingame music and the fighting are amazing..and somehow our kid completed it..

[@shadowraider964]

Renting at blockbuster was such great memories on the weekend

[@HistoryGuru1234]

Great video Erin! 1995 was a great year for gaming! This brought back fond memories!

[@richstaypuft6447]

Erin is my favourite youtube Gamer

[@ReVita.]

Nothing beats renting video games and getting pizza for the weekend!

[@brewser4298]

Speaking of Killer Instinct.. the tracks were pretty amazing at the time especially when it came with the soundtrack on cd which was unheard of since cds were just starting out. Otherwise Spinal and cinder were my ez mode combo kings against my cousins.

[@BaiLong45]

Lots of great memories here of either playing these games or reading the reviews for them in the gaming magazines. Owned a couple of these games as well. Can’t believe 1995 was that long ago! In any case, thank you for the video.

[@sonofatwitch82]

Hi from UK, Beautiful Erin, love your videos fun and informative I love it when Elmo features or Mike.

[@RegencyYarl]

That first level theme from Power Rangers on snes is an absolute banger. Great video!

[@sodapants3328]

Omg, like the Olsen twins games remember those?! :3

[@DarkNekoStudio]

DIddy Kong's quest is the best DK, also one of the best soundtrack!

[@NickLavic]

It's Diddy's Kong quest. Get it? It's a play on conquest.

[@LyaksandraB]

I love how she uses proper grammar for diddy's kong quest, although that makes it the incorrect title.

[@Mastersaifer]

I freaking love the Power Rangers SNES soundtrack!

[@SylphidUndine]

good choice of outro music. awesome soundtrack.

[@BlockbusterAssociate]

Donkey Kong Country

[@mickeydiamonds7209]

I loved Judge Dreed! I played this game at my friends house during a sleep over. "Eat recycled food, its good for the enviornment, and OK for you"!!

[@brandonginsburg3120]

I kneeeeeeew you'd say that.

[@6sKi6z6]

I randomly got Judge Dredd for my birthday in 95 from a friend. I got the Genesis version, but they’re essentially the same game. At first, it’s hard to get used to and I died more times than Ghouls and Ghosts. But eventually, I figured out the level designs and how to use the weapons. It took some time, but I eventually beat it….. and never played it again.