Official rental games
Back in the day (1983ish), a video rental shop near a friend had a range of games that were made exclusively for rental customers.
We hired a couple - and they were rotten!
As I recall, the inlays and cassettes were professional looking, I think I can recall black and purple stripes, but not any of the games!
Does this ring any bells? Are they on Infoseek anywhere?
Ta!
We hired a couple - and they were rotten!
As I recall, the inlays and cassettes were professional looking, I think I can recall black and purple stripes, but not any of the games!
Does this ring any bells? Are they on Infoseek anywhere?
Ta!
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Did these games you mention all have the same style of packaging? Could they have been games the shop bought via mail order from some small software house (or software bedroom!)? Maybe they were taken from listings in various magazines, which might explain their crappiness.
games like http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0004001
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekpub.cgi?regexp=^Arcade+Software$&loadpics=1
errm there is another 1 with a rainbow logo.. someone here can say what it is... they were rental only .. can't recall the name .. I have a few of em here.
it was a rainbow + cloud on the logo.. and did say rental only on them.
They were all packaged professionally and in a corporate style (I wish I could remember more). And, I was addicted to the speccie, so I knew all of the releases that were made by know companies, so they weren't repackaged well known games.
I wonder if some business had just set up and typed in lots of listing games, they seemed basic. Wish I could remember more :cry:
Many thanks. I don't think it looked quite like this, but at least I know there were rental games!
I may still have the same copy of Harrier Attack somewhere back in England, and it still has a Barcoded "Newcastle Central Library" sticker on the case :lol:
i saw the thread title , and that you had posted.
i knew it would be about nicking something. :p
can't trust anyone eh? mile McBann :) (cousin of bready Mc Bread)
Oi! You'll give me a bad name :lol:
It's just like people expect me (or the people I know) to nick stuff :D
well steal it, or set it on fire. :D
Not it's steal it...Then set it on fire once you get bored :D
steal it and if anyone asks any questions, set them on fire. :-)
I flicked a lit match into somebodies eye once.......Complete accident! :D
...Though it did provide the much-needed distraction for your mate to leg it out of the central library with a copy of Harrier Attack. :-P
mickmog, maybe you need to be subjected to hypnosis in order to dredge your memory for more information.
yes n no.. yes there are rental games.. I found some earlier when I was looking for jetman to post :)
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekpub.cgi?regexp=^Wildest+Dreams$
but not the ones he was after.
God knows what they'd discover!
Seriously though, I knew all of the games in Boots and Smiths and was shocked to see some I'd never heard of before in a video shop - and they seemed to be printed as being for hire.
They we awful, mind you!
They probably are on here somewhere in the archive, but I just wondered if there was a software house known for having a rental range.
I'd go back to the shop and ask, but it became a hairdressers, then a pet shop, then an arts shop.......