RetroRentals

[soundasleep]

I'm old enough to have lived through video gaming since pretty much the beginning. My first memories are of "Ancient Art of War" and "Ancient Art of War at Sea" on an primative floppy based XP, "Gruds in Space" on the Commodore 64 and a handful of generic Atari VCS games.

My father never let me have a video game system, although I could always play game on PC, and I did. A lot. But this restriction meant that pretty much the second I got my first job, I started buying video game systems.

I've been collecting for about 19 years now, and I've built up quite a collection. Yet I've always been a bit sad that my all those games hardly ever get touched, and just sit packed away in boxes as the years go by.

So I've decided to open up my collection for others to enjoy.

Introducing RetroRentals

We have the following packages available, with more to come over the next few days:

1. Old School Nintendo Bundle
NES with 2 controllers and "Zapper" light gun. 3 games.
SNES with 1 controller and 4 games

2. Sega Master System Bundle
Master System with 2 controllers and light gun. 8 games.

3. Sega MegaDrive + MegaCD Bundle
Sega Mega Drive II with MegaCD2 Add-On. 1x 6 button controller.
BONUS Sega Genesis Nomad (portable Mega Drive)
12 Mega Drive games. 3 MegaCD games. 2 Nomad Games.

4. Nintendo 64 Bundle
N64 (with memory expansion), 2 original N64 controllers and 1 RumblePak. 8 games.

5. Sega DreamCast Bundle
1 controller, 2 VMU's, DreamCast keyboard, 7 games and various demos.

6. Sega Game Gear Bundle
Sega Game Gear with TV Tuner (not that you can use it any more) and Master System cartridge adapter.
Official carry case and 17 games

7. Nintendo GameCube Bundle (with GBA SP)
Nintendo GameCube with 1 controller and 1 Memory Card 59. 22 games.
GameCube Game Boy Player and Game Boy Advance SP. 7 games.

Each bundle is available to rent for a 2 week period for just $99* plus postage. We will include return packaging and postage so once you've had your retro fix all you need to do is drop the box back to your local Australia Post outlet.

* A fully refundable deposit (usually $200) is required for RetroRental packages.

http://infinityamusements.com/product-category/rentals/

[McKie1]

Cool idea, I really hope it works well.

Not sure I would feel comfortable doing that myself but hats off as definitely something missing out there!

I remember growing up and the old video stores hiring sms, nes games AND the consoles.

[ddstoys]

Brilliant idea I have a few old systems tucked away for when the bug bites.   In sure other would get this urge and take you up on this offer

[Strangeways]

I still have my C64 packed away somewhere. I miss the old days !

[soundasleep]

A few years ago I fired up a C64 emulator and played through "Gruds In Space" again. I was able to recall most of it, did use a walkthrough once or twice, but what struck me was how short the game was. Maybe 20-30 minutes.

As a kid I remember spending hours on it. Maybe I was a slow kid ;)

The GameCube on the other hand. That controller is a bit small but it is so comfortable!

It took some serious willpower not to settle into a "Starfox Adventures" session.

[soundasleep]

New additions to our RetroRental Bundles:

1. Atari Lynx - the world's first colour handheld console
Includes 2x "Atari Lynx 2" portable consoles and 51 games

2. Curiosity Bundle: Consoles you may never have seen or played before!
Amiga CD32 with 12 games and 4 demos
Nokia N-Gage and N-Gage QD portable consoles with 7 games

We are also offering a special deal just for forum members throughout November.

Get 50% off the rental price ($49.50 instead of $99) and if you've been an active forum member for more than 3 months we'll drop the refundable deposit from $200 to $100*

Just enter the code: "AFRRND" at the checkout.

* Refundable deposit is to cover product lose or accidental damage. If a console or cartridge "dies a natural death" you will not be charged.

[soundasleep]

New Addition: Sony PlayStation
The console that changed gaming forever

Includes Console, 2x Dualshock Controllers, 2x Memory Cards
16 games and 180 game demo discs