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Old Feb 14th, 2008, 03:23 PM       
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Originally Posted by Zbu Manowar View Post
No kidding. This lack of reviewing is what made the rental business much bigger than it was. Back in the days of carts, you basically had to rent or you would never even use your console. Buying games was a pain in the ass and when you occasionally got one, you better be sure it was something you liked or otherwise you had a very expensive paperweight.

It's one thing to thank the reviewers and the internet, but when Sony started putting out 'Greatest Hits' for less than half the price, that was a true godsend.
Funcoland was the best ever

Back then you had to either rely on word of mouth, pick at random or how pretty the box art was, or hope that the guy working there has no life and played every single cart (no problem these days of course)
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