18 Video Game Related Things You Haven't Thought About In Years, But Will Immediately Remember

    Beyond blowing into cartridges.

    1. Checking behind the video game box for an empty casing to see if it was available for rent from Blockbuster.

    2. Or even being able to rent entire video game consoles.

    3. Testing out different video games at Toys "R" Us.

    4. Those dust covers for video games so you didn't have to blow into the cartridges as often.

    5. Playing the mini-games in Super Mario Bros. 3.

    6. Taking a slip and bringing it to the front when purchasing a video game from Toys "R" Us.

    7. Doing a barrel roll in Star Fox.

    8. Having these little cases to keep your Game Boy cartridges safe.

    9. Playing one of the greatest first-person shooter video games ever, GoldenEye.

    10. Having to turn your TV to channel three or four to play video games.

    11. Playing the glorious Backyard Sports computer games.

    12. Or these repetitive Tiger Electronics handheld games.

    13. Doing tricks on Tony Hawk Pro Skater.

    14. This was a huge problem...

    15. ...unless you had one of these life-saving Worm Lights.

    16. Entire books and magazines dedicated to cheat codes for different video game platforms.

    17. Or finding cheat codes online, writing them down, and stashing 'em in the game's case.

    18. And finally, feeling the vibrations from a Nintendo 64 controller's Rumble Pak.