The Ex-Rentals Thread

Retrogradio · February 2011

I had a Snake, Rattle & Roll from a nearby (now defunct) rental store called "Movies Plus" in North Tonawanda, New York. It was a small chain that existed during the NES's heyday and I'm assuming theft was enough of a problem that they actually branded "MP+" with a heated stamp into the backs of their carts to identify them.

I sold it off, though, since I didn't like there being unremovable letters on my cartridge.

I also have a Krusty's Fun House with what I believe are rental markings. I'll check closer next time I open the bookcase.

Tmnt84 · February 2011

I found 2 so far in my collection:

Race America has "Video Works 221-6263" written in marker on the back. No state or area code though.

Star Trek Next Generation has a sticker with "The World of Video, 3500 Central St, Hot Springs AR, 624-5603" on the back.

I'll what else I can find later on.

thewalrusisal · February 2011

Update!

anth0ny · February 2011

I have a Boxed Final Fantasy III (No Map or Poster) that is from M & M Video in Marion Ohio.

GCrites80s · February 2011

Legend of Zelda - Video Den 11 Jackson Rd. Medford, NJ

technicalfoul · February 2011

I got 9 NES games in the mail today and 3 of them are ex rentals.

Master Chu and the Drunkard Hu - Showbizz Video 688-3483 N206

Monster in my Pocket - Video Magic of Alabama 15360 Court St, Moulton, Ala. 974-4444

Stanley The Search for Dr. Livingston - Broadway Video 687-5347 N-31

There are more in my collection but those are what I have in my hands at the moment.

Retroscribe81 · February 2011

I know it's a HUGE longshot...but if anyone finds games from the following places, I'll pay a good price for them:

Jack Green's Video (Charleroi, PA)

Top 40 Video (Monessen, PA)

Dee's Record and Video (Charleroi, PA)

Hell, pretty much anywhere in the Pittsburgh area.

Lincoln · February 2011

Originally posted by: Xcracked8ballX

I found 2 so far in my collection:

Race America has "Video Works 221-6263" written in marker on the back. No state or area code though.

Star Trek Next Generation has a sticker with "The World of Video, 3500 Central St, Hot Springs AR, 624-5603" on the back.

I'll what else I can find later on.

looks like video works is in lewisville, tx

http://www.merchantcircle.com/business/Video.Works.972-221-6263

also for the list, i just recently had a bubble bobble cart from Game Dude, North Hollywood CA. interesting to find locally in south dakota.

petrosky · February 2011

linktothepastgaming, I live close to both Charleroi and Monessen I will keep a lookout

Retroscribe81 · February 2011

Awesome...I'm actually gonna call some of those guys that owned the stores and see if I can get any leads.

petrosky · February 2011

Sad thing was, I never rented from any of those places. : (

Capnzissou · February 2011

This is a big longshot, but if anyone ever comes across a rental sticker on a NES cart from Famous Video on University Blvd in Littleton, CO, drop me a PM.

Bournano · February 2011

Video Master rented out all three of the Panesian games. Peek a Boo Poker, Bubble Bath Babes, and Hot Slots.

NESMASTER14 · February 2011

^cool to know

Redivivus · February 2011

Magic Darts    Video Time Video
Flying Dragon         Aardvark Video 115 N Williams Moberly MO
Festers Quest        Raubach Video 800 Grand Johnson City, IL 62951 (618)983-8661
Eliminator Boat Duel     Video Magic of Alabama 15360 court st Moulton AL 974-4444
Demon Sword        Easy Video
Adv of Bayou Billy   Raubach Video 800 Grand Johnson City, IL 62951 (618)983-8661
Star Wars               Top Hat Video
Monsters in my Pocket     Raubach Video 800 Grand Johnson City, IL 62951 (618)983-8661
Mega Man 3           Wonderland Video 798-7876
Maniac Mansion     Game Dude 12104 Sherman Way North Hollywood CA (818)764-2442
Ninja Kid                  York Video
Castlequest          Video Game Connection Howell Center 2434 Route 9 Howell NJ 07731 (732)462-8343
Xenophobe          Raubach Video 800 Grand Johnson City, IL 62951 (618)983-8661
Total Recall          Value Video 497-5050
Tiny Toon Adventure 2 Blockbuster Video
Thundercade      Sounds Easy Video   8619 South Highland Drive Sandy Utah 84093 (801)944-0902

GCrites80s · February 2011

Cool World - Take Five Video. Columbus, OH

thewalrusisal · February 2011

Big update.

Wow - so Redivivus (in Utah) and TechnicalFoul (in Ontario) both have games from the same store - Video Magic in Moulton, AL.

thewalrusisal · February 2011

And Lincoln (in SD) has a cart from the same Game Dude store as Redivivus (UT).

Elijah · February 2011

Is this for NES games only, or do you also accept Genny or SNES?

Redivivus · February 2011

Originally posted by: thewalrusisal

Big update.

Wow - so Redivivus (in Utah) and TechnicalFoul (in Ontario) both have games from the same store - Video Magic in Moulton, AL.

How strange.. Did I mention I love this idea?! Keep the submissions coming in! 2:39 am bump lol

KingofGames · February 2011

Damn, I just cleaned some great cartridges of their rental info this past week! Wish I would've saved the info. I'll take a look at some of my other cartridges and see what I can come up with.

thewalrusisal · February 2011

I'm just doing NES for this list - I shudder to think of what one that includes all systems would look like!

Gatucaman · February 2011

I got 2 games that were Ex-Rentals

Spy vs Spy and Guardian Legend, tough i lose the guardian legend ticket that belonged to a rental store, sad, because it was from a pretty old rental store, it wasnt a platinuim silver sticker, no, it was just a round paper sticker, when i trow it, it was all yellow now, so yeah, pretty old.

oh and the cart when i stored The Flinstones Games did have a label, but the cart was in poor condition.

suicidalparrot · February 2011

I located some more in mine. Hook, Rollerball, and Iron Sword with "Video Library" stickers on them, and a copy of Gun-Nac I just acquired from a friend that has a barcode sticker for "Alfalfa/Movie Time" on it which I assume was in Wichita Falls.

GCrites80s · February 2011

TMNT - Heath Video, 607 Hebron Rd. Heath OH

Robocop 2 - Convenient Food Mart, 4115 Central Ave. Shadyside OH

projectingstars · February 2011

Finally went through all my carts and found these:

Frankenstein-

Video Game Connections

2434 Route 9

Howell, NJ 07731

(732)462-8343

Hook-

Top Video

609 E. Carl Albert

McAlester, OK 74501

(918) 423-0778

M.C. Kids-

Video Game Connections

2434 Route 9

Howell, NJ 07731

(732)462-8343

Shigen the Ruler-

Nell's Video

1426 Wilson Rd.

Rossville, GA

856-9146

Silver Surfer-

Video Game Connections

2434 Route 9

Howell, NJ 07731

(732)462-8343

Solstice-

Vide-O-Lympix

20941 Magnolia St

Huntington Beach, CA 92646

(714)536-0568

Spiderman: Sinister Six-

Videoland

17 E 200 S.

Brigham City, UT 84302

(435)734-2112

Whomp 'Em-

Game Dude

12104 Sherman Way

North Hollywood, CA 91605

(818) 764-2442