It's funny, Dave has a lot of good memories with gaming and women, where I'm the exact opposite. I'll pop in games and awful memories start flooding in.
I swear! Man! lol The All-Star story was my favorite, though. I liked how Dave was like, "You probably want to know what this has to do with Mario All Stars". lol
I feel like I know you guys just a tiny little bit better now. That's a nice gift for your long time fans. Plus you guys got me thinking about some Jackal memories with my siblings, which to me is priceless.
My story was when I first bought Star Ocean: 2nd story for ps1. I played that game for hours and hours and it pissed my mom off so bad she tried hiding my memory cards from me. That game is so amazing to this day, and I’ll never forget how much fun I had playing it. I think I’ll fire it up right now. Thanks for doing this video.
Wait, I think that is the game my cousin was playin' when I kept askin' him why he was tryin' to get with his Sister. Clearly, that wasn't what was happenin' but he kept gettin' pissed off. Fun times.
LOL. I had similar stories with this game. I was addicted to it, and I have some crazy stories with it as well, like me and my brother scamming the chinese food place across the street to get eats while we played, when we didn't have any cash.
jokatech 😆. When I played this game I was over powered, so I was really having a good time with it. The battle system was so much fun, and the private actions really made a difference in the character attitude towards each other in battles and the endings. After watching this video, I picked up the Psp version and started playing again.
The memory I'm having is a bit strange. I was going through a rough period of deep depression. What game was I playing? Well of course it was Demon's Souls on the PS3. You would think that would be the last game anyone would want to play while questioning their life and whether or not it should continue, but there I was, hating myself and playing a game most would consider deeply depressing in its own right. By the way, this isn't a joke. I know it seems like a punch line is coming, but it's not. I started to feel like I was actually the soulless man in the game fighting to save the world and get his humanity back, while piecing myself together, in the real world, at the same time. About halfway through the game, there was a huge breakthrough as my character was becoming more powerful from the days and days of soul farming. From that point til the end, the game became easier, and I continued to become stronger--in game, and out. I was no longer hesitant to take on bosses, or in fear of losing my loot. I became confident that i could go through each smoke covered door and kick the crap out of whatever demon was in my way. By the time I finished the game, I was really at a better place, and all the Souls games help me remember that I'm in control of my future, and I can make it better for myself with determination and patience.
streetmagik Your story is a perfect example of why games have more of a value than people truly realize. Games teach you some valuable things and they actually can give you a bright spot in your life when you feel like nothing else positive is going on. I've seen games have this kinda impact on people so many times that I never discredit just how much gaming truly impacts our lives.
I remember liking your comment years ago but just wanted to say thanks for sharing. Games really can help us in dark times and I'm glad you were able to feel better!
I have a similar story to Joe's. My brothers and I saved up our money for a model 1 Genesis with Altered Beast. We also picked up Golden Axe and Strider. But because it was right before Christmas, our mom made us wrap it and leave it under the tree until Christmas day. We took umbrage with this because we bought everything with our own money, so when our mom went out to get groceries, we carefully took it out of the wrapping, unboxed it, played the hell out of it, and then wrapped it back up. Mom was none the wiser.
Story number 1 is a big part of why I don't have a Switch. I've broken a few controllers over the years, and when the console *IS* the controller... yeah...
Love how the first thing Joe does when he start hanging out with Dave, is to convince him how SWEET the 16-bit Sega Genesis is. Now that's a good Sega man *thumb's up*
This was a really cute episode. I loved all the stories you guys had. I think I got a good gaming story: I had really stubborn friends in high school, like REALLY stubborn. A lot of them liked it when I tried games they had and got my opinion on it, but they wouldn't dare play my games, especially because they were scared of PC gaming controls. One day, I devised a plan to lock my friend in my room to play Unreal Tournament 2k4. I set it up like my door actually got locked just in case he didn't want to play, but he tried it out. He was glued to my computer. He was used to the controls instantly and was glued to my monitor. I had to pry him from my computer when he played it so he could go home. The dude got hooked on Unreal instantly and i was really glad. I don't know how that friend's doing, but I know I made him a PC gamer because of Unreal Tournament 2004.
Getting my tonsils taken out freshmen year in high school. Playing hours and hours of Rush 2 with my dad. The stunt course is awesome in that game. We'd compete for best single trick, and high score. He passed away right before my daughter was born, and i hope to make memories as good as those were with her. Great video guys, loved it.
Mine is turning on my n64 with 1080 snowboarding in it, running out the room scared shitless, waiting for the guy to scream 1080 SNOWBOARDING and then coming back into the room. I know, I was a weird child. Lol
Growing up my parents were always against video games so I never got any of the systems until years after they released and I bought them from my friends when they got the newer one. Until the Playstation came out, I begged and begged and cried until one day my dad begrudgingly agreed. Got home, set it up, played Formula 1 for about an hour then tried to save the game and realized that we needed to buy a memory card too. I remember the look on my dads face when I went upstairs to tell him that we have to go back to the store for the memory card. Needless to say this did not help to sway their opinion on video games.
Nutz4Gunz45 I had the same game and it was my first Playstation title I ever bought. I too didn't realize I needed the memory card. So to get around it I just made up my own grand prix. I would run single races and write down all the stats and points in a notebook.
This was my all time favorite episode of GS, every single story had me either laughing or put a big dumb smile on my face. You guys are awesome, I can't wait for the next story based episode!
Dave's story about the Mario All Stars title screen is legendary. And turning the clock back? Awesome. Dave was a clever deviant back in the day! Ha. A regular Zack Morris.
I need that Rastan shirt! great stories and as for Rastan i remember they had the arcade cab at an outdoor pool complex back in the day. i would get out off pool dripping wet and play Rastan with water all over the control panel etc.. love the atmosphere in that game and i wonder how long that arcade cab lasted 3 metres poolside with kids playing it all day. it must have rusted out quick or electrocuted some poor bugger lol
Ah man this was so much fun to watch =D As for a game story of my own...I remember a summer in the early 90s playing Mega Man 2 with my older brother. We were just playing through Wood Man's stage when our dad called on us to come out in the back yard to have BBQ dinner with our uncle and our cousins. This was the very first time I tasted garlic bread and whenever I hear Wood Man's theme or better yet play his stage I get the taste of garlic bread in my mouth =P
Oh, I have a rage story from back when I was a little kid. I got really mad at Mega Man Legends during a boss fight, and ended up taking my frustration out by removing the disc and throwing it like a frisbee. This ended up snapping the disc in half, and the game was a rental. So stupid young me thought I could tape the game together from the bottom and return it so nobody would be any wiser. This worked for several months, longer than it had any right to work, I know. Suddenly a phone call came in, if I knew anything about this game being broken. Luckily for me, the message was being relayed to me by my parents who didn't know what the game as called, so they budgered the game's name to the extent of something like "Man Manhattan." It'd been months since I'd broken the disc, and I had no clue who Man Manhattan was, so my response, one of genuine confusion as I had no idea what this was about was genuine. So my name was cleared. Later I heard the guy who rented it after me months later had to pay for the game because he was the one who returned it in that state, saying that's how he got it. That's when I realized this was about Mega Man Legends. Being a dumb kid, I never cleared up this confusion either. I don't know what to take away from this story outside of "Don't break games you don't own" or "Lie and things will work out fine."
The Biggest Foot I was maybe 9 years old and I sucked at games, had no patience at all. I heard it from the people working there, saying they sorted it out with the person who returned it broken.
Just when you think Joe and Dave you your favourite episode of the year with the previous, they hit the ball way out of the park and produce another one of my favourites.
Haha, I love Dave's story regarding Super Street Fighter II Turbo though it contrasts with mine: I was 12, M Bison kept kicking my ass, I raged, kicked a hole in a wall, sold my SNES at a flea market to buy a guitar. Dave's story is way less destructive 😅
I was totally not expecting dead mall talk to show up in this! * smashes like button for sweet sweet mall footage * And holy hell, that Mario All Stars incident was elaborate LOL. Well done.
That story about street fight 2 at how they tryed to trick their girlfriend by manipulating the time from 3 o clock mid-night to just 11 o clock was just awesome to hear,it’s funny to know that they only had caused their girlfriends to be just more angry then ever before rather then getting them calm down, hahahaha And that story about mario allstars about that other pseudo girlfriend at how she was tricked with crowd background noise was brilliant, well i hope she watched game sack to realize that was tricked in all these years,ahahaha How would she respond, i guess she will be even more angry then ever before,lol.
I find it funny that almost 20 years after DeadMalls .com started talking about the dying malls outside of Albany NY people are still chronicling the death of malls.
Thank you guys for sharing your stories. I dont really have anything i can share but everytime I boot up my master system it reminds me of simpler times being a child and care free having nothing to worry about but how I'm going to pass the next level of whatever video game I am playing.
Cinder Alley! I used to have birthday parties at Funtastic Nathan’s (aka Poor Man’s Elitch’s). Loved that mall. Did you sell your Genesis at Power Play Games? That store seems to be lost to history. And re: Gaiares: do you remember that strange scowling kid who used to review video games every Friday in the Rocky Mountain News? Gaiares was the first game he ever wrote about. (Also - cough - that dorky kid was me.) The paper fired me after two years and hired a younger kid who couldn’t write as well; the entertainment editor thought that at 13, I was too old to be talking about video games (which were strictly for young children). I also loved Sword of Vermillion. Thanks for the fun memories. You’re reminding me of Celebrity Sports Center and Buckingham Square and a million other cool places that got the wrecking ball to make way for condos and Chipotle.
Funtastic Nathan's was right across from the arcade if I recall. That's another memory and not a good one I'm likely to share ever and also not a gaming one but still it was a great place. Dave sold his Genesis at Buy-Back Games on 38th avenue when it was there. That's the store he was referencing in his Gaiares memory. Watch our Console Modding episode for lots of Power Play Games history. I may have read your articles in the News but it was so long ago I can't quite recall. That's awesome though!
Joe, I swear to god I used to run into you at Power Play during the early, early '90s. I recognized you the first time I watched Game Sack, but that was so long ago I could be wrong. Same personality. I brought it up to Dave when I ran into him at the Subhumans show two years ago, but he didn't really know anything about it. Also, I delivered the Rocky Mountain News around this same time and I'm sure I read Matt's articles. I read the hell out of that paper every day until they shut down.
Game Sack Funtastic Nathan's !!!... Cinder Alley, Buy-Back Games... This video and comments section brings back all the feels. Needs more Celebrities Fun Center swimming pool, and Alladin's Castle Arcade.
I love a trip down memory lane and all the fun we had with videos games, friends and family, but MAN did Joe hit the nostalgia button to the eXXXtreme on this one! Not only did I go to Cinderella City on a regular basis, I went to that same arcade (especially when the phenomenon know as Street Fighter II hit the arcades - I lived there), I bought a majority of my games at that SAME Electronics Boutique; Streets of Rage and Street Fighter II were some of the most anticipated, when I reserved them. I was an avid reader of EGM (although, I had a subscription) I do remember going into Waldenbooks to look at other video game magazines. It was my usual routine, hit the arcade for a couple hours, run out of quarters, hit Electronics Boutique and browse the games, Since you're telling your embarrassing video game memories. Like I said, I had pre ordered Streets of Rage, now, reading about this game in EGM magazine, it looked amazing! I would say it was the first beat 'em up to come to consoles that looked like real arcade graphics (that was a big deal back then). I was hugh into Double Dragon and later Final Fight so it felt like I finally had that at home with this game. I even called other video game stores in hopes they had it before the release date, calling one store I fumbled my words in excitement and a bit of social anxiety, "Yes, I was wondering, um, yes, I was wondering do you have rage of streets, I mean, streets of rage!" This is a phone call I made in front of my sister, something will still laugh about today. No they didn't have it, but that glorious day came when Electronic Boutique called: "The game you reserved is here." I think it was a couple days early too, you know the feeling, I'm sure, waiting, WAITING for my mom to come home to tell her the good news, the good news that she wasn't the least bit excited about. I told her, and it was time, only for the glory to fade when she told me... "Jess, why didn't you tell me, I don't think I have the money." I told her I had to get it, it was waiting for me! I actually started crying... at 15 years old, well, the game came out in August of 1991, my birthday was July 9th so I had only been 15 for about a month, so ... she did what she always did, being the cool mom that she was, she stole money out of my dad's wallet (is it stealing when you're married?). Whatever, I didn't care as long as I HAD THAT GAME!!! And yes, I was playing Streets of Rage that night with a huge smile on my face. A good story to tell on mother's day. Thanks, mom! And thanks for the great episode, guys! It's episodes like this that jog the ol' memory and adds to the pleasure of the content.
Very relatable episode, though Dave, what the hell, man?! When somebody you're seeing tells you they're married, you get the hell outta there RIGHT AWAY!! Ain't no good gonna come from prolonging that! Anyway, Joe asked at the end of the episode for any interesting gaming stories we might have, and I've got a couple good ones that I think you might appreciate. One is in relation to Zelda: A Link to the Past. I bought that game on launch day, and was very excited to play it... but believe it or not, I was disappointed in it! I thought the dungeons felt really boring and repetitive, and I ultimately decided I really didn't like it. Fortunately, I'd bought it from Electronics Boutique, which had that 10-day exchange policy at the time -- any game you buy that you don't like, you can exchange for another game as long as it's within 10 days. So I took my copy of Zelda: A Link to the Past back into EB, and I traded it... for Lemmings! The guy behind the counter was incredulous. He must have asked me at least three times if I was ABSOLUTELY SURE I wanted to make that trade. I told him I did, and you know what? I had a blast with Lemmings! I didn't regret my decision one bit. To this day, I've still never finished LttP. One of these days, I will, because I have a feeling I'd like it a lot more now than I did back then! My other story is about Earthbound. Rather than buy the game, I decided to save money (since it was pretty expensive!), and just rent it from BlockBuster instead. And if I didn't finish it after 3 days (which seemed likely)... well, then I'd just return it and re-rent it for another 3 days. And I'd just keep doing that until I beat it, because ultimately, that would still be cheaper than buying it (unless it took me MONTHS to beat, of course!). Well, four rentals later, I successfully beat EarthBound on BlockBuster's copy of the game, so my scheme worked -- I paid less than 1/4 of the price of buying the game, and still got the full experience! And as a bonus, I had renamed my main character "Dorky," so whoever rented the game after me would've seen three save files on the cartridge: two ordinary names that I've forgotten (something like Sam and John) at levels 1 and 3, respectively... and then "Dorky: Level 78." I often wonder what became of that cartridge. Did anyone ever save over my Dorky file, or did they keep it around simply because it was so high-level? Maybe it still exists today!
@Tattle Boad Now, now. That's just mean-spirited! Like I said, if I were to play LttP today, I'd probably love it. In retrospect, I think I was just kind of hoping for more of a Zelda 2 experience at the time (to this day, Zelda 2 remains my favorite Zelda game; suck it, haters!), so the return to the style of the original Zelda just kind of threw me. What's really weird, though, is that I bought Ocarina of Time on launch day too, and I absolutely LOVED that! And Ocarina of Time really does seem to be just... a 3D take on LttP, in a lot of ways. So I dunno what it was -- I guess LttP just wasn't the game I wanted it to be at that particular moment in time!
Thanks for this episode! I really liked the story that Joe told about his Grandma. I too had Grandma that played games with me. We played games like Zelda, F. Fantasy and Mario. On her death bed we played super mario wolrd together that was the last memory I had of her. Thanks again for the great show.
Listening to Dave talk about his wife makes me remember Jen :( Does anyone know if she's well and alive, I miss her so much, the best GS episodes featured Jen-Jen :)
I had just gotten my first job after leaving home, at a pawn shop, and my first day there I had to clean out the cabinets under the sales counter. I found a huge bag of Sega Master System games. I asked the manager about them, and he said that the couldn't sell them, since nobody wanted them (this was mid 90's, before the retro boom), and I could have the entire bag for 10 bucks. There were several duplicates, but at the bottom were Phantasy Star, Golvellius, etc. All of the Master System RPGs, actually. 10 bucks for all that. So, that first summer I was SUPER homesick, and I started playing through Phantasy Star. The raw difficulty and using graph paper to make maps, scouring all my magazines for any help, sort of made me focus on something else, so that game really got me through a rough time.
Awesome vid guys. The adultry scandal with the Mario crowd voice over almost made me piss my pants in laughter. I'm your age and you still make shit fresh and youthful. Thanks dudes.
Great video as always. So... my story goes back to 1987 to my father's arcade, at the backside of his restaurant and there was a cabinet for Bubble Bobble. I was 8 then and was playing that game like crazy. So i reached level 100 at the final boss (where you could not continue or did not have any more quarters, i don't remember well)with my last life and did not realize my dad was behind me and was impressed i got so far. I got hit and lost the game. So i went AVGN mode and got the shit beaten out of my dad for very strong adult language.
I used to rent Phantasy Star for my Master System all the time, but everytime I rented it, my save was gone. At the time my brother had a Super NES, and we got a Tiny Toons game. When we got tired of that game, we swaped for Hook, and then we got tired of that game even faster. So I went to the rental store and proposed a exchange: Hook for the Phantasy Star, and the owner agreed. And so I got my favourite game ever, Phantasy Star. Which I played a lot, and I still have it.
I remember years ago, when The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion was still popular game. I used to think it was the best looking game out there (yeah...). We didn't have that powerful computer back then and I was still playing Morrowind. Don't remember what year it was, but I was determined that time when we were shopping in the city. I was going to buy Oblivion. So I walked into a game store, clerk greeted me. "Do you have Oblivion GOTY Edition?" "Yes". I was super stoked and bought the game. I was so excited that ride back home. Fun fact, same clerk still keeps that game store in the same city. When we got home, I went to dad's "office" to install it on his computer, because it had slightly more power. Game ran like crap, but I sure had blast playing it. To this day it still is my favorited Elder Scrolls game, despite it's obvious flaws.
I too have many fond memories of playing Sword of Vermillion and still return to it every few years. It was so awesome to hear of it's pedigree. The bosses, intro and the soundtrack were always what drew me in.
I've tried watching that ASMR stuff, it doesn't relax me... in fact it makes me want to punch the person doing it in the face! Gamesack however is awesome conscious or unconscious! lol
One of the best episodes you've done, seriously. Loved hearing about such personal stories, and there were some really sweet ones I'll definitely remember :)
I was sitting on this for a couple of days. Great idea and, of course, the execution was immaculate, as always. I'm down for another vid along with hopefully a part 2 to video game music.
I've watched most of your videos and I think this is probably my favorite so far. Thank you for telling your personal stories, they were weird, interesting, nostalgic and funny. Keep it coming with the stories!
Excellent episode. This is why i love retro gaming. Not only just the games but memories of happier yesteryear and easier slower paced life. Friends or cousins around during the weekend or school holidays. Going to the local video rental store. Hiring a game and movie. Smelling the popcorn. Going back home and playing for hours. Them reading computer game magazines. Seha vs Nintendo arguments in the school playground. Ahh. 80s and 90s gaming...
My video game memory: This was a year or two ago. I was playing the first Wizardry and I got to the final floor of the dungeon. To Werdna, even, and his vampiric lackeys. His TILTOWAIT destroyed my first party. In Wizardry, you would wish for a game over if your party got wiped. Instead, their corpses would remain wherever they died and you had to bring another party to fish them out. Of course, I couldn't get them, since they died in Werdna's office. Not without fighting Werdna. Now, the final floor is pretty much a straight shot, with a bunch of teleporters. The last one leading to Werdna's office is a point of no return. I was on the final floor grinding to build my levels up and to get loot, when I trigger a chest's teleporter trap...which puts me behind the point of no return. I don't have a spell to get me out of the dungeon, so I have to fight Werdna. Somehow he spawns with only one Vampire Lord and one Vampire. Although one of the vampires managed to paralyze one of my party members, my cleric managed to SILENCE WERDNA. He kept trying to cast spells, which made him not a threat anymore. My cleric turned the vampires, leaving it just my party vs. Werdna. I just bashed him to death since his physical attacks were weak and he kept trying to cast spells like an idiot.
Those were some great stories guys. I like how your game stories always involves people, like family and friends, you care about. Videogames really bring people together.
I remember, back in high school, getting into a fight with my friend over Soul Calibur 2, and I ended up kicking my Gamecube across his living room, stomping on it, and then throwing it out the back door. I think it had to do with him repeatedly kicking my ass with Link no matter who I used. SC was my fucking jam and he almost never played.
Thunderblight really is a jerk, though. Also, as a Mormon, I can relate to the black belt story to an almost depressing degree. Not with my family, mind, I only have two brothers, but some of my friends' families man....
That ending, lol. Loved the episode guys... please continue the series. You REALLY got me thinking about all the weird ass gaming stories from my youth.
Best memory: Beating Maximum Carnage (red cartridge) on my genesis in college with a crowd cheering me on and a pixel wide sliver of health left - truly formative stuff.
This is a great approach for future episodes. It gives your audience a chance to learn more about you. Taking us on a trip down memory lane is definitely a segment I would welcome on your show.
Love the personal stories you guys. It's true that we get nostalgic over games because of the memories connected with them. For many this is the main reason to get into retro gaming, so I'm sure that many people would like to see more episodes of your gaming memories!
When I first moved to Raleigh I moved with two of my best friends. We shared a huge townhouse with one of my friends wife and his two kids. On Friday nights he would coucl a velveeta dip with jalapenos , ground beef and salsa. We would either play Goldeneye or Perfect dark on N64. One night we played the game with just slapping no weapons. Shit man we would laugh at how the slapping animation looked and sometimes we would laugh so hard we coudnt get thru the level. After that we switched to Street Fighter Zero 3 and they would double team me while I beat them silly with Shin Akuma. It was sad because I would do the instant hell murder to one and beat the other silly. They would try to double team me and turn after tuen after turn I would beat them relentlessly. We would sound like we are in an old kung fu movie doing voice overs. After that we would play on my PSX Debug unit and play Namco Vol 2, which was rare and the game of choice would be Super Pac-Man or Gaplus. They would laugh at how horrible they were and how good I was. Then they would try to make me mess up by talking about girls I liked at work or the girl I was talking to . Still I would win. Sadly one of my friends does not talk to us, and the other I hang out with every now and then but we are still cool.
Cinderella city was so cool! I remember that arcade being huge! It’s where I played galaxy force 2 for the first time in that huge rotating mock cockpit. I remember it reminded me of The Last Starfighter, when Alex is flipping and swinging around in the cockpit, I thought it was so awesome! My parents would bring us there so my sisters could ride that huge double decker merry go round, or to Funtastic Nathan’s, but I made it known we had to go to the arcade as well!
This is a great idea for a video. I love hearing people's memories associated with specific games. Video games really do bring people together. Would love to see a follow up to this.
My most vivid gaming memory was renting Resident Evil in April 1996 and bringing it to my cousin's house, cause he had a PS, for a sleep over. Needless to say we scared ourselves shitless playing it that night and stayed up til 3am. Great times.
I am glad you covered Jackal. One of the games in my original NES collection that I played religiously. It brings back some great memories for me too. I also hated the way the machine gun worked on that game, but got used to it.
One of the weirdest memories happened when I was a kid back in the 90s. I was at my cousins house and we were playing double dragon 2 on the nes. Sometime during the first stage, we had to pause the game so she could run to her grandma's house to pick up some jelly, which was only like 50 yards away. So while she went to do that, I sat there and waited for her to return while the game was still paused. I waited and waited for her, but she was taking forever. All of a sudden the game unpaused itself and the game music started playing, but this time on the screen was cut scenes of the main villain talking about how the double dragons have failed and stuff in the comic book style of double dragon 2. It was really creepy looking and once it was done, it glitched out and froze. I sat there for a while and then reset the game. Finally my cousin came back and got mad at me for reseting the game. I told her what happened but she didn't believe me. I've tried to find that cut scene over the years and looked online for any answers to what it could have been, but no one has ever said anything.
Creepy. So the game would randomly make you fail the game if you waited long enough? Are you kidding up memories it are you sure it did this? I bet with emulators nowadays someone could start the game up, pause it, then speed their emulator up a lot to see if that ever would happen. This reminds me of Tony Hawk games like Tony Hawk Underground 2 where of you wait in the pause menu for too long it will abruptly play the demo video and I think made any unsaved progress lost.
Xane Myers Yeah, I'm not sure what happened. It was back in the early 90s when it happened and was on the original console. I've tried over the years to get it to do it again, but I can't figure out how it happened.
I have fond memories of plopping down for a full Saturday to beat Sonic 1, and running home from school during a downpour, and going straight to playing Sonic 2 without even drying off. But the big one, for me, is Guardian Legend on NES. I was pretty young when we got that, and me and my sibling never could beat that first stage. Too much speed, too many bullets. Anyway, after awhile we quit trying. Then one day, my mom came home from work to discover our garage & the door into the house were open. She called the cops. Everything in the house was intact, except someone had gone through our videogames & taken Guardian Legend. She filed a report, told us what happened after school, and just assumed that would be that- what are the odds of finding one videogame? Fast-forward a few months. We come home from school- and Mom says they found our game! It turns out, the person who got into our house was one of my sister's classmates. He'd given the game to a friend as a birthday present, but upon hearing my sister discuss the stolen game one day, panicked that he'd get caught, took it back, and gave it to another kid as a valentine's day present. That kid's mom was suspicious, and after a parent-to-parent phone call, he ended up confessing the whole thing. Obviously, we decided to play the game some more becuase we were excited to have it back. We finally beat that first stage- and were dumbfounded when it turned into a completely different game! Our spaceship was suddenly a robot, and we were wandering a Zelda-esque overworld. It was mind blowing. Guardian Legend has been a favorite of mine ever since. I even turned it into a terrible play for a high school English project!
Awesome episode! I have a dumb one of playing Doom with the guitarist from my band back in the mid '00s and shouting "Saturday, Saturday, Saattuurday!" like Elton John over the Kitchen Ace (And Taking Names) song. I don't remember what started it but we were both laughing hysterically (I was crying and in pain thinking I was going to twist something in my stomach from laughing too hard) while our other two roommates stood behind us saying how dumb we were.
Please release a Blu-ray of Dave recounting his romantic misadventures. It'll probably have to be a three disc set.
Dave, The Ladies' Man episode.
It's funny, Dave has a lot of good memories with gaming and women, where I'm the exact opposite. I'll pop in games and awful memories start flooding in.
Lots of booze and whores can help you get over this.
I swear! Man! lol The All-Star story was my favorite, though. I liked how Dave was like, "You probably want to know what this has to do with Mario All Stars". lol
@@ssjup81 the stuff of legends
This is one of the most beautiful episodes you guys have ever released.
Dave's stories could all be episodes of a 80s/90s sitcom.
Please do another episode like this! It's like you're opening up to your audience by sharing some sweet, fond memories. Best episode yet!
I feel like I know you guys just a tiny little bit better now. That's a nice gift for your long time fans. Plus you guys got me thinking about some Jackal memories with my siblings, which to me is priceless.
My story was when I first bought Star Ocean: 2nd story for ps1. I played that game for hours and hours and it pissed my mom off so bad she tried hiding my memory cards from me.
That game is so amazing to this day, and I’ll never forget how much fun I had playing it. I think I’ll fire it up right now. Thanks for doing this video.
Wait, I think that is the game my cousin was playin' when I kept askin' him why he was tryin' to get with his Sister. Clearly, that wasn't what was happenin' but he kept gettin' pissed off. Fun times.
My mom must have hid my N64 more than a dozen times lol
Wow that's a real hidden gem of a story. Such vivid details.
LOL. I had similar stories with this game. I was addicted to it, and I have some crazy stories with it as well, like me and my brother scamming the chinese food place across the street to get eats while we played, when we didn't have any cash.
jokatech 😆. When I played this game I was over powered, so I was really having a good time with it. The battle system was so much fun, and the private actions really made a difference in the character attitude towards each other in battles and the endings. After watching this video, I picked up the Psp version and started playing again.
The memory I'm having is a bit strange. I was going through a rough period of deep depression. What game was I playing? Well of course it was Demon's Souls on the PS3. You would think that would be the last game anyone would want to play while questioning their life and whether or not it should continue, but there I was, hating myself and playing a game most would consider deeply depressing in its own right. By the way, this isn't a joke. I know it seems like a punch line is coming, but it's not. I started to feel like I was actually the soulless man in the game fighting to save the world and get his humanity back, while piecing myself together, in the real world, at the same time. About halfway through the game, there was a huge breakthrough as my character was becoming more powerful from the days and days of soul farming. From that point til the end, the game became easier, and I continued to become stronger--in game, and out. I was no longer hesitant to take on bosses, or in fear of losing my loot. I became confident that i could go through each smoke covered door and kick the crap out of whatever demon was in my way. By the time I finished the game, I was really at a better place, and all the Souls games help me remember that I'm in control of my future, and I can make it better for myself with determination and patience.
streetmagik Your story is a perfect example of why games have more of a value than people truly realize. Games teach you some valuable things and they actually can give you a bright spot in your life when you feel like nothing else positive is going on.
I've seen games have this kinda impact on people so many times that I never discredit just how much gaming truly impacts our lives.
thats an awesome story
Dude, such a cool story!
I remember liking your comment years ago but just wanted to say thanks for sharing. Games really can help us in dark times and I'm glad you were able to feel better!
Joe, I really like the gamesack transitions between clips, you did an excellent job editing this video, it really looks great. Good work guys!
I have a similar story to Joe's. My brothers and I saved up our money for a model 1 Genesis with Altered Beast. We also picked up Golden Axe and Strider. But because it was right before Christmas, our mom made us wrap it and leave it under the tree until Christmas day. We took umbrage with this because we bought everything with our own money, so when our mom went out to get groceries, we carefully took it out of the wrapping, unboxed it, played the hell out of it, and then wrapped it back up. Mom was none the wiser.
Story number 1 is a big part of why I don't have a Switch. I've broken a few controllers over the years, and when the console *IS* the controller... yeah...
Love how the first thing Joe does when he start hanging out with Dave, is to convince him how SWEET the 16-bit Sega Genesis is. Now that's a good Sega man *thumb's up*
Suave Dave. That Mario soundscape chatter was pretty funny. So funny that she couldn't pick that up.
Yep that's me suave. LOL!!! I'm also glad that girl didn't pick up on the looping crowd sound. Hope all is well with your family!!
Thank you Dave! =)
@@AmberShort be funny when girl see this
Joe, Dave and Game Sack are priceless treasures. Thank you.
This video shows Joe has a soul! too bad it's so skinny!
"This video shows Joe has a soul!" Yeah Arnold Palmer's soul.
John, this entire episode is ripping off your show's concept, don't let these guys get away with it bud! ;)
Yeah stealing peoples souls and their memories!
it only looks skinny when compared to his huge mouth
HappyConsoleGamer I stole your skinniness too!
This was a really cute episode. I loved all the stories you guys had.
I think I got a good gaming story: I had really stubborn friends in high school, like REALLY stubborn. A lot of them liked it when I tried games they had and got my opinion on it, but they wouldn't dare play my games, especially because they were scared of PC gaming controls. One day, I devised a plan to lock my friend in my room to play Unreal Tournament 2k4. I set it up like my door actually got locked just in case he didn't want to play, but he tried it out. He was glued to my computer. He was used to the controls instantly and was glued to my monitor. I had to pry him from my computer when he played it so he could go home. The dude got hooked on Unreal instantly and i was really glad. I don't know how that friend's doing, but I know I made him a PC gamer because of Unreal Tournament 2004.
Getting my tonsils taken out freshmen year in high school. Playing hours and hours of Rush 2 with my dad. The stunt course is awesome in that game. We'd compete for best single trick, and high score. He passed away right before my daughter was born, and i hope to make memories as good as those were with her. Great video guys, loved it.
My night is set!
Your night is 26mins long?
Love me some Reggie.
Reggie is a man of culture. \m/
Hey reggie good call on Spy Fiction it sure is nice
Reg' 😎
More of these in the future guys! Really love hearing your crazy stories!
Awesome! Always love it when a new sack hits me in the face.
That's One Of My Favorite Episodes
such a nice episode.... then you disrespect the dead.... perfect!
David Santiago y e s
Well the dead can't get offended, so there's that.
Poor taste that. Twice what is wrong with him?
Dave’s stories all sound like things George Costanza would do 😂 I love it.
80s/90s
This is definitely one of my favorite Game Sack episodes.
"ARNOLD PALMER IS DEAD" i lost it
Man this video was amazing! Love seeing all the old videos and stuff. Really hits the sweet spot.
Mine is turning on my n64 with 1080 snowboarding in it, running out the room scared shitless, waiting for the guy to scream 1080 SNOWBOARDING and then coming back into the room. I know, I was a weird child. Lol
Yep, that's odd.
fcukugimmeausername I was also scared of Pixar, lol.
This is an awesome idea for a video! I loving your guys' stories, would love to hear more.
Growing up my parents were always against video games so I never got any of the systems until years after they released and I bought them from my friends when they got the newer one. Until the Playstation came out, I begged and begged and cried until one day my dad begrudgingly agreed. Got home, set it up, played Formula 1 for about an hour then tried to save the game and realized that we needed to buy a memory card too. I remember the look on my dads face when I went upstairs to tell him that we have to go back to the store for the memory card. Needless to say this did not help to sway their opinion on video games.
Nutz4Gunz45 I had the same game and it was my first Playstation title I ever bought. I too didn't realize I needed the memory card. So to get around it I just made up my own grand prix. I would run single races and write down all the stats and points in a notebook.
Damn $299 sounded so cheap until you had to buy a game and memory card. :D
This was my all time favorite episode of GS, every single story had me either laughing or put a big dumb smile on my face. You guys are awesome, I can't wait for the next story based episode!
Dave's story about the Mario All Stars title screen is legendary. And turning the clock back? Awesome. Dave was a clever deviant back in the day! Ha. A regular Zack Morris.
I need that Rastan shirt! great stories and as for Rastan i remember they had the arcade cab at an outdoor pool complex back in the day. i would get out off pool dripping wet and play Rastan with water all over the control panel etc.. love the atmosphere in that game and i wonder how long that arcade cab lasted 3 metres poolside with kids playing it all day. it must have rusted out quick or electrocuted some poor bugger lol
Ah man this was so much fun to watch =D As for a game story of my own...I remember a summer in the early 90s playing Mega Man 2 with my older brother. We were just playing through Wood Man's stage when our dad called on us to come out in the back yard to have BBQ dinner with our uncle and our cousins. This was the very first time I tasted garlic bread and whenever I hear Wood Man's theme or better yet play his stage I get the taste of garlic bread in my mouth =P
This episode was amazing! I'd totally watch another one, had a blast with this!
Oh, I have a rage story from back when I was a little kid. I got really mad at Mega Man Legends during a boss fight, and ended up taking my frustration out by removing the disc and throwing it like a frisbee. This ended up snapping the disc in half, and the game was a rental. So stupid young me thought I could tape the game together from the bottom and return it so nobody would be any wiser.
This worked for several months, longer than it had any right to work, I know. Suddenly a phone call came in, if I knew anything about this game being broken. Luckily for me, the message was being relayed to me by my parents who didn't know what the game as called, so they budgered the game's name to the extent of something like "Man Manhattan." It'd been months since I'd broken the disc, and I had no clue who Man Manhattan was, so my response, one of genuine confusion as I had no idea what this was about was genuine. So my name was cleared.
Later I heard the guy who rented it after me months later had to pay for the game because he was the one who returned it in that state, saying that's how he got it. That's when I realized this was about Mega Man Legends. Being a dumb kid, I never cleared up this confusion either.
I don't know what to take away from this story outside of "Don't break games you don't own" or "Lie and things will work out fine."
How u know about the guy that rented it after u? Also MML isn't that hard the sequel is a bitchin boss fest !
The Biggest Foot I was maybe 9 years old and I sucked at games, had no patience at all.
I heard it from the people working there, saying they sorted it out with the person who returned it broken.
And the takeaway lesson if this: Crime pays
Frank Schneider Hell yeah
Just when you think Joe and Dave you your favourite episode of the year with the previous, they hit the ball way out of the park and produce another one of my favourites.
Haha, I love Dave's story regarding Super Street Fighter II Turbo though it contrasts with mine: I was 12, M Bison kept kicking my ass, I raged, kicked a hole in a wall, sold my SNES at a flea market to buy a guitar. Dave's story is way less destructive 😅
I yelled at my brother after loose 100 times in a row.... Regularly.
I think this is one of your best episodes along side the TH-cam parody video and Tude Sack. Really hope there are more of these!
I was totally not expecting dead mall talk to show up in this! * smashes like button for sweet sweet mall footage * And holy hell, that Mario All Stars incident was elaborate LOL. Well done.
That story about street fight 2 at how they tryed to trick their girlfriend by manipulating the time from 3 o clock mid-night to just 11 o clock was just awesome to hear,it’s funny to know that they only had caused their girlfriends to be just more angry then ever before rather then getting them calm down, hahahaha
And that story about mario allstars about that other pseudo girlfriend at how she was tricked with crowd background noise was brilliant, well i hope she watched game sack to realize that was tricked in all these years,ahahaha
How would she respond, i guess she will be even more angry then ever before,lol.
BikerBenny Joe will take Dan Bell’s spot as the new dead mall king
Erin Plays You always just comment for the sake of commenting, never saying anything. That’s just a string of words.
I find it funny that almost 20 years after DeadMalls .com started talking about the dying malls outside of Albany NY people are still chronicling the death of malls.
I'd love another one of those some day it's really one of my favourite videos on this channel
I had tissues ready... but for other reasons.
Thank you guys for sharing your stories. I dont really have anything i can share but everytime I boot up my master system it reminds me of simpler times being a child and care free having nothing to worry about but how I'm going to pass the next level of whatever video game I am playing.
5 MEGA POWER!!
Retro Game Players marcus! Where you been!?
So mega!!
I'm just this moment back from Greece, and wanted to chill and iv got my game sack to kick back to. What a perfect week!!!!
Cinder Alley! I used to have birthday parties at Funtastic Nathan’s (aka Poor Man’s Elitch’s). Loved that mall.
Did you sell your Genesis at Power Play Games? That store seems to be lost to history.
And re: Gaiares: do you remember that strange scowling kid who used to review video games every Friday in the Rocky Mountain News? Gaiares was the first game he ever wrote about. (Also - cough - that dorky kid was me.)
The paper fired me after two years and hired a younger kid who couldn’t write as well; the entertainment editor thought that at 13, I was too old to be talking about video games (which were strictly for young children).
I also loved Sword of Vermillion. Thanks for the fun memories. You’re reminding me of Celebrity Sports Center and Buckingham Square and a million other cool places that got the wrecking ball to make way for condos and Chipotle.
Funtastic Nathan's was right across from the arcade if I recall. That's another memory and not a good one I'm likely to share ever and also not a gaming one but still it was a great place. Dave sold his Genesis at Buy-Back Games on 38th avenue when it was there. That's the store he was referencing in his Gaiares memory. Watch our Console Modding episode for lots of Power Play Games history. I may have read your articles in the News but it was so long ago I can't quite recall. That's awesome though!
Joe, I swear to god I used to run into you at Power Play during the early, early '90s. I recognized you the first time I watched Game Sack, but that was so long ago I could be wrong. Same personality. I brought it up to Dave when I ran into him at the Subhumans show two years ago, but he didn't really know anything about it. Also, I delivered the Rocky Mountain News around this same time and I'm sure I read Matt's articles. I read the hell out of that paper every day until they shut down.
Game Sack
Funtastic Nathan's !!!... Cinder Alley, Buy-Back Games...
This video and comments section brings back all the feels.
Needs more Celebrities Fun Center swimming pool, and Alladin's Castle Arcade.
+Wes, Which Power Play Games? Give me a memory to dig up from the ol' synapses.
Game Sack Iliff and Buckley in Aurora.
I love a trip down memory lane and all the fun we had with videos games, friends and family, but MAN did Joe hit the nostalgia button to the eXXXtreme on this one! Not only did I go to Cinderella City on a regular basis, I went to that same arcade (especially when the phenomenon know as Street Fighter II hit the arcades - I lived there), I bought a majority of my games at that SAME Electronics Boutique; Streets of Rage and Street Fighter II were some of the most anticipated, when I reserved them. I was an avid reader of EGM (although, I had a subscription) I do remember going into Waldenbooks to look at other video game magazines. It was my usual routine, hit the arcade for a couple hours, run out of quarters, hit Electronics Boutique and browse the games, Since you're telling your embarrassing video game memories. Like I said, I had pre ordered Streets of Rage, now, reading about this game in EGM magazine, it looked amazing! I would say it was the first beat 'em up to come to consoles that looked like real arcade graphics (that was a big deal back then). I was hugh into Double Dragon and later Final Fight so it felt like I finally had that at home with this game. I even called other video game stores in hopes they had it before the release date, calling one store I fumbled my words in excitement and a bit of social anxiety, "Yes, I was wondering, um, yes, I was wondering do you have rage of streets, I mean, streets of rage!" This is a phone call I made in front of my sister, something will still laugh about today. No they didn't have it, but that glorious day came when Electronic Boutique called: "The game you reserved is here." I think it was a couple days early too, you know the feeling, I'm sure, waiting, WAITING for my mom to come home to tell her the good news, the good news that she wasn't the least bit excited about. I told her, and it was time, only for the glory to fade when she told me... "Jess, why didn't you tell me, I don't think I have the money." I told her I had to get it, it was waiting for me! I actually started crying... at 15 years old, well, the game came out in August of 1991, my birthday was July 9th so I had only been 15 for about a month, so ... she did what she always did, being the cool mom that she was, she stole money out of my dad's wallet (is it stealing when you're married?). Whatever, I didn't care as long as I HAD THAT GAME!!! And yes, I was playing Streets of Rage that night with a huge smile on my face. A good story to tell on mother's day. Thanks, mom! And thanks for the great episode, guys! It's episodes like this that jog the ol' memory and adds to the pleasure of the content.
Very relatable episode, though Dave, what the hell, man?! When somebody you're seeing tells you they're married, you get the hell outta there RIGHT AWAY!! Ain't no good gonna come from prolonging that!
Anyway, Joe asked at the end of the episode for any interesting gaming stories we might have, and I've got a couple good ones that I think you might appreciate.
One is in relation to Zelda: A Link to the Past. I bought that game on launch day, and was very excited to play it... but believe it or not, I was disappointed in it! I thought the dungeons felt really boring and repetitive, and I ultimately decided I really didn't like it. Fortunately, I'd bought it from Electronics Boutique, which had that 10-day exchange policy at the time -- any game you buy that you don't like, you can exchange for another game as long as it's within 10 days. So I took my copy of Zelda: A Link to the Past back into EB, and I traded it... for Lemmings!
The guy behind the counter was incredulous. He must have asked me at least three times if I was ABSOLUTELY SURE I wanted to make that trade. I told him I did, and you know what? I had a blast with Lemmings! I didn't regret my decision one bit.
To this day, I've still never finished LttP. One of these days, I will, because I have a feeling I'd like it a lot more now than I did back then!
My other story is about Earthbound. Rather than buy the game, I decided to save money (since it was pretty expensive!), and just rent it from BlockBuster instead. And if I didn't finish it after 3 days (which seemed likely)... well, then I'd just return it and re-rent it for another 3 days. And I'd just keep doing that until I beat it, because ultimately, that would still be cheaper than buying it (unless it took me MONTHS to beat, of course!).
Well, four rentals later, I successfully beat EarthBound on BlockBuster's copy of the game, so my scheme worked -- I paid less than 1/4 of the price of buying the game, and still got the full experience! And as a bonus, I had renamed my main character "Dorky," so whoever rented the game after me would've seen three save files on the cartridge: two ordinary names that I've forgotten (something like Sam and John) at levels 1 and 3, respectively... and then "Dorky: Level 78."
I often wonder what became of that cartridge. Did anyone ever save over my Dorky file, or did they keep it around simply because it was so high-level? Maybe it still exists today!
You crazy! But hey! I can relate to not liking a game as much as the rest of the world.
I didn't know Super Metroid had another name. ;)
@Tattle Boad Now, now. That's just mean-spirited! Like I said, if I were to play LttP today, I'd probably love it. In retrospect, I think I was just kind of hoping for more of a Zelda 2 experience at the time (to this day, Zelda 2 remains my favorite Zelda game; suck it, haters!), so the return to the style of the original Zelda just kind of threw me. What's really weird, though, is that I bought Ocarina of Time on launch day too, and I absolutely LOVED that! And Ocarina of Time really does seem to be just... a 3D take on LttP, in a lot of ways. So I dunno what it was -- I guess LttP just wasn't the game I wanted it to be at that particular moment in time!
Oh, no, I totally get it! I figured you were just ribbing on me, and... I mean, I did trade in LttP for Lemmings, so I kind of deserve it! ;)
I remember that cartridge. I deleted the Dorky save and replaced it with one named Dicksmash McIroncock.
Thanks for this episode! I really liked the story that Joe told about his Grandma. I too had Grandma that played games with me. We played games like Zelda, F. Fantasy and Mario. On her death bed we played super mario wolrd together that was the last memory I had of her. Thanks again for the great show.
Listening to Dave talk about his wife makes me remember Jen :( Does anyone know if she's well and alive, I miss her so much, the best GS episodes featured Jen-Jen :)
I had just gotten my first job after leaving home, at a pawn shop, and my first day there I had to clean out the cabinets under the sales counter. I found a huge bag of Sega Master System games. I asked the manager about them, and he said that the couldn't sell them, since nobody wanted them (this was mid 90's, before the retro boom), and I could have the entire bag for 10 bucks. There were several duplicates, but at the bottom were Phantasy Star, Golvellius, etc. All of the Master System RPGs, actually. 10 bucks for all that. So, that first summer I was SUPER homesick, and I started playing through Phantasy Star. The raw difficulty and using graph paper to make maps, scouring all my magazines for any help, sort of made me focus on something else, so that game really got me through a rough time.
Wow dave looked so different back in the day. I like this episode. Its what gaming used to be about, sad it isnt like this any more.
Another great video. Thanks, guys.
Awesome vid guys. The adultry scandal with the Mario crowd voice over almost made me piss my pants in laughter. I'm your age and you still make shit fresh and youthful. Thanks dudes.
I've watched every single episode of Game Sack , and this is one of the best you've done . MORE !
Great video as always.
So... my story goes back to 1987 to my father's arcade, at the backside of his restaurant and there was a cabinet for Bubble Bobble. I was 8 then and was playing that game like crazy.
So i reached level 100 at the final boss (where you could not continue or did not have any more quarters, i don't remember well)with my last life and did not realize my dad was behind me and was impressed i got so far.
I got hit and lost the game. So i went AVGN mode and got the shit beaten out of my dad for very strong adult language.
I remember p;aying bubble bobble on the c64 at my cousins I was about 5 great game!
The office affair story was too damn funny! I was LOLing so hard. Great stories.
I used to rent Phantasy Star for my Master System all the time, but everytime I rented it, my save was gone. At the time my brother had a Super NES, and we got a Tiny Toons game. When we got tired of that game, we swaped for Hook, and then we got tired of that game even faster. So I went to the rental store and proposed a exchange: Hook for the Phantasy Star, and the owner agreed. And so I got my favourite game ever, Phantasy Star. Which I played a lot, and I still have it.
I enjoy Gamesack in general but this episode was exceptional. Amazing work, guys.
I remember years ago, when The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion was still popular game. I used to think it was the best looking game out there (yeah...). We didn't have that powerful computer back then and I was still playing Morrowind.
Don't remember what year it was, but I was determined that time when we were shopping in the city. I was going to buy Oblivion. So I walked into a game store, clerk greeted me. "Do you have Oblivion GOTY Edition?" "Yes". I was super stoked and bought the game. I was so excited that ride back home. Fun fact, same clerk still keeps that game store in the same city.
When we got home, I went to dad's "office" to install it on his computer, because it had slightly more power. Game ran like crap, but I sure had blast playing it. To this day it still is my favorited Elder Scrolls game, despite it's obvious flaws.
I too have many fond memories of playing Sword of Vermillion and still return to it every few years. It was so awesome to hear of it's pedigree. The bosses, intro and the soundtrack were always what drew me in.
You guys are my ASMR. Good night everyone!
I've tried watching that ASMR stuff, it doesn't relax me... in fact it makes me want to punch the person doing it in the face! Gamesack however is awesome conscious or unconscious! lol
Yeah, it's interesting it does nothing for me either (ASMR videos, not GS)
I just fell asleep watching this ep. Woke up to finish watching it lol
One of the best episodes you've done, seriously. Loved hearing about such personal stories, and there were some really sweet ones I'll definitely remember :)
aww that Street Fighter story is so cute :)
I was sitting on this for a couple of days. Great idea and, of course, the execution was immaculate, as always. I'm down for another vid along with hopefully a part 2 to video game music.
It seems like Dave was living in an episode of "How I Met Your Mother" all the time.
I've watched most of your videos and I think this is probably my favorite so far. Thank you for telling your personal stories, they were weird, interesting, nostalgic and funny. Keep it coming with the stories!
Joe, as an ex-Mormon raised in the Motherland of Utah, your Black Belt segment entertained me more than you could ever know. Thanks for the laughs.
As someone who is Mormon and grew up in Aurora, I'm trying to figure out if I knew John's family. Probably not
communist wookiee - Joe's a Mormon? Lol I knew it the first time I saw him.
Excellent episode. This is why i love retro gaming. Not only just the games but memories of happier yesteryear and easier slower paced life.
Friends or cousins around during the weekend or school holidays. Going to the local video rental store. Hiring a game and movie. Smelling the popcorn.
Going back home and playing for hours. Them reading computer game magazines. Seha vs Nintendo arguments in the school playground. Ahh. 80s and 90s gaming...
This didn’t pop up in my sub feed. I blame Greendog.
RGT 85 You'Tude FAIL!
According to TH-cam, the one who should be blamed is YOU!
It is us to be blamed, for not finding and migrating to a better platform.
Greendog did 911
GREEEENDOOOG
My video game memory: This was a year or two ago. I was playing the first Wizardry and I got to the final floor of the dungeon. To Werdna, even, and his vampiric lackeys. His TILTOWAIT destroyed my first party. In Wizardry, you would wish for a game over if your party got wiped. Instead, their corpses would remain wherever they died and you had to bring another party to fish them out. Of course, I couldn't get them, since they died in Werdna's office. Not without fighting Werdna. Now, the final floor is pretty much a straight shot, with a bunch of teleporters. The last one leading to Werdna's office is a point of no return. I was on the final floor grinding to build my levels up and to get loot, when I trigger a chest's teleporter trap...which puts me behind the point of no return. I don't have a spell to get me out of the dungeon, so I have to fight Werdna. Somehow he spawns with only one Vampire Lord and one Vampire. Although one of the vampires managed to paralyze one of my party members, my cleric managed to SILENCE WERDNA. He kept trying to cast spells, which made him not a threat anymore. My cleric turned the vampires, leaving it just my party vs. Werdna. I just bashed him to death since his physical attacks were weak and he kept trying to cast spells like an idiot.
So this is basically, GAME SACK: Happy Console Game Edition
Can't wait for part 2.....In about 3 years time probably..lol.
Great video though. Some video games will live forever in our memories.
Glad to know I'm not the only one who bought BOTW for the Wii U 🤣
Justin Merpaw my nigga
It sold 1,33 million copies on the Wii U, so of course you were not the only one
I pirated it 3 days before its release tehehe.
I got it for Wii U just recently as I don't want a Switch but I need to play BotW.
It seems like almost all of us with a Wii U copy got it for a similar reasons, that we didn't have a Switch for one reason or another.
Those were some great stories guys. I like how your game stories always involves people, like family and friends, you care about. Videogames really bring people together.
Oh come on! I chug those exact cans of Arnold Palmer's like nothing!
Wussie!
This channel needs to be more popular for the sole reason Dave can use it as a full time job.
I remember, back in high school, getting into a fight with my friend over Soul Calibur 2, and I ended up kicking my Gamecube across his living room, stomping on it, and then throwing it out the back door. I think it had to do with him repeatedly kicking my ass with Link no matter who I used. SC was my fucking jam and he almost never played.
This was terrific. I love hearing stories like this. Please do another!
Thunderblight really is a jerk, though.
Also, as a Mormon, I can relate to the black belt story to an almost depressing degree. Not with my family, mind, I only have two brothers, but some of my friends' families man....
That ending, lol. Loved the episode guys... please continue the series. You REALLY got me thinking about all the weird ass gaming stories from my youth.
"And now Arnold Palmer is dead"
I lost my shit, god I love this channel
Edit: omfg that ending! Im WEAK!
Best memory: Beating Maximum Carnage (red cartridge) on my genesis in college with a crowd cheering me on and a pixel wide sliver of health left - truly formative stuff.
LOL. The end skit. Too soon? I don't know but I couldn't hold it back. haha
That end skit ranks right up there with SMS sports games causing trouble as one of my favorites.
This is a great approach for future episodes. It gives your audience a chance to learn more about you. Taking us on a trip down memory lane is definitely a segment I would welcome on your show.
Dave: “This is Mario Teaches Typing. I used it while I was GETTING HOT BABES”
Love the personal stories you guys. It's true that we get nostalgic over games because of the memories connected with them. For many this is the main reason to get into retro gaming, so I'm sure that many people would like to see more episodes of your gaming memories!
Dave was fighting off ladies and Joe had Arnold Palmer and John. Dam
In my defense, Arnold Palmer was pretty sexy.
Cant argue with that logic. Think you just convinced me to buy a copy of the game.
Oh, man, I remember the Cinderella City Mall. It was awesome! I'm down for some more Game Sack stories!
Great episode, but I refuse to believe that Dave had all that game.
This is one of my favorite episodes, can’t wait for part 2.
When I first moved to Raleigh I moved with two of my best friends. We shared a huge townhouse with one of my friends wife and his two kids. On Friday nights he would coucl a velveeta dip with jalapenos , ground beef and salsa. We would either play Goldeneye or Perfect dark on N64. One night we played the game with just slapping no weapons. Shit man we would laugh at how the slapping animation looked and sometimes we would laugh so hard we coudnt get thru the level. After that we switched to Street Fighter Zero 3 and they would double team me while I beat them silly with Shin Akuma. It was sad because I would do the instant hell murder to one and beat the other silly. They would try to double team me and turn after tuen after turn I would beat them relentlessly. We would sound like we are in an old kung fu movie doing voice overs. After that we would play on my PSX Debug unit and play Namco Vol 2, which was rare and the game of choice would be Super Pac-Man or Gaplus. They would laugh at how horrible they were and how good I was. Then they would try to make me mess up by talking about girls I liked at work or the girl I was talking to . Still I would win. Sadly one of my friends does not talk to us, and the other I hang out with every now and then but we are still cool.
Those sound like good memories!
Cinderella city was so cool! I remember that arcade being huge! It’s where I played galaxy force 2 for the first time in that huge rotating mock cockpit. I remember it reminded me of The Last Starfighter, when Alex is flipping and swinging around in the cockpit, I thought it was so awesome! My parents would bring us there so my sisters could ride that huge double decker merry go round, or to Funtastic Nathan’s, but I made it known we had to go to the arcade as well!
I like these kind of videos.
This is a great idea for a video. I love hearing people's memories associated with specific games. Video games really do bring people together. Would love to see a follow up to this.
My most vivid gaming memory was renting Resident Evil in April 1996 and bringing it to my cousin's house, cause he had a PS, for a sleep over. Needless to say we scared ourselves shitless playing it that night and stayed up til 3am. Great times.
I am glad you covered Jackal. One of the games in my original NES collection that I played religiously. It brings back some great memories for me too. I also hated the way the machine gun worked on that game, but got used to it.
One of the weirdest memories happened when I was a kid back in the 90s. I was at my cousins house and we were playing double dragon 2 on the nes. Sometime during the first stage, we had to pause the game so she could run to her grandma's house to pick up some jelly, which was only like 50 yards away. So while she went to do that, I sat there and waited for her to return while the game was still paused. I waited and waited for her, but she was taking forever. All of a sudden the game unpaused itself and the game music started playing, but this time on the screen was cut scenes of the main villain talking about how the double dragons have failed and stuff in the comic book style of double dragon 2. It was really creepy looking and once it was done, it glitched out and froze. I sat there for a while and then reset the game. Finally my cousin came back and got mad at me for reseting the game. I told her what happened but she didn't believe me. I've tried to find that cut scene over the years and looked online for any answers to what it could have been, but no one has ever said anything.
Creepy. So the game would randomly make you fail the game if you waited long enough? Are you kidding up memories it are you sure it did this? I bet with emulators nowadays someone could start the game up, pause it, then speed their emulator up a lot to see if that ever would happen.
This reminds me of Tony Hawk games like Tony Hawk Underground 2 where of you wait in the pause menu for too long it will abruptly play the demo video and I think made any unsaved progress lost.
Xane Myers Yeah, I'm not sure what happened. It was back in the early 90s when it happened and was on the original console. I've tried over the years to get it to do it again, but I can't figure out how it happened.
Janitor Jake sounds like just a glitch based on the comment above
Him Jo yeah, I definitely want to try to get it to happen again sometime and record it
I have fond memories of plopping down for a full Saturday to beat Sonic 1, and running home from school during a downpour, and going straight to playing Sonic 2 without even drying off. But the big one, for me, is Guardian Legend on NES.
I was pretty young when we got that, and me and my sibling never could beat that first stage. Too much speed, too many bullets. Anyway, after awhile we quit trying. Then one day, my mom came home from work to discover our garage & the door into the house were open. She called the cops. Everything in the house was intact, except someone had gone through our videogames & taken Guardian Legend. She filed a report, told us what happened after school, and just assumed that would be that- what are the odds of finding one videogame?
Fast-forward a few months. We come home from school- and Mom says they found our game! It turns out, the person who got into our house was one of my sister's classmates. He'd given the game to a friend as a birthday present, but upon hearing my sister discuss the stolen game one day, panicked that he'd get caught, took it back, and gave it to another kid as a valentine's day present. That kid's mom was suspicious, and after a parent-to-parent phone call, he ended up confessing the whole thing.
Obviously, we decided to play the game some more becuase we were excited to have it back. We finally beat that first stage- and were dumbfounded when it turned into a completely different game! Our spaceship was suddenly a robot, and we were wandering a Zelda-esque overworld. It was mind blowing.
Guardian Legend has been a favorite of mine ever since. I even turned it into a terrible play for a high school English project!
Awesome episode! I have a dumb one of playing Doom with the guitarist from my band back in the mid '00s and shouting "Saturday, Saturday, Saattuurday!" like Elton John over the Kitchen Ace (And Taking Names) song. I don't remember what started it but we were both laughing hysterically (I was crying and in pain thinking I was going to twist something in my stomach from laughing too hard) while our other two roommates stood behind us saying how dumb we were.
We all have memories we all could be here all day. Nostalga is a powerfull thing