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Re:Raw footage inside Sears with Atari 800 and 2600 (1982) [... by antiterra on Monday August 01, 2022 @10:40AM (#32306613)
I knew of a decent number of people with cable TV in the early 80s, but it was also not uncommon to have a powered antenna on the roof that you would rotate to the ideal orientation to receive a channel via a dial. I do remember a long period of time where it was common to rent the VCR along with the VHS video tape containing the movie you wanted to watch. This was even a thing for the Nintendo 64.
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Re:Raw footage inside Sears with Atari 800 and 2600 (1982) [... by marpstar on Monday August 01, 2022 @02:09PM (#32309957)
When I was a kid, my mother would take me and my brother to Blockbuster every Friday. We could each rent a game. Every time we'd go, we'd beg her to let us rent whatever the newest console was at the time (mostly Playstation, though we rented GameBoy Color a few times, too).

She'd give in occasionally. After we had finally come to own a PS1 and N64, my brother and I had a paper route and would buy cheap used games instead of renting.

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