Only joking! Sort of.
I'm always amused by old signs and billboards that somebody just hasn't been bothered to take down, advertising things that people can't be bothered to make anymore. This has to be one of my favorite, however. A McDonalds in Culver City, CA is still "offering" a PlayPlace area for kids that features an N64.
I'm not sure which would be the worse disappointment. Retro gamers noticing the sign, pulling up and discovering that the sign is outdated, or modern day kids noticing the sign, rushing in and discovering the sign is true, being greeted as they would be by an ancient, archaic, obsolete piece of gaming history that they've probably never heard of.
In any case, this is a quite a silly post.
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11:00 AM on 01.03.2010
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You can write features. Review an old game. You could just do an interview. Shit do something. This is the worst, the absolute worst, that I've seen.
I'm ashamed to comment on this one.
I've seen one that worked, the manager was a big videogame nerd and he made sure the controllers and stuff were as prestine as possible, and nothing is better than getting your ass out of a 20 hour car ride, grabbing some nasty cheap ass burgers, and rocking the ol' Super Smash Bros. and Super Mario 64 for an hour. My uncle is the one who was driving us and he plays videogames and I can't tell you how excited he was. It was pretty sweet find.
If only there was way to avoid doing optional things you don't want to do.
Troll elsewhere. Its just an interesting bit to start the morning.
How does that make you feel?
THE KIDS WENT BALLISTIC!! They loved it more than the n64 kid loved his. We recently had to take it out due to some minor renovations and I'm not joking - some of our kids actually cried about it.
So see, the N64 can be appreciated by all generations :D
Just make sure you stock up on Mario games and Yoshi Story... oh and Pokemon SNAP! :)
But even if I could stomach the garbage Mickey's serves, I'd just bring it home and play on my 64, with good games.
Since I'm sure their selection is (was?) limited to the worst of E rated games. Based on the BK nearby who spent the big bucks on Playstations only to give me crappy sports games and a single racing game no one had heard of.
Damn son, why you hating?
@marxist4life: the worst is that feeling after finding an N64 and realizing the joystick is completely shot.
Back when I Lived...in.....Cali.... T_T
If you go to the McDonald's in Koreatown (right next to the Brass Monkey where KARE3OKE was held, they also have an N64 station).
It is rather funny to see the sign still up, years later! A ha ha!
- yeah that woul...nooooooooooooooooooo
I got the 64 and I literally ran up to the counter and yelled that I had it. I was super excited, I hardly ever won anything in my life and this was great. I handed the lady the chip and she said 'You win a free taco'. I looked at the chip and that is what it was, I got 64 and it was a free fucking Taco. I never felt so robbed and unhappy in my life again.
I lul'd. Sorry.
None of them work anymore though. They've been broken since around 2005.
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