After out growing action figures and making the transition into…no not adult hood…comic books and Baseball cards,my interest in video games also became more prevalent.Video games gave me the ability to actually control the comic book characters as well as play out a full 9 inning game of Baseball using my favorite teams.Enter the Nintendo Entertainment System or NES!I didn’t get to own one of these bad boys until the tail end of its popularity and it was a good thing because at that point there were tons of quality games out for it.But the two games that really made an impact on me in the early 90’s were LJN’s Wolverine and RBI Baseball 3!I remember walking into my local Electronics Boutique and seeing these two games on display.I would pick up the display boxes and shake them a bit first,wondering if the actual game was inside,and then turn over to the back to check out the screenshots and drool at the prospect of one day having my own copies of Wolverine and RBI 3!
After saving up enough Christmas cash I was finally able to pick up a copy of Wolverine and RBI 3 and didn’t leave the house for a good week or two.I played both of these games religiously ,waking up early on the weekends to spend more QT with my NES ;) .
I actually used to work for Electronics Boutique back in the 16 bit heyday of the Super NES and Sega Genesis.
There was another store and i can’t for the life of me remember the name of it.It wasn’t Babbages.I remember they sold a lot of stuff for PC’s as well.
Software Ect. ?
Could be jb.I’ll have to google up some images to see if is.
I worked in a video store for about 4 years. Always saw these games but never played any of them. I am a late bloomer..
Awe Man HG you would have loved them!
Didnt have an NES but had a C64 then Sega Genesis. Spent a lot of time at EB ! Thanks for that picture :)
No problem Mike!I’ve got a nice idea for a Sega Genesis post .Lately i’ve been in video game mode.
I hate that it slowly killed you to have your claws out in Wolverine.
The game was definitely flawed,but when you’re as big a Wolvie fan as i was at that age,stuff like that never mattered.
Nice read.
Thanks JD!Been meaning to drop by Metal Borgs.Will do so soon ;)
You are fine man, no worries! I appreciate it.
RBI Baseball was good but I loved Bases Loaded lol. I was thinking of doing some art work with the same title very similar to yours. Illustrations of things like your girl friend getting punched in the gut in the beginning of Double Dragon, talking with the old bald man in the green room in Rygar, etc… It’s always fun looking back :)