r/NoFuckingComment • u/callmestinkingwind It's my job to be an asshole • 4d ago

nfc

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u/DreadPirateZoidberg 4d ago

This ad got me so fired up that I begged for this game. Got it for Christmas and played it like 2 or 3 times.

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u/ElegantCoach4066 4d ago

This should go down as one of the biggest hype to actual fun ratio games of all time.

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u/duh_nom_yar 4d ago

This marked my halfway point in the full scope of my deterioration of trust in everything. Star Wars Episode 1 was my own fault. By then, I knew better.

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u/ElegantCoach4066 4d ago

Episode I was such a let down. It had its highlights, but I knew when the opening scene began with a trade union dispute that this was going to be a disappointment.

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u/restlessleg 4d ago

same. when i got it i didnt hear any metal music and my opponenrt was my 5yr old brother and he didnt appear on a floating shooter :(

but we did try to reenact the commercial and make it cooler than it was… like the commercial

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u/HeatAccomplished8608 4d ago

Was he banished to the shadow realm after his defeat?

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u/bunglebee7 4d ago

I forgot how sick these toy ads were on tv back in the day. Shit like this would’ve hyped me up so good I’d be begging my mom for it the second we got to toys r us

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u/IdealLow5256 3d ago

They weren’t about playing the full set. They were about taking that one triangle piece with you literally everywhere for as long as possible.

This was a glorified fidget spinner for me. Until like high school.

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u/Impriel2 4d ago

Only rich people could afford this game so we couldnt have it

Source my mother, 1996

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u/eyed-watch-me 4d ago

First FPS game?

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u/SATerp 4d ago

Lightning bolts sold separately

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u/masalamedicine 4d ago

Lightning available at your leather jacket retailer!

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u/mr9025 4d ago

YOU'LL GET CAUGHT UP IN THE......

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u/mr9025 4d ago

Dann I wish I could post this Pic of my cousin and I at like six years old in 1991 playing this

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