Three HORRIFYING True Tales about Blockbuster

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3 жыл бұрын

Coney recounts a tale where he entered a Blockbuster; for most of you zoomers, a Blockbuster is essentially a Netflix store but bad. Coney talks about his adventure of seeing Super Mario 64 for the first time, the dangers of losing a game manual, and the quest of hunting a rare game.
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@swirlingtoilets 3 жыл бұрын

Man Coney's mom is a real one. Single mom, working weekends, drove around for three fucking hours to seven different Blockbusters just so her kid could rent the specific game he wanted.

@beta5017 3 жыл бұрын

i would do too for chameleon twist 2 tbh

@moosesues8887 3 жыл бұрын

Mom

@Just_Mason01 2 жыл бұрын

Raised Coney damn well too!

@NoLongerASimulacrum Жыл бұрын

W Mom

@Theorpo 21 күн бұрын

I was 9 years old in 2015 when the Mewtwo Amiibo came out. My dad worked a corporate job, worked his way from filing cabinets to the top accountant in the building. So he was a very busy guy. If you remember anything about early Amiibo from I would say 2013-2015, you remember that there were some Amiibo's that were very hard to find at launch. As a kid without the Smash 4 DLC, I thought by putting the Mewtwo Amiibo into the game, it would unlock Mewtwo for me to play as. I remember asking my dad to go to drive me to Walmart to find it. The thing is, the Mewtwo Amiibo was considered hard to find at launch. Hard enough that when there was none at our closest Walmart I asked him to go try again at the second closest place. My dad, on basically his only day off for the next 2-3 weeks (I Forget if it was 2 or 3) drove me to 6 Walmart's until we found one with 2 in stock. I was so happy. Ofc it unfortunately did not give me Mewtwo to play as. But I had Mewtwo. My dad died the next year in all things at a pretty young age, I was 10. I now have over 70 Amiibo. I will not only appreciate him for finding that love for collecting, but more importantly appreciate him for taking his one day off to help me and my little quest to find a 13 dollar toy. Fun little fact: this quest was the first time I said a curse word. Out of frustration after 3 Walmart's did not have a Mewtwo Amiibo. I said "Damn It" to which my dad promptly scolded me. Edit. TLDR: My dad took me to 6 Walmart's to find the rare Mewtwo Amiibo and it's one of my fondest memories I have with him.

@onlysmiles4949 3 жыл бұрын

The fact that he spent more time looking for Chameleon Twist 2 than actually playing it is probably the realest part of that story

@eliastew9636 3 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: When my mom went into labor my parents still drove by blockbuster to return their movies. To this day my mom still doesnt understand why that was important to her.

@calb6109 2 жыл бұрын

i guess its better to birth someone while free of debt than to give birth while in debt you wouldn't want a INDEBTED baby

@shady8045 4 ай бұрын

She was brainwashed by capitalism lmfao

@Ketzulo 3 жыл бұрын

I had this on my speakers while my mom was eating lunch nearby, and she thought the story pacing was very cohesive/engaging plus she remembers enduring the "checking all nearby blockbusters within miles for a certain game" with us back in the day. She was highly entertained and laughing during this. This was a wonderful piece of content, content man

@yellowpowr8455 2 жыл бұрын

Cool to hear that it seems Coney is for all ages!

@wrenren2112 3 жыл бұрын

Gather round fellas, it’s time for stories with uncle coney!

@josephassiryani9174 3 жыл бұрын

Grandpa*

@xeviousbread1280 3 жыл бұрын

STORY TIME!!! :D *sits on floor with legs crossed*

@jpshy1130 2 жыл бұрын

The morale of the story is coneys mom is awesome

@TheShogu 3 жыл бұрын

Back when cartridges held your saved data, the old school Blockbuster strategy if you wanted to make sure you could continue to rent the same copy, was to mark the generic Blockbuster cases with a marker. This was the only way I was able to get 120 stars in Mario 64 the summer of 97, cause I didn't own the game. PS1 Blockbuster era was crazy cause you could finally keep your saved data for everything you played.

@ASD_Music 4 күн бұрын

I remember renting Mario Galaxy 2 from a Family Video! One of the best games I had ever played when I was young. We returned the game, and once I got it for Christmas, I could pick up right where I left off! Thank goodness for internal storage!

@austinsetser6081 3 жыл бұрын

My blockbuster tale isn’t horrifying, but when I was 4 my family went to the local blockbuster and when we were leaving my dad walked straight into the glass doors like a dumbass, and we’ve never let him live it down.

@virgilgc 3 жыл бұрын

I almost choked on some tacos while reading this lmfao

@vaniquezva5710 2 жыл бұрын

Holy shit that happened to me once at a bakery. I was young'un

@J242D 2 жыл бұрын

Him high as shit

@austinsetser6081 2 жыл бұрын

@@J242D nope, stone cold sober

@J242D 2 жыл бұрын

@@austinsetser6081 damn lol that’s when it usually happens to me

@powerfulpaper3559 3 жыл бұрын

This is all I’ve ever heard about Coney’s mom and my respect for her is through the roof.

@okapi_q 3 жыл бұрын

Coney is genuinely such a good storyteller

@RebelSoldier9571 3 жыл бұрын

I think my favorite part of Coney videos is that his editor very often uses music from a game he will absolutely never play or beat

@onceinakyle 3 жыл бұрын

2:42 him moving the png of himself up and down into frame kills me every time

@Lucas-vu8jt 3 жыл бұрын

Gotta fact check you bro. Worst spot in MD is undeniably Dundalk. When your biggest tourist attraction is a waste water treatment plant known only for smelling unbearably disgusting and resembling a couple of giant golden eggs you know your town really needs some love

@HamsterMaster8 3 жыл бұрын

Oh man, when our movie rental place went out, it was so bittersweet. On one hand, couldn't rent movies and video games. On the other, they were getting rid of their stock and selling them cheap

@seansquiers6506 2 жыл бұрын

The last one was so wholesome. His mom really drove around for 3 hours so he could play Chameleon Twist 2

@OzzyTheGiant 2 жыл бұрын

For an hour and a half of gameplay!

@vslazer6728 3 жыл бұрын

I love CONEY's storytimes, it feels like he's imparting sage wisdom upon us all and I for one am all about it.

@matthewbartlett3442 3 ай бұрын

10:54 I feel like there are few experiences as universal as hearing your parent come home and realizing you haven’t done what you were supposed to then scrambling around trying to do as much as you can to say “I started it”

@exxeld 3 жыл бұрын

The powerpoint presentation story telling like its a puppet show is great. I'm excited to see more.

@kevinrivera9917 3 жыл бұрын

This woulda made a fantastic Mother’s Day vid lol shout outs to your mom for going beyond the call of duty.

@heysweetpeaxo 3 жыл бұрын

These stories remind me of the time my dad forgot about renting me the fun game _"The Sims: Bustin Out"_ and had to eventually buy it. He was *NOT* a happy camper

@ToadPlayer64 3 жыл бұрын

Coney: Talks about his rage Editor: *laughs in Fury Bowser*

@clydefroge9316 3 жыл бұрын

That was the biggest twist ending I've ever seen in my entire life

@jaymail4880 3 жыл бұрын

7:00 WOAH WOAH WOAH WOAH. Now I know you ain't talking trash on the gem that is Goof Troop on the SNES, or else we gonna be having a problem

@terrencelevy56 3 жыл бұрын

As someone who lives in laurel, That last story had me ROLLING.

@superflameking03 8 ай бұрын

Blockbuster was where i discovered my favorite Sonic game, Sonic Unleashed, as a kid. Blockbuster actually lasted so much longer than most typically remember, but its still a shame that it disappeared

@XylessBrawl 3 жыл бұрын

This gathering of stories is pulling my brain back all the way back to my childhood (I’m only a year older than Coney). I forgot how mindblowingly exciting seeing Earthworm Jim 2 for the first time as a kid, and I definitely remember being in SHOCK with seeing Mario 64 demo booths at stores. The one I remember most was seeing a demo for PilotWings 64 at a Barnes & Noble. It was so BEAUTIFUL and COLORFUL, even in comparison to Mario 64.

@tangaps 3 жыл бұрын

Blockbuster had this summer movie program where you paid like $10 a month and you could just always have one movie checked out. On Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday nights my dad and I would go swap the last movie we watched for a new one and then go to the local CVS and buy movie snacks since neither of us knew how to cook well. Good times.

@majintv24 3 жыл бұрын

Shout out to coneys mom the real one who made this video possible

@Aidswayz 3 жыл бұрын

Blockbuster itself is hell but the adventures I had there will be something never to forget

@antares4731 6 ай бұрын

This video gave me a new appreciation for parents driving us around on wonderful journeys to get the games we wanted. My dad drove me to an EBGames (canadian gamestop before they rebranded after the whole WSB thing) 20km away to get me a copy of Mario and Luigi Dream Team after we found that the one near us didn't have the game. He forced my sister to come with us too, who whined about it the whole time while I was happy as a clam. He's such a real one

@WiiCON-49000 3 жыл бұрын

My family was more of a Movie Gallery family, but all the same rules still applied. Great stories.

@kyles.828 3 жыл бұрын

In the end Coney’s mom is the true hero of the story

@brando_ssb7577 3 жыл бұрын

Coney's storytime is the best new segment

@COMBATACE1 2 жыл бұрын

I just wanna know how Coney remembers these anecdotes so fondly. I’m younger than Coney and I wouldn’t be able to remember my childhood this detailed. More like bits of it

@scottyjonas7592 2 жыл бұрын

Do you drink alcohol?

@joshuaboeckh9780 4 ай бұрын

Going to blockbuster was a pilgrimage, it wasn't the best maybe but no greater joy will ever exist of renting movies and games, so many games and having the greatest summers.

@0dd0n3 3 жыл бұрын

I remember walking into a blockbuster when I was really young and when Netflix was still a baby program that sent things by mail. And look at Netflix now, starting the streaming service revolution where you can watch anything you want, whenever you want all on the same program.

@yellowpowr8455 2 жыл бұрын

It's nice to hear the Mario 64 Blockbuster story in its full form, and it's interesting to learn Coney's history with Chameleon Twist 2, after hearing you mentioned it a bit in the past. Plus the storytelling was immaculate. And your mom does rule.

@tacofever2576 10 ай бұрын

It’s so weird hearing coney talk about growing up and having it also be where I grew up.

@snubsterwalts5659 3 жыл бұрын

I love how the chat goes crazy whenever coney says "FELLAS"

@Rosales3269 2 жыл бұрын

I'm only 20 years old and I remember entering Blockbusters all the live long day when I was like around 5 to 9 years old. It broke my heart when they all began to close down out of nowhere (to me). Luckily, it turns out there's ONE BLOCKBUSTER LEFT! In Bend, Oregon. And I'mma head there one day.

@NateHatak 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Coney for another story. Keep em coming, you're a great storyteller

@warioware3odst 3 жыл бұрын

coneyRAGE is an excellent image

@jmanfro1 Жыл бұрын

Even though I was like 7 at the time before my local one shut down, I will never forget the smell of those rental stores.

@ToadPlayer64 3 жыл бұрын

Alternate Title: "Three HORRIFYING True Tales About Blockbuster (That You Probably Could Expect 'Cause It's Blockbuster)"

@tubbytubbersun Жыл бұрын

I remember being really sad when I found out that my local blockbuster was turned into a mattress warehouse

@TheYellowist 3 жыл бұрын

I really love these story time videos

@Narcizim 3 жыл бұрын

I’m very eager for more Coneu stories!

@megadeathtron345 3 жыл бұрын

Killer Clowns from Outer Space was probably my favorite movie as a kid.

@spencerfulton6648 3 жыл бұрын

Coney story time is always a treat

@sladevalen2120 3 жыл бұрын

Earthworm jim is one of my favorite games even to this day. I loved the hd version on the 360 because I could finally force my friends to play it and got them to enjoy it

@Frog276 3 жыл бұрын

I like these story times of stuff from before i was born (2002). Ive never been to a blockbuster but now I wish Netflix had games too

@raputha1148 3 жыл бұрын

oh god, netflix having games somehow would be so cool

@LiilYogurt 10 ай бұрын

I miss game displays like that n64 one, I don't go to game stores very often anymore so they're of no use to me. But kids these days won't get the joy of walking into a blockbuster, or a gamestop, and seeing a new console or game just available to play. The ultimate ones were the ones in Walmarts, got to play for like an hour while my parents wandered the store, the only time I've ever actually been excited to get groceries. I feel like I haven't seen em at all since the Wii U era and even then they weren't very common

@kobold7964 3 жыл бұрын

I loved BlockBuster. Yeah it was flawed, but it holds a special place in my heart. I remember when I was 6 years old*, my family went to BlockBuster. While we were there I wandered into the games aisle by accident, and I saw Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga for Nintendo Wii on the shelf. As a kid, I loved Star Wars, so I asked my mom if we could rent it. That was the first game I ever felt compelled to play through to the end. I was so sad when we had to return the game that I actually asked my mom if we could rent it again. It wasn’t my first video game or anything, nor is it my favorite game, but that moment is something I’ll never forget as long as I live. R.I.P. BlockBuster :(

@NESHYBeast 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely love this format

@SuperPlayer987 2 жыл бұрын

I experienced the same thing with the joystick, but on a different console. I thought the joystick on the PSP was a speaker. So I was playing Midnight club 3: dub edition on the PSP, but I could not turn. Only by fiddling around with it was I able to turn, but I can't imagine doing that as a kid at the store while your Mom is begging you to leave. I still have the Psp and that game. Cool video man. Made me more thankful for my mom because she too also goes above and beyond for me. The ending got me when you said he returned the 1080 snowboard game.

@spacedrink60 3 жыл бұрын

To think how coney comes from humble beginnings is very cool

@ethankimball7374 2 жыл бұрын

The game renting from Blockbuster was awesome. My grandma used to rent me Wii games for a week at a time, and it introduced me to so many new games like Mario Super Sluggers

@ThatOneNiceGuy9001 2 жыл бұрын

Blockbuster was nuts, i remember getting my mom to rent "the alien game" and her thinking it was from hit movie Monsters vs Aliens, it was destroy all humans, my 11 year old self had an absolute blast with the crude humor. Also i got like 3 free ps2 games because they went out of business while i was renting them.

@skylarungerman8289 2 жыл бұрын

Found this just now. Glen Bernie is the Hollywood video of towns

@RaziTJones 3 жыл бұрын

You got Chameleon Twist 2 as a reward because you stepped into a Hollywood Video

@grimmghost337 3 жыл бұрын

Damn the persona music 👌👌👌👌

@platinumvinyl8803 3 жыл бұрын

Love these Coney story times, my fav videos

@parkerlarson6692 2 жыл бұрын

Brings back memories I was around near the end of blockbuster but this brings back memories

@z33chie 3 жыл бұрын

Nothing brings more joy then seeing your twitch name on the youtube screen

@plusah1268 2 жыл бұрын

8:20 yep. Im lucky I was born in a time where this sort of thing was still around. Man just looking at the back of the case too it was hype

@telph3223 2 жыл бұрын

Can confirm you don't want to go to Glen Bernie.

@lostsauce911 Жыл бұрын

The excitement when I saw chameleon twist 2 in that Dropbox was way too much

@und1249 3 жыл бұрын

this is my new favorite series

@Shradow 3 жыл бұрын

I remember buying the first Paper Mario at Blockbuster, for some reason, that's about it.

@callmefleet 2 жыл бұрын

16:38 here in Massachusetts, we call that Fitchburg

@Vika-xc6wt 2 жыл бұрын

I love when Coney does stories

@NeoAnguiano 2 жыл бұрын

2:15 no digital cameras, therefore photos of SNES and Blockbuster, they exist but lost media due to the ages

@Jazzie___ 3 жыл бұрын

We had family videos instead of blockbuster same basic principal but we got free pizza from thje local pizza place with a movie rental

@bwheeler9299 3 жыл бұрын

I can't wait for when I tune in and Coney has a million subs.

@heysweetpeaxo 3 жыл бұрын

Storytime fellas, let's gather round! *hands you popcorn and a pop*

@SilverSuisei 3 жыл бұрын

If there's 3 things I remember about going into a BlockBuster: 1) Renting *(more often than not buying/stealing)* Movies and Videogames 2) Popcorn and candy everywhere 3) Buying Yu-Gi-Oh booster packs To this day I still have games that I bought from Blockbuster with the sticker on them. Great stories Coney.

@BreezeEase 3 жыл бұрын

Y'know, funnily enough, me and my dad when I was like, a little little kid, maybe 5 or 6 at the time, and we got a copy of Punch out wii, and blockbuster shut down before we could ever return it, so we just kept it, and now it's collecting dust at my cousin's home

@vapeshrimp5220 3 жыл бұрын

3 stories about how patient coneys mom is

@Featherinmycap 2 жыл бұрын

My Blockbuster story is when I was a kid, I was maybe 4, I was wearing a hat my sister had bought at Claires or something that had a little piece of magnetic tape in it. Like the weird sticky security sticker that you find in clamshell electronics. It beep beep beep'd the sensors; and the manager lady demanded that she take me into the back room to strip search me. My Dad wasn't having any of it, and the lady was adamant I had to take my clothes off for her. So she called the cops. My Dad knew the cops, and the cop basically told the lady she was crazy, my Dad took my hat off and made me walk through the sensor, and it didn't beep beep beep. She didn't apologize, and we started going to Hollywood Video instead.

@Pyromus33 3 жыл бұрын

Loving BB as a kid, your intro makes me feel old. Even though I think you have like 2 years on me. Also, Killer Clowns is on Netflix I believe.

@eyebrowse 3 жыл бұрын

happy content day! mondays, wednesdays, and fridays are my favorite day of the week!!

@aurora_x86 2 жыл бұрын

What a nice mom, drove her kid around for hours just for chameleon twist 2

@nuclaeb8729 3 жыл бұрын

Coney, Age 5, reads and comprehends game reviews in Nintendo Power Magazine

@ThatOneWeirdFlex 2 жыл бұрын

I used to go to a Family Video, a chain similar to Blockbuster that I believe went out of business as well.

@tobi3269 3 жыл бұрын

Man, blockbusters game section reminds me of my childhood so hard

@Udonoki_ 3 жыл бұрын

You can't find these tales on Netflix! Great vid Coney. Great Mom too. :)

@sSynclare 3 жыл бұрын

last one wasnt a horrible story it was quite wholesome and makes me miss blockbuster too

@keenfrizzle 3 жыл бұрын

The relatively short period of time when you had to go physically into a store to purchase/rent movies was harrowing, and I'm glad that people in the next generation don't have to go through it

@CheeseBoiVT 3 жыл бұрын

I just love Coney’s voice

@xxXKillTheRedsXxx 2 жыл бұрын

three stories about how much coney's mom loves him

@Kuribohdudalala 3 жыл бұрын

I got to play so many cool gba games from the blockbuster rental service. Good memories

@judianx 3 жыл бұрын

Wow Coney you're unironically a really fucking good storyteller - more of these would be welcome!

@30Kur0 2 жыл бұрын

It was usually 3 days for newer things and then a week for older things, red cases got the 3 day rentals blue cases were one week, atleast around me.

@silvazuao 2 жыл бұрын

90s kids will remember all of this in painful detail

@ZenAufa 3 жыл бұрын

Daym coney, you're a great storyteller

@themagicboy6548 2 жыл бұрын

I remember playing star fox assault on the display gamecube at my blockbuster, never got to rent any games from it tho

@meosg9561 3 жыл бұрын

I put down my homework for this. Worth it

@Masterduelcentral 2 жыл бұрын

Dude I loved chameleon twist 2, rlly cool game

@steakcrust558 Жыл бұрын

Hey remember paying $30 dollars for those 1 day late fees? shouldve gotten your butt to the store to return it. AND they NEEDED a credit card on file to auto charge you. Freaking Scam Artists. HOLY COW THAT WAS EXACTLY HOW WE FIRST HELD THOSE CONTROLLERS. nostalgia hits hard and fast..