/vr/ - Retro Games

Not exactly theft, but when I was a kid my mom took me on a rare trip to Toys R us to pick out a game. Being a dumb little child, I picked Tiny Toons Adventures: The Great Beanstalk. It was the only copy.

"Are you sure anon? This game looks... stupid."
"Yes mom! I love Tiny Toons!" (I didn't have cable so no, I couldn't even watch the show and certainly didn't have feelings about it, but I loved Looney Tunes and not being able to watch it made Tiny Toons all the more alluring.
In case you didn't know, that game sucks. But being that I only got one or two games a year, I was determined to try to enjoy it. I beat it within like two hours, and the whole experience was miserable. By the end I was so disappointed by the length and quality of the game my mom picked up on it and said "This game doesn't work properly, let's go return it."

She took me back to the store and told the clerk that the game didn't load properly (it kind of did take an unreasonable time to load the title screen) and that we needed a new one. Since they didn't have any more the clerk looked at me really sympathetically and told me I could just pick out another game. I instantly saw Legend of Dragoon brought it to the register. They did an even swap despite LoD being significantly more expensive and I spent the next few months of my tiny childhood getting my socks absolutely blown off by that game. My friend and I would always pretend to be Dragoons when we played outside we loved it so much. It remains a favorite to this day.