Being a kid was great. Not only did we not have to worry about ridiculous things like “paying rent” and “not being late for work,” but we got to spend all of our free time doing the things we loved. Going out, riding bikes with our mates, playing rounders after school, or, in my case, playing video games. It did have its drawbacks, however. A child’s income sources are generally limited to paper rounds and whatever our nans slipped us when our parents weren’t looking. Also, age ratings meant that we couldn’t always stroll into our local game shop and make our preferred purchase. Maybe they were too pricey, too violent, or just too darned offensive. But we knew they’d be the greatest games ever…if only we were allowed to have them. Here are 10 Great Video Games Our Parents Refused to Buy for Us.
VO: Ben Potter (@Confused_Dude)
Script: Cat Elliot (@arrrrghzombies)
Video Editor: Peter Griffiths (IG: @anarchyartwork)
#GTA #DOOM #SilentHill
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Grand theft auto is trash.
Fortunately I left school in 1986 and went straight into work for I company I still work for today so missed next to none of these.
My amazing parents bought be GTA Vice City for Christmas when it came out. I was 9. I only proceeded to steal 5 cars before the age of 15. See? It had a good impact on me. Otherwise, it would have been closer to a dozen, if I weren't able to get my fix on PS2.
My dad caught me playing the demo of GTA 2 and forbad me playing it ever again…till some years later where it was on sale and he bought me it, but with the rule that he will take it away if I ever become violent. Well, that never happened and I was also allowed to get GTA 3, again with the same rule.
i had silent hill for ps1 back as a teenager
When I was 12 my parents brought me Mortal Kombat and let me watch anything on TV so jokes on you as my parents didn't care about me enough and let me do whatever I wanted.
This is where having a years-older brother helped me. He had a job and bought all of the cool games, plus had a social life so I got to play them when he was out.
How is MANHUNT or TUROK 2 on this list?!
I was the kid with cool parents. Age limits didnt exist in my house. Had San Andreas the year it was released. Got any game I wanted.
Pokemon
That number 1 is… I just flat out disagree with it
I asked a stranger in ASDA to buy GTA once. He did it and I was happy!
Ok. Mario Kart Series. Quick Google shows the original was the best selling SNES game in Japan, 4th globally. Mario Kart 64 2nd best global selling N64 game, top in Japan…
Each subsequent release near the top selling on each Nintendo console… but hey, folks. It's number 1 on the list of games parents refused to buy. C'mon, guys…
Leasure Suit Larry
The original MK got a hard no from my parents not so much because of content and more so because we had gotten Street Fighter 2 before that and it lead to all the problems attributed to Mario Kart here and then some.
I would really love to see a video made about secret hidden games found inside other games. and if you guys do it, please include the tmnt arcade games found in the tmnt battlenexus and mutant nightmare
I'm still remember how my parent see me play MK Armageddon as a child because they thought it is Street Fighter or Tekken.
I haven't played a Mario kart game in about 15 years, after the incident.
Games were expensive so we got maybe 2 a year each. One on our birthdays and one at Christmas. Only games we weren't allowed to have were the ones that flashed and could cause seizures. Nevermind that neither me nor my brother had epilepsy. Mom was convinced we'd have seizures anyways, cause she thought those games could give you epilepsy. She did her best lol
I was like 6 or 7 when my dad bought me the first Mortal Kombat for mega drive. It was glorious!
My dad bought me Vice City when I was still in middle school. Gamestop dude tried to warm him about all the violence and sexual content I'd be exposed to but my dad doesn't care about any of that stuff. He should have listened. 😈
my mom was very strict about what I played. Mortal Kombat was OUT of the question but in '95 when I was 13 years old she actually bought be Doom 2 on the PC for christmas. she just told me to be mature about it and not to replicate what I was doing in the game. I told her there was zero percent chance I would ever be like the doomguy.
For me it wasn't a matter of what my parents refused to buy for me, it was a matter of my parents being stingy shits in general so we really had to make our game selections count. Once we got a steady income that mentality stayed with me so I still make my purchases count even though I could easily go on a spending spree.
I played GTA games when I was like 13 or 15. Started with 3 and San Andreas. Granted I usually bought them with my own saved money but it was not a problem for my parrents because by that time I already knew what was real and what was not.
My parents bought me Doom, Grand Theft Auto ect as they prefered to know what games I was playing
Just found "Turok" 1 and 2 on ps4, an it felt real good to play a game I'd missed out on for 25 years
My Grandpa almost didn't buy me Diablo when I was a wee lad: he worried it was Satanic. I convinced him the whole point of the game was to stop the devil (which is true!), and it worked. He probably wouldn't have been too happy if he knew about the topless Succubi though.
See I never had to ask my mum for a resident evil/silent hill/gta… we already had them at home. And I was playing them. Fairly useful having a mother who buys those for herself and doesn't believe in censorship.
So… aside from having different parents I have no workaround hack for poor unfortunate souls who would never have been allowed these games.
My mam bought GTA IV for me, just saying.