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Any guesses on what they could be playing?

I would have assumed Goldeneye, but that looks like the cartridge on the floor there.

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[–] itsathursday@lemmy.world 48 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Likely Mario Kart 64. Came out the same year as GoldenEye and they look too chill for an fps.

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 28 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

You can literally see the Goldeneye cartridge on the floor next to the 64. So unless they have two copies, they’re not playing it for sure.

[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago

Dunno if your app put your reply on the wrong comment but the person you responded to used the same evidence you found to suggest a game other than Goldeneye

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

That's a good guess. They also look too casual for Mario Party, but too serious for something like Donkey Kong 64.

[–] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

There's no memory expansion pack, so this is likely before Q4 '99.

[–] dariusj18@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm trying to figure out what the black strips are on the cartridge. Maybe it is taped together? I don't remember any games with that color pattern.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I don't remember any cartridge colored like that either. I bet it's tape from a rental store.

too casual for Mario Party

Most likely true, no evidence of a fist fight yet.

[–] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

It's likely a fighting game, look at how some of them are going there hands over the right side. Classic arcade hand positions.

[–] mortemtyrannis@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

Diddy Kong Racing then?

[–] NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee 28 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Later that night, something strange happened. The controller in his hand shifted, becoming an odd device, and the next thing he knew, he was in the Digital World.

[–] PaupersSerenade@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 month ago

Becomes de facto leader of a gang of fellow abductees and definitely got paired with a fire type. The goggle-heads always do.

[–] Bananigans@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

There once was a boy named Bananigans, Who dreamed of a cactus with gloves on its hands.

He’d wake every day so hopeful and chipper, Thinking one day a mailman might ship her.

But days turned to months, and months into years, His cactus with boxing gloves never appeared.

For life, as it happens, had a notion less grand, And a cactus with boxing gloves wasn't the plan.

[–] beccaboben@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Are you the one with the frosted tips and goggles The Picard Maneuver?!

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I wish. I sadly never frosted my tips in the 90s.

[–] beccaboben@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well, of course! They were standard issue in the 90s.

[–] OfficerBribe@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Do they serve any practical purpose as in you put them on before doing something craaaazy or you were just supposed to wear them on head?

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

In the 90s, everything was marketed as EXTREME, so you just had to be prepared.

[–] John@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 month ago

I dont know why, but this came directly into my mind: https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=VI__EW_fPJs :D

[–] everett@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Something with multiple control schemes, because two of them are using the analog stick and one is using the d-pad.

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's Gary. Don't mind him, his controller doesn't work.

[–] everett@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

Little bro Gary!

[–] John@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

The guy with the goggles give me 1080 snowboarding vibes. But since they are into shooters, maybe turok

Edit: the guy in Front looks like he is using the d-pad. i found this list of games which use the D-Pad on Reddit

https://www.reddit.com/r/n64/comments/t6mdee/games_using_the_dpad/

Could rly be turok i guess :D

[–] frigidaphelion@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

He looks like Baird from gears of war

[–] Prox@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Could be WCW/NWo Revenge. A true classic.

[–] PlainSimpleGarak@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

As a young lad, I was blown away by the customization options. You could make damn near anyone, from any wrestling organization.

[–] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

How did I know PM5K was going to be in this thread? Thanks for this.

[–] TOModera@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

It could be something weird like Conkers Bad Fur day multi-player. Though I agree with others it's most likely Mario Kart

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

The concentration of faded denim is blinding!

[–] Gennadios@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

That's not a Mario Party/Mario Kart crowd. My guess would have been Goldeneye too. Next guess is one of the WWF/WCW/nWo games, at least one of them had a 4 player mode.

[–] StaySquared@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

The best days of humanity. We'll never have a 90s era again and that's saddening.

[–] pH3ra@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

Likely, either Mario Kart or Smash Bros