Finding games in Vancouver, BC ?

[pimpbot1976]

I am just looking for places to find classic games in Vancouver, Richmond, Burnaby etc.

Any info would be greatly appreciated.

Richie-Rich

[Mr-E_MaN]

I don't know of any stores specifically but I would try to find some pawn shops, flea markets, thrift stores, and garage sales in your area. I mostly find stuff at pawn shops & garage sales, but I always go anywhere I can to find games.

[odysseyzine]

I just got back from Vancouver this weekend! Great town. Very beautiful city and I hope to be there again soon. I was doing a lot of Record shopping, but I managed to stumble across a store with some cool game-related stuff. There was a cool store in the Gas Town area called The Games People. It had a few really cool arcade games including Starship 1 (never seen that before! That cabinet is a real work of art.) and Robotron. They even have a Sega Love Tester! They also had some game memorabilia there. I ended up getting sidetracked by their Backgammon sets so I didn't notice if they had any other treasures. They seemed to be geared towards collectors of old toys/antiques, so the price range might not be the best, but it sure was a fun store to look around in.

I have some pictures of the store if you'd like to see them.

[tyranthraxus]

The two big flea markets are not bad for Gameboy, N64 and PS1/2. Both
are open weekends one is on Terminal by Main the other is Kingsway and
Clark.

But if you want a cool store to dig through go to A-Z Videogames on
Broadway near Fraser. They have tons of NES games many boxed and
also have a small case of pre-1984 games. But the prices are pretty
bunk. I saw a CV Pepper II and he wanted $25 for it!!!!! With some
digging I'm sure you could find a few rares but I doubt you will get any dirt
cheap. The guy won't haggle, many of his PS1 games are still priced like the
Playstation 2 never existed and he seems oblivious to the price drops of
the Greatest Hits games. Also the owner is really creepy, he just stort of
walks up near you and hovers and isn't into chatting. Actually now
that I think about it the store isn't really all that cool apart from the
huge amount of NES games there.

The Games People in gastown while having a few vintage arcade machines
is more of a RPG/Board game place. Not too much in the way of video
games and what they do have (arcade machines) has not really changed
much in the last few years.

Playdium at Metrotown has a few classic arcade games for play. And
Lesters arcade on Kingsway (past Metrotown heading to New West)
has a nice little selection of classic arcade games like Galaga, Ms Pac,
DK Jr and others.

John

[tyranthraxus]

Oh yeah there is also John's Jukes on Main near the Fox theatre. It
doesn't really have much to browse but they service arcade machines
and juke boxes. For around $400 & up they can build you a arcade
machine of your choice.

[pimpbot1976]

Here is John's Jukes website......... http://www.flippers.com