Any good stores worth checking out on the Hawaii island of Oahu?
Any good stores worth checking out on the Hawaii island of Oahu?
did this site go under? cause i can't get in it. just gets a bad link error.
anyways since i can't tell i am gonna throw it out there and say i am surprised someone posted 3 or 4 MA game stores but forgot my personal favorite
Gamer Zone
270 Essex Street
Salem, MA 01970-3434
(978) 744-2630
they have a great selection of old skool gaming stuff. the store is nice.
I've talked to the owner a few times and hes a super nice guy and very helpful.
also keep a eye out cause i have interest in coming up with what i figure to me is the only game store in the northern New England Region that deals with classic gaming that i know of.
Yeah, what happened to the map? I wanted to add several stores to the map but it's gone. Will it come back.
If they made a movie out of your top five worst sins, what would it be rated?
Check out my list of trades on GameTZ Link
Another MN store not mentioned, sells a lot of retro gaming stuff (good prices too)Originally Posted by pacmanhat
Mr. Zeros - 1744 Lexington Ave N, Roseville MN, 55113
Hmmm- Zeros must be in the same strip mall/next door? I'll have to check it out this wkend. Are the owners of the previous store involved? They couldnt maintain a store to save their life.
Also, I havent been in them for awhile, but Cedar Cliff was a complete mess last time I visited. "Organized" worse than a rummage sale, stuff all over. Dont plan on running in just for a quick look- you'll be doing some digging around.
& I decided Discland is just too far away from me to hit them up anymore (Oakdale to Bloomington).
Last edited by RJ; 03-08-2011 at 04:34 PM.
"The big things that...nerds like to argue about might not actually matter that much."
A few stores have closed in the Dallas area. The GameXchange in Irving, TX is gone along with it's spiritual sister store, GameAttack! in Flower Mound, TX. There's a few Console Game Exchange stores that were closed in January, including the Valley View Mall store (North Dallas), Collin Creek Mall store (Plano, TX), and the store in Sherman, TX. Also, I might have mentioned earlier in this thread that the Plano Play N' Trade closed down.
There's good news though, is that the Plano Play N' Trade moved over to Flower Mound, TX, and that another Play N' Trade is going to open up in Plano in the next couple weeks. I talked to the guys opening the Plano location, they seem pretty cool, real collectors. It seems like they'll be a mile down the road from the new-ish FX Game Exchange store in Plano.
Where's that Play n Trade opening up in Plano?
Here are a few places that I go to get my retro gaming fix.
Dragons Den
Poughkeepsie Plaza
2600 South Road
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
http://gamersgambit.com
Rock Fantasy
75 West Main Street
Middletown, NY 10940
http://www.rockfantasy.com/
Stormville Airport Antique Show & Flea Market
428 Route 216
Stormville, NY 12582
http://www.stormvilleairportfleamarket.com/
Well, when I first looked it up on Play N' Trade's website, it said the store would be on West Parker, roughly around its intersection with Independence Pkwy. They don't have any more info on their site about it now. I'm guessing it's still going to be in the same area. That'll be nice, what with FX Game Exchange being a mile or something east.
It's only going to be dedicated retro stores, apparently. It would be way too difficult for everybody to list places like pawn shops and thrifts, since most big cities have heaps of those and most of them don't have any games in them, except for the occasional Super Mario/Duck Hunt cartridge if you're lucky.
A little update: The Play N' Trade in West Monroe, Louisiana has given up their expensive Play N' Trade license and gone independent. They're now called Game Mechanix. And it seems the Play N' Trade in Sulphur, Louisiana has gone out of business, at least it isn't listed on the Play N' Trade website. I'm in town, but I haven't had the chance to drive past yet.
The Sulphur, LA location of Play N' Trade is indeed gone. It's still got its sign up, but signs on the windows that everything must go. Such a shame, although I never found anything interesting at this location. It's previous locations were a little better for retro stuff, though.
They're finally open, on the Northwest side of the intersection of West Parker Road and Independence Parkway, in one of the strip malls. It's a little bit sparse right now, until people trade in some more games. Hopefully it'll be a little fuller next time I stop by. From what I understand, it costs $250,000 to stock a new Play N' Trade, maybe they weren't able to fully stock the place since they've been having delays and difficulties opening up.
The Play N' Trade in Lafayette, LA has moved; it's a little farther East up Johnston Street, in the Albertson's shopping center on the corner of North College Road. I don't know exactly which address number it is. Maybe a local (really, there's only one Lafayette person on this board as far as I can tell) can give us more accurate information.
I ended up coming across another game store, one that's so new it's not listed on Google Maps yet. It's called Game Over, in the town of Broussard, next to yet another Albertson's Supermarket. It's on the south end of the strip mall on the corner of Albertson Parkway and East Main Street. Nice place, pretty decently stocked retro stuff.
GameXchange(?) in Roseville went under, surprised me when I visited to sell back some stuff. Maplewood store is going strong though. Guy there said the Roseville store wasnt doing anything for them.
Games & Go, Rosedale Center(Mall)- overpriced, games semi-organized on racks/shelves, saw one bin w/ different systems' games just piled in, not worth my time digging around. Clerk chatting w/ his homie the whole time, never acknowledged/talked to me. $20 for PS1 Blood Omen: LoK? Come on.
Toyriffic Maplewood still there. Forest Lake location closed, Hastings phone # gets a residence.
Hi-Score Video Games Hugo phone # not in service. Mall of America & N. St Paul locations still OK.
Last edited by RJ; 06-04-2011 at 08:26 PM.
"The big things that...nerds like to argue about might not actually matter that much."
Ok, I don't want to be a complete (but mostly) troll here, but that store is absolutely terrible if you want any kind of fair deal. The more obscure or "diamond in the rough" kind of games you might get for a decent price, but anything that might command any kind of value... not so much. This is the store that I joke about for attempting to sell "Pocky and Rocky 2" for well over the $100 mark.
The CGX in Irving Mall has closed.
Someone should add A&C Video Games in Toronto.
It's already on google maps, it just needs a marker.
Their prices are little high, but so are their trade in values, so it sort of balances out.
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