Classic games and imports in Portland?

[Niku-Sama]

making a hasty trip to P-town (thats portland oregon) leaving tommorow and staying for a few days and i was wondering if any one knew of any good shops, thrifts, ect. ect. ect. to hit up while i am there.

looking for mostly classic imports but others are ok too. Big city goodwills are also an always visit but any other reccomendations would be good.

[swlovinist]

Videogame Wizards
Phone: (503) 771-6440
9712 SE Foster Rd. Portland, Oregon 97266
Just 1 block east of SE Foster Road exit on I-205.

second location in Silverton, OR.
300 Lewis Street Silverton, Oregon 97381
Phone: (503) 873-0444

Game Trader
3205 Southwest Cedar Hills Boulevard Beaverton, OR 97005
(503) 641-5511

These two stores always have great items and selections.

[homerhomer]

For close in PDX, here's a couple

http://www.cdgamexchange.com/ - Currently may favorite place. There prices seem to be really fair.
http://pristineblue.wix.com/gameshack - Not bad, sort of strange place though. Last time I was there they had boxed nes games.


Good luck

[Damaniel]

Being from Portland, here's my personal opinion about the local places I've been to:

• Video Game Wizards - lots and lots of games. Prices on common stuff is extremely reasonable, but last time I was there they were practicing the 'no price tag; look it up on eBay in front of the customer' method of pricing rare games. Because of that, I don't go there very much (even though I only live about 3 minutes away).
• Game Trader - I go here all the time (once a week at least). Great pricing, and they have all kinds of obscure stuff; even carts for old 8-bit computers. They carry a bit of import stuff as well.
• CD Game Exchange - I've only been to a couple of the closer ones a few times because I only discovered them after I was starting to get burned out collecting-wise. Now that I'm collecting PS2 stuff, I'll probably go check them out again.

This is also the first time I've heard of Gameshack. I'll have to go there and see what they have. We used to have a lot more game stores here (6 or 7 years ago we probably had 3 times as many), but Gamestop serves the needs of most non-collectors, and I guess our local collecting community isn't large enough to sustain so many stores.