Opening a Game Store UPDATE!

[Niku-Sama]

Wow, I was thinking about taking a drive down there until I learned how piss-poor my geography was. It's a nine hour drive according to Mapquest. Hard to justify that just to shop!

At the very least, I can window shop from here on the site. Keep 'em updated Joe!

9 hours?
check this out
1: Start out going SOUTH on WILLAMETTE AVE toward E 10TH ST. 0.2 miles Map
2: Turn LEFT onto SISKIYOU BLVD. 0.4 miles Map
3: Turn RIGHT onto HIGHLAND DR. 0.3 miles Map
4: Turn RIGHT onto E BARNETT RD. 0.3 miles Map
5: Merge onto I-5 S toward ASHLAND. 87.8 miles Map
6: Merge onto CA-89 via EXIT 736 toward MC CLOUD / LASSEN PARK. 78.2 miles Map
7: Turn LEFT onto CA-44 / FEATHER LAKE RD. Continue to follow CA-44. 45.9 miles Map
8: Turn LEFT onto CA-36. 10.2 miles Map
9: CA-36 becomes US-395 S. 79.8 miles Map
10: Merge onto I-80 E via EXIT 68 toward SPARKS / ELKO. 518.3 miles Map
11: Merge onto I-80 E via EXIT 307 toward CHEYENNE. 1054.7 miles Map
12: Merge onto I-80 E via EXIT 123B toward CHICAGO / MINNEAPOLIS. 166.6 miles Map
13: Merge onto I-280 E via EXIT 290 toward ROCK ISLAND / MOLINE. 27.4 miles Map
14: I-280 E becomes I-80 E (Portions toll). 168.3 miles Map
15: Merge onto I-80 E via EXIT 16 toward OHIO (Portions toll). 354.9 miles Map
16: Merge onto I-80 E via EXIT 218 toward YOUNGSTOWN. 383.1 miles Map
17: Merge onto US-46 E via EXIT 53 toward RT-3 / MEADOWLANDS SPORTS COMPLEX / WAYNE / CLIFTON / LINCOLN TUNNEL. 6.3 miles Map
18: End at 387 Piaget Ave
Clifton, NJ 07011-3001, US

thats a long drive, i am thinkin he should start a franchise on the west coast

[Vigilante]

Anywhere is within walking distance if you have the time.

[ManciGames]

Believe me, I can relate. I'm a young preteen interested in classic games. When I tried to get my friends interested though, well it just won't happen. It's sad to see young kids just pass these awe inspiring systems by and leave them. For god sakes, I play tons of classic games. And anyways Joe, that's great that your store has been a huge success. Hey, I'm on the East coast, so maybe I can make it to NJ.

Damn. "Preteen"? This kid writes better than 90% of the people on the net.

[Sniderman]

Wow, I was thinking about taking a drive down there until I learned how piss-poor my geography was. It's a nine hour drive according to Mapquest. Hard to justify that just to shop!

At the very least, I can window shop from here on the site. Keep 'em updated Joe!

The hell it is! I've driven to Joe's house and back TWICE in a 24-hour period. And this - THIS is Mecca for us! Ain't it worth a pilgramage?

[digitalpress]

Whoa, just noticed that this thread popped up again so I thought I'd throw in a quick update!

Sales have been tremendous - I expected a really good month of December and January is going just as well so far. I sell just about equal quantities of new stuff and old stuff. College students, adults and to a smaller degree high schoolers have become fairly regular NES, SNES and Genesis game purchasers (with the occasional Dreamcaster in there). The middle school contingent feeds regularly on the PS2, XBox, GameCube, PSP and DS.

From what I've seen, PS2 sells twice as well as XBox and GameCube, and XBox and GameCube are about equal in popularity. PSP is about 2/3 of the new handheld game sales.

This town is a soccer town. I always wondered who bought all this FIFA stuff. Clifton, a highly diverse ethnic community, is certainly part of that buying group. I can hardly keep soccer games in stock.

Somewhere in this forum are photos from our first store tournament. The next tournament is on the 27th (Super Smash Bros Melee, by popular request).

One of our forum members, Schenley, is doing the LAN Center/PC Gaming Room installation towards the end of this month. The store will have this feature ready sometime in mid-February. Word is out at the local high school where a place that used to do this full time closed down about a year ago.

I'm hiring my first two employees on Feb 1st. One of 'em will be an organizer/assistant/cleaner for an hour a day, the other will be my backup so I'll finally get a day or two off every week.

The return of NAVA starts on Saturday! I'm pretty excited about getting the gang back together.

Updated NAVA page: http://www.digitpress.com/nava.htm

Updated Store page: http://www.digitpress.com/store

That's it for now! Thanks again to those of you who have made the trip out to the store and to the new members who have joined the forums AFTER going to the store. Hope to see ya's all again at NAVA.

[MASTERWEEDO]

i'll b there hopefully in june.

[Sniderman]

You have an amazing store, Joe! It was COMPLETELY worth the 16-hour round trip to visit and to poke through your wares. Congrats on an awesome layout, great selection, and - dare I say it - surprisingly low prices!

It's a nine hour drive according to Mapquest. Hard to justify that just to shop

Sissy.

[ZeetherKID77]

PLEEEZE put the store on the Internet! I do NOT want to drive 50000 miles to NJ!

[Videogamerdaryll]

PLEEEZE put the store on the Internet! I do NOT want to drive 50000 miles to NJ!

The trip is sooo worth it...

The Store ROCKS!!!!And Joe Too

[oceanfr]

Nice place, I may check it

Ocean

[neo-zen]

your store is awsome, i owned a store in 1999-2000
im working on opening another now with out cutting into my game library
i bought a guys collection of ps2 games today.... good luck with your store and if im ever in nj i will stop in

[kainemaxwell]

Showed pics of the place to a friend last night. She and I are gonna head there sometime in the next week or so.

[EricRyan34]

I kinda figured that the sales would be somewhere in that range.

[Jive3D]

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[kainemaxwell]

This is absolutely incredible.

I particularly like the panels that you've used for the walls - it really reminded me of that old look that Babbages had - really a nice touch.

The panels remind me of Funcoland back in the day actually.

[EnzoSangiorgio]

When I first heard a game store opened up where the outer limits used to be, i was afraid it would suffer the same fate because of obnoxiously high prices. dp doesn't have that issue, and it's an awesome store. hope it lasts a long, long time.

[kainemaxwell]

Does the employee bathroom have a Super Mario shower head?

Something better

Best toilet ever. ^^

[Kid Ice]

This is absolutely incredible.

I particularly like the panels that you've used for the walls - it really reminded me of that old look that Babbages had - really a nice touch.

The panels remind me of Funcoland back in the day actually.

I believe those were there from before Joe bought the store.

[Osaka]

The sotre is indeed amazing! I would have never even known about it if I didn't happen to glance ove while driving on rt. 46 and seeing arcade machines XD

Weeks later, I work there, and love it. Go figure =P

[hezeuschrist]

Does the employee bathroom have a Super Mario shower head?

Something better

Best toilet ever. ^^

That ain't a toilet.