Anyone or Anything in or around Nashville? TN?

[PSerge]

Hi all,

Any other DPers from Nashville or TN??

I see all these conventions in New England, Washington State, California... but is there anything in Nashville? Or anywhere in the South at all? If not, any collectors around Nashville?

Thanks.

[LAGO]

I don't know of any events in or around Nashville, but I live around Knoxville. That makes the total for game collector's in TN around 2.

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

If Tulsa isn't too much of a haul, the Oklahoma Video Gaming Exhibition (OVGE) is on August 19th.

[PSerge]

Well, mapquest says it's 9 and 1/2 hours away... I don't think that's too far... But I don't know... I missed the convention in Cincinnati this year, that would have been much closer... But we'll see.... Thanks for the info..

[DreamTR]

I'll be in moving to the Nashville area in around 18 months....that will make it up to 3!

There's also a pretty good store up north of Nashville....Sean Kelly's brother's store, but I have never been there...

[PSerge]

DreamTR,

Do you know what city the store is in? I'm always looking for new places to look for games... I have traveled through half of the little towns around here with some success, but any help would be greatly appreciated.... What brings you to Nashville?

[venturousviking]

I used to live around the Knoxville area from 92-95 and I remember a classic gaming event up there that occurred every year. Never attended but the guy's first name that held the event was Jayson Hill or something like that??

Anyone else remember this?

[DreamTR]

I'm going to move to Nashville to get a house and start the whole family thing.

Gallaton is where the store is.

[LAGO]

I've been to Gallatin, a few years back. Do you happen to know what the name of the store is?

[PSerge]

letsallgameon,

I believe the game store in Gallatin is called Video Games Etc. Here is the info I pulled for yellowpages.com..

Video Games Etc
179 Hancock St, Gallatin
Gallatin, TN

(615) 451-6933 They don't open til 11 a.m. most days.sometimes it's 11:30 or so.

I actually went there about two or three months ago... I found a few things I needed... They are the only store I have found in TN with TurboGrafx 16 games, although I didn't buy any when I went... They also have a large selection of about any kind of game you could be looking for... They even had a Vectrex, but it was pricey and I don't know what they are worth... It looked cool though.
Hope this helps...

[LAGO]

If you ever make it over to Knoxville they have a game store there called Game Haven. They don't go as far back as he Vectrex but you can snag some older games on occasion.

They do carry older stuff but I believe it just goes along a whatever a person trades in kind of thing.

[PSerge]

I went to a place in Cookeville called Game Haven, I think it might be similiar... Do you know where the Knoxville Game Haven is located? I was already planning a trip to Knoxville sometime this month to visit a friend? Any help with game stores that carry NES, SNES, or TurboGrafx stuff would be appreciated....

Thanks.

[LAGO]

I believe that's owned by the same people. If you're going on a weekend, Saturday, they don't open until 7pm. Strangest hours i've ever seen for a store. I can't remember the hours for sunday.

[DreamTR]

I went to 8 different game stores when I was out there...Rhino Video Games, Game Traders, Great Escapes, some weird hybrid music store with games in Murfreesboro in the same shipping center as Rhino, Digital Planet, and I think that was it...

I ended up with a LOT of good sealed stuff, this was also around the time as the Xmas TRU sale, so I spent around $800 there, and ended up with $1200 total, so $400 in profit...

[blissfulnoise]

The Great Escape in Nashville used to carry all kinds of stuff back when I lived around there. Obviously music focused, but they had lots of books, video games, and movies too.

This was 8 some-old years ago though.

I may have to look you up DreamTR and see if I can pay for the nickle tour of your collection if you'd allow it. I'm in Clarksville, Tennessee pretty much every Christmas and it's a short drive into the city.

[PSerge]

Great Escape is still a great place to go... Sometimes they are a little pricier, depending on what you are buying..
Picked up a few R5's for the NES, for 7-8 bucks a piece, got my Virtual Boy there ( missing the stand though)...
They actually have three locations now, one in Nashville, one in Madison ( just north of Nashville), and one in Bowling Green KY about an hour away...

Yeah I have to agree with you Blissfulnoise, I would love to pay for the nickel tour to see DreamTR's collection. Hell I'd pay more.

[DreamTR]

Well, it's going to be 12-18 months before it makes it out there You guys are more than welcome to see it.

[PSerge]

Well, 12-18 months huh? I hope you are ready for nashville.. It's different around here... People around here think it's a big city, but it doesn't have all the big city things to do....

I would love to see your collection, thanks... I guess waiting will be the hard part... 12-18 months is a long time.

[PSerge]

BUMP... BUMP...

[mb7241]

I'm in Cleveland, TN...about 2 1/2 hours (160 miles) from Nashville, and (depending on traffic) about 45 minutes (75 miles) from Knoxville... I knew I couldn't be the only collector in these parts...