DFW game collecting - tips/locations??

[gamesniper]

Console Game Exchange and Special FX Game Exchange were once the same company, hence the similar layout and pricing scheme, Here's the breakdown of locations by city, post-split. Special FX is in: Brownwood (Early), College Station, Hillsboro and Waco. CGX is in Frisco, Sherman and Temple. CGX may have another one, but I don't believe so.

Actually, I forgot to mention I've known the founder of the company since 98'. Very nice guy and he told me the real story of what happened.

There was originally 6 stores. When two of his business partners wanted to run things differently and these guys had no idea about games, all hell broke loose. He told them to take those three stores in Frisco, Sherman, and Temple.

There is even a Special FX in Dallas now from what I heard also.

Pricing schemes, I agree to an extent, but sometimes I'll have a solid deal on the most higher dollar items that are overlooked by them.

Bruce is a nice guy, and I've heard the story, too. I know of no FX in Dallas, and I try to keep tabs on this fairly closely. They are always expanding, but as far as I know they are looking south for the next store, though I don't want to mention specifics.

[cracked8ball]

Movie Trading Company has something like 10 locations in Dallas, and they've recently been bought out by Vintage Stock. Which means there's soon going to be a chain in DFW with retro games for sale. They still haven't converted over yet, I've heard that it might be up to a year. I'm looking forward to it.

Apparently, they have recently converted as all of the locations now have glass cases with tons of retro games. Prices are fairly decent as well, aside from all Atari 2600 games being $9.99 each and a few NES titles in the $12 range.

[geneshifter]

Apparently, they have recently converted as all of the locations now have glass cases with tons of retro games. Prices are fairly decent as well, aside from all Atari 2600 games being $9.99 each and a few NES titles in the $12 range.

Is this in DFW as well? If so, where are they located? Thanks!

[cracked8ball]

Yep it's in DFW. The 3 locations I've seen them at were the ones in Dallas on Beltline Rd, Precinct Line Rd location in Hurst, and Belt Line Rd location in Irving across from the Irving Mall. The Dallas location appears to have the best and biggest selection.

[geneshifter]

Cool, I'm gonna go there today. Thanks for the tip!

[geneshifter]

Went to the Movie Trading company on Belt Line in Addison and I found a few things i wanted. They do have a pretty good number of games for Genesis, NES, SNES, N64, PS1, PS2, XBOX and GC. I got 5 NES games I've been needing for $14. One of those was trick shooting - been looking for that one in the wild for a while around here.