Why does...?

[AfroLH]

We used to have a thing called Gametrader here in Louisiana.
Gamestop bought them out
They had every old game under the sun
But at outrageous prices.

Chrono Trigger for SNES was $136!!!!!!

[Oniak]

Well we have microplay, and they have everything, but they have horrid prices

[project_failure]

We used to have a store called playerone that had took in pretty much anything. Prices were reasonable. They even sold imported DBZ games for the psone and the converter needed to play it.

[grossaffe]

I discovered that the place that fulfilled all of my old gaming needs closed all of its brick-and-mortar locations. ... except that it opened one (and only one), just a couple miles away from my house . Apparently you can even order stuff online and pick it up in-store and pay in cash. awesome.

What state do you live in?

Virginia. 12 miles or so away from DC.

[Triton]

gamestop sucking so much (and being the ONLY videogame store in town aside from new games at walmart, target etc) are a large part of why i plan on opening my own game store in the not too distant future!

[Oniak]

gamestop sucking so much (and being the ONLY videogame store in town aside from new games at walmart, target etc) are a large part of why i plan on opening my own game store in the not too distant future!

well I'd like to do that as well when I'm old enough haha. New gamestores are great, as yes, Most suck. Especially gamestop.

[samjc3]

we used to have one called rhino games. it was the best store in the world, because everything was cheap. brand new 360/ps3 games for 40 bucks, [all of them, not just the ones that nobody has ever heard of] and most ps2/xbox/gc games for 10$, and nes and such for really cheap, think .50 cents, and ps1/n64 for under 5 bucks!

unfortunantly, they went out of business, because they werent making money. it was sad. i cried. then i cut myself. then i commited suicide.(im better now. )

[jleemero]

Only one "classic games" place around here, and actually, I help out quite a bit there (not an employee though).
It's actually where I get my near endless supply of N64s

The games are pretty well priced, and they carry anything from the Atari 2600 on, all the way up to 360/Wii/PS3 games now.

NOTHING in this place is new except for the comic books, ALL of the games and systems are used ones.
The systems themselves are INCREDIBLY cheap, wonderfully cheap.
Gamecube with a DRE: $8 - $20 depending on it's condition.
Xbox without a harddrive: $30.
NES with a bad cartridge slot: $8 - $15.


I actually got my first (and last) Virtual Boy there!
And they now have the same one for sale again

[themadhacker]

then i commited suicide.

oh, so I suppose I am talking to a ghost then?

[samjc3]

then i commited suicide.

oh, so I suppose I am talking to a ghost then?

i got better. i was never really in danger, because i dont have a soul

[Twilight Wolf]

GameStop is okay... I shop there every once in a while. As long as you're looking for things PS2-era and above, they're not too bad; prices are decent and they have a good selection, though you're probably not going to find any of the more uncommon games. I still prefer Game Crazy as far as chain stores go. Game Force, a local store, beats them all because they've got a large selection of older stuff and get things like the Saturn and Sega CD every once in a while, and their prices are good. The best of all, though, is Play 'N' Trade. A great mix of old and new and at very good prices. Heck, I bought a boxed 32X with a copy of "Star Wars Arcade" from them for $20, and I know some of you heard about the PSone with a screen, AV/Power cables, two controllers, three novelty memory cards, and a carrying case for it all that I bought from them for just $40.

In all, GameStop < Game Crazy < Game Force < Play 'N' Trade.

[AfroLH]

we used to have one called rhino games. it was the best store in the world, because everything was cheap. brand new 360/ps3 games for 40 bucks, [all of them, not just the ones that nobody has ever heard of] and most ps2/xbox/gc games for 10$, and nes and such for really cheap, think .50 cents, and ps1/n64 for under 5 bucks!

unfortunantly, they went out of business, because they werent making money. it was sad. i cried. then i cut myself. then i commited suicide.(im better now. )

HOLY CRAP,

THEY HAD ONE RIGHT NEXT TO MY HOUSE!!!
They did rock.

[samjc3]

we used to have one called rhino games. it was the best store in the world, because everything was cheap. brand new 360/ps3 games for 40 bucks, [all of them, not just the ones that nobody has ever heard of] and most ps2/xbox/gc games for 10$, and nes and such for really cheap, think .50 cents, and ps1/n64 for under 5 bucks!

unfortunantly, they went out of business, because they werent making money. it was sad. i cried. then i cut myself. then i commited suicide.(im better now. )

HOLY CRAP,

THEY HAD ONE RIGHT NEXT TO MY HOUSE!!!
They did rock.

really? i thought there was only one. or do you live in arvada too?

[skeneegee]

we used to have one called rhino games. it was the best store in the world, because everything was cheap. brand new 360/ps3 games for 40 bucks, [all of them, not just the ones that nobody has ever heard of] and most ps2/xbox/gc games for 10$, and nes and such for really cheap, think .50 cents, and ps1/n64 for under 5 bucks!

unfortunantly, they went out of business, because they werent making money. it was sad. i cried. then i cut myself. then i commited suicide.(im better now. )

HOLY CRAP,

THEY HAD ONE RIGHT NEXT TO MY HOUSE!!!
They did rock.

really? i thought there was only one. or do you live in arvada too?

Woah! Arvada, Colorado? I live there. For retro gamer Coloradans, there 2 stores named Game Xplosion, one in Westminster, and one in Aurora. I've only been to the Westy store but the selection is incredible, 300+snes, 200+genesis, Master system, sega cd, saturn, dreamcast games and lots more. The prices are fair, $20 for complete Gunstar Heroes, $5 Uniracers.

Play-N-Trade is pretty cool too but the one by me has a pretty limited retro selection.

-mike

[samjc3]

Play-N-Trade is pretty cool too but the one by me has a pretty limited retro selection.

the one across the parking lot from super target? it sucks, but i know the owners, so get better deals than the normal peasants.