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| marvelvscapcom2:
Hello everyone :). I don't know if anyone here remembers Game Crazy or if you had them locally. I don't think they were nationwide. But for me they are the store I miss the most as I spent most of my childhood looking at this signage right here :D. I remember all my fondest console gaming memories coming from this establishment. From my first PS2, to my first 360. My dad or mom would go in to buy me M rated games as I wasn't of age. Me and my best friend from middle school used to go every thrusday and walk from my house which was right down the street, We'd go thursday which was when I would get my allowance and I'd spend 20 bucks on various PS2 games or save up a 2 week allowance and get a new game. I even had the MVP card for lower prices. This store went defunct along with Hollywood video and I actually recall crying the day it was torn down lol. I was young at the time granted but it was an emotional thing for me as it was my favorite store and I loved all the workers. :) Out of all the stores that went down. I couldn't really grasp the reality of it. I just wish they could come back. They were so cheap with their deals as well. Out of all the most popular ones like Funco Land and Blockbuster ect... which game rental/buy store do you miss most? Do you miss any at all? |
| bikingjahuty:
Oh man, there are so, so many. The one that I have the fondest memories of and the store where I bought and traded most of my video games growing up was a Software Etc store inside a mall that is no longer around either. I bought 75% of my N64, PS1, Gameboy, GBA, Dreamcast, PS2, and Gamecube games from there until it closed down in 2005. I spent a lot of time there with friends just window shopping and looking around as well. Just typing this is making me feel heavily sentimental about it. We have a string of video game stores in Colorado that I don't believe existed elsewhere else called Game Force. Growing up there were probably a dozen different Game Force locations around the state and they were all individually franchised, which to my understanding all the locations were owned by five different people who owned different locations. There was one up the street from my high school that I used to walk to on my off hours and I purchased many games from there as well, including my first older console that I bought to get into older video games and game collecting, the Sega Saturn. There was also one in a more affluent suburban area near where I grew up that I really enjoyed going to. Both of these stores have been gone for over a decade now, and all the other Game Force locations are gone except three. Sadly just three or four years ago there was double that, which makes me worry about the future of these independently owned stores. And finally, like you, I had a Game Crazy near my house from like 2001 to 2005 that was attached to a Hollywood Video store. I made a point to go in there every time I went to rent something, however I can't remember buying a ton of games from them, mostly because I was still buying from Software Etc and an EBX which eventually evolved into a Gamestop and got relocated down the street. Still, it was a cool place that I remember fondly and wish it was still around. An honorable mention was an Incredible Universe store that was open very, very briefly near where I lived, but it was literally there for a year before it went out of business. I remember it being so cool and awesome even though I think I only went there twice. I wish I was old enough to remember it better and to have shopped there more. |
| burningdoom:
Mostly I miss FuncoLand. I want a big store like that, that carries retro games, in my area again. We just don't have that anymore. Thrift shops, the flea market, and Goodwill are my local hunting grounds. (And Goodwill, I think, has just stopped putting out games. It's been a while since I've seen any there besides PC games.) |
| hoshichiri:
I miss Game Crazy too. I remember when ours closed down, I actually asked my boss to change my work schedule so I could go to the closing sale. Not only did he do it, he gave me a shopping list. I guess what I miss most is the old flea market, with its surprisingly numerous gaming booths. So many notable things bought from there... my Dreamcast, my Sega CD, my copy of Klonoa 2 (ended up kind of liking that one ;)). I'm sure if it was still around I'd be less enthused as the change in the market would have killed the deals. As it is though, it's a fond memory of my earlier collecting days. |
| justin8301:
For me it was Babbage's; lots of time spent in that store. I remember being in elementary school saving up all the change I found and walking into that store with a bag of mostly pennies and buying my very first DMG-01 with tetris. Im sure the clerk HATED me; but he sat there with me and counted out every last cent till that grey brick was mine! My Highschool was across the street from the mall, I used to skip lunch all the time and save my money, walk over to the Babbage's and spend it on games. The clearance bin was my best friend back then. I got some of my most favorite games in that store and they are still in my collection today. |
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