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| Closed Gaming Store memories. Which defunct game store do you miss most? |
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| kamikazekeeg:
Blockbuster for sure. I use to work at one in the early 2000's. I'll always prefer physical stores over a digital marketplace. It was nice just casually browsing around, finding stuff you normally wouldn't because a cover stood out. Anymore, I'd take any rental store, but they've all shutdown around me. |
| oldgamerz:
The only Game Crazy store I'd been to was in 2007-2009 a complete rip off all games were for modern mostly systems (back then). and My new Game Boy Advance SP was $250.00 in year 2007 plus tax. and they only had crappy gameboy advance games for $15.00 and up used. In fact if you were to find any (used) for any console or handheld. in their store at all it was always $15.00 and up and that was everything they sold at the Game Crazy location The location was in Highland Park Michigan a run down community at the time with violence and robberies and crumbling building. then came Game Headz in which was a discount retro store for things usually $1.00 to $5.00 used. i was few more blocks down highland park location in which I was living at the time Game Headz even had retro gaming competition on a tv for free, at Game Headz in highland park used to let you play a few consoles with your buddies in the store it self. but they went out of business faster than Game Crazy at a different address on the same exact street in Highland park Michigan. Both stores were on Detroit and Highland Park's main street called Woodward Ave Game Headz entire franchise I think is out of business at least in Michigan |
| sworddude:
I was quite a poor man back in the day, no fond memories of specialized game stores since I didn't have the money anyways. maybe I bought 2 or 3 games a year. |
| pizzasafari:
Gamestation! They were great. Their prices were really low and they always had a vibe of being passionate about games. After Gamestation went under all of its stores were replaced with Game, who are overpriced as balls and their staff talk like politicians. Christ. |
| wartoy:
Definitely got to second Game Crazy best store ever Imo. I remember the classic plastic sale all retro games were 5.00 each no matter what game it was I took the day off from work and went to 5 different stores. Got panzer dragoon saga,burning Rangers, shining wisdom,mega man 8,shining force 3 and many more all for 5 bucks each .Just to show the scope of the deals I got that day I'll tell you I spent over 2 grand of my savings which destroyed my savings but it was well worth it. I got so many rare hard to find games from snes,saturn,jaguar, nes,ps1,etc. It's not possible for me to write them all down. Best store ever! |
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