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[User 73706]

I'm at some mall in Tampa and just came across this.

Is it an old logo? Is it a new logo? I got no fuggin' idea. But it looks miles ahead of what they have now.

What are some other examples?

 

[strafer]

Gamestop is such a silly name.

It's like...stop gaming.

 

[Delicious Waffles]

I'm at some mall in Tampa and just came across this.



Is it an old logo? Is it a new logo? I got no fuggin' idea. But it looks miles ahead of what they have now.

Might be new, considering all the recent ads they got on display (GTA V for example).

Regardless, looks pretty nice. Much better than the current logo.

 

[spindashing]

That looks too classy for Gamestop.

Looks like a furniture store logo.

 

[DietRob]

Better than the current logo.

Sorry OP you failed.

 

[injurai]

reminds me of a stroller company for some reason...

 

[gamma]

Better than the current logo.

Sorry OP you failed.

Actually you failed at reading

 

[Joeki11a]

Seems to be powered by 5000000 transistors

 

[RoboPlato]

Really old logo. I remember that one from the GameStop in the mall near me opened up, which was the area, about 10 years ago.

 

[ThoseDeafMutes]

Gamestop is such a silly name.

It's like...stop gaming.

It's like "rest stop" or "gas stop" or whatever.

 

[Joe Shlabotnik]

Their current logo could probably use an update, but as clean as the one in this pic is, it's also pretty bland.

Current logo is more memorable.

 

[Aeonin]

I remember seeing that logo back when it was Babbage's. Good times, I remember it was my store of choice.

 

[Escape Goat]

Gamestop is such a silly name.

It's like...stop gaming.

Gamego

Gogame

 

[Slayven]

hahah beaten.

 

[DietRob]

Actually you failed at reading

Damn. I'm failing at that a lot today. I blame the half a liter of grey goose I drank last night.

Carry-on.

 

[BertramCooper]

One of Saul Bass' best.

R.I.P. United tulip.

 

[acheron_xl]

I'm at some mall in Tampa and just came across this.



Is it an old logo? Is it a new logo? I got no fuggin' idea. But it looks miles ahead of what they have now.

What are some other examples?

That's a crap logo. The little arc thingie and the font treatment scream 1997 to me.

 

[corn_fest]

That logo is horrible. It looks like a generic airport store or something.

 

[Wubby]

I miss Funcolands logo

 

[RevDM]

 

[Concept17]

^Always thought it looked like E | 3.

 

[eshwaaz]

There's a strip mall near me that has a GameStop, a SmashBurger and a Sport Clips, and they all have white/red logos. Maybe GameStop is changing theirs to try and differentiate themselves.

 

[tim.mbp]

I loved the old Denver Nuggets rainbow logo.

 

[XiaNaphryz]

 

[OnPoint]

That store is why i can pronounce 'boutique' now. When I saw it as a kid, I thought it was "bot-eh-cue"

 

[tycoonheart]

I remember seeing that logo back when it was Babbage's. Good times, I remember it was my store of choice.

Damn, haven't heard that name in ages.

EB Games, Babbages... none exist around here anymore. Everything is Gamestop.

 

[TheSeks]

http://i.imgur.com/6z5a4EM.jpg

Wow you had a Software ETC. in 2006? I thought they all died since the one here was closed in like 1999-2000. EB was a few stores down and that replaced it.

I remember getting strategy guides for $.01 there.

 

[ComputerMKII]

They should have kept that logo.

 

[.GqueB.]

Not only is that gamestop logo ugly, it looks like it's for another company entirely.

 

[cntr]

They should have kept that logo.

Haha. I wonder how they got away with that.

 

[meijiko]

This thread is a sad reminder of all the stores that aren't around anymore because of Gamestop.

Spoiler

This store is actually still called Funcoland on the outside, but inside it's all fucking Gamestop.

 

[ComputerMKII]

Haha. I wonder how they got away with that.

They didn't(?)

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

I remember seeing that logo back when it was Babbage's. Good times, I remember it was my store of choice.

The only reason I remember that name

Didn't go there at the time but I did for those.

 

[Mysterious]

They should have kept that logo.

Don't they still use the "FCUK" though?

 

[ConfusingJazz]

One of Saul Bass' best.

R.I.P. United tulip.

United sucks. Give me back my Continental, damn it!

 

[Magnus]

The store used to have a brand called "EBX" too. I bought my Warcraft I+II Battle Chest there like 10 years ago! haha

Google image search gives me this, lol:

 

[XiaNaphryz]

Wow you had a Software ETC. in 2006? I thought they all died since the one here was closed in like 1999-2000. EB was a few stores down and that replaced it.

I remember getting strategy guides for $.01 there.

If the store didn't get shut down, many kept their logo for quite a while. Most of them have switched over to the Gamestop logo though.

The original Software ETC logo was boss:

 

[hirokazu]

That is an awful logo.

 

[suaveric]

The store used to have a brand called "EBX" too. I bought my Warcraft I+II Battle Chest there like 10 years ago! haha

Google image search gives me this, lol:

I think the EBX stores were smaller versions of normal EBs.

 

[enzo_gt]

That GameStop logo makes it look like a barbershop. No thanks.

 

[jstripes]

Anyone who uses a swoosh in their logo in 2013 deserves to go out of business.

Nike aside, of course.

 

[friskykillface]

EBX, Babbages, electronics boutique, FUNCOLAND

nostalgia up in this thread, haven't heard those names in years.



i think i never bought anything in my funcoland cause the manager/boss was a asshole to me when i came in to play the games :/ then why have a game demo station.

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

EB was my favorite.

Slightly OT but there is a popular food place called here in LA called SushiStop and the logo always bugs me:

 

[radios shipping overview]

RIP

Actually that's a pretty recent photo, what with the Dead Rising 2 sign. I remember Babbage's being THE shit when it came to PC games. Eventually their PC selection dwindled to one display case, and now the store is just a shitty Gamestop. Which all have the same vomit-inducing red/grey decor inside.

 

[xillyriax]

EB was my favorite.

Slightly OT but there is a popular food place called here in LA called SushiStop and the logo always bugs me:

In San Diego there is

 

[MIMIC]

I'm at some mall in Tampa and just came across this.



Is it an old logo? Is it a new logo? I got no fuggin' idea. But it looks miles ahead of what they have now.

What are some other examples?

HOLY FUCK! I was just at this mall 2 days ago (went to see "World War Z")

I saw that GameStop logo as well and thought it looked really....strange

 

[VGChampion]

Was Babbages it's own thing? I had one in my mall for a long time but it seems like they always used Gamestop bags. Maybe I'm just not remembering whatever came before it they weren't just an offbrand of them. Those were the days. Had a Babbages and an Electronics Boutique (Before EBGames) at each end of the mall.

Gamestop is such a silly name.

It's like...stop gaming.

Or stop in for some games?

 

[radios shipping overview]

Was Babbages it's own thing? I had one in my mall for a long time but it seems like they always used Gamestop bags. Maybe I'm just not remembering whatever came before it they weren't just an offbrand of them. Those were the days. Had a Babbages and an Electronics Boutique (Before EBGames) at each end of the mall.

Yeah, Gamestop bought up Babbage's, Funcoland, and EB. I think EB bought up Software Etc. before Gamestop ate them. So now we have one big, bland chain (unless you're lucky enough to have a mom & pop or a regional chain around).

I used to stare at Funcoland mail-order ads with price lists in old video game magazines. Their prices were ridiculous, and they would list titles that didn't exist/weren't announced yet ("Sonic 4", before S3&K was announced), but those ads were so fun to read for a 13-year-old.

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

EB was my favorite.

Slightly OT but there is a popular food place called here in LA called SushiStop and the logo always bugs me:

Moviestop is owned by the same company as Gamestop right?
because they also use the same logo.

 

[MuddyDonut]

which mall is that?