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[sonycowboy]

Which part of NJ is this? I can only think of two in like the whole state

There are a ton of retro games at flea markets, but I haven't found a lot of stores.

However, Digital Press in Clifton NJ is pretty damn sweet. It goes way beyond retro and deals in some serious collectibles/impossible to find.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBkK6uVDsXk

 

[tav7623]

I live in North Carolina and while I can't speak for the rest of the state there are two retro game shops (that I am aware of) in my area (the Piedmont Triad) as well as a chain of general used merchandise shops (called Edward McKays) that have a "retro games" section. Of these shops my favorite overall is The Rabbit Hole a small shop which holds a game tournament each weekend (during the week you can vote on which game you want to play for the upcoming tournament in their forums) and they imo have a decent selection of games & systems at fairly decent prices. Though I should mention that the other retro game store in my area (Lost Ark Arcade) is no slouch either as they have a few things The Rabbit Hole doesn't, namely a little bit larger selection of games (they also have a lot in the way of handheld & import games/merchandise) and an actual arcade built into the back of the store filled with a nice selection of arcade and pinball machines.

 

[Halabane]

Lol that's a heck of a combination. Also in Dayton Ohio near University of Dayton is a place called Second Time Around. They sell music, movies, videogames and consoles from retro to current.

there did seem to be quite a few independent/old game shops in ohio when I was out there. no so much here in mass. seems that people there don't use gamestop for selling old games as much?? stores were great ... got some great deals.

 

[jackal27]

Where at? There were some solid ones in columbia iirc

Joplin actually. The bigger and overpriced Vintage Stock has been closing a few of them down though. Their prices are just awful so it really makes me sad.

 

[JMDSO]

in DFW we have (at least near me in Plano:

Movie Trading Company (at least 5 within 10 miles)
CGX
FX Game Exchange

CGX is hot garbage. Way overpriced on everything, though the last time we got Atari 2600 games it was a flat fee.

Movie Trading Company is hit or miss. TONS of PSX and up. N64 and down can be spotty.

FX is a smaller place, but they usually have a TON of NES games at decent prices.

Joplin actually. The bigger and overpriced Vintage Stock has been closing a few of them down though. Their prices are just awful so it really makes me sad.

Funny enough, Vintage Stock is Movie Trading Company here.

 

[djtiesto]

NYC has Videogamesnewyork and J&L Games. Both are pretty expensive and mostly specialize in imports, but occasionally you find some real interesting stuff.

LI has the Massapequa Basement, St. James Games (which is literally a guy selling games from his garage), and Remember Yesteryears, a giant thrift shop with a few cabinets stocked with retro games.

 

[Dr. Zoidberg]

There's one place where I live in South Carolina that sells retro games and consoles and that's it.

There are two that I know of around Greenville, SC. The one I go to is actually a very good retro shop, IMO. They deal in current-gen as well, and give much better trade-in prices than Gamestop.

 

[5amshift]

A couple here in Massachusetts and the New England area. Still cheaper to visit eBay and Amazon and pay for shipping.

 

[FaintDeftone]

I live in Ohio, and I've seen plenty of retro game stores. In Columbus I saw a store that had a few unopened Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo consoles for sale. If it weren't for emulation and things like Virtual Console, I would totally jump on that.

Ditto. Dayton area here and I can think of at least 6 of them.

 

[Sheriff_Battlesnake]

Game Guys
Player 1
Game Over
MicroPlay (more focus on Japanese imports, but of retro kinds too.)

Those are all within fifteen minutes of me just south of Houston. I imagine H-Town has many, many more.

 

[Ultima_5]

Joplin actually. The bigger and overpriced Vintage Stock has been closing a few of them down though. Their prices are just awful so it really makes me sad.

down in tulsa we have a bunch of vintage stocks. the only time they're a decent value is when they have a buy 2 get one free sale... then you can get some decent deals

 

[Moosehole]

We have a really nice retro store that buys and sells old games, and also sells new stuff and anime/figurines as well in northern VA named eStarland.

They also have a website to ship around the world and they even accept trades via mail.

Check it out if u want

 

[ss_lemonade]

As mentioned, Seattle has a bunch here and there like Pink Gorilla, Another Castle and Super Smash Games. I like Another Castle because the other half of their stores are filled with arcades and pinball machines. I think they also hold tournaments there like Smash Bros tourneys from time to time

 

[Adam Blue]

North Texas guy here...I've had great success with browsing Movie Trading Company and Half Price Books from time to time.

I've found - CIB - Hyperstone Heist, Moonwalker, and Contra Hard Corps. All good prices. Even at a thrift store my friend found me a copy of Demon's Crest for less than a dollar.

But other than that, this area is dry. All the retro games you find will be at a specialty store and be overpriced. I'd prefer less specialty stores and finding things at thrift stores.

As a playing collector, I use eBay/Amazon for retro stuff (CIB) and stick to local stuff for this gen plus a couple back.

 

[Ultratech]

I've lived in the DFW area for a long time, but I've never come across any such shops besides GameXChange. What else is there?

From what I can think of:

-CGX: They've got a decent-sized store in Stonebriar Mall (Frisco) and a small shop in the Denton mall (Golden Triangle).
There are supposedly some stores in Collin Creek (Plano) and Vista Ridge (Lewisville)

-Game X Change: Already mentioned, but apparently there's a few of these around the area? I'm just familiar with the one in Denton, but there's a small handful around DFW.

-Movie Trading Company: Surprisingly, there's quite a few of these around the area!
Picked up a card that has all their DFW locations the last time I was there, so they're sorta all over. 14 locations on the card I got.

-Pawn Shops: Ok, not really a game shop, but it's wildly hit-or-miss depending on where you go.
I hit up one a couple of years ago looking for a PSP that had a surprising amount of stuff in it.

-Half-Price Books: I was tempted not to mention it, since the last few times I've been to the one in Frisco, there hasn't been anything really good there.
Probably hit-or-miss depending on the location.

 

[JMDSO]

-Half-Price Books: I was tempted not to mention it, since the last few times I've been to the one in Frisco, there hasn't been anything really good there.
Probably hit-or-miss depending on the location.

I got two GBC Dragon Quest games from the HPB in Dallas (NW Highway)

 

[NIGHT-]

I live in Arkansas and we have

Game X change - they're terrible about the quality of games they take in and put the rarest/ highest priced games on eBay

Gamepoint- awesome store. Lacking on anything older than n64/ps1 era though. Love the atmosphere though, game posters, wall scrolls, giant video character statues, and video game music always playing

Game room trade post- really great store, was a gold mine for old school gaming a few years ago. Still have loads of old consoles/imports and games

 

[Ultratech]

I got two GBC Dragon Quest games from the HPB in Dallas (NW Highway)

Yeah, I figure it just varies wildly depending on the store.

I've been to the one in Frisco over the years, but they've had almost consistently crappy stuff (bad console games, shitty PC games, etc.).

Granted, I've gotten some gems outta there too like TES:Oblivion (GOTY Edition) and Tales of the Abyss.
(Both were pretty surprisingly cheap.)

 

[XNarte]

We have six in Syracuse, NY and if you go north, south, east and west from 1-3 hours away there are cities with multiple retro gaming stores in their immediate and surrounding areas as well (Buffalo, Albany, Binghamton, Watertown). Upstate NY is very good for retro gaming.

I went to visit my sister in SC and was surprised at how few there were in the state (though we did find a couple).

 

[Laevateinn]

I'm currently living in central PA. There are two retro game stores I know of within a reasonable distance. The one closer to me is run by an idiot and hardly has any stock. The other one has a lot of stock but they seem to have a lot of broken games. I've also bought games from them where there was nothing in the box and they seemed to make no attempt at figuring out where the game might be.

 

[Scythesurge]

There are a ton of retro games at flea markets, but I haven't found a lot of stores.

However, Digital Press in Clifton NJ is pretty damn sweet. It goes way beyond retro and deals in some serious collectibles/impossible to find.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBkK6uVDsXk

Shout outs to Digital Press! A lot of the more sought after games tend to go quickly while I am at work but they get a great variety of trade-ins and I've bought a good amount of old games at a fair price there. Meeting AVGN there didn't hurt either

 

[xVaalbarAx]

Well I live in Tulsa, OK, we have Vintage Stock, Game X Change, and a local store run by two hardcore gamers called Thrillhouse. The retro gaming community here is pretty solid.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Well I live in Tulsa, OK, we have Vintage Stock, Game X Change, and a local store run by two hardcore gamers called Thrillhouse. The retro gaming community here is pretty solid.

Amazing.

 

[Dr. Black Jack]

We have a couple in the Twin Cities. There's one in my hometown of all places; surprising since it's basically in the sticks and pretty small (3-4k). Always visit there during our summer vacation and stock up on older games. Got F-Zero GX in 2013, and a bunch of NES/SNES carts last year.

 

[djtiesto]

We have six in Syracuse, NY and if you go north, south, east and west from 1-3 hours away there are cities with multiple retro gaming stores in their immediate and surrounding areas as well (Buffalo, Albany, Binghamton, Watertown). Upstate NY is very good for retro gaming.

I went to visit my sister in SC and was surprised at how few there were in the state (though we did find a couple).

What are some good retro stores in Buffalo? I will be going there next year for my brother's wedding and wouldn't mind shopping around some retro stores when I'm in the area!

Also some more for the LIers on here:

Revolution in Stony Brook - very pricey but has some really gorgeous-condition CIB SNES games.

Game Hut in Babylon - pretty overpriced, it was better when it first opened but has since been picked clean

Play n Trade Bay Shore/Deer Park - slightly steep but I've picked up many a good game from these stores... Tomba 2, Bari Arm, the list goes on.

 

[jooey]

I think this thread explains why, when I sold a bunch of my collection a decade ago on ebay, most of the packages went to Texas.

 

[Polioliolio]

I live in Ohio, and I've seen plenty of retro game stores. In Columbus I saw a store that had a few unopened Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo consoles for sale. If it weren't for emulation and things like Virtual Console, I would totally jump on that.

I also live in Ohio.

Last year, I went on a classic game hunt.. At least 3 of the shops I found addresses for online, had been closed, or recently closed in the last couple years.

Apparently it's a tricky business.

 

[NeOak]

So I didn't see a list of the ones in Houston in this thread.

Care to list some?

 

[kai3345]

There's a local chain of retro shops here called Game Over in the Austin area. It's overpiced as fuck

 

[EatinOlives]

Non of them are very good price wise. Very few, in San Antonio, give you good deals be it Flea Markets or Mom & Pop stores. Pawn Shops are the only way to get better deals on older stuff like GameCube and N64 games if and when they pop up..

Very VERY rarely do I find anything for a good price anymore.

Yeah, I was about to post this. I live in Texas and the retro gaming shops are overrated. Everything sells for eBay prices or higher (read: overpriced as fuck) and, like eBay, filled with sports games nobody wants.

 

[Hibiki Rush]

Chicago:
People Play Games
Videogames Now and Then
The Exchange

New York:
Video Games New York

Los Angeles:
World 8

 

[dallow_bg]

I couldn't think of any in DFW, but I see you meant places like CGX.

I guess that is a Retro place now that I think about it.
Just seems like nothing special. I did buy Super Dodge Ball from them.