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You've got to love retro game stores. Where else can you go to buy a bunch of games and consoles you used to have (or already have) for five times the price they were originally priced at?
Sorry. I don't mean to sound jaded. I guess I'm lucky to live in an area with a very healthy supply of retro game stores, and my weekly visits have made me increasingly picky. "Is this refinished? Rubbish! Oh, and this booklet looks like sh*t!" I think these stores hate me by now.
If you're not in an area like mine, finding a good outlet for the games and consoles of yesteryear is sometimes a challenge. Luckily there's this Retro Game Stores Google map. Reader Coldguy sent in this map, doing his civic duty as a gamer to pass the word along. Now do your duty and add locations that you know of.
As you can see from the image above, there's plenty of goodness in middle America and the northeast, but there's a big gaping hole in the west. What's up with that?
Do you know of any good stores near you?
[Update: the map has grown steadily since we've first posted the news. Patrick, the map's creator, has contacted us to pass along a link for the site's new home. He says that they're still working on the New Mexico situation. Good luck with that!]
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11:16 AM on 04.15.2008
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At least I still have my Atari.
I'll have to put my favorite store on there located here in Orlando. And yes, I'm pimping an old post.
no thank you.
Still though, thanks for the link. :)
C & C Games in Bowling Green, OH. I think they have a store in Fremont as well. Great store. Those guys have hooked me up multiple times.
I'm from Michigan and wish I could add something to the list, but don't know of any places. But looking at the map I guess I know why I can't find anyplace...
I agree, we need to represent!
I added one for Seattle.
I'm from the west and I have a computer. Dick.
was it even a state back in the 80s?
You have to have a gmail/google account. Then hit edit on the right hand side. The hit the pin button.
yey here is my post...
http://www.destructoid.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9724&highlight=
- www.gmhits.com
4324 West Saginaw Highway, Lansing, MI - (517) 323-0797 ive been there its ok.