Sarge wrote:Markies wrote:
I bought the system, controllers, memory card and Melee several weeks ago, but everything else was bought throughout 4 different stores. If I really want to push it, I actually have about 10 retro gaming stores about an hour from my place, so it is rather nice.
Man, that's not even fair. I've got one twenty minutes away (that I haven't found anything at in several months), one an hour away, and one 1.5 hours away. And I'm phenomenally lucky to have those. Of course, that's Mississippi in a nutshell. Not exactly a gaming mecca. I've done pretty well over the years at pawn shops and whatnot, though.
Nice haul, by the way!
Yeah, I always have to remind myself how good I have got it because I take it for granted most of the time. I also have a really varied mix of types as well.
We have five retail stores around here. These are chain stores that took over some of the Borders stores and are in the malls. The prices are higher than normal, but they also get some rare items because know them the most. For example, they had a copy of Earthbound and Ninja Gaiden Trilogy.
There are also five independent stores as well. One is an Anime store that sells video games. These are mostly commons, but they are incredibly cheap. Two are rather mediocre in an overall sense, but they have a good selection. For example, one has a NES Jetson's game for sale, but the prices of both are really high. Two are really great that I love. One is run by a gamer who loves games and is pretty hardcore in the retro scene. He sells very rare games and even sells game reproductions. The other will take and sell game boxes and manuals. They are both very famous and renown as one is Trade N Games and the other is the Game Trader II.
What's funny is I only go to stores when I am buying a huge lot or trading in a bad game I have. Recently, I have been going to Amazon and just buying the one game that I really want instead of driving around and waiting for it to show up. Plus, games are much cheaper there anyhow.
