Best Places to Buy Retro Games Online - Vote

[shwisha]

Downloadable Sites

http://www.gog.com
http://store.steampowered.com
http://www.direct2drive.com
http://www.impulsedriven.com
http://www.gamersgate.com

Good thinking... this has been added to the master list.

[pepharytheworm]

ShopGoodWill.com - 3 shipping is always too high plus most add an extra 15% extra you have to pay

http://www.japanvideogames.com/ - 3 service and shipping is great but pricing is terrible

https://www.risingstuff.com/ - 4 pricing is great, shipping a tiny bit higher than others and its only run by two guys so updates and orders are slow. But they will help you out and find stuff for you also.


Racketboy - 5 what can I say bad not one bad experience

Neo-Geo - 4 I find plenty of great sales on this site and haven't had a problem but the members can be quite rude and scream scammer in a second. They do have a pretty good feedback system, but people won't tell the truth about a transaction for fear of retailiation feedback a lot.

pcenginefx.com 3 only used once and the seller was nice, but they really don't have much selling on the site. Their may be more PC-FX and PC-engines sales on this site but they are usually priced higher than other places. There isn't a good feed back system so its hard to guage sellers



http://www.amazon.com 3 its hard to get a good understanding of used condition.

http://www.ebay.com 1 and 5 This place can be great or the worst place. Very buyer friendly.

http://www.craigslist.org 2 Hit or miss really. I find that commincating with sellers is always slow and there is aways a safety aspect of meeting people.

A couple I would like to add

forums
Assemblergames.com 3 this place is the best to go for prototypes, betas, demos, and obscure games and systems. Other than that they don't have much and a poor feedback system.

Digitpress.com 4 a lot like racketboy, but a little more obscure stuff in the B/S/T forums. Their feedback system is kinda neat you get a thread dedicated to you, so its easy to read through.

[pepharytheworm]

Also forgot to add:

Independent
http://www.collectorscardsandgames.com/games.htm 4 site not updated much so its better just to ask him what he has, prices are decent and will even sell manuals and boxes seperate.

[shwisha]

Also forgot to add:

Independent
http://www.collectorscardsandgames.com/games.htm 4 site not updated much so its better just to ask him what he has, prices are decent and will even sell manuals and boxes seperate.

Thanks for your feedback, I've updated the list.

[Qamel]

For importing, NCSX: http://www.ncsxshop.com/cgi-bin/shop

I've only ordered from them once, but it was a great experience.

[noiseredux]

jjgames - 5
estarland - 4
gamesquestdirect - 4

[Ziggy]

I nominate this thread to be pinned in the BST forum.

[CRTGAMER]

I nominate this thread to be pinned in the BST forum.

Second, along with Lisa 's Retro Game Store Directory especially if stickys ever get implemented.

[3GenGames]

I nominate Retrousb. SO MUCH GOODNESS! It's orgasmic. Check out the homebrew section.....and development section.....and every section. It's a nerds dream.(Thats why I LOVE it) Still need to get a copy of Battle Kid, though. And every other game and thing they have . When your 16, you never buy stuff offline. XD


BUT anyway some stuff they carry are some Homebrew games like Battle Kid, Gemini/Simonoid, Ultimate Frogger Champion, and many other good homebrews. They have repro's of hard to get games like NWC 1990 and the Campus Challenge cart. They also have a gameboy player for the NES, which is just like the SNES Super Gameboy. They have PowerPaks for SNES and NES. They are carts that have a CF card slot you put your CF card into and play the games on the CF card. I'd say like 90% of games released work for them. And there's fridge levels and (Controller type) to USB connectors and just so much stuff. It's incredible.


http://www.retrousb.com

[DaGamingMonkey]

I'll give some Love too http://www.Glyde.com

I've sold a good amount through that site.
It covers games from last gen to current.

PS2, Xbox, Gamecube games. I've bought them through the site for good prices and because of the way the site works the game you want always seems to be available.