Where do you buy your games?

[Commando]

Wow. Well currently I buy all my games from gamecrazy.

sometimes EB to get like a $4 special or something (PGR3).

In the past it was FuncoLand for the most part. They were the best to get new titles because people mostly thought they did trade-ins. If it was sold out everywhere else (or pre-orders were full) you could get it at funcoland no wait!

Starland was also a big place where I got a lot of my dated titles. I like how a lot of Genesis and NES games they had still were in Boxes with manuals, the people who traded in there took good care of there games. I got my Neo*Geo Pocket Color, Genesis, and Virtual Boy there. As well as my two SEGA CD games and a couple Saturn Titles.

I bought Bioshock and my 360 from Best Buy, and World of Warcraft (friend actually bought it... for .. me..unintentionally, long story) .. Oh and Cruisin' USA

I have purchased various games from EB, Gamestop and Babbages (before GS) over the years.

When I was 14 I bought Extreme-G 2 at Wal-mart. Only game purchase there ever

When I was 17 I bought a N64 racing wheel for $20 at Target and when I was 9 I bought Super Mario Land with my Birthday money $21 from Target. Only two purchases there ever.

When I worked at Blockbuster I acquired a shit ton of games there too. One day there was a "perfect storm" of sales so that the Point of Sale system was honoring more than one sale at once, in addition to my employee discount (basically management started the sales early before the other one ended). $2 off all used items. $3 of all games(new and used), and $2 off items $14.99 and below or something like that. with 20% taken off the top with my employee discount I was basically getting $8.99 Playstation games for something to the tune of -$0.40. So I was getting payed 40 cents to take it out of the store. Buying a handfull of new games such as Metal Gear Solid and Time Commando (.cry!) basically left me at the end paying 20 dollors for 40+ Playstation games.

Afterwards I decided then to go to EB and actually buy a PSOne, since I didn't own a playstation


Thats pretty much the history. Most (Current at the time) consoles were recieved as Christmas presents. NES, N64, Dreamcast, Gamecube.. got My Wii at EB on break at work.

I got my recent one Atari VCS, Dad broke the original in 1989 when the Caps lost to the Islanders in the playoffs, blowing a 3 goal lead in the 3rd period. First he busted the Joystick, I still remember watching it break against the kitchen counter and crying. .. Recent Atari in West Virginia at a place called Vintage Video Games

and I have bought a few titles off eBay including my precious Magnavox Odysee. Funny, every game I bought from eBay always had a thank you note with womens handwritting attached. I think I pissed of a few boyfriends/husbands.

Oh my Factory sealed F-Zero was bought online through eBay (I think, may have been a private retailer though, I have the authenticity paper.

and I bought my Factory sealed Legend of Zelda: Link to the past at the DC Armory (I think it was from a Police siezure).

wheeew. I think thats it.

Oh bought a Gamecube RF adapter at Futureshop when visiting a friend in Canada so I could play my F-Zero GX in his flat. Man those Canadian Prices are steep.