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Not exactly what you're going for... but I hit up a new Game Store in Campbell CA the other week.

The first floor of the building is a "barcade" called LVL Up: https://www.yelp.com/biz/lvl-up-campbell-2

The second floor has another arcade / game space (expansion of the bar?) as well as a new retro game store, "The Retro Fix": https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/502790810318085/

While I haven't been there to experience the night life, the Retro Fix owner tells me that it's a pretty chill place.  I hope it does well, seems pretty great and I grabbed a handful of eagerly-wanted NES titles on my first and only visit.

So it's not quite the one-stop shop that you wanted, but it's pretty damn close. 

Very late to this but I received my cart and was very pleased  I received it well before xmas but put it under the tree, nearly forgetting about it.

Thank you very much! Keep up the good work.

1 minute ago, SNESNESCUBE64 said:

I found this at a store in flint, I'm sure you folk can guess what's wrong

 

yeah that price is ridiculous.

As for everything else, belongs there.

Didn't get a lot of time this week, but wanted to post this {participation} score from Tuesday before the day gets way from me.

79,640

9 minutes ago, 8-bit guerilla said:

Not eBay...Just ordered a 135lbs cocktail arcade table. Upwards of 1200$ For this machine. I found a flash sale for 99$ free shipping!!!!!! At135lbs!!!!! That’s a crazy deal. 60/1 coin op. 

Either I scored big time or it’s the craziest 99$ scam ever. Has tracking being updated regularly tho....

That’s a hell of a deal. That 60 in one Jamma has its flaws but is a very popular one. The board alone costs half of what you paid. Very jealous assuming it actually arrives 

41 minutes ago, Bearcat-Doug said:

I thought of that since I never had an Atari 2600 as a kid. When I did get one, most of the games were "hidden gems" to me because I hadn't ever played them. They probably don't qualify since they aren't totally obscure, but Frostbite, Tapper and HERO were three of my less common favorites.

Same here, should have added that... I didn’t have any Atari co soles growing up.

Atari 2600 by and far. As I get older, with more familial obligations, the quick nature of early 8-bit games meshes best with what limited free time I have.

While there are a lot of stinkers on the console, the library is HUGE and there are some truly amazing titles, even outside of the obvious Activision releases. 

Just now, Lincoln said:

Which is totally understandable but he was seeing a different tim than everyone else was. I've got nothing bad to say about minusworlds.

That was my impression as well. And please know that I wasn't trying to disparage MinusWorlds by calling him out like this.

Others sung his praises too, but those seemed mostly limited to the few that got freebies from him. 

2 minutes ago, arch_8ngel said:

Who anointed him anything but a troll?

I don't remember reading anything particularly positive about him or the way he presented himself.

MinusWorlds defended him to no end as a close personal friend.

Just now, Tulpa said:

Yeah, someone called him out on his random postings, like, "Why do you post this shit?" Not those exact words, but that was the tone.

Natty was a little weird, but mostly harmless. He was that guy who tried to strike up a conversation about anything just to get people talking. Every large forum has one of those.

Not to mention our resident "old head". He was a great guy to have around.

Say what you will about Loxx... but when he gets drunk, his Food Fight scores are legendary.

3 minutes ago, MrWunderful said:

He Even got mad at me personally for thinking atari sucks!

whoa wtf man?

17 minutes ago, Tulpa said:

His loss.

[varg_laughing.gif]

5 minutes ago, AstralSoul13 said:

It's impossible to choose one best game objectively. There are so many determining factors and no matter what you pick you will be disagreed with. That said, the correct answer is certainly not anything released on the Nintendo 64.

fixed that for you

I figured it was a tightly-guarded secret, as many sellers would refuse gift / family payments because they didn't think they could print shipping labels at reduced rates without a sale.

Glad to hear that the word is spreading. Receiving packages from VGS buddies and seeing that they paid USPS counter rates is... painful. 

The following showcases the whole of my GB{C} collection at this point, and likely for years to come. Thus, I plan to start joining in starting this week but will be emulating on my Nvidia shield portable. Hopefully you'll accept me

Amazing to hear about this. Was a big fan of the PC version, though somehow it's no longer in my Steam account or otherwise on my PC. 

1 minute ago, OptOut said:

This happened to my wavebird controller. RIP. 

Ditto for my childhood game boy printer... RIP indeed.

In a similar note, for those like me that frequent thrift stores, ALWAYS check for corrosion. Getting something home that’s a goner can be heartbreaking.

4 hours ago, mbd39 said:

Congrats on reaching 4th on the weekly contest leaderboard though. Your regular participation paid off. Didn't you come close to winning one week?

 

Thanks, and yep. Hopefully as the dust settles (figuratively and literally) around the house, I'll be able to be a more serious contender next time!

Woot, bottom of the barrel!

congrats everyone 

Very nice! This reminds me that I need to do something with the donkey Kong board game at some point. Framing isn’t quite enough...

2 hours ago, guillavoie said:

Hey, nice username card barrels! It shows you care, if only the other schmucks playing in the contest could pump up their gear like that, the world would be a better place!

It’s in a plastic self-standing protector too... mostly because I can’t stand things touching my TVs, lol (wii sensor bar obviously excluded)

It's Saturday already and sadly, the few runs between last night and today may be all I have time for

Balloon Fight - 104,400
Balloon Trip  -  17,420

1 minute ago, RH said:

Today I'd imagine that some could be rather rare.

i agree on this point. I get genuinely excited when I come across them.

That being said, unless they have particular games on them (I never remember the big ones), the value doesn't follow the rarity. I always assume $10-$30 for NES bootlegs, personally never paying more than $20.

I've bought dozens of commons over the years and always received exactly what I paid for. I'd imagine that the chances of mistakes happening on more expensive games is far less than trash commons.

That being said, it's been at least 2 years since my last order, so I can't speak of recent experience.