it's a testament to your character that you didn't involve your friend in a terrible 'accident' and 'generously' take the burden of sorting his affairs upon yourself.

No way lol! He is my best friend but the irony of the situation is that this was during a time when I didn't play any games at all so I had no interest in any of the loot, many of those games were true gems and rarities. He even offered me to take anything I liked before he put some of the stuff on Ebay.

I have never seen a loot drop like that, and I don't think I'll ever see anything like that again but that's no biggie because now I have GOG :)

I was in a store like that recently in Nashville, TN. It was stinking awesome! :)

I'm quite uncomfortable with the notion that PS2 and Dreamcast games are "retro." Seems like yesterday I was reading about project "Katana."

I think there are like 3 video game dedicated ones here, and two others that do movies, comics, music, and toys. The largest chain I know of is Vintage Stock, and there were like 7 or so of them in Kansas City when I lived there. Oddly enough, they were all half the size of the one here in town, which is a pretty big store.

They have stuff down to Atari carts I believe, though the selection isn't great for that, but if you want a shuffle through SNES and Genesis carts, then you can do that. They supplement the inventory with lots of oddball stuff like plush toys, posters, but also MTG cards (new and used) and comics.

Pricing is always weird. If you get newer stuff it's just like GamesStop where you might as well be buying a new copy. But for stuff you can't find anywhere else it's a neat resource, and at one point they rented the inventory as well. I kill time there fairly often.

In my area, only one exists and it is a pretty small time pawn shop. It's okay, but it doesn't hold a candle to some of the better ones farther away from my hometown. Most of my cool retro finds have been from local thrift shops and the like to be honest.

Pictures, please!

oh wow!

came across this on reddit:

http://imgur.com/a/YEMPF

Huh, I live near a pretty big retro gaming store, but it only has console games. Not a single game for the PC. I guess this is because PC collecting is less common that console collecting (thanks, abandonware!). But it sucks for someone like myself who likes collecting big box PC games.

Do these stores that people are bringing up have a large selection of retro PC games, or is it mostly console games with a small PC selection?

It's really a lot of fun to browse these stores. But some of them, I wonder how they stay in business with the prices they set. I guess most of their business comes from a relatively small number of serious collectors and retro gamers.

I think it also has to do with compatibility issues that is why not many carry pc games. A console game is obvious it that if you own the console and the game cartage (or cd) doesn't work it is eather because the console is damaged or the game is. PC games, old ones in particular, have all sorts of troubleshooting issues and leg work needed to find patches. Not to mention data storage methods have changed, (seriously who has a floppy drive anymore?) so the potential audiences are smaller or those that want to play the games, not just collect

So much bonus win. Too bad it will most likely fail due to current digital dist. Retro consoles, free wifi, tons of old hardware and games... hell, the only thing they're missing is a soda fountain and lounging room with its own library. I could spend SO much money at a store like that.

it's under Goodwill's umbrella, pretty sure they are a non-profit