the earliest game I remember buying with my own money was Illusion of Gaia for the SNES back in 1994 at a Best Buy. Back then it was either BB or Toys R Us for vidya, later on it was KB Toys, then Electronics Boutique -> EB Games, and finally Gamestop, but vidya was old hate to me by then.
i still remember the game aisle at TRU just being pictures of the boxes, with paper tickets you took to the front counter so they could remove the game from the "expensive electronics" lockroom.
and other "merch" yea. they have like one shelf dedicated to a handful of new full price games and one or two used games for 90% MSRP that understandably never sell. gamestop used to be so good back when they only sold games and had a massive library of fairly priced used games, it was like a treasure hunt to find good used stuff CIB. thankfully there's still a great mom and pop shop that fills that niche in my town.
I remember renting SNES games from the local rental place. One of the first games I rented was SMRPG. One of the first games I got from gamestop was a used copy of pokemon crystal I think
That I personally bought? Probably Twilight Princess or something. But I do recall as a child going to EBGames at least twice and my parents getting me Mario Kart 64, Banjo-Kazooie and Ocarina of Time that way.
I always would play split screen games with my Lil brother and we loved Lego Star Wars. So naturally when we heard that Lego Star Wars 2 had all the movies on top of kickass Lego character customization, we were fricking sold. Apparently 8 times... we never could get a PS2 copy of the game to run on our console... my mom was too cheap and anti games to buy us the Disc new either. I ended up personally dealing with customer service reps for hours since my mom wouldn't so I could get it swapped for another (broken) Disc. Good times. I miss my brother.
Why would a woman willingly work at a dying toy store where 50 obese manchildren walk in every day and awkward hit on them? They could just as easily be a stay at home mom or get diversity hired at some tech startup?
my local store has a cute girl working there. I always ask her to get something down for me from up high so i can stare at her nice round ass when she climbs up the ladder...
There was a cute emo girl working at gamestop I don't frequently visit. Then one day I saw this big box sitting behind the shelf and bought it just to see her reaction. I recall her saying "wow the girls look cute in this game. It's an RPG right? Let me know if it's any good". I was disappointed. I wanted her to call me a disgusting human being.
The last time I bought something from Gamestop was a 3DS game called Stella Glow. It too was a game that came in a box that had half naked anime girls on the back. This time it was a blue hair land whale at the register and she called me a "pedo". The manager overheard that and sent her to the back while apologizing to me and gave me a discount.
my local gamestop had nerds and fat girls working there for awhile, then they built a new bus stop in the strip mall it was located and suddenly it was only black people working there. that lasted for like a year before it closed altogether because everyone else stopped shopping in that strip mall due to the gang shootings.
I don't even remember the first time I visited a GameStop. Before them there were tons of mom 'n' pop game stores and a few smaller chains. My go-to here in Florida was Rhino Games, they always had Japanese import games and a bunch of anime figures and shit as well, great place.
not the first game but I do have a crystal clear memory of beating almost the entirety of sonic's campaign in sonic adventure (including final boss) at the e.b. games setup when the Dreamcast first came out
I was probably like 12 or something
I also beat all of the original pokemon snap at a toys r us kiosk
these should have probably been red flags to my parents that I have some kind of autism
Not really.
I remember going to funcoland and buying what few snes games they had as they were clearly moving away from them into ps1/n64/dreamcast, I bought my PS2 and Red Faction at Electronic Boutique. All I can remember from my early game stop days is SNES and Genesis games I bought >Megaman X >Cybernator >Final Fight 2 >Streets of Rage 1 and 2 >Mortal Kombat 1, 2, 3 and Ultimate 3 >Fatal Fury 1 and 2
Can't really remember much else.
Before the dedicated game stores I bought all my video games at Toys R Us, Target, Best Buy, or sometimes K-Mart (Bought Donkey Kong Country there and Timesplitters 2)
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (XBOX). I think I got it when I drove up to college for freshman orientation. We didn't have a GameStop where I came from.
No but I remember my mom taking me to get the collectors edition of halo 3 with the helmet on release day, thanks mom
your mom is awesome
she is yeah, I'll never forget that. the helmet is still in her basement kek
Idk about GameStop but the first game I ever bought was at Kmart. Oblivion GOTY edition pretty amazing feeling.
No but the last game I bought was a physical botw cartridge used
No, but I do remember the last game. Animal Crossing: New Leaf. I walked to Gamestop on a rainy day to get it, and it was their last copy.
Morrowind, it was like $13
game took over my life.
the darkness and def jam icon for ps3
the earliest game I remember buying with my own money was Illusion of Gaia for the SNES back in 1994 at a Best Buy. Back then it was either BB or Toys R Us for vidya, later on it was KB Toys, then Electronics Boutique -> EB Games, and finally Gamestop, but vidya was old hate to me by then.
i still remember the game aisle at TRU just being pictures of the boxes, with paper tickets you took to the front counter so they could remove the game from the "expensive electronics" lockroom.
Don't they only sell Funko Pops now?
and other "merch" yea. they have like one shelf dedicated to a handful of new full price games and one or two used games for 90% MSRP that understandably never sell. gamestop used to be so good back when they only sold games and had a massive library of fairly priced used games, it was like a treasure hunt to find good used stuff CIB. thankfully there's still a great mom and pop shop that fills that niche in my town.
Halo 3
No, moron.
I never bought games, me and my brother permanently borrowed from friends
I got a game from each friend I ever had. It's all I have to remember them by.
I remember renting SNES games from the local rental place. One of the first games I rented was SMRPG. One of the first games I got from gamestop was a used copy of pokemon crystal I think
Rayman legeds and origins 2pack for PS3 from a closeout for 4€.
It's the first and last thing i ever bought from a gamestop.
Tactics ogre reborn, last year
If they don't sell old retro games I don't care
That I personally bought? Probably Twilight Princess or something. But I do recall as a child going to EBGames at least twice and my parents getting me Mario Kart 64, Banjo-Kazooie and Ocarina of Time that way.
That's a big time gap. No xmas/bday money?
I always would play split screen games with my Lil brother and we loved Lego Star Wars. So naturally when we heard that Lego Star Wars 2 had all the movies on top of kickass Lego character customization, we were fricking sold. Apparently 8 times... we never could get a PS2 copy of the game to run on our console... my mom was too cheap and anti games to buy us the Disc new either. I ended up personally dealing with customer service reps for hours since my mom wouldn't so I could get it swapped for another (broken) Disc. Good times. I miss my brother.
Why doesn't GameStop hire cute girls anymore? There's no reason to shop there anymore.
Why would a woman willingly work at a dying toy store where 50 obese manchildren walk in every day and awkward hit on them? They could just as easily be a stay at home mom or get diversity hired at some tech startup?
my local store has a cute girl working there. I always ask her to get something down for me from up high so i can stare at her nice round ass when she climbs up the ladder...
There was a cute emo girl working at gamestop I don't frequently visit. Then one day I saw this big box sitting behind the shelf and bought it just to see her reaction. I recall her saying "wow the girls look cute in this game. It's an RPG right? Let me know if it's any good". I was disappointed. I wanted her to call me a disgusting human being.
The last time I bought something from Gamestop was a 3DS game called Stella Glow. It too was a game that came in a box that had half naked anime girls on the back. This time it was a blue hair land whale at the register and she called me a "pedo". The manager overheard that and sent her to the back while apologizing to me and gave me a discount.
i have a crush on this korean girl who works at my local GS. I'm too much of a beta gay to talk to her though >///<
A SNES copy of Chrono Trigger. Local stores weren't carrying it and I had to buy a loose, cart only copy. It cost me $80.
Dead Rising 1 on 360. I also preordered Gears of War 1 because the clerk was talking about it and it sounded cool.
It was called video games etc at the time and the game was the 7th guest
>t. for which i had to get a $250 4MiB ram upgrade for
No but I remember the first game I bought at Funcoland: Megaman 1 for like $15, cart only.
I can remember the kino silver packaging, then blue packaging they had, not sure if it was a european thing.
>"game"stop
>there are no actual games visible in the store
>just funko pops, various in-game currency cards, and peripherals
i remember cute big boob emo girls working there
my local gamestop had nerds and fat girls working there for awhile, then they built a new bus stop in the strip mall it was located and suddenly it was only black people working there. that lasted for like a year before it closed altogether because everyone else stopped shopping in that strip mall due to the gang shootings.
>big boob emo girls
yes! i remember a girl who loved to show her cleavage off, you could tell she enjoyed the attention.
Used copy of Dragons Dogma Dark Arisen
I bought some shovelware Wii game when I was like 7.
Pokemon Heartgold
>all this talk of cute girls at gamestop but no pics
you think anyone in this thread had the balls to take creep shots of a random store clerk's breasts however many years ago?
If they're autistic enough, sure
there used to be pics of a girl who posed naked in GameStop.
That's my fetish
I don't even remember the first time I visited a GameStop. Before them there were tons of mom 'n' pop game stores and a few smaller chains. My go-to here in Florida was Rhino Games, they always had Japanese import games and a bunch of anime figures and shit as well, great place.
not the first game but I do have a crystal clear memory of beating almost the entirety of sonic's campaign in sonic adventure (including final boss) at the e.b. games setup when the Dreamcast first came out
I was probably like 12 or something
I also beat all of the original pokemon snap at a toys r us kiosk
these should have probably been red flags to my parents that I have some kind of autism
I want to say it wasn't a game but a guide for MGS however I feel like I had been in EB long before then just didn't really buy anything at that age.
so final answer, I went for the guides
Not really.
I remember going to funcoland and buying what few snes games they had as they were clearly moving away from them into ps1/n64/dreamcast, I bought my PS2 and Red Faction at Electronic Boutique. All I can remember from my early game stop days is SNES and Genesis games I bought
>Megaman X
>Cybernator
>Final Fight 2
>Streets of Rage 1 and 2
>Mortal Kombat 1, 2, 3 and Ultimate 3
>Fatal Fury 1 and 2
Can't really remember much else.
Before the dedicated game stores I bought all my video games at Toys R Us, Target, Best Buy, or sometimes K-Mart (Bought Donkey Kong Country there and Timesplitters 2)
FuncoLand was the best.
pokemon blue
Battletoads
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (XBOX). I think I got it when I drove up to college for freshman orientation. We didn't have a GameStop where I came from.
Probably an original Xbox game. It's been decades...
No, I was 6 I can't remember that long ago
So many Xbox owners ITT
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron
buying a bunch of old caseless gamecube games for around 11-25 each. they used to be alright but now they're just a glorified giftshop
>from what I recall all of ported sonic games, mario party 6, twlight princess, and mario sunshine.