Retro Shops In Dublin

floodser14

HI. Just wondering if anybody knows a good place {places} to buy retro games such as dreamcast, gamecube, game boy advance, and the likes. Or maybe carboot sales, theres a place in town but the selection is very limited, cheers....

Myrddin

floodser14 wrote: »

HI. Just wondering if anybody knows a good place {places} to buy retro games such as dreamcast, gamecube, game boy advance, and the likes. Or maybe carboot sales, theres a place in town but the selection is very limited, cheers....

Generally adverts.ie will be the man. The "retro" shops love money too much, & the charity stuff/boot sales is hit & miss.

floodser14

i remember years ago the carboots were class for getting random games and consoles. i dnt know if there still going though....... any1 know of any?

pdbhp

floodser14 wrote: »

HI. Just wondering if anybody knows a good place {places} to buy retro games such as dreamcast, gamecube, game boy advance, and the likes. Or maybe carboot sales, theres a place in town but the selection is very limited, cheers....

Xtra deal in the Square Tallaght had loads of Gameboy advance games on the weekend they're probably gone now since I bought most of them as they were only €1 each.
Car boot sales is where I get most of my retro games etc. now but it requires a lot of trawling through crap to find gold...

djimi

There used to be a place under a DART bridge on I think Talbot St; is that still there?

When I was in LA a few years ago there was a big video store across from our house which I was wandering around in, went behind a door and it was like Alladins cave; big room full of retro games! Id say I spent more time in that room than I did anywhere else for the rest of the holiday! I wish Dublin had places like that...

o1s1n

djimi wrote: »

There used to be a place under a DART bridge on I think Talbot St; is that still there?

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I think it was called Gamesworld. Long gone anyway

Myrddin

o1s1n wrote: »

I think it was called Gamesworld. Long gone anyway

Is it gone ha? I got my boxed Ocarina of Time there (typically in tattered Irish condition) MANY years ago.

o1s1n

Yep it's gone a while.

I only ever bought one game in there. A boxed Japanese Snes racing import called Big Run. Think it was only about a tenner.

I can remember the price of the things in the window being really expensive.

Myrddin

I've a vague memory of thinking the things were mad dear there too...although that was around the time of my re-interest in Retro, so wasnt fully up on prices.

justbrian

That shop was fine if you liked unboxed games, they used to do some grand Saturn games unboxed back in the day.

Myrddin

I've a hard time living with unboxed carts - unboxed cd's, unless rare, make me gag a little.

justbrian

EnterNow wrote: »

I've a hard time living with unboxed carts - unboxed cd's, unless rare, make me gag a little.

I don't mind for games I only want to play. For games I want to collect more so than play or ever intend to resell, (for example picking up a bargain of a game I already have) I need them boxed.

CiDeRmAn

I used to nip up there from Gamesworld on my lunch break, the shop was called gamezone and owned by the brother of the chap who still runs bookmart and gamesexchange.
It had some nice stuff but overpriced.
Cheaper than Mr Calculator though, very expensive import shop off grafton st.

o1s1n

GameZONE..that was it!

Is it wrong that I still laugh every time I read 'gamesexchange'?

CiDeRmAn

No, thats fine, we all did it.
Gamesexchange, snigger snigger.....

Retr0gamer

I remember they had a copy of the greatest hits version of Final Fantasy Tactics there for 80 irish pounds. Was wondering if anyone was stupid enough to buy it since I got it for 15 pounds online at the time.

CiDeRmAn

I knew people who bought jap PS and N64s in Mr Calculator and got fleeced, but they had pots of cash and deserved it, or rather daddys credit card deserved it, me, no I'm not bitter at all, what would give you that impression?
I didn't even know you did impressions!

bugs

Worked in gamezone while i was in college. Bit of a dark/dirty place but it suited the whole import/retro element.

You'd be amazed at the prices people paid for stuff, especially years ago when the internet sales weren't nearly as used as they are today.
Any game (especially during the ps1 era) which hadn't gotten a domestic PAL release could easily be sold for silly money, chrono cross, xenogears etc.

Beyond that, an unboxed snes mariokart got a 25 punt price tag and it'd generally sell within the hour.
Helped alot that we got quite a few employees from electronics boutique and game coming down, who would in turn tell customers in their stores to come down to gamezone when looking for older or more obscure stuff.

mattyflynn

so are any of these shops still open? ive heard about gamsexchange a few times and ill be in dub at the weekend....still open or what?

CiDeRmAn

Well, Bookmart and GameSexChange is still there.
Gameszone is long gone, now a internet cafe, I think, there under the railway bridge.
Gameworld went and sold out and changed it's name, can't think of it's new title now, I believe they're doing rather well

mattyflynn

cheers for reply! will have a look at those two places.are they beside eachother on talbot st?

o1s1n

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

GameSexChange

>teeheehee<

mattyflynn wrote: »

cheers for reply! will have a look at those two places.are they beside eachother on talbot st?

Yep they are. It's the one shop (I think? Can't say I've ever paid any notice to the book section) Only problem with it is the prices are a bit on the high side

Atavan-Halen

And the selection a bit on the crap side. Still might pick up something though. Ask if they have any loose carts. I asked there once but there was the older guy with long hair who was a bit confused as to what I was asking for and just pointed at the N64 games.

justbrian

atavan-halen wrote: »

And the selection a bit on the crap side. Still might pick up something though. Ask if they have any loose carts. I asked there once but there was the older guy with long hair who was a bit confused as to what I was asking for and just pointed at the N64 games.

Yes they sell unboxed stuff still. Under the counter. Not a great selection but ok.

Gunmonkey

If Gamezone is the one under the DART bridge with all the game art on the front but not been open for several years, I have been there once. Went with my brother and his friend, who bought a dingy copy of OoT for £30. I was pissed as I wanted to get it....but found it on sale new in Virgin for the same price just after

Atavan-Halen

justbrian wrote: »

Yes they sell unboxed stuff still. Under the counter. Not a great selection but ok.

What are the prices like for the unboxed stuff?

justbrian

atavan-halen wrote: »

What are the prices like for the unboxed stuff?

Depends on the game/format. 4 or 5 quid average. Not cheap, but not too expensive either. I got unboxed James Pond: robocod for MD for 4 for example.

Atavan-Halen

Hmm that's not bad I suppose. Would depend on the games though.

nickydistance

Games Exchange is so overpriced. Was in there yesterday and saw Sabrina The Teenage Witch for 17 and a boxed Ecco the Dolphin for 25!!!!!

o1s1n

Yeah I was going to pick up a copy of Alex Kidd the last time I was in there. They wanted €20. No thanks!

Atavan-Halen

Sabrina for €17?! I hope you snapped up that bargain