Best Game Stores in Ireland

Robert_Plant

What in your opinions are the best game stores in Ireland?
I like GAME in Henry St. but I haven't been around Dublin much.

irishboy99_

GAME In henry street is a little compact. GAME in Dawson street is bigger and not as crowded

d22ontour

i reckon the one with the cheapest games that doesn't rip us off too much

now where is that or does it exist ?

Robert_Plant

Where the hell is dawson street?

d22ontour

its in town or the city centre depends on where you are from

Creamy Goodness

d22ontour wrote:

i reckon the one with the cheapest games that doesn't rip us off too much

now where is that or does it exist ?

smyth's is generally cheaper for new releases and you get 10% new releases with their loyalty card (which is free unlike GAME'S reward card)

they are located on jervis street near UGC cinemas and beside maplins.

Dawson street is paralell to grafton street.

how to get there.

from st.stephens green shopping centre, head down the road with the horse and carts and ****e are and take your first left (should be a sports shop on the corner) and it's down at the end of the street

d22ontour

my game card was free its only when they realised there was funds to be made that they started to charge

no surprises there i suppose, i tend to wait till prices come down unless its a must have but there hasn't been many of them lately

honru

Gamestop and Smyths are on the other side of town so I usually just settle with GAME, even though the former are arguably better.

Dawsons St. over Grafton St. any day.

Retr0gamer

I prefer Smyths because of the 10% off on the week of release. I don't usually buy my games in Ireland since Play and the american sites (take you weak dollar ) are far cheaper. However if its a new nintendo game that is released close to the release in America I'll be the one running to Smyths on the day of release.

evad_lhorg

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Dawsons St. over Grafton St. any day.

that's the spirit! the staff are so friendly

jonnybadd

Hell yeah, the GAME on Dawson Street kicks ass, staff are nice, its almost never busy so your not queing for that long and a pretty huge game selection compared to most of t'other GAMES, although was it roumered that they were closing the Grafton Street one down?

Ciaran500

There's always this one guy in Dawson St. thats an asshole.

evad_lhorg

jonnybadd wrote:

Hell yeah, the GAME on Dawson Street kicks ass, staff are nice,

why thank you


OH and ciaran500 that dick head would be me!

KdjaCL

Loyalty card prices?

Game comes out at 50 , tag of 55 stuck on it and 10% off for loyalty card holders, Game and Smyths both do it.


All game stores a rip off , best one is game in Liffey Valley cos it has the biggest 2nd hand bins and more idiots working there who regularly misprice games.


kdjac

The Real B-man

Smyths is the biz for the games got ut 2004 last summer there for €39.99

DiscoMouse

evad_lhorg wrote:

that's the spirit! the staff are so friendly

They laughed at my handwriting once =P

Still, probably the best gamestore in town. Anime sometimes, too, if you aren't going all the way to Forbidden Planet. Gamestop in Henry St. (I think) has a few rarities. I got Resident Evil: Survivor there.

ObeyGiant

Gamestop on Henry Street are terrible for games, but their DVD prices are fantastic - special edition of Collateral for EUR20 (EUR33 in HMV) and Season 3 of 24 for EUR33 (EUR49 in HMV).

rainbow kirby

I'm gonna have to put in a word for GAME in Tallaght here, just cos I work there...

evad_lhorg

DiscoMouse wrote:

They laughed at my handwriting once =P

Still, probably the best gamestore in town. Anime sometimes, too, if you aren't going all the way to Forbidden Planet. Gamestop in Henry St. (I think) has a few rarities. I got Resident Evil: Survivor there.

pschh we have three copies of that! :rolleyes: lol

probably me who laughed at your handwriting!


and BOOOOOOOO TALLAGHT!!!!!

rainbow kirby

*shakes fist*
BOOOOOO Dawson St!

savemejebus

strange as it sounds for new release, big name PS2 games i'd choose argos, all €45

d22ontour

rainbow kirby wrote:

I'm gonna have to put in a word for GAME in Tallaght here, just cos I work there...

god i got served by a (no game knowledge) gimp in there at christmas hope it wasn't you

judging by your posts doesn't sound like you

evad_lhorg

well was this gimp female?

d22ontour

of course not, everyone knows females stock shelves in them stores

super_furry

Xtra-Game in the Square gets my vote. Best prices anywhere, best trade in prices and great friendly staff that let me pre-order San Andreas the day before it was released.

micks

gotta go with xtra game in square also
brought real competition to Game
and regularily drop a tenner or so off new games

Khalim

i have to give my vote to GAME on Dawson's Street.

it's just nice to be able to browse through the games, and they have a wide selection of games.

i managed to find Viewtiful Joe for the gamecube there today. Victory!

evad_lhorg

yea i think i was the one who sold ya that, blabbing away about how hard it was!

flogen

I'd have to go with Dawson St too, nothing to do with the selection of games or the prices, but mainly to do with the undeniably handsome staff they have there, especially the part timers.

flogen

Khalim

evad_lhorg wrote:

yea i think i was the one who sold ya that, blabbing away about how hard it was!

yeah, i guessed as much when i was at the counter.

evad_lhorg

flogen wrote:

I'd have to go with Dawson St too, nothing to do with the selection of games or the prices, but mainly to do with the undeniably handsome staff they have there, especially the part timers.

flogen

there is one real ugly lookin RAWKER guy who works there though. bit of an asshole. do you know him?

flogen

evad_lhorg wrote:

there is one real ugly lookin RAWKER guy who works there though. bit of an asshole. do you know him?

yeah, the shortish guy with a mop-top of black hair. moron he is.



flogen

Robert_Plant

I got letter of the month in GamesTM and I won £100 of gamestation vouchers so are there any gamestation stores in Ireland?

Robert_Plant

Also can you buy Baldur's Gate 2(PC) or Planescape Torment anywhere in Ireland?

rainbow kirby

Robert_Plant wrote:

I got letter of the month in GamesTM and I won £100 of gamestation vouchers so are there any gamestation stores in Ireland?

AFAIK it's UK only... Pity because as a chain they appear to favour Nintendo a bit more than anything we've got here.

evad_lhorg

Robert_Plant wrote:

I got letter of the month in GamesTM and I won £100 of gamestation vouchers so are there any gamestation stores in Ireland?

oh so that was you moaning about other people moaning?

Kevin_rc_ie

of course not, everyone knows females stock shelves in them stores

lol

Robert_Plant

No, I was moaning about the DS being unsuitable for "lefties".

rainbow kirby

d22ontour wrote:

of course not, everyone knows females stock shelves in them stores

/me slaps d22ontour

d22ontour

only joking

steviec

Dawson Street gotta be the best one for selection and browsing. I think Game are generally more expensive than Gamestop and Smyths though. Smyths can be great for new releases(not much else) and Gamestop are good for second hand games. Game tend to be better for older games though, both finding them in the first place and for prices. Pity they don't follow suit with their second hand selection, they never seem to bother updating prices and it's not uncommon to find new copies of a game cheaper than the second hand ones.