The Video Game Critic

I thought it would be a good idea to have a thread where we could share some of the online sites that we buy from. Of course we all know about sites like Amazon and Ebay, but I was wanting to know if any of you buy from smaller sites that many here wouldn't even know about.

Here is one site that I recommend:  Trade-N-Games

Actually, I've never bought from this site, but that's only because the store is within driving distance from my house. It's a neat little place, the sort of store that we all wish there was 10 times more of in this world. Here is a review of the store on the Racketboy website.

The great thing about this site is that just about everything sold has a picture of the actual item. I'd be shocked if you bought something from here and it wasn't in excellent condition. Also, the prices aren't insane like on some other sites.

I'm especially interested in classic game sites, but of course sites that sell mostly modern games would be great, too. Bonus points for anyone who shares a great site to buy NES games from.

Yeah - this store appeared on my radar in the past year and I've purchased quite a few things from it.  They are very good and the photos are a big plus.

[QUOTE=The Video Game Critic]Yeah - this store appeared on my radar in the past year and I've purchased quite a few things from it.  They are very good and the photos are a big plus.
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Cool - I figured that you would like this site.

Like I mentioned earlier, I'm fortunate enough that this place is only about a 30 minute drive from my house, so I can go there and peruse all their inventory that isn't listed on their site.

About six or so years ago when I started collecting games, there were several little game stores in my area, but Trade-N-Games is just about the only one left (actually, there is a small chain of game stores called Slackers in this area, but I don't really go there too often anymore. There used to be a couple of Slackers stores that I would frequent, but they closed those stores and consolidated them into one store in the mall - yuck).

It's no surprise that Trade-N-Games has outlasted most of the other stores since it is easily the most well run game store in this area. I figured I'd give them a little free advertising on this site because it would be a pretty sad day if they went extinct like many of the other mom and pop game shops.

I don't know if it is a hidden gem,but half.com seems to have really good prices on games,often cheaper than you get by bidding on ebay.

Glad you mentioned Rock 30 Games, Adamant. I used to visit that site on occasion a few years back, and I think I even bought a few things from them, but for some reason I had completely forgotten that it existed.

Here's a couple of more sites that I've bought from in the past:

GameQuestDirect

I believe just about everything on this site, even the games for classic systems, is brand new and sealed. Yeah, most of the older stuff they have in stock are games that most people don't want, but I have come across some gems for the PS1, Gameboy Advance, and Dreamcast here.

eStarland

It's been a while since I've bought anything from this site, but I do remember getting a complete copy of Hellfire for the Genesis from them for what I thought was a very reasonable price, especially considering that the game was in pristine condition and shrinkwrapped. They probably could have sold it as brand new and most people woudn't have noticed the difference.

Got the game yesterday.
Shipping = Arrived in about 3 or 4 days. A+
Condition = Everything near mint & complete. DVD case, instruction manual & not even any light scratches on the disc.  A+
After this, my only transaction so far, I'd highly reccomend eStarland.

Did my first trip to estarland in Virginia today. The showroom was only okay (but of course I bought games), and the prices not cheap. However, I was not there to have a console modded, which is where my interests continue to grow, so I may be back more for services than products.