How do we define what is "Retro"?

I went to Pink Gorilla (game store) when I was in Seattle a couple years ago. I thought it was pretty cool - they had lots of good games, most of them for pretty reasonable prices. I like Seattle in general, although the weather kind of sucks. I'd like to live in a place like Seattle but with a more tolerable climate.

 

My dad is going to seattle just before my birthday. Maybe I'll have him bring me home a Famicom from Pink Gorilla.

 

I can't remember if they had any Famicoms, but I wouldn't be surprised if they did. They had lots of import games and consoles, as well as US stuff. When I went there, I got some Japanese Saturn games and a Japanese Virtua Gun. The bad thing about my visit to Pink Gorilla is that I got there like 15 minutes before they close, so I only had that much time to browse. I could've stayed much longer. Next time...

 

Video Games New York had a Famicom, and a Vectrix, AND A NEO GEO CD FRONT LOADER AND AN FM TOWNS. Crazy the shit they had there.

 

I'm jealous. The best People Play Games has is a sealed copy of Spiderman Web of Fire (for, wait for it.... NINE HUNDRED AMERICAN DOLLARS).

And I think they had an AES once too.

 

Indeed it is. Current and last gen games find their homes here!

Pink Gorilla is awesome. I should go there more often!

I like it here too, but I do like the weather here. Not too cold in the winter, not to hot in the summer, better winter(s) than most states, doesn't rain as much as Chicago does, minimal or no snowfall, and a mild enough climate to support palm trees! The weather is at it's worst in the fall. Btw, I find it kind of ironic that we got better weather than the southern states this winter! While other subtropical areas were getting snow, we didn't really get any, except for one night where it melted the next morning, and the other night where it lasted a day and was gone the next.

 

I've heard that it doesn't rain as much in Chicago as Seattle, though I've never been to Seattle. The best part about last winter was seeing people from Georgia and Alabama and the rest of the south freak out over a quarter inch of snow. We got like feet of the stuff this winter.

 

Excuse me why? majority of hipsters fall into that age range :/

 

Believe it or not, they even had a Game Doctor SF or a Professor SF over there! Crazy huh? i'd wonder, is it possible to ask the guys if they could do mail order via ship an item to people's houses without having to drive there?

 

I've not only been to Chicago, but I've lived within 30 minutes of it for 16 years (Michigan City). The rain comparison is actually quite radical sometimes. The rain here is actually light, even if a bit more frequent. In Chicago, when it rains, it pours. Example: I left Seattle on a plane in April 2009, and when I left there, it was 64 degrees, and sunny. Before I got back to Chicago Midway airport, we hit a big wall of cumulonimbus clouds, and when we were landing, it was 46 degrees, and pouring down raining. The trees in Seattle are also half way bloomed in April here, but we do get more than enough cloudy and foggy days here.

And yeah, that was kinda funny how the southern states were freaking out about snow. Even though other states love to talk crap about our climate, we still get better weather than most states, even though we are the furthest of all US major cities besides Anchorage AFAIK. The last winter was just living proof of it, although people these days still refuse to admit it. But hey, that works in our favour (in theory) because it keeps the closed minded people away!

Shogun.

 

Video Games New York only ships a small amount of things they have in stock over the mail usually newer stuff, arcade sticks and select dreamcast games. They don't sell say their Saturn Stock.

 

isn't it possible to call or email them about it to see what they can do?

 

I went to a videogame store in New York in 2005 I think? I forget the name, but it was mostly import stuff. I remember they had a Pikachu N64, an AES and some AES games, and some other stuff. Most of it was pretty overpriced, but it was cool just to see all of that stuff in a store. The game stores around here almost never get imports or anything really rare.

 

The Store you're talking about is the store we're talking about. VIdeo games New York is over priced, and cramped as hell but there's this record store charm to it.

 

What do you guys think of Toyratt?

 

No idea who or where they are. Here in Rhode Island there are a few Comic shops that sell Classics. The Toy Vault, but they're horrible. Sold me a bad game (as in it's shape) and a busted N64 I couldn't return but I cannibalized it for parts and keep the Mother board around. The Other place and they're REALLY good is the Time Capsule, HUGE comic selection, Vinyl and tons of games which are kept in the same room they keep the 45s I've seen everything from MVS carts, Famicom and Super Famicom games to Japanese Dreamcast discs. (though sunfadded) It's a geek heaven. If you find yourself in Cranston RI look them up. (Or just in RI since RI is basically the size of LA)

 

http://www.youtube.com/user/toyrattsvirtualtour

No idea where either, not New York for sure, I just thought his store was pretty interesting, the old one at less because he also used to trade records it had that same look to it you were describing. He promotes some pretty shitty games and consoles sometimes but he also gets some nice collections coming in, I watch his videos from time to time.

 

Literally all I know about them came from Adam K (I'm not going to spell his last name).

Too bad because I found out about them after I went to Toronto.

 

and Wicker Park hahaha.

 

I can't argue with that.

Fucking hipsters.