/vr/ - Retro Games

>>9562867
In the late 90s, "EB Games" did not exist. It was Electronics Boutique. I never saw any import games there, but I did buy the Euro version of Shenmue II for Dreamcast brand new at a Software Etc.

electronics boutique

I sometimes thing about the space a gamestop occupies in a local mall, as there has been a game store there continuously since it was originally an Electronics Boutique that opened in the 80's. Much like this one in the pic. The EB when I got games like Metroid new for my NES, an Atari Lynx, even a Suncom joystick for my Atari 7800, and saw everything from a Neo Geo, to import Saturn games, to stuff I wish I bought like a cheap X'Eye, to Turbografx, SNES, and on and on.

All but a distant memory. It's weird to think that the same space where I once saw a copy of something as esoteric as the Saturn "Konami Antiques MSX Collection" is now full of bland broshit. On a positive note, lots of those treasures from that golden age are at least still at large in my area.