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Sep 6, 2018 · 24,537. Sep 5, 2018. #1. FuncoLand opened in my area just as I was old enough to make my own money, mowing lawns and stuff like that around the neighborhood. I had seen used games for sale before, typically at video rental places or maybe the occasional pawn shop, but nothing like FuncoLand. I remember how I heard about FuncoLand - it was from ...
I used to love FuncoLand as a kid.. then it changed to GameStop and I was floored.. Still had Babbages and EB Games for a while, and Software ETC. They're all merged together and failing because console makers finally figured out how to destroy the used game resale market that sapped a bit of money out of their pockets.
Thank you for posting this! I loved those papers. I always grabbed one on my way out of Funcoland. My older brother got us a new NES after the first one broke down, after we got our SNES. I was so happy to be able to play the classic Mega Man and Castlevania games that were stuck in my head since I was a toddler
Dec 4, 2008 · funcoland was great!!i bought hundreds of nes & genesis games there over the years.i also like the newspaper looking price guides they had with there used game prices listed.i think i still have a few of those laying around somewhere.
Funcoland, Software Etc, Babbage's, and some of Egghead Software's retail locations all got consolidated into Gamestop. Most Gamestops kept the Funcoland 8 and 16 bit inventory until it sold through, eventually discontinuing the older systems and folding the more recent ones into Gamestop's usual used business.
Found a funcoland price guide circa 12/31/91. There was a stretch, maybe around 1997 or so, where they were blowing out NES games for a dollar each. Wish I had backed up the truck and loaded up. The end days of FuncoLand were amazing. I bought sooooo many NES games that I had zero interest in just bc they were dirt cheap.
Funcoland was bought by gamestop years ago (over a decade now?) and they aren't allowed to change the sign at that location. Last time I was in there (also years ago) all of the employees were wearing gamestop shirts and pushing gamestop cards just like any other gamestop.
