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Website. Funcoland.com (archive) FuncoLand was an American video game retailer based in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, that specialized in selling new and used video game software. It is considered the first major video game retailer to allow consumers to sell and trade used video games.
Mar 29, 2018 · FuncoLand History: The Company Behind Used Video Games. It’s New To You. The story of FuncoLand, the retailer that made the used video game market a thing—and how GameStop, which bought Funco, sort of bastardized that mission. By Ernie Smith Mar 29, 2018.
While many have wrongly predicted how long the gaming retailer has left, We can’t ignore their predecessor that only old-school gamers will remember, FuncoLand. Where did they come from? How far back does their history go? And what happened to FuncoLand? The now-defunct FuncoLand was bought up by Barnes & Noble in May of 2000 for $161.5 million.
Mar 3, 2022 · 8.2K. 185K views 1 year ago. In the year 2000, GameStop and FuncoLand were our favorite retail stores to buy Sega Dreamcast and other video games... and Dad even caught a few visits on tape!...
A few months later, in May 2000, Barnes & Noble acquired Funco, the owner of Eden Prairie, Minnesota-based video game retailer FuncoLand, for $160 million. Babbage's Etc., which had been previously operating as a direct subsidiary of Barnes & Noble, became a wholly owned subsidiary of Funco.
Jun 13, 2014 · FuncoLand had a newsletter that they printed every month with the price list of all their games, and I do mean ALL. Here is a copy of one I found online: 9 cents for Super Mario Duck Hunt, 79 cent controllers, and even SMB 3 for $2.49!
FuncoLand was an American video game retailer based in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, that specialized in selling new and used video game software. It is considered the first major video game retailer to allow consumers to sell and trade used video games.
