Last weekend I went over to one of the Game Over stores in Austin and couldn’t have been more impressed. First the goods:
In order, I ended up with:
- Kirby’s Dream Land
- Super Mario Land
- ExciteBike
- Gradius
- Fester’s Quest
- Life Force
- MegaMan 2
- Zelda (Gold
- Air Fortress
Some nice finds in there – the Zelda cartridge is in really good shape given the age and MegaMan 2 is near mint, for instance. But the best find, by far, was Air Fortress. I have been looking for that game for over a decade. I played it way way back when as a rental and, ever since, have been looking for it. I could never remember the name, however. Which is not surprising since Air Fortress doesn’t really relate to the fact that the game takes place in space :) In any case, the person there was super super helpful, actually taking the time to help me find all the stuff I was looking for, seeming genuinely interested in helping me find out the game I was looking for.
This place is amazing. I haven’t been to the San Antonio location yet but you can bet I will be going there soon. I spent a good chunk of change at Game Over but I can say it was well worth it. Thankfully a gaming shop that sells vintage games and is also extremely awesome! Thanks to the folks at XCSSA for mentioning it!