In D.C. looking for retro gaming hot spots.

[Madaracs]

Hey gang,

 

I'm out here in the McLean, Washington D.C. area and I was wondering if there were any good spots to look for used games.

 

I recently gifted a boxed ColecoVision (with switch refurb and controller IC replacement by Yurkie) to a friend of mine out here. The ColecoVision was his system growing up. I also threw in a copy of Montezuma's Revenge... one of his favorites. I'd like to pick up some commons for him so if anyone has suggestions I'm all ears.

 

Thanks!

[Yurkie]

I search google for you with no luck. I was thinking at first that perhaps you could visit digitalpress

but turns out they are over 4 hours drive.

[Madaracs]

I search google for you with no luck. I was thinking at first that perhaps you could visit digitalpress

but turns out they are over 4 hours drive.

 

Thanks, T.

 

Doesn't look like we've got too many members in the D.C. area...

[Austin]

McLean is in Virginia. Close to DC, yes, but not DC.. I live in Fairfax, which is ten to twenty minutes away from McLean.

 

The only thing local is eStarland (go to estarland.com for directions). They are an internet business, but you can walk in to their physical location and buy games in person as well. They carry most platforms back to the 2600, but unfortunately you won't find any Intellivision or Colecovision games there. The owner told me he would eventually like to stock that stuff, but no go on it just yet. Asides from that, you're stuck with loads of GameStops, unfortunately.

 

There are a few thrift stores, but from what I understand all of the gaming goodness comes from Maryland thrifts. There is a large one in Vienna, however, called Unique. I've snagged a few decent deals there, but it's very hit or miss. May be worth checking it out though.

[Madaracs]

McLean is in Virginia. Close to DC, yes, but not DC.. I live in Fairfax, which is ten to twenty minutes away from McLean.

 

Geography nerd. The post should have read McClean/D.C. Area since those are the two areas I'm in. Didn't mean to lump D.C. in with the Virginians.

 

The only thing local is eStarland (go to estarland.com for directions). They are an internet business, but you can walk in to their physical location and buy games in person as well. They carry most platforms back to the 2600, but unfortunately you won't find any Intellivision or Colecovision games there. The owner told me he would eventually like to stock that stuff, but no go on it just yet. Asides from that, you're stuck with loads of GameStops, unfortunately.

 

There are a few thrift stores, but from what I understand all of the gaming goodness comes from Maryland thrifts. There is a large one in Vienna, however, called Unique. I've snagged a few decent deals there, but it's very hit or miss. May be worth checking it out though.

 

Thanks for the tips. I'll just send him some dupes when I get back to Minneapolis. We've got 3 Uniques in our immediate area and the pickins are slim for vintage games. I did find 3 Vectrex games once though for 60 cents a piece. So it is good to check those places out once in awhile.