Places to shop in Phoenix, AZ?

[Wookie]

I'll be in the Phoenix area next month and am looking for tips on places to buy older games. Looks like there's a ton of flea markets - any that cater more to videogames? I'll probably only get to visit 1.

And if there are any good used game stores other than the usual Gamestops, GameCrazy, and Goodwills, I might be able to hit one or two of them as well.

Thanks in advance!

[Nez]

Visit Games + its the best game store in town!













Oh wait avoid games + like the plauge!

[-hellvin-]

Gamezone on 35th Ave & Peoria is cool. He doesn't have NEARLY as much awesome stuff as he used to, but you can get an idea of how kick ass it was by all the atari era carts he has. He prices them at DP prices, with the DP guide, so they really don't sell. It's the only rare stuff he really has anymore. Still worth checking out.

Just up the street at 43rd & Peoria, is a new place called TRX2. They sell old games as well as new, and they're decent. They put stickers on their cd based games though.

19th & Northern has Bookmans. Crappiest out of all the bookmans in Arizona, but it's the nearest one to me, so I still go quite a bit. Like I said, their selection is the weakest, but constant visits have netted me a couple awesome things over it's grand opening. It's the newest of all the bookmans chain in AZ.

All up & down 1-17 there are many MANY thrifts & pawn shops. They've been extremely well picked over by yours truly as well as others I'm sure, so it may not be worth your time, but who knows. Good intersections to check:

27th & Glendale - Pawn shops
27th & Northern - Desert Industries
27th & Bethany Home - Saver's & pawn shops
35th & Northern - Goodwill

Have fun. Lemme know when you're coming, so I can do a full on hunt the day before you arrive, haha.

Oh yeah: as for the flea markets, don't even bother. The games they sell there are usually crap and it's very rare to find anything vintage. If you've looking to get a few bucks off on current gen stuff though, you'll probably score. Current gen games are really plentiful there. Don't recommend if you're looking to score classic stuff though.

[Dire 51]

Thanks, hellvin. That's good info to have.