Looking For Shops That Sell Retro Games In Dublin.

Scorchio MK7

Hey, im trying to increase my collection of retro games since collecting them is hobby of mine. I play them alot but its also nice to have them in my possesion. Anyway i'm looking for any shops that sell retro games in the Dublin, and by retro i mean games From the Atari 2600 to the NES To the Dreamcast and well everything inbetween. So any Shop names and locations would be greatly apreciated. Thanks in advance!

animaX

The only shop i can think of is on lower Talbot street (close to connolly station). It sells second hand school books and stuff but more importantly they have a good selection of games. They dont have many on display but if you ask they have boxes under the counter.

But to be honest, your best bet is adverts.ie

Kevster

I know that shop too. I once saw a Sega Master System on sale there but I had no idea that they keep stuff under the counter. Hmm, I might take a trip there again... ...

animaX

Actually i meant talbot street!

Scorchio MK7

Actually a friend of mine told me about that shop recently he got his dreamcast in there for 50 euro. A sega master system there pretty hard to come buy unless you get one off ebay that must have been a good find. Anyway thanks for the help i will be sure to check the shop out!

ChocolateSauce

The best place is ebay!

I've totally resurrected my old sega games collection for next to nothing!

Glinda-Xo

ok im looking for an arcade game called wonderboy.
iv only ever found it in 1 arcade which is in co.wexford.
anybody know where to find it in dublin?
the original version not sequels to it!!!
thanks

x

Dr Bob

Glinda-Xo wrote: »

ok im looking for an arcade game called wonderboy.
iv only ever found it in 1 arcade which is in co.wexford.
anybody know where to find it in dublin?
the original version not sequels to it!!!
thanks

x

if you mean in an actual arcade , forget it , Arcades in dublin are pretty much dead.
If you want to play it at home , off the top of my head Wonderboy on the sega master system was pretty much arcade perfect .so you could either
a/ buy a Sega mastersystem off ebay and a copy of wonderboy (for probably less than 30 quid if you dont mind waiting and watching)
b/ google MAME and try and emulate it (bit dodgy legally)

accensi0n

Anyone know a place in Dublin that repairs old consoles?

Was in a retro games shop in San Diego a couple of weeks ago that did it, would love to have had my NES with me.

o1s1n

accensi0n wrote: »

Anyone know a place in Dublin that repairs old consoles?

Was in a retro games shop in San Diego a couple of weeks ago that did it, would love to have had my NES with me.

What's wrong with your Nes? Many of the problems with them can be solved by replacing the 72-pin connector as far as I know. Shouldnt be too hard to do.

philip graham

i heard there is a retro game shop opening in moore st mall this weekend.

o1s1n

philip graham wrote: »

i heard there is a retro game shop opening in moore st mall this weekend.

:eek:

Where'd you hear that?

philip graham

saw a guy putting up shelves in a small kiosk and asked what he was doing and he said selling new used and retro games.

bigcasino

hi there do you remeber the name of the shop on Talbot street ? looking for snes games any idea ???

o1s1n

Unfortunately you're not really going to find snes games in Dublin for sale. And if you do they'll be silly expensive

Best to stick with ebay , charity shops and adverts.

Atavan-Halen

Also Booxmart/gamexchange is the place on Talbot street and they don't have SNES games.

Balasubbie

So, Talbot St. place is the only one focusing on selling older video games? That's the entire indy gaming market in Dublin? My lord, I thought I was just out of touch, didn't realize things were this ****ty. We've got the chains, and very little else.

Augmerson

There's a place that is supposed to be selling retro games out of the Road Records store on Fade Street, just around the corner from Hogan's bar and the George's Street Arcade. Had a look in the shopfront today, says the grand opening is tomorrow. No idea what the stock is like but it's worth having a look if your in town.

ghostchant

Saw the shopfront for that place last weekend (The R.A.G.E. for those who are curious). I'm teaching in the morning, flying to england in the evening and fairly broke, but gonna leg it over in between obligations to go have a look-see.

Package

i have a few snes games and other retro stuff i might be seling soon,, ill give you a shout when i have them sorted?

CiDeRmAn

Its the prices in that new shop that are a mystery, must be high, always are, I crave disappointment me!

I reckon an irish online retro shop would be a far better bet than a bricks and mortar one.

pdbhp

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Its the prices in that new shop that are a mystery, must be high, always are, I crave disappointment me!

I reckon an irish online retro shop would be a far better bet than a bricks and mortar one.

Funny you said that as I looked into doing that about 2 or 3 years ago. Myself and my missus done a lot of research into it as I wanted to make a real go of it whilst turning some sort of profit.
It just was not a goer at the time though and we would never have made any money out of it which wouldn't do as we had up to 20,000 to invest and this is without having to pay any rent cos we would have used our house as a base of operations.

CathalDublin

theres gonna be a nice online store coming real soon, based in Ireland

sharkbite1983

CathalDublin wrote: »

theres gonna be a nice online store coming real soon, based in Ireland

......well? and more importantly, will you accept laser?




also, i know its just not the same, but i downloaded zsnes.exe
it'll load any old snes ROM you have dowloaded, wihle using a snes/usb converter i can use my old snes controller, or my wireless xbox controller. PM me for more details, im not arsed typing it all right now.:)

Jack burton

He mentioned the big "E" cower in fear before the wrath of nintendos legal team!

only joking sharkbite, but i dont think the mods like us endorsing any sort of emulation!

As long as you have backups its alright, and luckily enough we have a huge storage facility for storing all our games we have backed up with roms, your welcome to use it