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PC Games in Dublin

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  • 13-06-2011 4:50pm
    #1
    Leopardi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 352 ✭✭


    Could someone here recommend a shop in Dublin (as close to the city centre as possible) where I could pick up older titles such as Crysis and Modern Warfare for PC?

    Perhaps no such shop exists?

    Thanks in advance...


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    #2
    Elmidena
    Registered Users Posts: 2,570 ✭✭✭Elmidena


    Cex, round the corner from Jervis and Abbey St towards the quays....not sure on name of street though!


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    Tusky
    Registered Users Posts: 17,065 ✭✭✭✭Tusky


    Sunshine! wrote: »
    Cex, round the corner from Jervis and Abbey St towards the quays....not sure on name of street though!

    Liffey Street.


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    Trevor451
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,463 ✭✭✭Trevor451


    When I was at CEX they mostly had old pc games and they were not at the best prices. I think I will stick to steam :P

    Oh and don't bother with COD on PC. There are far better FPS out there :)


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    kearneybobs
    Registered Users Posts: 3,923 ✭✭✭kearneybobs


    The one an only time I've been into CEX was about 4 days after they opened. They had no new games what-so-ever and had a couple of used ones on a 2 foot wide shelf. Very poor experience, but I'm sure it's better now. It has to be, it couldn't have been worse imho.

    HMV can be good at times with a few offers on PC games from time to time. Be sure to check the different branches for offers if that interests you as different branches have different offers from other branches.
    It's probably the best of a bad bunch.


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    pdbhp
    Registered Users Posts: 2,041 ✭✭✭pdbhp


    HMV, Game etc do have a small selection of PC games including MW2 and the like


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    #7
    Gunmonkey
    Registered Users Posts: 4,067 ✭✭✭Gunmonkey


    Try the various GAME stores, they have several "2 for €40", "2 for €25" and "3 for €15" deals that include older PC titles. They also all have random stock so if you cant find what your after ask and they might be able to find on in the other stores.


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    VinLieger
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    Steam is your friend


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    kearneybobs
    Registered Users Posts: 3,923 ✭✭✭kearneybobs


    VinLieger wrote: »
    Steam is your friend
    To be far, older titles are quite reasonably priced on Steam but most definitely can be found much cheaper on Amazon among others.
    The Steam summer sale should be coming up soon (sometime around the mid/end of month), if you have the credit card and download limit that could handle it you should probably get in on some of the action. Some great deals on recent and old games to be gotten there. But since you asked for a shop in Dublin then this might not be suitable for you.

    Just a word of warning though, if you do happen to turn to Steam for some fairly recent games I wouldn't! New(ish) games on Steam are mostly €50, which is just plain scandalous (but that kind of talk is for another thread ;) )


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    Leopardi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 352 ✭✭Leopardi


    Thanks for all the replies! I'll follow up all suggestions!


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    Trevor451
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    You should try g2play

    I got portal 2 off them for €39.00 with no problems (payed by cc through paypal)

    They have bad company 2 for only €12 :eek:


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    Burgo
    Registered Users Posts: 3,815 ✭✭✭Burgo


    If you want to play older games you really can't beat http://www.gog.com and are very reasonably priced.


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    Leopardi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 352 ✭✭Leopardi


    I called into Game and got what I was looking for there (Crysis and MW1).

    Now I need to know how to get Crysis to work on Windows 7 (64)!


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    kearneybobs
    Registered Users Posts: 3,923 ✭✭✭kearneybobs


    Leopardi wrote: »
    I called into Game and got what I was looking for there (Crysis and MW1).

    Now I need to know how to get Crysis to work on Windows 7 (64)!
    These might help.
    http://andrewblock.net/2009/08/14/crysis-64-bit-and-windows-7
    http://www.overclock.net/pc-games/625906-crysis-64-bit-windows-7-fix.html


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    Trevor451
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,463 ✭✭✭Trevor451


    Crysis 1 worked out of the box for me on w7 64 bit :confused: Make sure you are ruining the latest version of the game and you are launching the game as admin


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    Leopardi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 352 ✭✭Leopardi


    Trevor451 wrote: »
    Crysis 1 worked out of the box for me on w7 64 bit :confused: Make sure you are ruining the latest version of the game and you are launching the game as admin

    What's the easiest way for me to run the latest version? When I was installing it earlier my internet connection was down, so I couldn't access updates.


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    kearneybobs
    Registered Users Posts: 3,923 ✭✭✭kearneybobs


    Leopardi wrote: »
    What's the easiest way for me to run the latest version? When I was installing it earlier my internet connection was down, so I couldn't access updates.
    Just download the patches.
    http://crysis.filefront.com/files/Crysis/Official_Releases/Patches;10331


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    #18
    PhosphoricAcid
    Registered Users Posts: 90 ✭✭PhosphoricAcid


    Whats the name of the shops just off Henry St? Just the accross the way from River Island, near Shakeaway and Unique..anyone know it?


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    Kiith
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 23,186 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kiith


    PhosphoricAcid wrote: »
    Whats the name of the shops just off Henry St? Just the accross the way from River Island, near Shakeaway and Unique..anyone know it?

    That's CEX i think.


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    #20
    ríomhaire
    Registered Users Posts: 473 ✭✭ríomhaire


    Thanks to the magic of Steam the last PC game I bought for myself in a show was Bioshock. The prices might be higher for some games than a lot of shops but the sales are amazing!


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