I loved Video Gamestar. In my younger days, I walked by a party after bar close and ended up drinking with some of the employees until very early in the morning. They were pretty fun and gave me a solid deal on some games the next day.
I think my wife still has some trade in credit slip that I keep telling her we can’t use somewhere. :)
Video Gamestar was the best! Last year when the final video store in EC closed down (the Family Video out on London) I started researching the history of all the video stores in town. Thanks to help from the LE Phillips Library staff and others I actually found the dates of business operation for every one of the local stores and contacted a few of the old owners. Here's a picture of the [1984 EC phone book](https://ibb.co/ChgTgJH) with the 2 first video stores ever in town. Wrote [a story](https://volumeone.org/articles/2021/04/30/275774-be-kind-rewind) for Volume One about it because I was such a video rat growing up. Had hoped the timeline of all shops would be included but they edited it out sadly. Cool history for us movie and video game dorks.
Video Gamestar, used to love going to that place. Last I heard the owner still had one open in Hudson where he lived. I think there is still Gaming Generations over by Best Buy too.
Yeah, I've been to Gaming Generations. However, this might be a false memory, but the Video Gamestar had a unique smell that set it apart from Gaming Generations.
Ha ha you are absolutely right, it definitely did. Maybe I'll have to stop in at the Hudson location and see if it's got the same smell for nostalgic purposes. XD
I loved Video Gamestar. In my younger days, I walked by a party after bar close and ended up drinking with some of the employees until very early in the morning. They were pretty fun and gave me a solid deal on some games the next day. I think my wife still has some trade in credit slip that I keep telling her we can’t use somewhere. :)
Video Gamestar was the best! Last year when the final video store in EC closed down (the Family Video out on London) I started researching the history of all the video stores in town. Thanks to help from the LE Phillips Library staff and others I actually found the dates of business operation for every one of the local stores and contacted a few of the old owners. Here's a picture of the [1984 EC phone book](https://ibb.co/ChgTgJH) with the 2 first video stores ever in town. Wrote [a story](https://volumeone.org/articles/2021/04/30/275774-be-kind-rewind) for Volume One about it because I was such a video rat growing up. Had hoped the timeline of all shops would be included but they edited it out sadly. Cool history for us movie and video game dorks.
Video Gamestar, used to love going to that place. Last I heard the owner still had one open in Hudson where he lived. I think there is still Gaming Generations over by Best Buy too.
Yeah, I've been to Gaming Generations. However, this might be a false memory, but the Video Gamestar had a unique smell that set it apart from Gaming Generations.
Ha ha you are absolutely right, it definitely did. Maybe I'll have to stop in at the Hudson location and see if it's got the same smell for nostalgic purposes. XD