Author Topic: good game shops in chicago area (Read 401 times)

ElSeven · « **on:** October 20, 2005, 04:41:21 PM »

Anyone know of any good Video game shops in or around chicago? I would love to find an import shop as im getting into saturn imports lately.

Keranu · « **Reply #1 on:** October 20, 2005, 07:32:48 PM »

Sean Kelly's "Video Games Etc..." which is in Norridge, but I probably suggested this to you before on AIM or something

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KingDrool · « **Reply #2 on:** October 21, 2005, 02:28:52 AM »

Not sure about imports, but there's a store called "Escape" somewhere in Chicago that's a game/boutique kind of place. I heard they were going to get into imports, but I'm not sure if they have yet.

Keranu · « **Reply #3 on:** October 21, 2005, 06:46:25 PM »

jlued686, are you from Chicago as well? If so, I know quite a few Turbo gamers in the Chicago area.

ElSeven · « **Reply #4 on:** October 23, 2005, 11:37:39 AM »

Quote from: "Keranu"

Sean Kelly's "Video Games Etc..." which is in Norridge, but I probably suggested this to you before on AIM or something .

i just got back from there. Yeah they had games for a lot of systems, few random imports, but unfortunatly they had nothing that was relaly 'hard to find'.

plus there were all these 10 year old brats in there ;p

this is a huge city, there has got to be atleast ONE good import shop.

Keranu · « **Reply #5 on:** October 23, 2005, 02:30:00 PM »

Was Sean Kelly working (the red haired, capped, Irishman)? He's an excellent person to talk to as I have said many times. Last time I was there, Sean Kelly wasn't working and some punk teenager was, so he had his damn punk friends with him and it kind of destroyed the visit, even though I still got some cool stuff.

KingDrool · « **Reply #6 on:** October 24, 2005, 05:33:39 AM »

Quote from: "Keranu"

jlued686, are you from Chicago as well? If so, I know quite a few Turbo gamers in the Chicago area.

No, I'm actually from Minneapolis. I just knew about that store because I work at the Best Buy HQ and Best Buy owns that store. From what I've seen of Escape, it looks like a cool store with a lot of potential. I guess you can rent out their gaming room with HD TVs and surround sound. They also have a little "bar" kind of thing in there as well. From what they said in a presentation I saw, they're planning on getting into imports and some old schools stuff as well.