Babbage game store

As I mentioned before, we were upstairs next to Sears. A new store called Software, Etc. As our stores were in direct competition, we had a bit of a friendly rivalry. We mostly kept to ourselves, but on the rare occasion that a Software, Etc.

The videos were replaced times a year to stay current. Near the end of my employment, we did get a N64 kiosk that had Super Mario 64 included. Having the playable system in-store did help increase store traffic, but it also would attract kids and teenagers that would come and play as much as they could, sometimes doing their best to stay for hours.

Our store also had a small backroom that held back stock, various cleaning supplies, and also the holy grail of our store: the shrink wrap machine. I got to borrow a lot of great games and needless to say, I was in heaven.

We also had access to the latest release schedules for all the new games coming out. At the time in magazines , games were generally not given street dates publicly. People would call from time to time to ask us about release dates, which we gladly shared. I wonder if they ever got their money back? I have a few other memories of interesting things that happened during my employment.

One was that on occasion celebrities would visit the mall. Retail isn't always about collecting golden coins and gobbling up power pellets. Sometimes, you've got to accept that it's "game over" for your company.

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