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It’s people like this that ruin the hobby of video game collecting. These are the types of fools that think, «this game has Mario in the title it must be worth something». They barely have a selection, and what they do have is insanely overpriced and not in good condition. Also, don’t bring your wife into this place. It’s just a bunch of mouth breathers sitting around wheezing and they do a horrible job of covering up the fact that they are gawking at females.

They don’t do any returns. They won’t allow you to test before you purchase.
When i walked in the place smelled absolutely terrible. There’s dirt everywhere.
One guy was sleeping in a chair. The other was on the phone and wouldn’t respond to anything.

This is by far «THE WORST VIDEO GAME STORE IN AMERICA». I know there’s a few idiots on Unilocal defending this place as if they’re paid to and I know a picture is worth a thousand words; so I’ve posted a video at youtube/​controllerthrowers and you can see for yourselves that I’m not blowing smoke and there nothing the idiots can say that can help.

Oh my. Never seen anything like this before. How does the city of San Diego allow a disgusting store such as this to do business? What a blemish.

This place is horrible… nothing is organized the owner seems to like to talk about himself instead of helping you. His prices are ridiculous to say the least. Don’t waste your time got to Chula Vista video games or Luna

I am tired of all the trolls giving this place negtive reviews. It truly is the best store in San Diego. Luna games doesn’t hold a candle to gamerave. Prices are reasonable and I’m here to say I’d you don’t want to pay the price of the game you want don’t bother the owner with pointless questions. I am helping the owner flag all the negative reviews and helping restore greatness

Video games are overpriced, even though it looks like they have a ton of stuff. The place just looks and feels dirty once you step inside. I honestly went in and got out as fast as I could.

WOMWN DON’T COME IN HERE! How is this place even running? The owner is very unprofessional, him and his friends kept cursing and using the absolute most disgusting language possible, they were smoking marijuana inside the actual store, they got boxed the whole place. Medical or not I’m sure it’s illegal to be smoking in a store.
Profanity and drugs, what more can I say?
And everything is overpriced. They had some scratched up consoles for over 200 dollars. Like no. What is this garbage hole? It’s awkward and extremely uncomfortable to go in, the owner and good friends are just watching you like a piece of meat or something.

Well the good first, the place has a huge selection of cool retro games. Well now the rest, the price gauging is insane!!! Some things literally double of what eBay and amazon listed prices are. The guy that was in there, who I assumed worked there after about 15 minutes appeared not to want to be bothered. Well he got his wish after saying he wanted $ 150 for a loose tengen tetris nes cart. No idea how this place manages to stay open.

I visited the store with my seven year old daughter on Thursday, and was greeted by the owner, who at the time was watching inappropriate content loudly on his tv.
Not only was the content offensive, but the language was beyond anything you’d want, or allow a little girl to hear at any time. Adults would also be offended at the nature of the language used in his business, as the store is supposed to invite young adults, and parents for their products.
GAMES, inviting to kids, and families. So welcoming is the word, and so poorly executed in this dirty, messy, unorganized place.
There should be some common sense when having a business open to the general public.
My daughter has not stopped asking about what she heard in the store. I wish i could report him to the authorities, but i fear they would not do anything.

0 stars STAY AWAYYY
i was trying to kill some time before catching a flight back to the bay area and stopped in to TRY and play counter strike or any game but impossible
First: the pcs are 12 years old running windows xp (no lie)
The owner was so stupid he tried to tell me having strong internet (t3) makes up for older pc parts!!! LOL
Second: I was there for two hours and it took the computer 2 hours to download counter strike. LOL
Third: The heavy set owner with long hair had his 2 kids in t

This store is a goldmine. The store has all retro games as well as current gen. If you are looking to replace those broken guitar hero or rock band guitars they have them here. Jon the owner here is very passionate about his games. You can hear it in his voice when he talks about mine craft. He has Pokemon cards and magic cards. As well as little Pokemon figurines. He also takes the time to clean games and systems before selling them to his customers. He also purposely ensure that he prices a bit lower than gamestop. There are some computers on the back that customers can pay to use. The owner is also working on new tables that he is making himself for the store. Check this store out!

I honestly love this store, and I feel like this VERY UNDERRATED. This place is SO MUCH BETTER THAN GAMESTOP, not gonna lie. I’ve known the owner for years and he is such a great guy. This place carries so many games, it’s like a gamer’s heaven! This place is also holding under construction upstairs so there can hold table top gaming (which is a great idea) :]
The fact that it is a game shop and an internet café, makes GameStop looks like crap.
All in all, 5 STARS OUT OF 5 STARS.
SERIOUSLY. YOU WON’T REGRET VISITING THIS PLACE.

This place is dirty and they dont have a clue what customer service is. I stood at the counter for 6 min with no assistance.

This place is a good spot to play. They also carry quite the selection of vintage games.
Nice owner. Lots of good hearted other employees and helpers.
I would have awarded them 4.5 stars but upon reading all of the malicious fake reviews of this good place — decided to bump them up to the coveted fifth star.
Bonus Tip:
The restaurant two doors down from them will give you a discount if you mention the fact that you played here first.

PLEASE READ!
I actually walked into this store with my boyfriend the other night. We came across this store randomly. it looked like they would have a good selections of games.
We walked in and it smelt like ass.
One of the workers asked if we were looking for something after 5 minutes of us looking. My boyfriend replied with «yea, do you guys have any dreamcast games?» the guy behind the counter just laughed and said «yes and no» then laughed again.
«well, we have them but we dont have them.» He said they were in boxes or something and no one had gotten to them yet.
We said «ok, well thank you»
and as we walked out there door someone yells out
«SUCKY, SUCKY, 5 DOLLAS! ME LOVE YOU LONG TIME!»
in a horrible Chinese accent.
I found this very offensive.
Yes, I am a young AMERICAN Asian girl dating a white a guy.
My boyfriend turned to me and asked it that was directed to me.
I assumed because I was the only girl in there
One of the workers came out right after to close the door.
My boyfriend asked if he had said something to us.
The man replied «no! i was just saying that to someone else»
I highly doubt it because he was just giggling the whole time.
come to realize, after reading all these other reviews
it was most likely the owner who said it. I mean some of the reviews (or maybe it was just one) said that he looked like the comic guy from The Simpsons.

So It’s pretty dingy even for a game store. It’s dark, dirty, and the customer service is lacking. I came to check out magic cards and warhammer, but the magic cards are overpriced and the warhammer, is super high and very hard to see. The painted figures they do have for sale are way overpriced. The owner doesn’t seem to care about customers and would rather what movies than help customers… I stood waiting to see something for about ten minutes the first while he was on the phone, and the second time I asked about getting some figures painted, he told me the painter is terribly slow and lazy but extremely expensive… Honestly Im surprised they are still in business.

Hey, sure gamerave needs better lighting and some airfreshener lol jk
But it’s a niche, a cross between a gaming antique shop and an internet café. Think about that for a second …
when I first walked in I was put off by the cussing but was told it was just the way the owner/​employees/​regulars talk to eachother. No one is being abused.
It’s all in all a great place, come in have fun, interesting conversation.
Don’t come in if you get offended easily or don’t have the decency to buy something when you eat there, that’s just rude man!
Get to know someone before you judge.
I’ve been going to gamerave for several years only wish I could stop in more often :)

Me and my two friends Z and Tat came here to play some video games during work. The place reeked of general uncleanliness and disrepair. The owner looked very unkempt and did not wear shoes. We paid for 1 hour of play, which for three people came out to 9 dollars. However, the minimum limit for credit card purchases was 10 dollars so I was forced to purchase a bottle of Bawls Guarana Root Beer. The drink was mediocre, much like my general experience with this venue.
Furthermore, I wished to purchase a Scrubland magic card but it was extremely overpriced.

I don’t know why I come here. It’s such a distraction, yet I’m still in search of just ONE video game. Hoping that it would be here or somewhere else nearby.
But this place is horrendous. Yah sure, they have tons and tons of NES, SNES, Genesis and other vintage games and systems, but everything is piled on top of another, and it’s pure garbage treking through the wreckage here.
Furthermore, the prices are super-​way inflated, compared to other vintage video game stores.
Some workers actually give you the time to help you out, but the rest are sooo lazy, that they come into work in their moo-​moos with flip flops, and they sigh when they feel like the need to get up out of the barcalounger. Yah… you’ll see him once in awhile. pretty funny looking dude. But hey, it’s his store, and I guess he wants to do what he wants to do. And yes. he looks like the Comic Book Guy from the Simpsons. Check him out. it’s pretty funny.
But yah… I’ll still come here once in awhile looking for just ONE NES video game. That’s all I need to my collection complete. I just have to tolerate his sight when I’m there… hoo ughhh.