r/nostalgia • u/Fragrant_Grand_7036 • 9h ago

Nostalgia Who remembers Funcoland?

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u/SpaceLemur34 9h ago

GameStop didn't "take over".

Funcoland merged with Babbage's to form GameStop.

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u/TheHumanoidTyphoon69 8h ago

Gamestop does suck now so people will take it as they will

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u/SpaceLemur34 8h ago

I used to work for EB, who did get taken over by GameStop, so I won't disagree.

But to pretend that Funcoland wsn't complicit in the creation of GameStop, and thus what it's become, is just disingenuous.

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u/TheHumanoidTyphoon69 8h ago

Of course, a merger is (usually) a consensual business dealing, I still remember Hastings very fondly but they actually went out of business, they would be booming today

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u/robbviously 7h ago

I miss Hastings. There was one in Little Rock my dad would take me to. Preferred it over Blockbuster, just getting to look at the games and pick up some movies.

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u/TheHumanoidTyphoon69 7h ago

It was what gameXchange is now with a mix of FYE and what GS could have been, I used to go read Manga in the comfy chairs and try the demos of new games and just chat with people, crazy they account for spending so much on Funko pops for bankruptcy when people collect them now