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    The counterfeit Kim sells. Nintendo is spelled wrong. Says "Nlhtehdo".

    They won't let you see a game unless you're going to buy it. Its strange because when you buy these older Nintendo games, you have to do your due diligence and make sure things are authentic, plenty of fakes out there. Every other games store in the city would let you examine the games whether you buy or not. I asked an employee how does he know the game is real. He dodged my question with a generic answer "we check everything before we sell it". I come back a week later, someone different was working. Older Asian man who I am assuming is the owner is present, Kim. He sells me Super Mario Bros 3 for the GBA. Doesn't let me examine it, just brings it straight to the register. I gave them the benefit of the doubt and just bought it. Its a neighborhood spot, I'll trust them. The game turned out to be fake. The sticker on the cart didn't have Nintendo's number stamp that they'd put on every Gameboy sticker. The sticker was low resolution. I opened the game and the board was cheap as hell. The board had a black blob (looks like gum) on it which is a huge tell that it's a counterfeit. Fakes always come with the black blob, idk why but they always do. The biggest giveaway was that the Nintendo logo on the board was spelled incorrectly. It said "Nlhtehdo". No company, especially as large as Nintendo, would spell their name incorrectly on their products. See the pictures. No wonder the first employee dodged my question, they don't know how to spot a fake themselves. If they got a problem showing the customer the products, now you know there is a reason why. I came back to return the product, Kim was reasonable at first. Told me to pick something else out. I picked out Yoshi's Island, he let me look at it this time but turns out, that one was a fake too. All his Gameboy games inventory on the shelf, it's all counterfeit. I asked for a refund and told him he shouldn't be selling fake product and passing it off as real. He starts throwing a fit. Told me not to come back. Kim told me he buys product off customers but doesn't check them because he doesn't have the time. I walk by the store regularly, its always empty. He has the time to look at a cart, wont admit though. Kim and his employee guarantee authenticity but that all changes once you buy something. Then it becomes "used games are most likely fake" as he told me. He ran his business for 30 years but in all that time he never learned to tell a fake cartridge from a real one. But he will gladly put a fake cart on his display to screw over a customer? Makes no sense. In the end, Kim exchange a counterfeit for another counterfeit, since that's all he has on-hand. Good news though, if you got a load of fake Nintendo games, Kim will buy it off of you and resell it for the price of the real one. Don't waste your time here. Go to J&L in midtown or VideoGamesNY in the East Village. I tried to support a neighborhood business but I ended getting burned for it.

    It's a cool game and TCG store. I buy Pokemon and Yugioh Cards from here. The store has so many games. I have been buying games from here since I was a little kid. Now I collect Pokemon Cards. I just bought Mario Wonder for Switch.

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    They just moved to a new corner location on St Nicholas ave and W183rd st!! Wowwww, it's so much bigger than previous location and still carries huge variety of games and systems at a very competitive price. Mr Kim is really friendly and professional... So great to see these small retails thriving in the era of online shopping and mega chains taking the market. They're also selling men's jewelries and fashion watches!!!

    Lindsay S.

    I like that there is a massive selection of video games, ranging from super nintendo all the way to the most current game systems. There are also tons of actual game systems that you can buy along with accessories. There are a few weird things about the store. One is that it is in the back of a weird clothing store. I guess that saves money for everyone to share the space, but I just think it is weird and makes the neighborhood look ghetto, but then again it is Washington Heights so can't expect much about having nice things. Anyways the staff was really friendly and helpful getting me what I need, but things are just priced way too high, especially for Washington Heights (like I live here bc rent is cheap and things should price match, but whatever). I'll definitely be back if I need things immediately, but otherwise I'll prob stick to ebay because the N64 games are like 14-20$ that cost like 6$ on ebay.

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    5 months ago

    They tryed to sell me a fake video games and then sold me a fake ds lite and charged 150 never buy from here please you will get scammed

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    Good selection of games and consoles it's very rare to find a video game store like this one

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