Stopped here recently while on Vacation in Derby. I grew up here but have lived in the USA for…read morealmost 20 years and as such jumped at the chance to check out some retro goodness. I could have spent an hour in here. There were items I haven't seen since my teens and even though I don't currently own a ZX Spectrum I still bought a couple of games to display. Really nice owner and enjoyed chatting with her. Glad to see they've found a suitable new home and I encourage anyone over the age of 40 to spend some of your hard earned cash in here

Amazing stall , loads of games & consoles for everything I ever owned - snes , nes , Atari , Sega ,…read moreNeo Geo. Lots of boxed stuff too. Great place.

It's a great store very welcoming and secure. Merchandise…read moreis of good quality and staff are really nice and friendly. They will help you with anything you may need and/or want. I really like going there after school.

Tokyo toys is a great store for all anime lovers they have a great stock of manga and wall scrolls…read morethey have a great staff that always stride to make sure you have a great experience so make sure you visit if you in town it will be the shop of a lifetime

This is a great store, very friendly and helpful staff that will help you find what ever it is you…read moreneed or want. Not only a great store but a great environment to play games like Magic the Gathering. If I was richer I'd come down more often. (It's not expensive here, I'm just poor lol) :)

From the owner: Whether you're searching for the newest addition to your board game collection, your fix of the…read morelatest comic releases, or simply a booster pack of Magic cards, we're sure that you will be able to find what you're looking for somewhere in our inventory. Our store also supports a large variety of organised play programs, from Cardfight! Vanguard to Star Wars X-Wing and everything in between. Weekly tournaments are a staple, but for casual players we provide a relaxed and inclusive atmosphere in which to enjoy your favourite CCG or tabletop game.

The games workshop is not like the other game stores it is for adult's aswell. They have a wide…read morerange of games. The staff are really friendly and play games with you in store. They are located in the bullring and they are always busy so I have been in and looked around a few times and only played once for a few minutes. It was really fun. They have mind challenging games and they have games for different ages on them. I do feel the prices are very high and I have never seen a sale instore. I have played their games at home which involved the whole family. Recommended

this is a great local games shop. the shop has plenty of choice in games and platforms. the shop…read morealso has a branch in ashby and can get games from that shop sent to swadlincote if you need to. the staff are helpfull and kind. the price is very good and they offer trade in on your old games.

There are a lot of gaming stores in Birmingham and I think that it is always nice to stumble across…read morean independently owned one as the chains seem to be taking over! This store stocks a lot of games, dvds and pre-owned merchandise too and I think that they are all at affordable prices. I like this store because I am bound to find something that I like, which is in good condition and is at a reasonable price. The staff here are nice and helpful, they seem to know what stock they have in as I have often asked for particular games or dvds and they have always been able to tell me what they have available in the store. I think that this is quite handy as it saves me looking around for hour. Overall, I think this is a good little game store and recommend it to those in the local area.

The imaginatively named Console Games sells exactly what you'd expect; console video games…read more Surprising that, isn't it? After the recent demise of huge multinational chain Game, it's really nice to see that a local, independent video game store is still able to keep going strong, even with a not exactly optimum location. Having essentially a monopoly on video game selling in the area, Console Games could have been a real dive, something like someone born prior to the birth of video games probably imagines when they think of gamers congregating in one location. However, an impressive , life size figure in the window shows that Console Games are concerned with their appearance and want to put across that they're specialists in the area. Stocking a large number of second hand games, their prices are more than competitive; although I'm somewhat out of the loop when it comes to prices, I saw one Nintendo DS game selling for £5 that I'd seen in a (now-closed) Game store a couple of months ago going for triple that (also second hand). My one issue with Console Games is that, despite having good prices and, in addition to the games, an impressive library of pre-owned DVDs, none of them were in alphabetical order, meaning any potential bargains were virtually impossible to sniff out. Still, if you've got some time to kill, I'd recommend Console Games for trying to find a gem on the cheap.