GameStop wants to bring you back to the time when you were playing The Legend of Zelda or Donkey Kong Country 2.
The Grapevine-based retailer is launching “GameStop Retro” at four sites in North Texas with old-school devices and games that can reach back more than 20 years, according to a post on its website. That includes locales in Dallas, Arlington, Euless and Allen.
“The classics are back,” GameStop said on its X account. “New Retro GameStops are now spawning near you.”
The rollout comes as GameStop faces growing competition from online game offerings and shifting tastes among consumers. While the company narrowed its net loss during its fiscal first quarter, revenue saw declines. GameStop’s progress attracts more attention than other retailers.
At the center of the meme stock craze, GameStop saw a resurgence earlier this year after Keith Gill, better known as “Roaring Kitty,” came back online for the first time in three years and said GameStop’s management team can turn the company around.
With the GameStop Retro rollout, the company’s consoles and hardware include Nintendo’s GameCube and the Wii U along with the Sony PlayStation 2 and the Microsoft Xbox 360 S, according to its website.
The games, with more than 3,000 options, cover names such as Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour for GameCube and Mortal Kombat: Armageddon for the Xbox, the website said.
The four locations are:
- Glade Road Town Center, 1301 W. Glade Road, Suite 164, Euless
- The Parks at Arlington Mall, 3811 S. Cooper St., Suite 2400, Arlington
- Twin Creeks Village, 816 W. McDermott Drive, Suite 328, Allen
- Timber Creek Crossing, 6176 Retail Road, Suite 300, Dallas
