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I, for one, never saw it happening. Funcoland and NES games always seemed to go hand in hand. But the unthinkable is nowtaking place.
When I walked into Funcoland today, the first thing I did was pick up a price guide, as usual. I flipped through it until I found the NES games. I always expect the games to be listed there, but you never know - sometime, they have to go.
The games were listed, and I breathed a sigh of relief. I then began my walk to the back of the store to look at the mobile shelves filled with accessories. To my surprise, the shelf was now filled with Genesis games. And, even more to my surprise, I turned to my right to see about 300 SNES games sitting on shelves.
I almost did a little victory dance. The SNES games had been moved where all could see! I sorted through them and found a few that I never would have considered asking an employee for. Many of the games I got were not games that I planned on getting, but games that just looked so interesting when seen in person.
It was then that I looked behind the counter for the shelves filled with NES games. But they weren't filled with NES games anymore. The shelves were filled with Dreamcast games and accessories.
I must have looked like a deer in headlights. I never thought the day would come when Funco got rid of their NES games. But there they were - Dreamcast games and controllers in the spot formerly occupied by NES games.
But then there was a glimmer of hope. I overheard two kids talking about Final Fantasy and Dragon Warrior, standing on the opposite side of the mobile shelves that held Genesis games. I walked over there quickly, and there were the NES games.
What little NES games there were, though. There were around 30 carts, 10 or so of them duplicates. I couldn't believe my eyes. I was certain that this was just a display and that there were more games behind the counter in the drawers that aren't visible.
I picked out Shadowgate and brought it up, along with my SNES games, to the counter. The guy behind the counter was the one Funcoland employee who has a decent knowledge of NES. After he rung up the games, I popped the question.
"Are the games over there all the NES games you have?" I asked.
"Yeah," he said. "Sorry, man."
And that was that. It was official. Funcoland was cutting down on its NES stock.
If you have a Funco store near you, don't walk, run, to it and buy any NES games they have that you want. It might be the last time you see them there.
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