Toys R Us videogame 'buy back' program underway nationwide
By Joseph L. Flatley 
posted September 11th 2009 1:59AM
posted September 11th 2009 1:59AM
According to the gang at Joystiq, the Toys R Us videogame trade-in program launches in earnest today, meaning that any of you cats with old videogames laying around can trade 'em in for the retailer's gift cards, no questions asked. Just take your old games (even going as far back as the Atari 2600 or Intellivison) to the customer service desk of your local store and they'll make you an offer at which point, according to a store representative, the games are then "taken by a third party company that refurbishes them for resale." This year's been pretty tough, but between our old game cartridges, Cash for Clunkers, and Compton's "Cash for Firearms" program, it looks like things might finally be going our way after all! The worm has turned, our friends. Indeed, the worm has turned.
That game (and the Intellivision in general) rocked!
Much agreed. I used to play that game all the damn time as a kid.
Tron Deadly Discs was one of the top 5 games on that system. Was my first gaming machine back when I was 5 or 6. Huzzah!
BTW Intellivision = Intelligent Telivision... lol 8)
I would spend HOURS playing Tron on the Intellivision. Best game evar!! (And I still play it via MAME.)
Who in their right mind would sell Deadly Discs! Hours and hours of pixelated fun. I can still hear the discs flying and feel my pulse rate increase as the stun sticks came out!
Douche!
It seems that everyone would realize by now that saying "first" will only make you the first to be down voted.
I wonder is their prices are going to be better or worse than GameStop's.
I dunno, Cody, but you're going to want to go to Gamestop, where you can get cash, not just gift cards. You can then take that cash and spend it on ENGL 083 at your local community college.
You'd get more money on ebay, I bet, which is probably what this refurbishing company is going to do with the stock that you supply them with. Why not cut out the middle man?
@Phrank
Yeah, I didn't catch my mistake, when I made the post. I read over it but my mind replaced the "is" with the intended "if." It's kind of hard to catch your own mistakes. By the way, right now I'm too young for college anyways. I'm only 17.
Me : "this game is scratched really bad, but I'm returning it anyway".
Toys R Us : "who the hell cares, i hate my job".
Is there a comprehensive list of prices?
For example, how much would I get if I traded in my Megaman X, or Mario, or Top Gear for the SNES?
1. Deadly Discs
2. Giraffe suit
3. ???
4. Profit!
Yeah, seriously, I didn't understand that either.
@Saad
1. Dead Discs (old video game)
2. Giraffe suit (Geoffrey the Giraffe is the Toys R Us mascot)
3. Umm... there is no #3
4. Profit! (trade in old video game to Toys R Us, get cash)
There ya go!
I don't think that was the bit that needed explaining.
All the cats and worms, on the other hand...
Ahhh... gotcha. Well, I suppose he's just saying that Toys R Us was once lame and is now showing some teeth. And he thinks everyone is cool, so he called us "cats".
Everybody wants to be a cat!
@ Saad and Josh
It's a joke from South Park.
#1. Collect underpants
#2. ...
#3. PROFIT!
...to get downranked
Taking in really old games might start being profitable. Atari games and such. I remember hearing they are at a point where a premium is starting to be included.
It's like with current games. After awhile when the game is still in stock the prices start dropping and it goes on clearance etc. Then at some hard to predict time the game becomes hard to find and the price goes past retail. 20 year old games have been in that state for awhile.
And he cares about being downranked why exactly? He provoked a reaction, ergo, he's successful.
Cash for clunkers now apparently has a bad name. Green peace loved it!
It was just a way for people to be embarrassed for pollution and the special oil based Enron Bush Economy.
Jeez, give Obama a break. He just practically got the job! Toys R US is even catching on:)
Is this 'toy r us' thing USA?
or worldwide?
Does anyone know if this includes consoles?
The Intellivision game pictured is for a console... the best console ever!
"It seems that everyone would realize by now that saying "first" will only make you the first to be down voted."
I think it's time to test this hypothesis.
FIRST!!
Everyone downrank Cody to prove his point!! I did my share!
You also have the Cash for Klunker program - http://www.sigsauer.com/CustomerService/klunker.aspx
So I am guessing the PC gamers are still stuffed on this trade-in deal thing?
BTW: Can't find anything about this on the Toys R Us site.
I have boxes and boxes of old games and consoles. And even though I remember actually buying some of them from Toys R Us when they were first released on the 2600. They won't be seeing the inside of that store again. And duplicates that I would be willing to get rid of (Combat, E.T.) I'm sure they won't be offering enough to even put them in a bag let alone drive them down to a store.
I would be interested in what company is buying the games from TrU after they are traded in though. There may be some gems to be had at prices a bit more stable then Ebay.
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