Photo Blast From the Past: Babbage’s

Posted by raymond padilla on 28 December 2009 9 Comments


I fondly remember shopping for Infocom games at Babbage’s and Software Etc. when I was a kid. These days, GameStop is the only major videogame specialty retailer that operates nationally. I wasn’t aware that GameStop still used the Babbage’s name, so I was a little shocked when I saw this old brand in a relatively new mall. Naturally, I had to snap a photo.

Posted by raymond padilla   @   28 December 2009 9 comments
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Smartguy says:

Originally I thought that was some vintage photo…until I saw the new Link. wow.

I wonder if they still use EB Games?

@Smartguy I've seen a few stores that are still EB Games that have yet to be rebranded. Maybe corporate forgot about this one Babbage's. Ha!

LarcenousLaugh says:

Cool. I used to love Babbage's. I don't think I ever remember buying anything there, but they were always the coolest stores to walk around in when I was a wee lad.

SlickyFats says:

We have an EB games I know of in a local mall and a Babbage's in the Dallas Galleria (or we did last time I was down there)

We have a GameStop in the mall in Tempe that the mall map still says EB Games. It's been that way for 4 years at least.

@SlickyFats @Nightshade386 Sure, but the EB/GameStop merger is a relatively recent development compared to the Babbage's situation.

@Ray: Sure, but they've changed the map for other stores that have come and gone. That's what makes it funny.

CamiKitten says:

Lol we have an GameStop on one side of the street, that nobody goes too b/c the employees really don't game too much I think. Then we have a EB Games on the other side of the street who's employees are actually cool. I haven't seen a Babbages around me in years lol.

bsukenyan says:

The mall behind my fiancé house has new and old. It has a babbages on the first floor and s gamestop on the second floor.

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