Calico Games — Attraction in Escondido

Calico Games in Escondido is great, im grateful to have an independent game store here. Its got great selection, from the Atari/Intellivision and more retro stuff, to the current gen PS4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One stuff. Accessories, games, peripherals, collectibles, magazines/books/guides, and anything in between. If its game related, you can find it here. The staff is kind, knowledgeable, and always have time for questions and related convo, inspiring the culture and fun. You can bring in your games & accessories, the better condition and complete for best results as far as trade in credit or a lil less in cash. Ive brought in plenty and walked out VERY happy with my trades, these guys give better credit than elsewhere. Come in an take a look, its a place you might not wanna leave right away, they have alot to look at, and it feels special. Im 40yrs old, i love video games and its culture, lets frequent this business, keep it alive, its only good for the industry, independent shops, and mostly US. We cant let the corporate places be the only places around, or we'll lose. These independent shops will always have more for us, collectibles, and u might walk out with new friends and ideas for your lifestyle. Remember to tell your people about Calico Games, theres also a San Diego store in around Mira Mesa, right off the frwy there, and its also a gold mine. Stop by and gaze at perfection, they carry IMPORTS, SYSTEMS, and best of all, they love games too. Be respectful, and youll get the same, im headed there now. See you...

Hello Calico and all others reading this, The problem is they stopped hosting game nights for Magic the Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh, and Super Smash Bro players. This is a game store and is suppose to be a home for geeks and gamers but now it is a place for old antiques to collect dust and rarely be purchased or replenished due to their lack of replaceable stock and are bad for a constant source of income value (they lack replaceability like MTG & YGO cards have). I know they replaced the tables for stock due to lack of income but I think the real issue is the amount of disks and old consoles they have lying around that will rarely be bought. Bring your community back, bring the players back to Galico and you'll make better profit margins (if you are yet) from your close community who actually have a passion for these products. Though, before you do this, replace all the antiques and disks with a consistent renewable source of up-to-date game cards, board games, and more merchandise—that alone can revive any games store business in addition to bringing your community back and game nights! Hopefully game nights will return, because until then there really is a lack of a need to go into the store other than to buy something I can already order online or a quick cash grab for collectors (but how does that benefit Galico?). Your competition across town us hosting game nights and stealing all the slim geek tabletop community, don't let them beat you down, bring game nights back and rethink your stock.

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The perfect Retro Gaming Store. love this place, been coming here for years. Bought multiple consoles, tons of games and toys. Always treated well, The guy who runs the shop is always respectful and as helpful as I ask him to be. Best experience: I went in and bought a PS3 controller for 20$ took it home, it was ghosting (analog stick or d-pad moving without touching it) I drove it back to the shop, the guy took it back, apologized, and gave me a 30$ PS3 controller with upgraded battery life, no extra charge. He said he apologized for the inconvenience and that I was a good customer so he wanted to make sure I was a happy customer. At the time I had been going there for about a year so building a relationship with them was totally worth it. hard to find mom and pop shops like this where they care about the customer. Able to order things they don’t have in store sometimes. Sick of game stop. Calico...