If he had a nickel for every time you didn't let him finish a sentence he could buy a whole new store. Just how much Adderall did you buy with that trade in money?

I've walked into too many game stores that are just a bunch of anti-social burnout guys sitting around who act rude/condescending to every customer. It's really refreshing to see a guy who truly loves what he's doing and cares so much about the experience he's delivering to the customer. This might be the only reason I have to visit Arkansas but it's a damn good one.

2 things Retro Rick did perfectly: 1.) he purchased an existing business which came with existing customers.. and built upon this. HUGE. 2.) he learned the marketing before the business. he has multiple marketing engines to grow the business. HUGE. Great work Rick.

Retro Rick getting a lot of publicity from a lot of KZfaqrs. Good for him! I hope his store is a great success for years to come.

One of the things that makes a game store memorable to me is events. Whether it be game nights, tournaments, TCG nights, release parties, those all are things that create memories and Rick should definitely do those if he doesn't already.

That Hulk statue is so badass. I bought some stuff from this store about 6 months ago. The store's got a great atmosphere.

He does a fantastic job in creating ways and showcases to keep you coming back. That's the key to any store

Love all of you guys. During my Cancer Journey, I found you guys watching KZfaq during Chemo and have been watching ever since. I am so happy for all of you, and especially love Riffs comedy and Jokes and one day I hope to make it to Ricks store to check it out. Insanely proud of Ricks progress and succession of the store and hope it becomes one of the best stores in the US. You all are so down to earth and genuine and wish you all success and hope all of your dreams and aspirations come true. Congrats Rick on all of your success. Caleb keep up the great content, and for being so honest with everyone.

Still kicking myself for not picking up Snatcher for $20-$30 from the KayBee bargain bin back in the nineties. I was like NAH, too rich for my blood 😄

My friend owns a small game store here in Michigan. The struggle is real but his commitment is inspiring. I'd love to bring him here one day!

Points to Ricky for his patience

I feel that busted up civic on a spare tire at @15:33 is the perfect example of a gamer's car haha

I love retro Rick passion and dedication towards the community. He puts in the work and love those brand designs

These stores end up running on margin profits if at all and they don't last, hence why they change hands often or just shut down entirely. Many of them closed around 2010 etc. as digital kept growing. I think that personal packaging for all the figures is maybe the best business decision of a small gameshop I've ever seen, perfect for holiday/special occasion purchases.

Retro Rick seems like a cool person down to earth and honest, that's rare nowadays.

I love how caleb owes everything to Amazon FBA, while rick is an OG store owner and so much more humble. In comparison Caleb is kinda annoying.

Love what he’s done with the place. the environment is an experience alone. Buying a couple games while you’re there is just a plus 😂 wish he was a bit closer for me!

Really great how rick is using all these experience design ideas in his store that is what sets it apart thinking about sightlines, reridability of the store experience itself with the constant changing ambiance with the museum display etc and just overal how he is going more for a overall experience instead of just a shop. My heart as a experience designer myself is warmed. If I could give one tip a good one would be have some consoles on display and give people the possibility to test games they are not sure about buying for up to 30 minutes or any other time frame there it adds the game experience itself even more to the store and people love being able to sample stuff it works greatly against uncertainty in buying decisions. Ofcourse you would conceptually need to finetune some details but think it might add to the whole store experience.

By far the best game store ive seen yet. Probably because I love the 90s vibe.

This tour just reminds me of how much fun I had working at KB Toys when I was in high school. If the retail market wasn't so hard to be successful, I'd love to run a toy/gaming store like this.

“Let me just ask the most bland boring number related questions and interrupt him as soon as he answers!”

What an amazing store… I really Hope places like these never go away

the packaging definitely is one of the coolest things to me. If I ever travel to the US and am near this store I'd definitely would pick up a figure that I will keep packaged just as a souvenir

I've been to Game Point multiple times and I will say that when you put a game on hold to travel and buy, they'll do it. I was searching for two childhood games that I had been searching for a decade, maybe a bit more and I found them. They managed to get me both games and hold them until I could make the distance to travel and purchase them. I wanted to work for them but they always seem to have enough workers. It's an amazing store to just walk in and scope around. The workers are very friendly. Maybe at some point I'll sneak myself into a job there. :)

Out of all the shops youve visited, this one speaks the most to me. I LOVE the use of the blockbuster and TRU signage and other retro shops peices. Really cool store.

Nothing like a derpy Machop to round out your experience. The decor in there really is top notch. It succeeds at being its own experience. Good stuff.

I am now wanting to go to this store just to support this store by purchasing stuff.

There is such an insane markup on games in these retro game stores. I have been working on my collections and its just a lot easier to buy them off eBay, even for a premium, and its still cheaper than a retro gaming store. Don't get me wrong love going into them, but most likely will not buy.

I went to Retro Ricks for the first time 3 weeks ago driving back from Little Rock and didn’t purchase anything. But I came back about a week later and I bought my first ever Nintendo Power Magazine (Kirby’s Dreamland 2 number 72) from Retro Ricks.

Crazy come up for Retro Rick! Glad to see him again, My dad was a watcher of his up until his passing in 2021! Cool to see him evolved so far!! W Rick!!!

Store looks amazing. Sitting here thinking where could I take the family to make this store on the way. Congratulations Rick wish you nothing but the best.

Anybody else who at first doesn’t click on a video in your recommendations because you really aren’t interested but the same damn video keeps popping up for days straight so you’re finally like fuck it and click it? That’s why I’m here 😂

Its crazy how Rick started off as normal youtuber and now he is officially store owner.

I use to run a high end hifi store, and I tried to run some events with a independent video-game store down the road. My goal was solely for exposure to the Dads of the gamers, he would get the opportunity to sell games and systems under ideal demo situation. The owner wouldn't give me the time of day. My store had several rooms with large TVs full home theater setups. One room had a 5 foot diagonal projection screen and $100k audio system. The projector was so bright ($30k) you can watch/play with all the lights on. That videogame store didn't last 12 months.

awesome video bro! you got me into retro collecting, and now i have WAYYY to many retro game consoles! keep up the Great work!!

I need to get my own video game store 😅 Thank you for these videos Caleb, you inspired me to start a channel and Resale business

huuuuge respect, seems like a chilled guy... sadly i am far away from the usa and ll never visit it but i love to know that those kind of stores still exist !

Can we just take a minute to appreciate Retro Rick getting down to the Tony Hawk soundtrack! Takes me back as that was my favorite song in the game! Can’t wait to go back to the store!

Oh wow. I used to go to this store all the time when I went to that college close by. That was almost 15 years ago. Glad to see it’s still alive and hasn’t changed!

I feel like Ricky has an unlimited amount of cash to spend.

Brilliant on the part of the retail experts to create the focal point. Something I may look into. Loved this video and the questions Phoenix asked. Honest and upfront. No one wants to talk about prices. Great video!

I have no idea who or what this is, but I I am glad it popped up in my recommended. I live in Canada and likely won't get the chance to visit this store, but the tour was amazing to watch! I love the retro aesthetic of everything. The classic Mario Bros logos, characters, the way the colors all popped and were really in your face, exciting, and yet somehow comforting too is all just so brilliant. I adore looking at old videogame box art for this reason. You can feel the era, and it feels good.

I do a meeting for my business in Arkansas every January. I’m going to make a point to drive out here and give this man some business.

I love your store, Rick!!! it’s my dream to work in a retro game store like yours. I’ve been a video game collector for almost 10 years I would love to work for you and hopefully one day open my own store

Not gonna lie.. Ricks video game store videos have been more interesting to watch than just buying people's collection in the back of your prius

I love the nostalgia from that store. For my age that is awesome place. I reckon if you had game nights (if not already) could get good demographic going! Amazing work! Good luck to this stores future looks amazing!

As much as I like browsing and experience the physical video game stores, it will follow the same VHS path as the Blockbuster stores in the future

Okay, the joke riff made on the P.O.S. Made me laugh way to hard and for way to long

You interrupt a lot

I loved the offended look Caleb had when the $3 almost cost him splatoon 2

Loved the vid! Idk about the thumbnail tho? Thought he was in the red by $130,000… but he just SPENT $130,000 last month

Let's be honest here, a lot of these businesses are only kept open thanks to social media/ KZfaq income

I thought that was Phoenix's car for a second 😂 15:34

2 very close friends of mine would buy games from flea markets and local places then clean / flip then on eBay. It was so successful they have opened 4 physical locations since 2019. So many it's the area you guys are in.

Why would you put a thumbnail that isn’t true? He isn’t down $130k, that is what he put into the business. He said he was In the green overall. Let’s just be honest instead of deceiving clickbait.

I need a For my son t-shirt or hoodie. Retro Rick please start making those bro. People will definitely buy them out

Melissa the old owner of the store was real cool, all props should be going to her. I use to come in here all the time. She would always give us better deals for trade-ins than GameStop way back when I was a kid.

much love to this group of guys just trying to make a living off their childhood, yalls group of dudes is impeccable

Riff with the Bits tattoo? True friendship and dedication there!!!

That is a crazy sick shirt you have on Caleb. Riff you killed it again with the edit.

10:52 this part almost made me cry 😢

You answered my question lol .10 item sold for $1.00 is (9x) profit but it’s .90 cents lol yeah it’s a profit but… How long did it take? What space is it taking up ? Etc… Calculating true value is key $100 item that sells for $300 (24 hours) Vs $500 item that sells for $1,000 (3 months) Imma take $100 item 🤔… and use 29 days to make the difference

love the banter in this video absolutely hilarious video and really cool to see retros shop.

Casual busted up car parked right out front. Nice touch!

I remember when he first started his KZfaq and he used to get all the basics wrong, he literally knew nothing about what he collected, all his friends would call his a fake behind his back, but he really took advantage of the community and made money. I notice he didn't mention his real income, like those dodgy Whatnot raffles he does.

He touched on it, but the stuff is out there and much of it will never see the light of day. Example, I have a NES in box and countess games in the box. I also have an original atari also with many games in box. I'm not a collector and i dont live in this retro gaming world, I just have the stuff from childhood and I'll never sell it. I'm 1 guy, there's got to be 10s of thousands of 80s/90s kids out there sitting on this stuff also

3:01 cashier in background, well done sir. Very subtle.

15:35 RIP to the car LOL

Stack Wii's fml 😂the Hulk starts from 2k - 20k and goes one day for 200.000.😜

I’ve been watching (and subscribed to) both of your channels for a good while now and it’s amazing to see both of you in the same video 😊👍

One time I traded in some obscure xbox game to gamestop and they paid me more than I bought it for. I think it was Alaskan crab fishing, like the tv show.

I've been here a couple times before. It's a very nice store and has a pretty large selection. But the first thing I noticed was the prices. They aren't too outrageous, but you'd see things going for $10-20 over market value. There was more of a focus on modern games as well with a heavy selection on PS3/Xbox 360/PS4/Xbox One games, so unfortunately they didn't have what I was looking for. I ended up just going to Game Xchange where they had several PSP games and the Majoras Mask 3D I was looking for.

Glad to see him keeping the culture alive. Best wishes!

Damn that car at 15:35 hope the owner is okay

A lot of these stores in my area are way too overpriced, i just don’t even bother internet is king.

Great looking store, certainly a lot better than most I've been in

Having a store front is not the way to succeed currently in a niche market. Dont think games are niche? All current companies are not selling physical copies anymore and stream or require online to download and play. So a store front is a cash pit. You are hoping enough kids come play tcg like d and d , yugioh, pokemon and buy all the over priced floor items like old games and toys that are ALL cheaper on line so you will catch the occasional buyer that impulse buys a comic or old toy but overall nostalgia sells in waves. Awful to say but fact is fact. We closed our game shop 18 years ago and by year 2 of selling old games/ toys/ comics out of a storage locker we were up £90 grand. How? We werent paying staff, electirc, overpriced rent (£3000 per month) in a tiny space at a dying mall), we werent being stolen from or having customers break things. Loss prevention (theft and breakage) alone saved us £12 grand the first year.

That THPS Goldfinger reference at 10:55 was gold 👌🏼

Right under game stop 😂 15:35 had me dying

I wasn’t even gonna watch this video, but when I hovered over it, the audio told me that this is located in Conway Arkansas, which is only 40 minutes away from my hometown, which blows my mind that I have never been here because this place looks super cool.

This video is absolutely fantastic! The dedication and passion of the owner really shine, I wish I could stop by someday, we don't much of these store in Europe anymore 😢

25k on the machine that cleans 50 discs at a time is really a steal. (in the long term) with video games becoming collectables now, just imagine buying worthless scratched games in bulk for less than a dollar each and re-selling them for 10 to 20 bucks a piece. I used to have a ton of ps3 games saved on my amazon wish list, thinking id buy them eventually. and today, those games are 5 to 10 times more expensive than they were when i added them.

I’ve been watching retro Rick for years. From the beginning

Stop cutting him off when he's talking. SHEEESHH!!!

Dude is asking like he’s gonna break in the store and steal the most expensive items.

i hope this store and others do well its a big wonderment now with game companies pushing there games to be all digital

The car outside the store got me 😅

Hahaha! Shoutout to Denise ‘the c-toe’ Austin. We had some good times together back in the early 2000’s. Rick’s reaction was priceless

What an awesome store, kids need places like this to keep the retro gaming alive..

I went to college at UCA from 2010-2015 and I can still smell that store!

It's really sad physical gamestores are disappearing at least here in Europe ,every new store in my area that has tried to open for business has gone bankrupt within first 6 months 😥 and those that still are open, barely make any profit .

It sucks I’ll never go cause there’s no reason whatsoever that I can think of as to why I’d be in Arkansas

this place is HEAVEN

My problem owing a game store would be wanting to keep so much of what comes in!!!

Very modest guy putting his machines on Freeplay. I'm sure your customers wouldn't mind putting a couple bucks of quarters at a time in there if but too late to make any difference in expenses

Most people that buy games just love to play but cant afford these new inflated prices. Repro is ok but there is just something about knowing your playing a fake game that dont sit well. I went to a trusted game store and put my name on a list to buy golden eye 64 and they called and they only wanted to charge me 34 bucks. My heart sank when I looked at it and realized it was repro and I declined it. I still trust them because I didnt specify what I wanted. Its always good to deal with a couple of people you can get to know. Cant wait to get back to AR and hit up the Rick shop.

I feel like we are mooching off the back of Retro Rick for video content. Retro Resale

I’ll go into a store just to browse but I stick to eBay. Typically, the employees and owners have their heads shoved somewhere and think they’re better than you.

Man I remember hearing about this store and checked it out and it is fricken unreal, so glad it’s only 40 minutes away

Here’s the crazy thing at one point the statues and miscellaneous things were actually up on the rise in Gamestop but anyone who collects those statues like myself you run out of room to put them very quickly and they’re starting to overproduce all these statues. You see them everywhere and they’re overpriced now, so the sales of those collectibles are kind of going down video games are very easy to store.