Rock 30 Games

This place is a total rip off, I bought a Sony Playstation 1 here brought it home and it wouldn’t any of my games. When I brought it back to the store they rudely told me the system was working before I bought it and it was my fault it was broken. Very bad experience! Two thumbs down!

Summary Review.
Rock 30 Games may come across as a bit of a schizophrenic store due to the variety of products (disc golf, DVDs, video games) but it is anything but. Being the only way, outside of pawn shops, that an individual can track down a classic movie, video game or system. A friendly staff and locally owned makes this place even more desirable.
Long Review.
Way back in 2003, Rock 30 Games (Rock 30 from here on out) took Bismarck by storm. While the location was a bit tricky to get to, and you could easily pass by the place if you didn’t look for it, Rock 30 offered something that Bismarck wasn’t familiar with. A video game store that carried a wide variety of both consoles and video games dating all the way to Atari. Further more, the store was casually run by a gentleman named Andrew along with some other great individuals that helped out. There was a charm to the whole place, despite the original store being made out of a previous home, that gave it a memorable experience. Combined with friendly service and fair pricing, Rock 30 was the place to go to either buy, trade in or sell.
Flash forward, and Rock 30 has grown into a company with several stores spanning several cities in North Dakota alongside an ever-​evolving concept.
Aside from this history lesson, and the reason I continue to shop at Rock 30, is how friendly the place is. Rock 30 isn’t interested in trying to get you to reserve a product, or subscribe to something. They’re all about you finding what you’re looking for, and seeing what they can do to help you along that way. While still being a business, they’re more about bringing back a casual-​yet-​professional experience that seems to be lost in the sea of corporations.
I actually go out of my way to mail products from my home in Arizona back to Bismarck whenever I plan on going into Rock 30 because they offer by far some of the best prices for trading in products. What may be a trade in? It’s the act of taking a product that they’ll accept, and trading it in either towards cash (if it is an option) or towards something else in the store. Since selling things online is time consuming, I like the option of being able to still rely on Rock 30 to offer me a fair price and in return collect anything I may need in their incredible library of product.
Which leads me to probably the best point of Rock 30. The depth of product. Rock 30 may not have a very large store, but the amount of material they have in their database or that they can get it (at the time or this review they could still order in products for customers) is astonishing. While it generally is more of a gamble if you’ll get a complete product or not, they guarantee it to be working and will do whatever necessary should any complications arise.
Add in a repair station for video game consoles, a disc buffering station to repair any minor damage your video games/​CDs/​DVDs/​Blurays may suffer and Rock 30 seems to do absolutely everything.
There’s no reason to not give Rock 30 a shot.

The alternative to Gamestop in this town, with the addition of used DVDs and a connected Subway. They also carry disc golf supplies and a limited selection of paintball gear if memory serves.