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I still remember Toys R Us had a separate section for video games. I don't just mean a separate aisle. A separate corner of the store. Though I don't recall whether or not anything was locked behind glass. The more expensive stuff, like the consoles, was probably behind the counter, though.
Yeah - you had to take a paper ticket to check out and they would ring it up and give you a copy. Unless it was an older game. Then you could just grab it and take it to the counters
Maybe I'm remembering before they did paper tickets or after they stopped it, because I feel like I'd remember something like that. The one I went to didn't seem to have that, though I didn't go often because I was a broke kid. They just had the games on the shelves when I did go, though.
You had to take a slip of paper and bring it to the desk.
Wal-mart had a separate aisle. It was by itself, and the nearby aisles were kind of split 50/50 for "boy" or "girl" toys. Like I think lego and action figures were on one side, Barbie on the other?
I remember first they had a paper ticket and an aisle in the NES and SNES Era, but by the N64 Era they had the "Gamezone" corner.
You had to pick up a slip of paper for the cartridge you wanted, and then go to a security window after paying for it to actually get it.
The consoles I never actually saw on the store floor...