CD Game Exchange

not a huge selection of games but if they have one you want its cheap. Lots of other cool things to grab that may be hard to find.

Awesome spot featuring new and used music, movies, video games and accessories. Highlights include the great selection of video games all the way from NES (and maybe before?) to current systems, a $ 0.25 CD rack (8 for a dollar!), and cheap 3^rd party remakes of classic controllers (fresh N64 sticks for $ 20!). The staff is always very kind and knowledgeable and don’t mind at all if you just come in to browse. If anyone wants to go grab a shitty $ 5 Gamecube game and spend the day beating it, let me know, I live nearby.

Sadly Record/​CD stores are hard to find these days, so when I see one I get my ass in there asap.
This place has a little of a lot of things, CD’s, Albums, Games. What! No Cassettes! JK.
I can and have spent hours here looking at every CD/​Records that arrive daily. They sell and BUY just about everything.
Every time I’m on N Mississippi, I shop here.
I’ve found some classic CD’s, Aaron Neville, Smokey Robinson, Frank Sinatra… On and on. They also carry a large selection of Classic Rock. So, if you’re looking for butt rock band stuff like Ratt, White Snake or LA Guns, they have it! Those CD’s smell like hair spray but, you can easily clean them.jk.
I love supporting local music businesses.

There’s a certain satisfaction to find a large cabinet filled with jazz. It is a certain delight seeing that there is a large selection of Duke Ellington CD’s there. It has been hard finding a place that does have this artist and Cannonball Adderly releases. This place has it. It also has foreign language and horror DVD’s. The service was quick and the prices are cheap. That is all what can be said of this nice place.

Employees have always been friendly to me and helpful when I have questions. I wanted to buy a Zelda game for my girlfriend, but I have never played Zelda. The staff helped me make a decision and then gave me a gift receipt in case she wanted to return it for one of the other Zelda games they had in the store.

Gamer’s paradise for good values. They also sell music cd’s for like a buck (for parents/​grandparents that haven’t gotten into iTunes). Staff is very eager to help.

Although they don’t necessarily have the newest stuff when it comes to music, I have come to rely on CD Game Exchange for my used CD and DVD collection. I recently picked up a double feature DVD with The Terminator AND Robo-​Cop. For $ 5! Holy crap I’m a nerd, I know. But keep reading… it actually only cost me $ 2.50 because I traded 2 really terrible DVDs (they were gifts okay) for store credit. I’m sure the clerk and I were both thinking «sucker», but that’s how good business transactions should go.
CD Game Exchange has some interesting picks in the $ 5 range, and I’ve even seen good flicks in the $ 1 section (such as Lost in Translation and Good Night and Good Luck). My boyfriend lucked out and got Season 4 of Dexter for only $ 10. If you’re into video games, I think you’d find something here but not being a gamer, I can’t get into details. They have also started purchasing used video game systems and even iPods. Doesn’t this seem a lot less dicey than going to the pawn shop? I mean Ruby Jewel is next door making fresh waffle cones… totally not sketchy like Hawker’s Locker on 82^nd.
I recommend checking this place out if you want to pick up some used CDs for cheap, avoid paying all those stupid late fees from Redbox (c’mon who really remembers to return a movie the next day), and if/​when your Netflix «ready» device is not working (which is mostly never amirite?).

These guys have always been great. I’ve bought and sold many many CDs/​DVDs here.
Most recently– I needed various parts and games for a PS1, SNES and they were able to get me what I needed at a good price!

I was in nerd heaven from the moment I walked into the door. ONE DOLLAR DVDs. Super NES games priced from 1.50−20.00 (Not bad at all.) N-​64 games, GameCube games for cheap, moderately priced Xbox games, and the best selection of cheap memory cards around. They also have all the gamer equipment you need! This location is one million times better than the one on hawthorne. They even accept American Express! (hardly anyone does in this town anymore.)

They have one dollah DVDs yes one dollah… of course they are older movies, but if you are just collecting them and see ones you like, one dollah is a good price.
I couldn’t believe that they have two DVDs that I wanted for a while for $ 2.50 a piece. Before I found this place, I was debating between getting them from Amazon or should wait for mega sale somewhere. I think Lady Luck was on my side because I found these two movies here on one random Saturday afternoon.
They also have wide selections of used video games. I will come back here just to get more games for my video games collection. Come here if you need (well maybe the appropriate word is WANT not need) more movies and games for your entertainment collections.

Great!
They the have a nice selection and the price is right. The store is clean and I don’t have the feeling that someone needed to sell there video collection to get some crack, like I get from stores like this on the outskirts of town.
Will be back.

I have gone to this location, and this one only a few times, and only 1 time on purpose.
The prices in the store are pretty spot on. They have cabinets full of 2.50 and 5 dollar discs. The movie I came in to see if they happened to have (and they did) was 6 bucks, 14 bucks on popular media website with many distribution centers world wide dot com I scored an xbox 360 game that I once owned and traded in while it was still new for 5 bucks and always leave the store having bought something.
The fact all of the discs are locked up in cases make for a difficult browse shopping time. But if your cool with being «that guy» pay no attention to the last statement.
The prices are fair, the staff is nice, I love this neighborhood, and the trade in/​return polices made me rethink opening a store of similar demographic appeal. Don’t go here with specifics in mind unless it’s a popular selection. However if you do and it’s not in stock, they can get it.

I was wandering down N. Mississippi recently, killing time before a happy hour meet up with some friends, and happened across CD-​Game Exchange, so I decided to stop in and browse for a few. The place impressed me quite a bit, and I’ll always try to go back and search the racks for a cheap find anytime I’m back in the neighborhood.
I’ve seen other CD-​Game Exchange locations around Portland, and a long time ago I stopped into the Hawthorne location but failed to find the specific discs I was looking for. I think this location on Mississippi is similar in that you probably shouldn’t go looking for one specific disc, artist, or game — this is no Everyday Music or Music Millennium.
But if you’re just browsing, it’s definitely worth checking them out because they do have a pretty decent selection of used CDs, at really reasonable prices. They have a decent selection of discs priced in the $ 1 – 5 range, and more priced a few bucks higher. And the bargain priced discs aren’t all from bands of which you’ve never heard or never want to hear. I managed to score a copy of «Honey, I’m Homely» by the Dance Hall Crashers for only $ 1[!] and it plays just fine.
I’m not really a gamer these days, so I didn’t look at their selection or pricing of video games, but if it’s anything like their CD inventory it’s worth checking out.
They have a fair return/​buy-​back policy which diminishes a little each day you have the CD or game, so if you have a little buyer’s remorse you’re not completely out of luck.
As I say, it’s not the best place to go searching for that one special CD, but they have enough stuff for you to browse and likely find something you want at very reasonable prices.

CD Game Exchange is an all around great store to get used video games, movies, and music. When they had a location on Broadway, I used to go all of the time to see what they had in stock that I could not live without, but since they have moved, I am lucky if I visit them once a month to get my «nerd fix.»
Since I have been addicted to video games, this is the spot where I usually find my fix. The prices are less than Game Crazy’s, and there is usually really cool music playing as you brows through the shelves.
The staff has always been very nice and helpful. A few times I have purchased games which did not play, and they have never had a problem in exchanging my game for one which works. However, you need to be quick in your exchange because they have lowered the price of my return before since it was a week (or a little more) after date of purchase.
There are all sorts of games and gaming accessories for all systems here. If you are wanting the NES gun to play Duck Hunt, or R.O.B. (you are also a nerd if you know who R.O.B. is) to play Gyromite, chances are you will find them here.
I owe many mind-​numbing, swirled-​eye, «where the hell did the time go?» and sleepless nights to CD Game Exchange!