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Dial Up Games @dialupgames.com · 23d

Hey BlueSky!👋

We’re a group of friends who turned our obsession with video games into Dial Up Games! Women & POC owned❤️

We attend several major cons each year & now have a local games shop in Lincoln, NE!

Looking For Friends who:
✨Love retro games
✨Collect rare finds
✨Appreciate a good haul pic

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Dial Up Games @dialupgames.com · May 6

90's kids moving their TV's from one room to another

A muscular strongman in competition is straining to lift a heavy CRT television.

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Dial Up Games @dialupgames.com · Sep 1

It’s last call, PAX West! ⏳

We’re still stocked with retro gems and weird treasures you didn’t know you needed. Swing by before the doors close!

#PAXWest #retrogaming

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Dial Up Games @dialupgames.com · Aug 31

If you’re cold. They’re cold 🥶

We have lots of Pokémon games cleaned, tested, batteries replaced, and ready for adoption!

Stop by Booth 1504 at PAXWest to give them their forever home!

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Dial Up Games @dialupgames.com · Aug 29

At PAXWest and looking for retro games, gaming mags, limited collector’s editions, controllers or consoles?

Here’s how to find our booth!

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Dial Up Games @dialupgames.com · Aug 29

Get a FREE tote bag with any purchase of $30 or more all weekend long!

Booth 1504 at PAXWEST!

*while supplies last

Tote bags laying on top of NES games at a con booth

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Hyperkin @hyperkin.bsky.social · Aug 26

We’ll be at #PAXWest with our friends @dialupgames.com at Booth 1504!

Play the new #RetroNGX, the upcoming #Mega95, and #theCompetitor.
Get the first look at the @drakonggaming #InfinaKore Guitar 🎸

PLUS we’re giving away 2 RetroN GX's & 2 Competitors. Come to the booth to find out HOW!

#PAXWest

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Dial Up Games @dialupgames.com · Aug 26

Find us at @officialpax.bsky.social !

BOOTH #1504 AT THE ARCH!

✅ Retro games you’ve been hunting since middle school
✅ Modern games so new they're still downloading updates
✅ Controllers that actually work (wild concept, right?)
✅ Us, ready to help you find those treasures!

See you at #PAXWest!

Map of the exhibit hall at the Arch. Dial Up Games at booth #1504

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Dial Up Games @dialupgames.com · Aug 14

We’re heading to PAX West!
📍Booth 1504

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Dial Up Games @dialupgames.com · Aug 13

Sonic x Timberland collaboration was announced! Unfortunately, only available in Japan and the boots are limited to just 30 pairs. 👟💙

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Dial Up Games @dialupgames.com · Jul 17

The Nintendo Spaceworld 99 Guide Book. This artwork went pretty hard ngl

Nintendo Spaceworld 99 Guide Book cover. Several nintendo characters are sitting in n64 controllers like they are planes and flying towards the camera.

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Dial Up Games @dialupgames.com · Jul 2

This was peak Family Game Night in the 90s.
📺 NES on the tube
🕹️ Controllers getting passed around.
🍕 Someone yelling “my turn” in the background.

Recreate the vibe tonight! Our games & consoles ship fast and work like new! Cleaned + tested!
Start your retro game night right → www.dialupgames.com

NES Ad from the 90's. Family sat around an NES system laughing and playing Super Mario Bros.

Dial Up Games @dialupgames.com · Jun 27

Remember that time you played the same game all summer long?

GTA Vice City was that game for me. The neon glow. The sweet soundtrack. The multiple stolen cars. A truly perfect summer vacation.

What retro games give you that summer feeling?

the entire ps2 cover for grand theft auto vice city front to back

Grand Theft Auto Vice City main character Tommy Vercetti riding a yellow motorcycle through an intersection. A tall building and palm trees are behind him.

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Dial Up Games @dialupgames.com · May 6

THAT is a spectacular setup! Many calories were burned moving this absolute hulk.

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Dial Up Games @dialupgames.com · May 6

90's kids moving their TV's from one room to another

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Dial Up Games @dialupgames.com · May 5

It's PAXEAST WEEK! Who are we going to see there? 👀

Stop by BOTH of our booths!

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Dial Up Games @dialupgames.com · Apr 30

is there something special about it?

a screenshot of Metal Gear Solid 2 "Do you know what day it is today?"

screenshot of Metal Gear Solid 2 "...April 30th?"

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Dial Up Games @dialupgames.com · Apr 25

He’s never falling for the jingling keys trick again 😭💔

Dial Up Games @dialupgames.com · Apr 25

Excited about PAXEast? So are we!!

Journey down to the Marketplace of Wonders (Exhibitor's Hall) during @officialpax.bsky.social in Bahstonne (Boston) May 8-11!

🕹️ Retro Games & Consoles
🕹️ Handheld systems
🕹️ Classic gaming magazines & more!

PAX East 2025: Dial Up Games Booths #19115 & 21115, May 8-11, 2025

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PAX @officialpax.bsky.social · Apr 16

Meet our PAX Together Picks for the #PAXEast 2025 Expo Hall floor!

The PAX Together icon can be found on exhibitors, events, panels, and more that shine a light on groups from underrepresented backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences in gaming. Learn more at PAXEast25.com/PAXTogether.

PAX Together Exhibitor Picks: 9th Level Games, Clever Endeavor, PIZZA PRANKS, ByteRockers Games, Dial Up Games, DVC Games, Turnip Games, 2 Wedges, Dusk Sharp, & Gylee Games. PAX East; May 8-11, 2025; east.paxsite.com

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Dial Up Games @dialupgames.com · Apr 16

the green Game Boy 😍😍😍

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Dial Up Games @dialupgames.com · Apr 16

We're so glad you're enjoying the camera!

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Bill 🎮 trails in the sky 1st chapter @thunderbillts.bsky.social · Apr 14

A Gameboy camera! I've always wanted one of these goofy things. Neighbor had one growing up and I fell in love with it and have wanted one since. Got it from @dialupgames.com Booth. Top notch customer service, as I had a problem with it and they were able to swap it out.

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Dial Up Games @dialupgames.com · Apr 12

👾💨 Need a Game Boy? GOT ‘EM!
👾💨 Classic games? STACKED TO THE CEILING!
👾💨 Dreamin' of a Dreamcast? DONE!

📍 Find us at C2E2 2025 April 11-13th and drive home with the retro haul of your dreams!

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SimplyAJ @simplyaj.bsky.social · Apr 10

Show me the worst video game controller you own. The weirder the better. I don't mean the RE4 Chainsaw or Dragonquest Slime, I'm talkin' about stuff like this masterpiece:

A black controller shaped like an SNES co controller, except the D-Pad is on the right side. Start and Select are round buttons on the far left, with A B X Y and Turbo all appearing in a straight horizontal line in the middle. There is also a mysterious button called "clear" directly under the D-Pad.

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