Retroventory

"Every cartridge has a price. Every customer has a different one."

You just took over a cramped second-hand game shop in Neon Haven. All day long people walk in with old consoles, handhelds and games: some want cash, some want a bargain, and a few want to fool you. You name the price, you close the deal, and whatever is left after the bills is yours.

Haggle like you mean it

Every deal happens across the counter, on your shop calculator. Punch in a number, watch their face, wait for the counter-offer. Push too hard and they walk out. Fold too early and you leave money on the table.

Spot the fake

Turn it over before you pay. Condition, rarity, what it is really worth, a label that looks a little too bright... A counterfeit burns you twice: once when you buy it, and again when a customer looks closer than you did.

Everyone wants something

Collectors pay serious money for the right piece. Desperate sellers need cash today. Flippers know exactly what it is worth, hagglers grind you down, big spenders never blink, and scammers smile a lot. A few regulars bring stories of their own, and favors to ask.

Your shop PC runs everything

Follow market prices as they climb and crash, borrow from the bank when the till runs dry, hire staff, train your eye, trade favors with the town's fixers and read the morning paper for a tip. Rent, power and wages come due on their own schedule.

Count the day's take

Every day ends with the numbers: what you sold, what you bought, what you made. Stay in the red too long and the shop is gone.

From corner shop to retro empire

Reinvest, expand, train your skills and grow your crew. A bigger shop draws richer customers, rarer stock and bigger trouble.

Risky business

Some deals are better left unasked about. Protection money at the door, cyber attacks on your systems and a reputation that follows you around town. How clean you keep your hands is up to you.

Features

• Haggling on every purchase and sale, face to face and on a calculator
  
• Conditions, rarities, true values and counterfeits to catch
  
• Customers with their own personalities, budgets and patience
  
• A shop PC with market prices, bank loans, staff, skills, fixers and the morning paper
  
• Rent, bills and the very real risk of going under
  
• Shop upgrades from a cramped corner store to a retro empire
  
• Fully localized interface: English, Turkish, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Japanese, Korean and Simplified Chinese

Buy low. Sell high. Keep the lights on.