Electronics Boutique trade-in exclusion list
 

Here it is: the elusive promo trade in exclusion list. Sorry about any typos but I figured them out as best I could. Enjoy!
<i>current as of 12-30-02</i>

<u><b>Gamecube</u></b>
18 wheeler
all star baseball 02
batman vengence
bond: agent under fire
cel damage
crazy taxi
dark summit
dave mirra 2
donald duck qk
driven 2
extreme g3
fifa 2002
freekstyle
home run king
inter/winter ?
jeremy mcgrath
legends of wrestling
madden 2002
nba 2k2
nba coutside 02
nba street
nfl blitz 02
nfl qb club 02
nhl hitz
pac man world
rayman arena
resident evil
smashing drive
ssx tricky
tarzan untamed
turok evolution
ty the tazmanian devil
universal studios

<u><b>Xbox</u></b>
Amped
(Sorry... didn't get it, if anyone would like to contribute I will add it here.)

<u><b>PS2</u></b>
4x4 evolution
ace combat 4
aggressive inline
airblade
alon d'ar
antz ext/r ?
aqwua aqua
armored core 2
army men
army men sarges heroes 2
artic thunder
all star baseball 02
atv offroad fury
baldurs gate: Dark Alliance
barbarian
bass strike
batman vengence
bloody roar (3)?
bouncer
burnout
cart fury
casper
city crisis
city sktr ?
clive barker
conflict z ?
cool boarders 01
crash bandicoot 5
crazy taxi
dark angel
dark cloud
dark summit
dave mirra 2
default ?
deus ex
devil may cry
disney pk
downforce
drag lr2 ?
dragn lr ?
dragon rg ?
driving emotion type s
driven
espn internation track and field
espn nba tonight
espn nfl pt ?
espn nhl
espn wx 02 ?
espn xg skatb ?
espn xgm:sb ?
eternal ring
eve of extinction
evergrace
extermination extreme g3
f1 c s2k ? f1 champ ?
fantavision
fish/bas/c ?
formula 1
freekstyle
fur fighters viggiog's revenge
gadget racers
gauntlet dark legacy
gianta
godai
GT3
grandia 2
GTA3
gundam j/j ?
gungriffon blaze
hard hitter 2 ?
harvest moon
herdy gerdy
meroes of might and magic 2
high jheat 02
ico
jeremey mcgrath
jade cocoon
jak and daxter
jampack(s)
johnny mosly
kengo
kessen
kinetica
klonoa 2
kcockout kings
leg/k:sr2 ?
legend of wrestling
lego soccer
lemans 24hour
mad dog mcgree
mad maestro
madden 02
madden 01
march madness 02
max payne
maximo
mdk2
men in black 2
metro/mnia ?
metal gear solid 2 demo
metal gear solid 2
midnight club
mons jmmx ?
moto gp
motor mayhem
mx rider
myst 3
nascar heat
nascar 01
nba 2k2
nba hoops
nba live 02
nba live 01
nba s/o01 ?
nba street
ncaa football 2002
ncaa final four 01
ncaa final four 02
ncaa gb 01?
nfl 2k2
nfl gameday 01
nfl gameday 02
nfl quarterback club 02
nhl 01
nhl 02
nhl f/o01
okage
oni
onimusha
orphen
parappa 2
paris dakar rally
pirate/dak ?
portal runner
project eden
pryzm
rayman 2
rayman m ?
rc revenge
ready to rumble round 2
red card ?
red faction
resident evil code veronica X
ridge racer 5
road trip ?
rugby 02
rumble rc ?
salt lake 02
savage skies
shadoan ?
shadowman 2
shaun palmer
shifters
silent hill 2
silent scope
silpheed
simpsons road rage
sky odyssey
sled storm
smugglers run
soccer am ?
sp cr s/c ?
space ace
splashdown
spy hunter
ssx
starwars starfighter
state of emergency
street fighter
stretch panic
stunt gp
summoner
sunny surf ?
super bust a move
super bm?
surf h30
star wars racer revenge
tarzan untamed
tekken tag
tetris worlds
time splitters
time trv ?
tokyo xtreme
tony hawk 3
top grdd ?
top gun
total im/r ?
tiple play
twisted metal black
twisted metal black (maybe online)
ty the tazmanian devil
unison
unreal tournament
virtua fighter 4
warriors of might and magic
wave rally
wdl war jets
who shot johnny rock
wild w rc ?
winter sp2 ?
woody woodpecker
world destruction tanks
wwf smackdown
x squad
zone of the enders

<b><u>Dreamcast</b></u>
7th cross evolution
alone in the dark
blue stinger
carrier
chu chu rocket
crazy taxi
dinosaur
donald duck
ecw - hardcore
elemental gear gimmick
evolution
expendable
fighting force 2
i-spy - corporate espionage
kiss psycho circus
legacy of kain - soul reaver
mag force racing
maken x
nba 2k / 2k1
nba showtime
nfl 2k / 2k1
nfl blitz 2000 / 2001
nfl qb club 2000 / 2001
nhl 2k
pba 2001 (?)
pen pen trilcelon
rainbow 6
razor
reel fishing wild
seaman
sega bass fishing
shadow man
slave zero
sonic adventure
south park - chef's luv shack
space channel 5
time stalkers
tnn motorsports
tomb raider (not sure if 4 or chronicles or both)
toy commander
virtua tennis
wild metal
world series baseball 2k1
zombie revenge

thanks for the list

So basically they've included a huge chunk of the PS2 lineup. That figures.

Hell - they've excluded like 50 percent of my Gamecube collection! The bastards!

The guy at my local EB said Amped for XBOX is on their exclude list. PLus any onld sports game (from last season or older).

damnit, i wanted to get rid of some of my cube ****... f'in eb

Yeah, there was a trade in a PS2 game and get a $50 PS2 game for $30. So, I brought 3 PS2 games(SSX, WWF Smackdown, GT3) and they wouldn't take any of them. I asked if they would take 2 or even 3, and they said no. So basically, they only take games released in the past 2 months. (I did this several days ago, before I saw this post).

If this is the case(which it is), they should say so on there coupons that MOST games are NOT accepted except brand new titles. I basically wasted a trip to the mall just to find this out.

I've decided to boycot EB from now on. Best Buy is in the same mall, and will be getting all my B+M purchases.

I'm surprised Luigi's Mansion and Super Monkey Ball 1 & 2 aren't excluded. There's usually a pile of them at my local EB.

You guys are being so pessimistic. It isn't all new games you just have to look at how much they can be purchased for new. If a game is $20 new they arent going to take it. But, if a game is $40-50 new and you find it at a blockbuster for 9.99-14.99. Always have the BBV guy pricecheck, often the true price is $10 lower than what is stickered because they dont get updated. After going to a few you will start to know. It helps if you have this list with you next time you hit a blockbuster during buy2get one free. Several of the cheaper titles can be used, you just need to check the list.

Just a thought

What?
 

What is this deal?

Trade in for a new game? Or just for instore credit?

Yeah, I wouldn't expect them to take titles like Smackdown or SSX, considering these are greatest hits now, and they can't even sell them for 20 bucks used anymore. But I do miss the days when they took any game as a trade-in.

Back in the day, I got my Dreamcast for 100 bucks because I traded in a bunch of useless PS1 games (like some 2 year old sports games) at Toys R Us, no less. I remember similar deals for the previous generation of systems. It was a way to get rid of a lot of older games that I would never play again/made a mistake in buying. I guess they didn't care whether or not they could resell them.

Now games depreciate really fast as far as buy-back value goes, but you rarely see cheap used games at these stores. A lot of times, they sell it for 5 bucks under retail, or if they don't update frequently, they actually sell the used games for more than the new ones... if not for Blockbuster and their Buy 2 get one free deals, as well as Target's insane markdowns, I would'nt have any Gamecube games at all...

This list is used to determine if games you are trading in can be used for special promotions. (trade in 2 get a new preorder free...etc) You can still trade excluded games in for credit, just not towards the special deals.

How do you find out their trade-in promotions? Is it on their website, or is each store different?

Yeah, what trade-in deals are they offering right now?

Well there was a deal for trade in 2 games (not on list) and get a preorder on one of the flyers for free. I went to BBV and got Mark of Kri (for me) and wipeout fusion/no one lives forever (for EB) but that ended on the 31st.

If you check this site regularly there are posts for EB deals a lot. Also there are periodic flyers in store with deals. Worst case try calling the store and asking about any current deals.

I traded in Bloody Roar for the GC and did the 'trade in 1 game, get new game for 30 bucks' deal. They let me pre-order the new Zelda this way, even though the deal doesn't state that it covers pre-orders.

The same guy that told me they won't take Amped also said they always have a 3-for-1 deal. Trade in 3 games and get one free.

Just to add to the thread ... here's the Dreamcast exclusion list (got it from clerk there last week), in case you want to trade in DC + 15 games to get (at least) $100 in credit:

Dreamcast
7th cross evolution
alone in the dark
blue stinger
carrier
chu chu rocket
crazy taxi
dinosaur
donald duck
ecw - hardcore
elemental gear gimmick
evolution
expendable
fighting force 2
i-spy - corporate espionage
kiss psycho circus
legacy of kain - soul reaver
mag force racing
maken x
nba 2k / 2k1
nba showtime
nfl 2k / 2k1
nfl blitz 2000 / 2001
nfl qb club 2000 / 2001
nhl 2k
pba 2001 (?)
pen pen trilcelon
rainbow 6
razor
reel fishing wild
seaman
sega bass fishing
shadow man
slave zero
sonic adventure
south park - chef's luv shack
space channel 5
time stalkers
tnn motorsports
tomb raider (not sure if 4 or chronicles or both)
toy commander
virtua tennis
wild metal
world series baseball 2k1
zombie revenge

thanks for the dreamcast info, just updated it according to the provided information. Enjoy!