Level Up Video Games

05/30/2026

We’ve got a complete-in-box backwards compatible 60GB PlayStation 3 now available in-store or online. We don’t see these all that often as we very particular about the condition of these systems when accepting them in as trade; so you can rest assured that this system is in great shape! Visit us in-person at 113 Locust Street, in Downtown Santa Cruz, or online at www.levelupvideogames.com today.

05/25/2026

While the quantity of releases this June & July may not be all that much, the quality more than makes up for it. These releases are available to pre-order in-store or online, so visit us today and secure your copy.

05/25/2026

05/23/2026

Spot the stranger; our Japan-based Operations Manager came for a visit and the entire Level Up crew was together in-person for the first time in a very long while!

05/21/2026

The SUPER AWESOME Japanese chocolate bar, Black Thunder, is now available! You are going to be hard pressed to find this Stateside, as our man-in-Japan brought them with him on his recent visit (along with all those import games we showed you). They are only $1 a piece and amazingly delicious, so visit the store today at 113 Locust Street, in Downtown Santa Cruz, and try one for yourself.

05/20/2026

We just got another delivery of Japanese import GameBoy, GameBoy Color, Super Famicom, Nintendo 64, GameBoy Advance, and DS games…not to mention some cool collectibles as well! Everything is available in-store at 113 Locust Street, or online at www.levelupvideogames.com, so visit us today.

05/19/2026

We’ve been friends with the super-talented Robert Duenas from when we first opened the store in Arizona way back in 2007. Since then, has Rob kindly given us permission (he gets a commission of course) to use some of his awesome art around the store. Our favorite being his “Critters” collage; featuring some of gamings most iconic characters over the generations. For years now, we’ve used “Critters” for our Store T-Shirts, but we’ve now got some rad little tote bags featuring the design available as well. Stop the store at 113 Locust Street, in Downtown Santa Cruz, and pickup a shirt or tote today!

05/05/2026

After being left somewhat unfinished (artists and deadlines 😉), our Gaming Pride Flag art installation is finally complete; no more hole at the bottom of the flag! We wanted to thank everyone out there for all the positive messages and feedback we’ve received over the past year for this piece of art. Stay tuned though, as in the VERY near future we will have something more to share with you about this design…

UPDATE: Despite the overwhelmingly positive feedback on this post, the amount of time management required to w**d out the hateful or down right crazy stuff just isn’t worth the payroll hours. So we’ve turned off the comments. Our apologies, but you know the old saying about “bad apples.”

05/03/2026

There are some great games coming out in the month of May, all of which are available to preorder now, both in-store and online.

05/01/2026

We’ve got some great new Fallout merchandise available, including this super rad (and kind of creepy lol) Vault Boy mask. As always, everything is available in-store at 113 Locust Street, in Downtown Santa Cruz, or online at www.levelupvideogames.com so visit us today.