DENVER (KDVR) — A mural at a gaming store near Denver is getting attention online as a blast from the past that some gamers consider to be a relic.
The GameStop in Glendale is one of few stores in the franchise that still has a mural dating back to before 2010.
“We piloted large window murals years ago. Most locations never had them, and many of the originals have since gone extinct, so what you’re looking at is the 8th wonder of the world,” a spokesperson for GameStop told FOX31 in an email.
The Glendale store has a mural from 2007 for the game Halo 3, which came out for the Xbox 360 gaming console in September that year. “That makes it old enough to be considered a legal adult,” the spokesperson said.
The game was an instant hit, with more than a million players in the first twenty hours of the release, according to the website Halopedia, and over eight million copies sold by Jan. 3, 2008.
An image of the mural got millions of views on X earlier this month, and GameStop reposted the image saying, “We’ll take it down when something better comes out.”
A picture of the mural could not be included in this article due to legal reasons, but it can be seen on Google Maps street view or at the store located at 960 S. Colorado Blvd.
The spokesperson said the murals were rare when they were installed nearly two decades ago, as they were only utilized at stores with a large window.
“These are a relic of the past,” the spokesperson said.
There are a handful of other stores with old murals across the country, and the spokesperson said some feature characters like Mario and Sonic. The company acknowledged another user’s picture of a GameStop with a Super Mario mural and said, “Who’s laughing now?”
“These are beloved characters and our community has clearly a special place for these murals in their hearts,” the spokesperson wrote.
Though several new games in the Halo series have come out since then, some gamers still enjoy playing the older versions, which can be found on websites for second-hand sellers like eBay, or at participating GameStop Retro stores, including the location in Glendale, according to the website.
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