The Video Store

The Video Store

Very positive (781 ratings)

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Check your membership cards! Eccentric businessman and Harvest Moon Video store owner, Joseph Boddy , is set to retire. He has decided to randomly select several membership cards from his Video Store database and has issued special “golden tickets” to a lucky few. A local newspaper, The Sleepy Hollow Patch, is reporting that Mr. Boddy has laid out a series of challenges throughout his beloved video store for the chosen few, and if successful, the team will be rewarded THE DEED to the store. Mr. Boddy feels it is time for a change in ownership, one that can bring a fresh new upgrade to Harvest Moon Video as a new generation takes the helm of the film world. HMV has always been a prominent fixture on Main Street in the quiet village of Sleepy Hollow, New York. This quaint store continues to be the hot spot in town on a Friday night, as locals fill the aisles look for movies to rent. YOUR membership card has been drawn, and you and your team are anxiously waiting outside the store for further instructions. As you feel the crisp, cool air and take in the smells of the fall season, you listen to the passing cars, wondering when Joseph Boddy will arrive. At exactly 10:31 pm, a video beings to play inside the store. Your instructions are simple. You must gain entrance to the store and complete the tasks within an hour. If you are successful, you will be granted the deed to Harvest Moon Video. However, if you cannot complete his game in time, your car will be towed, and the next team of lucky golden ticket winners will get their change at this one-in=a=lifetime opportunity.

  • 2-8
  • 60 mins
  • Hard
  • Not scary

Ratings

All ratings (781)

Very positive

Gameplay
Overwhelmingly positive
Atmosphere
Overwhelmingly positive
Customer service
Overwhelmingly positive

Reviews

@SlyKittens
SlyKittens

186 escape rooms

So many good things about this one. First of all, GM Mandy was AWESOME. So friendly and fun. All GM’s should be like her! The room itself was amazing. It was definitely like being in a small town video store. Do this room!

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Gameplay

So fun!

Atmosphere

Very realistic of a small video store.

Customer service

Mandy was the BEST

Particularly interesting or different

No

Story
Difficulty

Hard

Game tech

Mechanical

Ideal number of players

3

Scary

Not scary

Was anything broken?

No

Live actors

No

Physically active

Not at all

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Easy

Apr 11, 2025 | Experienced Apr 11, 2025
@TheMillenniumPigeon
TheMillenniumPigeon

100 escape rooms

𓆜𓋘𓄁 𓊛𓇙𓋸𓌤𓌥 𓌦 𓅐𓆢 𓆣 𓀉𓆤 𓆥 𓅑𓆘 𓆙 𓅒𓄙 𓄚 𓄛 𓅓𓃺 𓃻 𓅔 𓅕 𓃕 𓃖 𓃗 𓎷 𓄁𓎸𓅖 𓅽 𓅾 𓅿𓅗 𓅘 𓇆 𓇇𓅙 𓅚 𓁵 𓁶𓂵 𓂶𓃝𓋲 𓋳𓀬 𓅛𓁃 𓂺𓅜 �𓅝𓃄 �𓄁𓅞𓂙 𓅟𓂿 𓆜𓋘𓄁 𓊛𓇙𓋸𓌤𓌥 𓌦 𓅐𓆢 𓆣 𓀉𓆤 𓆥 𓅑𓆘 𓆙 𓅒𓄙 𓄚 𓄛 𓅓𓃺 𓃻 𓅔 𓅕 𓃕 𓃖 𓃗 𓎷 𓄁𓎸𓅖 𓅽 𓅾 𓅿𓅗 𓅘 𓇆 𓇇𓅙 𓅚 𓁵 𓁶𓂵 𓂶𓃝𓋲 𓋳𓀬 𓅛𓁃 𓂺𓅜 𓂨𓅝𓃄 𓄁𓅞𓂙 𓅟𓂿

Nov 7, 2024 | Experienced Oct 31, 2024
@Fbomb
Fbomb

24 escape rooms

𓆜𓋘𓄁 𓊛𓇙𓋸𓌤𓌥 𓌦 𓅐𓆢 𓆣 𓀉𓆤 𓆥 𓅑𓆘 𓆙 𓅒𓄙 𓄚 𓄛 𓅓𓃺 𓃻 𓅔 𓅕 𓃕 𓃖 𓃗 𓎷 𓄁𓎸𓅖 𓅽 𓅾 𓅿𓅗 𓅘 𓇆 𓇇𓅙 𓅚 𓁵 𓁶𓂵 𓂶𓃝𓋲 𓋳𓀬 𓅛𓁃 𓂺𓅜 �𓅝𓃄 �𓄁𓅞𓂙 𓅟𓂿 𓆜𓋘𓄁 𓊛𓇙𓋸𓌤𓌥 𓌦 𓅐𓆢 𓆣 𓀉𓆤 𓆥 𓅑𓆘 𓆙 𓅒𓄙 𓄚 𓄛 𓅓𓃺 𓃻 𓅔 𓅕 𓃕 𓃖 𓃗 𓎷 𓄁𓎸𓅖 𓅽 𓅾 𓅿𓅗 𓅘 𓇆 𓇇𓅙 𓅚 𓁵 𓁶𓂵 𓂶𓃝𓋲 𓋳𓀬 𓅛𓁃 𓂺𓅜 𓂨𓅝𓃄 𓄁𓅞𓂙 𓅟𓂿

Sep 30, 2024 | Experienced Sep 29, 2024

K

Kysyri

56 escape rooms

Just a fun room! Great use of puzzles in a larger room layout. With a variety puzzles some second gen some first. We've done similar themes but I feel this room really shined keeping us on our toes and immersed the whole game. We did 3 rooms here so far and it's tied with the ice cream shop highly recommend.

Gameplay

Flowed very well

Atmosphere

Very immersive loved the variety of puzzles

Customer service

Mandy was the best!

Parking

Easy

Sep 28, 2024 | Experienced Sep 26, 2024
@BrandoGriff
BrandoGriff

96 escape rooms

Was probably my favorite room of all time!! Amazing theme, great puzzles, and kept me and my team entertained every minute! If you love movies you will love this room! Jordan was out game master and made the whole experience even more amazing with her personality and spirit!

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service

Jordan was amazing as was the entire team. Very welcoming and knowledgeable!

Particularly interesting or different

Yes

Story
Difficulty

Hard

Game tech

Mechanical

Ideal number of players

4

Scary

Not scary

Minimum age

15

Younger children probably will not know many of the movies.

Was anything broken?

No

Live actors

No

Physically active

Somewhat

Accessibility

Mostly accessible but one member of the team must be able to crawl.

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Easy

Aug 26, 2024
@miaolson09
miaolson09

74 escape rooms

Super fun room. Literally feels like you’re inside of an old blockbuster! My one complaint is that it felt so fast paced. Once we got the hang of it, we had so much left to do that we were running around practically the entire time. However, it was their hardest room (though not to our knowledge) and was doable, we just had to hunker down and perform in the last 15 minutes.

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Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different

Yes

Story
Difficulty

Hard

Game tech

Mechanical

Ideal number of players

3

Scary

Not scary

Was anything broken?

No

Live actors

No

Physically active

Somewhat

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Easy

Aug 16, 2024 | Experienced Aug 16, 2024
@spacehaze
spacehaze

47 escape rooms

There are definitely a LOT of boxes to open which distracted us

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different

No

Story
Difficulty

Hard

The hardest of all of the 60 minute rooms there

Game tech

Mechanical

Ideal number of players

6

Scary

Not scary

Minimum age

1

Was anything broken?

No

Live actors

No

Physically active

Somewhat

Accessibility

There are rows of movies in the second room which may make it difficult to be wheelchair accessible. There is also an element where one person needs to crawl through a small space.

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Easy

Aug 16, 2024 | Experienced Aug 16, 2024
@jmilnerii
jmilnerii

38 escape rooms

One of our favorites we have done so far! Lots of puzzles and very nostalgic

Gameplay
Aug 10, 2024
@julie
julie

205 escape rooms

The theme of this room is super cool! It’s like an old Blockbuster. Our group really enjoyed playing it. However with that said, we were able to open a lock that we shouldn’t have been able to open yet because we had too much information so the GM had to come in and tell us that we wouldn’t need that until later

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different

No

Story
Difficulty

Medium

Scary

Not scary

Was anything broken?

No

Live actors

No

Physically active

Somewhat

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Easy

Jul 6, 2024 | Experienced Jul 7, 2024

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Editorial

  • A lighthearted and nostalgic video store game that would be fun for all ages.

    Escape Rumors
  • A nostalgic escape room, crafted with a devotion to the subject matter

    Room Escape Artist
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