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Exhibit 99.2

Type: EX-99.2    Section 906 Certification of James A. Smith

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

        In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ending August 3, 2002 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Electronics Boutique Holdings Corp. (the "Company") on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, James A. Smith, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)

The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and



(2)

The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.

	/s/  JAMES A. SMITH James A. Smith Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
September 13, 2002

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Exhibit 99.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350 AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002