EXHIBIT 32.1


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


September 10, 2003


In connection with the filing of the quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Hastings
Entertainment, Inc., a Texas Corporation (the "Company"), for the quarterly
period ended July 31, 2003, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on the date hereof (the "Report"), each of the undersigned officers of the
Company certifies that, to such officer's knowledge:

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

     (2)  The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
          material respects, the financial condition and results of operations
          of the Company as of the dates and for the periods expressed in the
          Report.



 /s/ John M. Marmaduke
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John H. Marmaduke
President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)



 /s/ Dan Crow
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Dan Crow
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)



A SIGNED ORIGINAL OF THIS WRITTEN STATEMENT REQUIRED BY SECTION 906 OF THE
SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002 HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO HASTINGS ENTERTAINMENT, INC. AND
WILL BE RETAINED BY HASTINGS ENTERTAINMENT, INC. AND FURNISHED TO THE SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, OR ITS STAFF, UPON REQUEST.