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    #46
    Originally posted by endo View Post
    Don't remember that. Whereabout near Moorfields?
    Directly opposite the train station exit, not on Dale Street.

    It must have been around 1984-1986.

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      #47
      Originally posted by Ste2012 View Post
      Directly opposite the train station exit, not on Dale Street.

      It must have been around 1984-1986.
      Chaps, sorry to bump an old thread. However, I remember the software shop by Moorfields station. It must have been around 1983/1984. It was a cool shop and the place I first saw Impossible Mission, Beachhead and Zaxxon (on the Atari 8-bit). My dad bought me Miner 2049er for the Atari 8-bit from there, cost ?45. Alot of money back then.

      Anyone remember what the shop was called?

      Yakumo - I remember being impressed with the presentation of the Playstation Console in HMV upstairs when it launched. Many years ago now.

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        #48
        Originally posted by hudson View Post
        I remember Bits n Bytes. It had a few arcades in the past too. I remember playing Robocop there and Combat School.

        I remember City Software, but I can't remember where it was exactly.

        Do you remember the shop in St John's Precint? The name escapes me. It was a bit more cleaner looking than your average indy, but it did stock import games. I bought gems such as Magical Flying Hat from there and... Ringside Angel
        I used to work in bits and bytes😆👍

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          #49
          I used to work in bits and bytes Liverpool. Loved it.

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            #50
            Originally posted by Roymeredith View Post
            I used to work in bits and bytes Liverpool. Loved it.
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            Awesome. Got any photos?

            I remember there being 2 counters. I remember playing Combat School on arcade there.

            I also remember that games were stuck to felt walls with velcro

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              #51
              Originally posted by Roymeredith View Post
              I used to work in bits and bytes Liverpool. Loved it.
              When it was in Central?

              I remember the games velcro'd to the wall too

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                #52
                I think I brought a few C64 games from there...

                I remember a game shop by Lime Street Station, which was next to the now Worlds Apart comic store.

                This thread is a trip down memory lane...

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                  #53
                  That was City Software.

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                    #54
                    Didn't realise we had some Liverpool people on here.

                    Passing through via uni or do you live here?

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                      #55
                      Originally from up there but been down south for years now. All these game shops are the places I went as a kid and teenager.

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                        #56
                        This is a blast from the past.
                        Still in Liverpool.
                        Martin from the Chipshop now does the Car boot sales across the NW.

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                          #57
                          Add me into the list of Liverpool gamers. Bought loads of Amstrad/Speccy stuff from Bits'n'Bytes, got my import MD with TF III and Golden Axe from Microbytes. Fun reading this thread again!

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                            #58
                            Originally posted by muddy View Post
                            Add me into the list of Liverpool gamers. Bought loads of Amstrad/Speccy stuff from Bits'n'Bytes, got my import MD with TF III and Golden Axe from Microbytes. Fun reading this thread again!
                            Oh man, I used to play the Robocop arcade game in Bits & Bytes. Microbyte was where I'd go to see import games first. They were really popular back in the late 80s.

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                              #59
                              There were probably ten import shops dotted around the country, that defined most of the people who still post here.

                              Shekana is the GREATEST of them all.

                              They had a Deluxe Super Thunderblade cabinet in the middle of the street. Vindicator stand-up inside of the store.

                              Great times.
                              Kept you waiting, huh?

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                                #60
                                I really liked an import gaming shop called 'TORC' in Feltham High Street. Used to go there now and then in the early to mid-90s. Great prices and would swap games if you returned them quick. I remember they really pushed the 3DO and then the Saturn. True enthusiasts.

                                I also went to 'Raven Games' in Beckenham a few times -- it was like an Aladdin's cave for import gamers. But a bit too pricey for my liking.

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