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    Video Game Centre Bournemouth - Wimbourne Road

    Hi

    Just wondering if anyone knows if the video game centre in bournemouth is still trading ? I use to go there on a saturday afternoon to buy my imports until i got the internet in 2001 lol

    Just curious if anyone knows

    Thanks
    Trev

    #2
    I used to go there back in 92 for Pc engine games.

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      #3
      No they closed for business a few years ago.

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        #4
        I ordered Saturn Darius Gaiden from that place when it was brand new. Cost me 63 pounds!!!! Now I sell the same game on my store for a tenner. Oh how times have changed.

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          #5
          Yep i remember buying Radiant silvergun brand new from there for ?60 afd then selling it back to him for ?20 DOH

          Damn shame its gone but i couldnt afford his prices in the end , I also bought a Dangun feveron PCB from him , Now thats a hardcore Gaming shop

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            #6
            Originally posted by trev1976 View Post
            Yep i remember buying Radiant silvergun brand new from there for ?60 afd then selling it back to him for ?20 DOH

            Damn shame its gone but i couldnt afford his prices in the end , I also bought a Dangun feveron PCB from him , Now thats a hardcore Gaming shop
            and a very funky board to boot

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              #7
              I bought "Tempest" for the Jag from there, ?70 ouch. Turned out to be the only Jag game worth having(no AVP wasnt that good)!

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                #8
                I bought my modded Saturn from there via phone a couple of years ago – they must have gone down recently.

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                  #9
                  Be interesting to know excatly when ,

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                    #10
                    It was some time in 2008 as I e.mailed the owner in June and was told they had just gone under, sad day indeed.

                    Got my copy of Terranigma from there on the SNES along with quite a few import titles.

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                      #11
                      It was poorly run towards the end. The original owner sold it off, still play football with him from time to time and the new owner made a few poor stock choices and things were really expensive.

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                        #12
                        Yeah the old owner was the short guy (cant remember his name) i use to get all my consoles modded there too ,Also have fond memorys of seeing all the import saturn games on show behind the counter ,that alone made me collect saturn games for years, I think he got out at the right time to be honest , Just before the internet started getting popular for shopping and Ebay

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                          #13
                          Yeah he did get out at the right time, Martin his name is.

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                            #14
                            I used to love going to the VGC - remember buying Contra Spirits for about ?40 when it came out on the Super Famicom; & worth every penny it was too.

                            Was such a cool shop to visit - remember playing some Snes SF2 against the guys that worked there & so on.

                            All a distant memory now of course.

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                              #15
                              Whats martin doing for a living now btw?

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