I don't remember the staff to be honest, sorry I do remember the arcade machines they had in though. Specifically Robocop and Combat School. I don't suppose you have any pictures of the store? I'd love to see it again. Oh and hi!
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Originally posted by hudson View PostWhen I was a lad, I'd go into Liverpool city centre, head to City Software, Bit n Bytes, the one in St John's Market (I forget the name), then spend the rest of the afternoon in Aladdin's Palace arcade, trying to play SFII and some Neo Geo. Good times.
I also remember the Robocop arcade cabinet in Bits & Bytes.
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Originally posted by hudson View Postthat's the one! Had a couple of small TVs playing the latest Megadrive/SFC games in stock. I bought Ringside Angel from there
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GamesMagick was the best of all the stores. I'm sure I've already posted this but as the company was closing, they liquidated everything. I got some amazing deals. Sure I paid a fiver for a brand new Valis III on Mega Drive.
The big guy, Dug went to HMV. I ended up working with Dug in HMV before he moved on the the head office in London and I took over the games department. Oh man, to think that was way back in 1997.Last edited by Yakumo; 18-05-2022, 23:17.
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Ah nice… Games Magik… I could never remember the name. I remember the big chap you mentioned Yakumo - nice lad from what I recall.
What’s interesting is that the store unit is still there in Cavern Walks Shopping Arcade - although I think it is now a vaping store (last I checked pre covid).
Now this might test your memory. Back when the Chip Shop was on Wood Street, there was a young lad who worked there call Ciaran, with long hair. Does anyone know what happened to that guy? He was friendly in a ‘spaced out’ sort of way…
Maybe I should re-read this thread again, as I may have already asked this question
For such a small city, it really did have some gaming boutique charm to it, back in the day… These days, to experience that feeling of a cool game store, you kind of need to create your own games den at home. Or better yet, view some of the treasure troves on YouTube.
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Here's one, I don't think anyone has mentioned City Software on Lime Street yet. It was a bit further up from Aladdin's Cave on the opposite side of the road.
I went yo school with a kid who's dad ran the place. I wasn't really too fond of the shop as it was more for the home computer gamer. At the time I was (and still am) in to the consoles, especially Japanese imports.
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Originally posted by Yakumo View PostHere's one, I don't think anyone has mentioned City Software on Lime Street yet. It was a bit further up from Aladdin's Cave on the opposite side of the road.
I went yo school with a kid who's dad ran the place. I wasn't really too fond of the shop as it was more for the home computer gamer. At the time I was (and still am) in to the consoles, especially Japanese imports.
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