@Agent_P For me, it was mostly from adverts in magazines like CVG and Super Play for import games, There was also a stall at Wembley Market that was run by the people who went on to start CEX, and there was also a game shop in St. Albans called Software First I bought my Japanese Mega Drive from with a copy of ESWAT and New Zealand Story.
Remember the guy who ran it even, big guy called Chris.
CEX did open up a game shop in Harrow, their second r third store, they were all about import games then. remember them selling Mario Kart 64 for £150.
I wonder if he had anything to do with the import game shop down the road from Edgware? They modded my PAL SNES to do 60hz, and I also bought a Super Wild Card copying device off them.
There's also EA's Shadow of the Beast. Developed in the UK, but they never bothered changing the speed of the game when releasing a PAL developed game on NTSC systems, so runs way to fast to actually play.
The Japanese version, again was fixed. Also sorted out the garish colours.
Sega's huge problem, unlike Nintendo is that they let nearly all of their classic franchises lapse out of public memory, outside of Sonic, and a lesser extent Football Manager, the casual person has no clue what else Sega makes now.
So I doubt anyone's clambering for an Alex Kidd or Golden Axe movie ATM.
After the huge success of the Super Mario Movie and The Last of Us, there's going to be a huge cash grab for a ton of gaming IP's. So I'd honestly expect to see a tsunami of them over the next 5-10 years.
Gaming movies are going to be what comic movies were in the '90s.
Look, I'm not paying $18,000 for a copy of Neo Turf Masters when the developer/publisher doesn't see a penny of that and 100% goes into the pockets of scalpers.
So yes, I do use Flash Carts, but if a homebrew devloper has a physical release of their game, I will always buy it from them, the special edition too.
Speaking of which, I STILL haven't had my copy of Paprium.
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Re: Here Are The 10 Games Included In Taito Egret II Mini Arcade Memories Vol. 2
@Agent_P I've had a couple of articles on here too int he past ^_^
Re: Before Stand-Up Comedy, Paul Chowdhry Had A 'Grey Import' Business
@Agent_P For me, it was mostly from adverts in magazines like CVG and Super Play for import games, There was also a stall at Wembley Market that was run by the people who went on to start CEX, and there was also a game shop in St. Albans called Software First I bought my Japanese Mega Drive from with a copy of ESWAT and New Zealand Story.
Remember the guy who ran it even, big guy called Chris.
CEX did open up a game shop in Harrow, their second r third store, they were all about import games then. remember them selling Mario Kart 64 for £150.
Re: Time Crisis Is Arcade1Up's Next Release
I look forward to this never coming out in the UK >.>
Re: Taito Egret II Mini Arcade Memories Vol. 2 Coming This December
@mjparker77 Makes me wonder if they are planning a steering wheel controller in the future, Taito made a couple of racing games.
Re: Taito Egret II Mini Arcade Memories Vol. 2 Coming This December
And STILL no bloody Chase HQ!!! >
Re: Before Stand-Up Comedy, Paul Chowdhry Had A 'Grey Import' Business
I wonder if he had anything to do with the import game shop down the road from Edgware? They modded my PAL SNES to do 60hz, and I also bought a Super Wild Card copying device off them.
Re: Cancelled Motocross Game For SNES Finally Released Almost 30 Years Later
Software Creations were doing a deal with Nintendo to publish games first party, like Tin Star and Plok was at some point too.
Could this have been an official ExciteBike at some point?
Re: Parasol Stars: The Story Of Bubble Bobble III Heading To Modern Consoles This Year
@AceGrace I'm still waiting on a couple of games I ordered well over a year ago. Snow Bros. being one.
Re: Parasol Stars: The Story Of Bubble Bobble III Heading To Modern Consoles This Year
Its a shame the cancelled arcade version has never surfaced
Re: ClayFighter Fan Game Being Retooled Into Original Project After C&D From Interplay
@treos Aww, bless you, thank you ^_^
Re: ClayFighter Fan Game Being Retooled Into Original Project After C&D From Interplay
Still don't know why these publishers don't comission the fan projects to something they could officially release, rather than shut them down.
Sega did it and we got Sonic Mania as a result. I guess they'd rather not make money and have negative press instead.
Re: Street Fighter One Is Being Ported To The Mega Drive/Genesis
I wouldn't mind a port of Human Killing Machine to the Mega Drive also
Re: Original FIFA Dev Says EA/FIFA Split "Should Have Been Done Years Ago"
When I saw "FC 24" for pre-order on Xbox this morning, I honestly thought it was related to UFC. So, if that's not just me...
Re: Peter Molyneux's Next Game Has Groundbreaking Mechanics, But He's Not Going To Tell You About It
Pete's finally learned to keep his yap shut on a forthcoming project?
Has Hell frozen over or something?!?!
Re: Capcom Legend Reveals The Box Art He'd Have Used For Final Fight
I wonder what he thinks of the Western box art for the game?
Re: Guide: How To Play Mega Drive Games On Sega Genesis - Region-Locking And TMSS Explained
There's also EA's Shadow of the Beast. Developed in the UK, but they never bothered changing the speed of the game when releasing a PAL developed game on NTSC systems, so runs way to fast to actually play.
The Japanese version, again was fixed. Also sorted out the garish colours.
Re: Sega Looking To Build On Success Of Its Sonic Movies With Other Franchises
Sega's huge problem, unlike Nintendo is that they let nearly all of their classic franchises lapse out of public memory, outside of Sonic, and a lesser extent Football Manager, the casual person has no clue what else Sega makes now.
So I doubt anyone's clambering for an Alex Kidd or Golden Axe movie ATM.
Re: Sega Looking To Build On Success Of Its Sonic Movies With Other Franchises
After the huge success of the Super Mario Movie and The Last of Us, there's going to be a huge cash grab for a ton of gaming IP's. So I'd honestly expect to see a tsunami of them over the next 5-10 years.
Gaming movies are going to be what comic movies were in the '90s.
Re: Random: So, How Tall Is Metroid's Samus Aran?
@HammerGalladeBro Well that's just pure nightmare fuel!
Re: Random: So, How Tall Is Metroid's Samus Aran?
I'm still curious how Samus manages to seperate her shoulders that much that her arms can fit in the suit's arms.
Re: Playdate Owners, This Is The Only Case You Need
@JayJ yeah, i would definitely wait until theyre properly in stock. drives me nuts that they sit on your money.
Re: Playdate Owners, This Is The Only Case You Need
I'm still waiting for mine, ordered it well over a year ago now >
Re: Fanatical Is Giving Away The First 7 Leisure Suit Larry Games For Free
Aww poo, missed it
Re: Poll: Do You Use A Flashcart?
Look, I'm not paying $18,000 for a copy of Neo Turf Masters when the developer/publisher doesn't see a penny of that and 100% goes into the pockets of scalpers.
So yes, I do use Flash Carts, but if a homebrew devloper has a physical release of their game, I will always buy it from them, the special edition too.
Speaking of which, I STILL haven't had my copy of Paprium.