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Re: What was the first game you bought with your own money?
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Tim Miller
Mar 7, 2014, 7:56:27 AM3/7/14
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On 04/03/2014 19:46, Tim Miller wrote:
>
> I suspect it was a budget Codemasters game for the CPC, which would have
> come from Boots or WH Smith or Woolworths or the Computer Leisure Centre
> in Orpington high street. I had loads of those, but the first I can
> remember buying (from the CLC) was Treasure Island Dizzy, which I got on
> the recommendation of the man behind the till. He knew what he was
> talking about.
>
> I remember buying a few CPC games. My friend Colin and I saved up and
> agreed to buy two games together which we would then share. I bought
> Robocop and he bought Run the Gauntlet. He bought the tape version and I
> bought the disk version.
>
> I also remember buying Chase HQ in Hamleys, which had the biggest
> computer games section ever. And then buying Toobin' in a French
> hypermarket which had an even bigger selection, with about half the
> space devoted to the CPC.
>
We should have crossposted this thread.
Tim (tm)
>
> I suspect it was a budget Codemasters game for the CPC, which would have
> come from Boots or WH Smith or Woolworths or the Computer Leisure Centre
> in Orpington high street. I had loads of those, but the first I can
> remember buying (from the CLC) was Treasure Island Dizzy, which I got on
> the recommendation of the man behind the till. He knew what he was
> talking about.
>
> I remember buying a few CPC games. My friend Colin and I saved up and
> agreed to buy two games together which we would then share. I bought
> Robocop and he bought Run the Gauntlet. He bought the tape version and I
> bought the disk version.
>
> I also remember buying Chase HQ in Hamleys, which had the biggest
> computer games section ever. And then buying Toobin' in a French
> hypermarket which had an even bigger selection, with about half the
> space devoted to the CPC.
>
We should have crossposted this thread.
Tim (tm)
deKay
Mar 7, 2014, 8:48:54 AM3/7/14
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