Stories of bygone pc retailers

[AgentCooper]

No, though I'm going to check that game out that game along with marble madness playthrough on youtube. It was the red and white bouncing chequered ball on screen from one of the Amiga demo units in the shop to untice potential customers. First time I saw that was in one of the independant stores in Tottanham court road. I was definitely sold on it for sure

Yep, that's the one! Thanks for reminding me!

And Shadow of the Beast II had the most evocative death scene screen and music ever... still sends a little shiver through me to this day...

 

[RichardDavies99]

When playing Barbarian on my friend's C64 I remember the flying neck chop move would decapitate your opponent, who would be removed from the arena by this lizard man who would kick the head off the screen with a laugh!

I believe it was one of the first games to be made with motion capture.

 

[Rakk]

My favorite was Repton on the BBC:

Repton was awesome, I loved that game too
Not on the BBC though, it was on the Acorn Electron

 

[RichardDavies99]

Repton was awesome, I loved that game too
Not on the BBC though, it was on the Acorn Electron

Same here I remember me & my brother trying to solve the levels on our Election. I think we had all of them apart from The Life Of Repton.

 

[Bhuna50]

You had to grind through missions to afford a docking computer, after that docking was easy and no more crashes, although you did have to listen to the music which never changed

That docking music is still the same in Elite Dangerous and never changes as well