Shopping for video games in 1993 + Hamley's Arcade/ R360

[FinalFight]

 

[neo-geo-mvs]

Which one looks the best...

Lucky guy!!!

 

[Bods]

That must have been his Sister, you'd wouldn't be buying a console otherwise lol

 

[Vamino]

Ah, so that's where hypertapping originated!

 

[Vorbis]

I remember being in Hanley's in the 90's and seeing Chris Eubank wandering around. Stuck in my mind as it was the first time I'd ever seen a bloke carrying a handbag (probably called a man bag now, but definitely a handbag 🤣).

I will also add that he was a lot smaller than I thought he would be, I still wasn't going to risk taking the piss out of his choice of carrying equipment though 😁

 

[Bods]

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Lucky guy!!!

two is always better

 

[kingtreelo]

80's for arcade and 90's for home consoles and computing were prime time gaming

 

[Bods]

Ah, so that's where hypertapping originated!

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It's funny coz when we were playing Fatman on brothers Megadrive he had a Turbo pad or something and we used to do better on the game with that one, convinced it was a better pad it was just a mind thing as it wasn't better pad at all

 

[Vamino]

80's for arcade and 90's for home consoles and computing were prime time gaming

Some of my favourite games are from the 80's, but nothing came close to the exhilaration of playing Daytona USA for the first time.

The 90's were prime time for me.

 

[Vamino]

It's funny coz when we were playing Fatman on brothers Megadrive he had a Turbo pad or something and we used to do better on the game with that one, convinced it was a better pad it was just a mind thing as it wasn't better pad at all

I never really got on with the original Megadrive pad, yeah I could manage, but those Nintendo pads felt so nice to play with.

These days I prefer a Joystick.

 

[Bods]

@K1ngarth3r nice to see in the video

The guy only needed at Stetson on and he could have been in the game. Poor girl looks totally fed up lol

 

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Seeing that R360 in Hamleys brings back some serious memories, I still remember the queue for it being absolutely mental back then. It really was the pinnacle of arcade tech before everyone just stayed home with their consoles. Proper gold era for gaming.

 

[ZeroSum]

Anyone ever nicked anything from Hamleys 🤔

Is that R360 a toy ? I certainly don't remember it being that small 😆 Terrifying experience though!