April Edition Live Magazine - April 2014 Issue. | Page 42

I loved the Dukes of Hazzard as a kid, also the Commodore 64 was amazing, tape drive and all!!
The Amiga 500 was King though.

JARROD OSBORN - GAMETRADERS SALISBURY
My best retro memory was a game called Kid Chameleon on the Mega Drive 2, it was a side scroller
when you used to get different helmets that gave your character different abilities, my favourite being the
tornado one that could make you fly. I played it so much i could pretty much speed run the entire game
without dying.

MATT ABRON - GAMETRADERS MOUNT BARKER
Retro console memory from when I was about 12ish..
Back in the day most of my school mates had a Atari 2600 which was a fine machine but I had my heart
set on a very high end console for its day, the “CBS Colecovision” which was famous for having the first
proper console version of “Donkey Kong”. After pestering my Mum for a solid 2 months or so I finally
received my dream console for Christmas that year, I even got the special steering wheel module plus
about 6 games included!! I certainly was the most popular kid in my year for a long time!!
Now that I own my own Gametraders Franchise I still am hoping that a customer brings a CBS Colecovision to trade in… but it won’t end up on display in the shop, it will be going straight to my house!

ADRIAN HARLOR - GAMETRADERS BLACKTOWN
I reckon my Best Retro Memory is 80s Cartoons. Transformers, He-Man, Voltron, Thundercats, Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles, Duck Tales, The Ewoks, G.I Joe, M.A.S.K and Robotech. I Remember watching the
first Dino Riders on VHS (which I still have). It was such a cool concept. The VHS even had Ad Breaks
promoting the Dino Riders Toys.
I love my Cartoons when I was a Kid
Oh and Star Wars. Can’t beat Star Wars

I loved sitting down on a rainy winter day and firing
up the Commodore Amiga 500. I loved that computer. Sure I used it 99.9% for gaming and never
really any work but it was a brilliant computer and so
easy to use. Games that kept me coming back were
Skychase, Turbo Outrun, Lemmings Sensible Soccer and Wings to name a few. I can also remember
hooking up 2 machines and playing Falcon and trying to shoot my friend out of the sky. A few years later, I made the decision to sell the old machine cause
a bright shiny new one was tempting me - the 486
PC. Doom was on the hard drive and life changed
from that day on…

ROB JENKINS - EDITOR LIVE MAGAZINE
My favourite game of all time is Wolfenstein
3D released in 1992, for its time it was cutting
edge and the graphics weren’t too bad either,
it was always a thrill to find a hidden room of
weapons and supplies and it really kept you
on your toes. The ending was fantastic, to kill
Robot Hitler you had to empty all the rounds
from your chain gun and then go to a cache
in one of the rooms for more rounds, knowing
that it was coming for you.
The anticipation and pressure was fantastic,
loved it.

MARK LANGFORD - MANAGING DIRECTOR OF GAMETRADERS

RYAN HUTCHINSON - GAMETRADERS BACCHUS MARSH
My memories are all the ones that many of us share;
Alex Kidd in Miracle World built-in on the Master System II – My mum used to sing the soundtrack
without realising it I played it so much!
Pinball machines at the local arcade – I would never tire of going to play the pinnies, especially
Star Wars or Indiana Jones
Mortal Kombat – In the Arcade, and on the Master System.
Micro Machines ’96 with the J-Cart – the first fully 4-Player game I ever encountered
Lemmings – Endless puzzles and lots of fun
Shufflepuck Cafe www.macintoshgarden.org/games/shufflepuck-cafe I think this game changed
my life! Aliens, Vectored Graphics, quick reflexes and an off sense of humour are all things that
still feature today in my life.
Cartoons like He-Man, Voltron, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, M.A.S.K, Dino Riders

BEN MAKEPEACE - AREA MANAGER
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“REMEMBER
WHEN...”

We asked the Gametraders
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retro memories…
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