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l love the actual ending with the sentances and the final quote! 😂😂😂😂

As long as it's not a WW2 FPS fighting against zombies and the undead, then YAY!! I agree @MrBiron I do think most developers are still doing the multi-generational game development to get as much out of a game as they can. Greedy bastards.

I do really miss going into shops to buy games - cannot beat unwrapping a new title and that fresh new game smell! Also loved impulse purchasing and getting some good pre-owned deals over the years. Not many gaming shops left these days and the ones that remain like GAME are not cheap and they don't offer anything unique anymore. Here's some of my personal highlights of brands I used to use from the mid-to-late 90's until around 2012. Electronics Boutique - first exclusive one I remember and picked up Super Mario 64 pre-owned for £35 which was a steal at the time. Toys R Us - this was my local store and it served me well through the Gameboy, N64 and Dreamcast era. Also the game slips were just such a glorious shopping concept - cannot beat taking that ticket to the till and then collecting the sealed game from the desk. So oddly satisfying. HMV - not my typical videogame shop but still a good all-round electronic entertainment store. Sometimes they'd accidentally get in some great stock or sell way under the expected price particularly on PC games around the early 2000's. Comet - once sold me ISS Pro Evolution Soccer 2 but charged me for the original instead so I saved £20 on a new game just released. They will go down in some weird hall of fame just for that! Dixons - they always did a nice range of electronics but really neglected their gaming space and were very middle of the road. GAME - pretty much the most established on the high street at the last one standing. This was a fantastic brand from the early 2000's until around 2013 but digital gaming has really put the final nail in the coffin and it is quite surprising the company is still going. Many locations have shut down though and a few have even merged into concessions of other stores to reduce overheads but maintain a presence. There's only one left in my City which operates within a Sports Direct store on a shitty retail park on the outskirts. In its prime there was one in our major Town shopping centre and another sitting within a flagship Debenhams Store. Both were excellent and offered everything gamers wanted. Pre-owned was a big focus back then too. I last visited GAME in Bournemouth this year where it was hidden within a shopping arcade on its last legs along with Sports Direct and HMV and there was not one thing worth buying as it could all be got cheaper or online. Really struggle to see any future viability within the company. What stores did you used to shop at back in the day before digital took over completely? Also be interesting to hear from people outside of the UK.

This one was my local one based in merry hill. I loved these stores and was the first place I bought a Final Fantasy game (despite it's recent issues / flaws it's still my favourite series to date) It is a shame the way stores have gone, online buying has almost completely taken over but there's a charm to some of these places. My favourite store currently was actually recently reviewed by thegebs youtube woman - Vintage Gamer

I did think about putting Gamestation but it arrived late in my city and when it did, it was 2 doors away from GAME yet they were both owned by the same company😂 Here is the one and only pic of our one. Did buy some things from there around 2005ish and it did have a bumper selection but it was just weird with it being so close to GAME and less vibrant inside. I loved Blockbusters but didn't buy much in the way of games there because it was a bit risky - a couple of times I got burned with discs that didn't work properly and it was a nightmare to convince the staff that I wasn't pulling a fast one. Most of the 'second' hand games had probably gone through 10+ users before they went on sale for a pre-owned rate you could've got elsewhere at a similar price. They were godly for VHS and DVD's though!

This is a disappointing post James, all the effort and thought gone into it and then missed out gamestation 😄 I only ever visited game / gamestation, these day's I enjoy my local retro stores and the nearby HMV has completely changed in that they have gone down the route of more pop culture, they have some arcade machines, vinyl and the such and I was mesmerised when I first went in the other week (sadly not enough spare cash to buy everything though).

Shining Force is a great series. Nice grabs @Luseth 🤘🏻

There used to be a small chain of music shops back in the day that I'd buy C64 cassettes from, Hollywood Nites I think they were called 😁 Boots the Chemist used to sell N64 games in their bigger stores.

Yeah I agree with Luseth, you forgot Gamestation. You covered all the old classic places, totally agree the likes of Curry's, Dixons and Comet etc were all average and their range and choice was never that good. Index and Argos were just weird to buy games. Old EB was the best. Oh and you forgot Blockbusters as well @J4MES OX4D . Edit, It's funny our last Game is within a Sports Direct as well. 🙃

That's 3 (or at least part 1 of 3) 😄 The second game is the only one I do not have 😞 The first game I have on mega drive but doesn't have the manual, the third game, the later parts were never released outside Japan so they only way I will play them is a re-release or emulation (I am fairly sure there are English translations). But we will see, I am playing the first one on the Switch at the moment as they did a re release. It's up there with Fire emblem as one of my favourite series. I won't tell you what I paid for the third game 😄

A teaser just dropped of a bit of internal playtesting. Its got some way to go to look like a decent competitor to FIFA but at the same time it already looks better than the PES alternative, eFootball. I'm asking them about gamemodes, especially Pro Clubs so hopefully we'll see something to rival it.

Oh I agree with this - more so because games in development for next gen have only been in development for 3-4 years so they need a few more to get them polished. I'll enjoy the few current games we play though as a group for now, providing they can keep bring content like they do.

Nah it's a fix, justice will never prevail. I'm sure there is some Chris's out there that aren't all that bad. People like Chris Benoit and Chris Brown, hardly repping the name there folks.......

Ah man, those Sega Saturn games makes me want to sort my gaming station out again as I haven't got all space right now for all the consoles out. Shining Force 2 is supposed to be a stellar game i've heard, nice purchases Matt!

I never got round to uploading these photos late in the summer but I picked up my first sega saturn and first few games for it along with a PS1 game that was meant to be the prelude to the shadow hearts games on the ps2. Admittedly I have not played them yet but they are on my list to play in the near future, particularly Kodelka which looks just my type of game.

You can't vote because you'd make the wrong choice.

Finally a new football game is in the works! F2P and with many licensed players. Could go either way but anything to give EA and Konami a kick up the backside as they’ve become way too comfortable and complacent for over a decade now and I can’t even remember the last alternative football game we had

Looks decent enough and hopefully we'll get a full match gameplay soon! People can relax a bit knowing the game is still in development after months of silence.

Christopher.

I still can't seem to vote, I'm a Dave man. That would bring it to 13-13. 😏

You just hate the fact that its more special than Chris 😎 ....and i'm loving the fact that this keeps on going. It is very much fun watching the Chris' and Dave's trying to go for the top spot at FG. The 'Chris' argument recently seems to have turned the tide with it being 13-12 in their favour.

Last few months of purchases for me. Neo Turf Masters is actually superb on Neo Geo Pocket Color with even a save function where you are on the course. I'm excited to play my very first Megaman experience too, likely to try it out in September after I can get past the holiday season. Oh, and I never EVER realised that the PES football game we played as kids and actual MANAGEMENT game?!?! Yep, i'm sad cos i know i'll end up loving it 😄

Here's the full gameplay release event, including the Ambassadors and clubs so far signed up to them. Obtaining Ronaldo I think is solid news and the gameplay looks decent enough, especially for a Free 2 Play game. They've said it includes 2v2 and 3v3....shame I didn't hear about a mode similar to Pro Clubs but we can live in hope they can do something like that on release. The Divisions when playing look great too. I don't think it will play as well as FIFA straight off the bat but this looks miles better than what eFootball offers. A 200 strong team on one game should mean this game gets well supported and has every chance. Would love to see a release date in the first part of the year.

We shall see, I don't have much faith in the triple A boys and football games seem notoriously difficult to pull off. Hope they do 🤗

Looks and sounds promising - hope it lives up to simple expectations and it already looks better than eShiteball

Yeah, its hard to get too excited over this especially now knowing that absolute gem 😅 However, its not all doom and gloom just yet. West Ham have signed up with UFL as I think you'll be able to buy certain elements of real life teams to help create your own team logo, kit, etc. This video shows a few more bits too and the graphics are promising so far. Still, its that gameplay we need to see and we don't know any release date yet still 😞

This also runs on the same engine as eFootball so it would be hilarious if this upstages it in any way!

After seeing what eFootball has become, can this have a launch date in this year please?

Football Italia on the mega drive was a classic lol and sensible soccer too although I had to go round my mates to play that when I was little lol Variety is the spice of gaming 🤣

That's really good to know, cheers for that. 5 years should mean at least it should be half decent. I recently logged all my games down and found so many football game variations that weren't FIFA or PES so its nice to see another into the market finally. I really hope there's many licenced clubs as gamers are a fickle bunch and it will impact the game if they haven't got many clubs full names, etc. I'm gonna check the interwebz too to see if we can find anything else online and share here!

It's been in development since 2016 as well so they have had plenty of time to master this. It looks like licensed players but they are not sure on how many licensed clubs there will be but I really hope they get a good base of licensed bits just to get the ball rolling. It will be nice to see a rival as you say and I hope this turns out to be a winner 😋