The Retro Games Shop

Now, before I begin I have to make several concessions. I know finding any retro games and/​or consoles on the high street is nigh on impossible. I also know that the peace of mind knowing your new purchase is fully complete and working is a premium on which a price must be put.
This said however, the prices in here are –without hyperbole– astronomical. Zelda for the NES is not worth £50. At all. I’ve seen NES and SNES consoles for £50 also. I haven’t been in for several months, but I would advise anyone to use any other method of buying games.
There is a line between making a healthy profit, and then flipping games for £££. This place, unfortunately, crosses the line into the latter camp.

I imagine this must be the best job in the world.
To sit within a hallowed archive of gaming history, and impart the valuable lessons taught unto us by their 8-​bit glory, would be a feeling like no other.
To spread the ideas crafted when the industry was young, so that the newer generations may understand where their entertainment came from, would be a truly noble deed.
To talk and reminisce about past times with those who remember it well, reliving the highs and lows of a childhood long since gone, would bring satisfaction that no other trade could achieve.
To watch cheerfully as they peruse the wealth of merchandise, laughing with each other as old memories are rekindled, before leaving without buying because ‘They’re all a bit shit now really’, could only be experienced like this.
To sit idly by as children walk in, asking for the latest and greatest in interactive entertainment and waving £40 in your face, then leaving when you tell them you are twenty years behind, would be a true test of faith.
To cry yourself to sleep each night, in a bed stained with the regrets and sorrows of a lifetimes work, as you wonder why you decided to fill such a small and useless niche in an already overburdened market, is something no-​one else could understand.
Yes, I imagine this must be the best job in the world.

When will the flagerent overuse of this devious little word ‘retro’ end?!
This place sells OLD games.
Not antique games, not classic games, not matured games, not historical games, sepia-​tinged games, not senitmental games no, OLD games!
If you like old games then go here because that’s what it has.