Re: Egghead (Re: Louis Castle, cofounder of Westwood Studios, long form interview...)

In comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.adventure Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> wrote:

On Fri, 27 Dec 2024 18:28:52 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:

I remember some softwares: Fire Hawk (Thexder 2) for DOS, Champion
Loderunner, Stacker without its hardware addon for my IBM PS/2 model 30
286 PC's 30 MB HDD, Windows 3.1 upgrade (had to rip out a page from the
Windows 3.0 manual as a proof), etc. I think I bought a Kraft KC 3
joystick from there too. I remember playing on their demo computers too!
And then, I discovered its bigger competitor: CompUSA (did I ever tell
you my PC's 7th Guest game demo story? ;)). And then, even a bigger
competitor: Fry's Electronics. Also, Computer City but that wasn't
popular. RIP 2 all of em. Those old days. :(

I remember both CompUSA and Computer City but I don't think there was
ever a Fry's in my area. I purchased a lot of hardware in CompUSA over
the years while they were in business but I think I bought most of my
games from EB Games which back then was known as the Electronics
Boutique. Egghead software was further away so I only went there
occasionally.

Oooh, EB! I used to buy my computer games from there too like Diablo 2
(sold out on its first day). IIRC, I also bought C&C:TS. I also bought
games (and movie discs) from other stores like Circuit City (Call of
Duty 4), The Good Guys, Best Buy (Red Alert, Orange Box, etc.), etc.
when they had sales and price matches. Ugh, all these old retail stores
gone! :(

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