Sore Thumbs – York – July 2020

Our base for the HoliRaid wasn’t too far from York, so we took the opportunity to have a day there and visit Sore Thumbs. 

I always love visits here.  The shop is absolutely packed with gaming goodness, and it takes several walks round to take everything in.  There is a fantastic mixture of Pal and Japanese gaming items.  The owner has been on trips to Japan, venturing off the beaten track to pick up some really interesting items for his shop.

The impressive Sega wall.

There were some really nice titles in the glass cabinets.

The game theme specific and Godzilla cabinets were so cool.

My daughter absolutely loved the anime figures and has started a new collection!

Pick ups

Once again my pick ups had a definite Sega theme.  I was really pleased to find the Sega Saturn Campaign Box Edition.  This includes Virtua Fighter Remix and was released in Japan to celebrate the millionth sale of the console. 

I’ve always been a fan of Sega’a mech combat series Virtual On, and these figures are so cool.  It was the first time I’d seen them before and as a Sega nut I had to have them.

I’d actually been after Super H.Q. Criminal Chaser for a while.  Chase H.Q. is one of my favourite games of all time, and I love picking up the console ports and sequels.  I’m really looking forward to giving it a blast.

Sonic Compilation and Super Hang-On are nice additions to my Pal Megadrive collection.  Both are in great condition.  Interestingly Sonic Compilation was never released in Japan.

I don’t have much nostalgia for the Master System, and I’ve got most of the games I want, namely arcade conversions and OutRun titles.  However I’m a big fan of Alien Storm, and it will be interesting to see how this port fares.