COLLECTOR’S CORNER
READERS TAKE US THROUGH THE RETRO KEYHOLE
THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: A LINK TO THE PAST “My favourite game of all time! The music, the colour palette, the gameplay – absolute perfection. I got my copy via a Facebook advert complete with map, secrets book etc.”
AMOUNT PAID: £90
THUNDER FORCE IV “An awesome game with one of the greatest ever soundtracks. This is the game that made me a fan of shmups, although I’m still terrible at them.”
AMOUNT PAID: £17
DEF JAM: FIGHT FOR NY “I am a huge fan of hip-hop and one-on-one fighters so you can imagine how hyped I was for this one, one of very few games that I have bought on the day of release.”
AMOUNT PAID: £29.99
SUPER MARIO ALL-STARS SNES PACK “Opening this console on Christmas day 1994 is where it all began for me! To this day it still baffles me that four of the greatest games ever made can fit on one cartridge.”
AMOUNT PAID: GIFT
BIO
NAME: Callum Stannard
LOCATION: Derby, England
ESTIMATED VALUE OF COLLECTION: Approximately £30,000