Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
A nostalgic look at where our favourite computer shops from the 80s and 90s used to be, in the fantastic spa town of Royal Tunbridge Wells.
Join my old school mate Lee and myself as we visit the physical locations of our favourite 80s and 90s computer shops in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England.
Thanks, Lee, for joining me on this nostalgic journey.
Correction: When talking of Amiga game memories of Wizbit Games, the store in that period was actually known as Invicta Software.
Photo of Modata can be found here:
victoryguy.smugmug.com/Maidstone-and-District-Buses/i-cgJkHC4/A
I was unfortunately unable to obtain permissions to use the above photo in the video, but you can see it at the photographer's link above.
Graphics used from maps.google.com were stylised to be in keeping with the game/retro theme. Original images are much higher resolution.
Attributions have been left in place and are un-altered.
These images remain copyright of Google.
https://about.google/brand-resource-center/products-and-services/geo-guidelines/#general-guidelines
Additional graphics are from the Amiga version of Captive, and remain the copyright property of the current license holder.
Captive was published by Mindscape, and developed by:
Designer(s): Antony Crowther; and
Composer(s): Chris Crowther.
Amiga game music used includes:
Kelly-X, by Steve Barrett;
Captive, by Chris Crowther (Super CC); and
Shadow of the Beast II by Tim Wright and Lee Wright .
Timecodes:
00:00 Modata / Megabytes on St Johns Road.
03:24 Invicta Software / Wizbit Games / Wizbit Computers / Wizbit Consoles on Grosvenor Road.
06:51 Ballard's Model Shop on Grosvenor Road.
07:57 Volunteers on Upper Grosvenor Road.
10:51 Fuggles Beer Cafe on Grosvenor Road.
11:36 Boots, Woolworths and W H Smiths on Calverley Road.
12:42 Whites Bazaar on Monson Road.
13:54 Megabytes on the High Street.
17:11 GAME and Royal Victoria Place.
Amiga games featured include:
Armour-Geddon;
Captive;
Carrier Command;
Indianapolis 500;
Shadow of the Beast;
Shadow of the Beast II;
Strike Force Harrier; and
Test Drive II.
Elite on the BBC Micro was also shown.
Tomytronic 3D Sky Attack footage kindly provided by Chrissy:
twitter.com/chris_jh
Amiga demos shown include:
Juggler Demo by Eric Graham; and
9 Fingers by Spaceballs.
Thanks for watching.
REQUEST FOR HELP:
We would love to do some follow-up videos about all these shops and any other computer gaming related shops from the 80s and 90s in Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells.
If you have photos or video of these shops from the period, that you own, please get in touch through either:
backtotheamiga@gmail.com or
facebook.com/005agima
Or through any means you may already be in contact with me (e.g. Discord/Reddit).
A nostalgic look at where our favourite computer shops from the 80s and 90s used to be, in the fantastic spa town of Royal Tunbridge Wells.
Join my old school mate Lee and myself as we visit the physical locations of our favourite 80s and 90s computer shops in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England.
Thanks, Lee, for joining me on this nostalgic journey.
Correction: When talking of Amiga game memories of Wizbit Games, the store in that period was actually known as Invicta Software.
Photo of Modata can be found here:
victoryguy.smugmug.com/Maidstone-and-District-Buses/i-cgJkHC4/A
I was unfortunately unable to obtain permissions to use the above photo in the video, but you can see it at the photographer's link above.
Graphics used from maps.google.com were stylised to be in keeping with the game/retro theme. Original images are much higher resolution.
Attributions have been left in place and are un-altered.
These images remain copyright of Google.
https://about.google/brand-resource-center/products-and-services/geo-guidelines/#general-guidelines
Additional graphics are from the Amiga version of Captive, and remain the copyright property of the current license holder.
Captive was published by Mindscape, and developed by:
Designer(s): Antony Crowther; and
Composer(s): Chris Crowther.
Amiga game music used includes:
Kelly-X, by Steve Barrett;
Captive, by Chris Crowther (Super CC); and
Shadow of the Beast II by Tim Wright and Lee Wright .
Timecodes:
00:00 Modata / Megabytes on St Johns Road.
03:24 Invicta Software / Wizbit Games / Wizbit Computers / Wizbit Consoles on Grosvenor Road.
06:51 Ballard's Model Shop on Grosvenor Road.
07:57 Volunteers on Upper Grosvenor Road.
10:51 Fuggles Beer Cafe on Grosvenor Road.
11:36 Boots, Woolworths and W H Smiths on Calverley Road.
12:42 Whites Bazaar on Monson Road.
13:54 Megabytes on the High Street.
17:11 GAME and Royal Victoria Place.
Amiga games featured include:
Armour-Geddon;
Captive;
Carrier Command;
Indianapolis 500;
Shadow of the Beast;
Shadow of the Beast II;
Strike Force Harrier; and
Test Drive II.
Elite on the BBC Micro was also shown.
Tomytronic 3D Sky Attack footage kindly provided by Chrissy:
twitter.com/chris_jh
Amiga demos shown include:
Juggler Demo by Eric Graham; and
9 Fingers by Spaceballs.
Thanks for watching.
REQUEST FOR HELP:
We would love to do some follow-up videos about all these shops and any other computer gaming related shops from the 80s and 90s in Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells.
If you have photos or video of these shops from the period, that you own, please get in touch through either:
backtotheamiga@gmail.com or
facebook.com/005agima
Or through any means you may already be in contact with me (e.g. Discord/Reddit).
