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Anyone remember Special Reserve? • Page 3
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Gambit1977 10,398 posts
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Gambit1977 10,398 posts
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Registered 12 years agoPenguinJim wrote:
monkey_man wrote:I have a long an illustrious history with SR. Members for years, then forum regular, loads of friends worked there, now the remnants/outcasts (aka "winners") and I chat elsewhere but lots of fond memories.
Except the time I paid £60 for SF2 Turbo on the MegaDrive (which I still have).
SF2 Turbo on the MegaDrive? Either your memories are implanted or you are part of a complex and sinister conspiracy involving the defamation of Special Reserve at Eurogamer! WHICH IS IT?
SF2 was on the megadrive late in its day...what's this conspiracy? Tell me tell me :- -
Merlinho 5,908 posts
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Registered 15 years agoGosh, I remember this, I was a member when I was 14-16, I remember receiving C&C Red Alert before its release date and being a legend at school for a couple of days because of it. -
Singularity 3,238 posts
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Registered 17 years agoBlimey, I used to write for the SR website. That takes me back. I certainly remember monkey_man. You were friends with Mr_Snuggly, no? -
monkey_man 11 posts
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Registered 15 years agoYeah that's right. Maybe you'll be glad to hear he is still alive and well, and writing for a prominent name in the entertainment industry... Did you go on the forum? What was your username?
PenguinJim - quite right, it was the CE but I think it had the turbo options, so you could speed it right up if you're into selfharm (once you reached Sagat it was controller-snapping time anyway, that fucker). -
Another Special Reserve member here. Used to buy everything from them way back when.
Luckily I had nothing on order when they went bust. -
nickthegun 81,346 posts
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Registered 14 years agoI used to live near-ish the store in alfreton, so we would get to go in as a treat. It was like an aladins cave of awesomeness.
You just cant get that with a gamestation.. -
Singularity 3,238 posts
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Registered 17 years agomonkey_man wrote:
Yeah that's right. Maybe you'll be glad to hear he is still alive and well, and writing for a prominent name in the entertainment industry... Did you go on the forum? What was your username?
I was Fosco on the forum. And I'm still writing for Snuggly and his prominent name; in fact I owe him 600 words by Monday! (: s) -
monkey_man 11 posts
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Registered 15 years agoAh, I remember you, filthy turquoise staffie!
Is that for theshiznit? -
Singularity 3,238 posts
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Registered 17 years ago(; ))
Yeah, and VM. -
monkey_man 11 posts
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Registered 15 years agoOh right. I'm "Luke" on theshiznit btw. Who the devil are you on there? -
Singularity 3,238 posts
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Registered 17 years agoI'm Rich. Like in Real Life. -
monkey_man 11 posts
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Registered 15 years agoWell ain't that a nice li'l coincidence. -
Mughes 16 posts
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Registered 10 years agoBrought together once more
How romantic -
Singularity 3,238 posts
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Registered 17 years agoAbsolutely.
Just remembered my favourite SR-related story.
When you pre-ordered you had to pay the full price of the game immediately (as mentioned previously).
When the company failed, more than 50 people had pre-ordered and paid for Duke Nukem Forever.
Edited by Singularity at 10:37:17 10-12-2019 -
caligari 17,945 posts
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Registered 18 years agoSo we're all fawning over a company that...actually ended up ripping off a load of innocent customers?
They sound like complete bastards! :-o
Anyway - 'One Step Beyond' in Norwich was where the REALLY cool kids went for their gaming fix. -
Mughes 16 posts
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Registered 10 years agoThey still owe me several Game-a-day prizes
In fact the only one that I actually received was fucking...Equilibrium on DVD -
Articulate-Troll 3,098 posts
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Registered 13 years agoI didn't realise so many people were former members of special reserve! I used to get all my games from them - their back catalogue was fairly decent and their prices were much better than the high street. Plus, when you renewed you got a free cheapo N64 controller. WIN! -
monkey_man 11 posts
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Registered 15 years agoI got Ace Combat 4 as a prize once, but they sent me 2 copies. Both went on Amazon Marketplace for £25 a pop.
In the end they were probably giving away more than they sold. There's a facebook group for all this: http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=5940987059&ref=ts -
Doomspoon 3,033 posts
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Registered 13 years agoI used to buy loads of stuff from them for my Amiga. I remember at the time most games that were £25 in the high street shops were about £17 mail order from them. I got all my Leisure Suit Larry titles from them (I liked them back then), Monkey Island 1 & 2 etc. I think I even ordered my N64 with Mario 64 and Killer Instinct Gold from them. I never used the site though. -
monkey_man wrote:
RedSparrows wrote:
It's the most insular place ever, haha.
You spelt "best" wrong.
RedSparrows wrote:
I'm in the club though, obvs.
Oh aye...
Hey whistr...on? -
Mughes 16 posts
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Registered 10 years agoYou're like the son who never calls anymore :'{ -
twoism 181 posts
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Registered 13 years agoI remember their ads in PCZone magazines... didn't they used to make/sell gaming PCs too? -
InfiniteFury 864 posts
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Registered 15 years agoI remember getting ripped off by them. Echo the fucking cowboys comment. -
dsmx 8,562 posts
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Registered 15 years agoI used to be a member as well and yes they did make PC's. -
monkey_man 11 posts
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Registered 15 years agoMaxx PCs. They were only expensive once online retailers like play and amazon came on the scene, then they didn't stand a chance really. -
God.... yeah I remember SR dropping out of the back of Amiga Power a few times so very many moons ago. Those were the days .gif)
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