Wednesday, December 15, 2021

Gamestation in Norwich

Spotting at old Gamestation shop sign in Norwich.


Gamestation in Norwich
Gamestation in Norwich, November 2021

I used to buy a lot of retro games at Gamestation but the brand left the high street in 2012.

Gamestation in Norwich
Gamestation in Norwich

So I was a little surprised to see the shop sign still up at the former Castle Quarter shopping centre location in Norwich last month.

Gamestation in Norwich
This URL now re-directs to Game.co.uk

Gamestation was founded in 1993 and was purchased by Game in 2007. The remaining stores were rebranded as Game in 2012.

Gamestation in Norwich
Note the Covid-19 signs on the pillar

Other lost shops

It's interesting to see traces, remnants and signage of lost shop brands on our travels. We've also seen a number of former Blockbuster Video stores, a lot of Toys R Us shops, a handful of Woolworths, a British Home Stores or two, a Kwik Save, some Tandy and RadioShack shops, a few old Grainger Games stores, quite a lot of Debenhams, as well as some former Carphone Warehouse and JJB Sports stores.

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