From Super Mario Bros 3 to Tetris 99, there’s nothing quite like the video games from his childhood for Shaun Campbell. Watch more of our videos on Shots! and live on Freeview channel 276 And he’s not alone. In recent years, games from the 80s and 90s have been whole-heartedly embraced by both older gamers wishing to revisit their past and younger players discovering them for the first time.
Shaun started sharing his passion for 8-bit action with others by renting out classic consoles for all kinds of events from weddings to birthday parties, launching his business, Did Somebody Say Retro? in 2017. Over the years, he has amassed a collection of around 300 games for his nine consoles, which span three decades and include the Super NES, N64, Nintendo GameCube, Sega Mega Drive, Sega Master System and XBOX, and Game Boys. He has since taken his love for old-school games a step further by repairing old consoles as well as building his own unique retro gaming machines.
Since August 2021, Shaun has been responsible for the repair and management of game consoles for NQ64 Arcade Bars Ltd, which runs venues across the UK. He also supports the company’s arcade machine tech team and has worked on a number of different projects for its bars. These have included a four-player PS1 set up inside a flight case and a Simpsons-themed arcade machine.
“NQ64 is where I have learned a lot of my skills and they have given me the freedom to work on a wide range of projects,” says Shaun, who.
