The Knowhere Guide

Computer Gaming, PCs, Consoles in Birmingham, West Midlands*

Birmingham, West Midlands Computer & PC Games Shops, Internet, LAN Game Cafes, LAN Party Hookups, Wifi Meets, DS Meets, PSP Meets

Computer and Games Shops

• Forbidden PLanet, near to Oasis market, Games Workshop(next door to oasis market)
• go 2 gamestop in bullring! best trade ins and brilliant deals every week! stuff is well cheap, cheaper than all the others i have found!
• PC Worx Hagley Rd West Quinton. If you want to be insulted in the friendliest manner go here, The guys know their stuff and will help anyone (EVEN IF YOU DID'NT EVEN BUY FROM THEM) Really helpful and if they haven't got what you need will get it for you. P.S make sure you buy them a cup of tea from the cake shop for even better service !! ***** star
• Navs copied warez INC.
• cex, gamestation, game, are the only ones i bother with, however if your trading a game in, make sure you use CEX if possible, gamestation gives cack amounts of money/trade in value.
• i don't know....gamestation... is there one of those in birmingham?
• Waylands Forge in the Five Ways Shopping centre, with extreamly friendly staff. just dont trip over people sitting on the floor.
• VXG is good butit is hard to find, it is near the station off a side road, if you do find it they have weird and wonderfull stuff and old cartoon memrobelia (sometimes a bit pricey) the people in there are not always to friendly about people under the age of about 16 though so beware!
• Cex under virgin megastore.
• Game station is the only cheap shop. 2nd hand stuff there. PS2 games 4 under £30!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• computer exchange underneath virgin megastore
• For roleplaying games, try Weyland's Forge in Five Ways (take the number 1 bus along Broad Street). Very friendly, also has Web presence.
• Mr Disk don't exist anymore. They were taken over by Software Plus, who have closed the shop now. PC World (Highgate, Selly Oak) sometimes have good deals (especially on bank holidays or when a new game is released. Theres an Electronics Boutique in town. Again, they occassionally have some good deals.
• Birmingham is quite well endowered for gaming shops, there is a games workshop in the centre, for all the Warhammer, and 40K fanatics. Magic players should head on to Dungeons and Starships, which also does a big line in Warhammer. SWCCG and STCCG players are best served by Nostelgia and comics by the chinese pavilion roundabout thing.
• Largs Connections
• Computer exchange and Games Station for cheap 2nd hand pc and console games
• Mr Disk, also on Queensway, beside Richer Sounds.

LAN Parties, Tournaments, LAN Game Cafes, WiFi Meets, PSP/DS Meets

• New place just opened in Moseley up the side street by The Fighting Cocks (rough pub, underage or not avoid!) Can't remember the name (the 'something' lounge i think) have'nt been in yet but it looks slick.
• There is a new Internet Cafe in Digbeth,opposite Readers World Bookshop-£1.00 an hour its sez on the wall,but not tryed out,so don't know if there is any hidden costs.Fair selection of food-sweet & sour chicken & rice and bought in cakes-carrot,choc & middle eastern pastie things.Staff bit slow(still lerning english,i suppose).
• Sedgly brews , worms armageddon online, netto fox - blast wars.
• well the best place i find is netadventure in dalton street near the crown court in brum city center the staff there will play games with u not just show u how to play and u can play on net or lan with ur m8's the manage there ron has a long standing gamers clan that has been going for years [TpR] troopers www.troopers.s5.com he lets any one join his clan and its a laugh they have a leased line so no sharing conection its 2 meg thye have most if not all the lates games to try

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