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A MEGA JAPANESE COLLECTION

Retro Gamer

Issue 274

From small acorns mighty collections grow

It all started in the early Eighties for Harley Palmer. "My earliest gaming memories were on the Atari 2600 and Acorn Electron," he remembers. But it was a love for the din of smoke-filled arcades where his love for Sega and Japanese gaming took hold. "The booming loudspeakers and colourful cabinets were pure bliss," Harley explains. "All those games I could still play now without feeling they've aged a day. I don't think anything will ever beat an arcade cabinet for the ultimate experience."

After starting to collect games for the BBC, Harley was then swayed by the amazing artwork on Japanese Mega Drive titles. "I was attracted by the Japanese cover art on early Mega Drive games. I've even spoken to

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