With the decline of Game and Gamestation, where will we all go to buy our games? I, for one, prefer…read moreto browse the shelves at shops to find those hidden gems, and the Internet has always erased that opportunity for me. It's a good job we have Entertainment World in Birmingham, because it fills the gap of selling those long sought after Playstation, Megadrive and Nintento games that you never managed to buy the first time around, because you were too young, or you weren't even born, or you majorly regretted trading them in. (Of course, Game and Gamestation don't fill this gap, and only sold modern console games.) Entertainment World is like heaven to the gaming geek, and now with a second shop opened at the Custard Factory called Retro-World, it seems as though places like this are here to stay. Hurray! The staff inside are very friendly and knowledgeable, and they'll help you out as much as possible: so never fear to ask them a question. I bought Echo the Dolphin from here for £10 on Megadrive. I'd only had Echo the Dolphin: The Tides of Time before (which was actually my brother's)

this is a great local games shop. the shop has plenty of choice in games and platforms. the shop…read morealso has a branch in ashby and can get games from that shop sent to swadlincote if you need to. the staff are helpfull and kind. the price is very good and they offer trade in on your old games.

This precious little shop was a firm favourite of mine as a kid, and the fact I'm still a fan all…read morethese years later speaks volumes. This place is a lesson in reinvention, moving with the times to make itself as relevant to today's children as it was to my own childhood. The videos in the shop title may have long gone, but don't despair they've just been taped over with impressive range of DVDs and computer games. I really don't know how they manage to stock so many. It's the cinema-scope of this library that ensures Video Action is always there to entertain a bored kid at half term, or always there to save a rainy weekend. Of course, the ice cream and popcorn on sale mean the adults are secretly eager to visit too. I know I always am. Forget downloading movies or hiring games on-line, this is the way home entertainment was always meant to be! Cut...!

Video Box is located at the top of Saffron Lane and of course specialises in the renting out of…read moreDVDs and computer games. The shop is very small and not really that tidy but it serves its purpose well. I've never had any problems there at all and have even been able to sell some of my unwanted films there for a bit of extra money. They are very steep with the overdue fines though a lot more than they used to be and that sometimes can be quite offputting just incase there is a real legitimate reason as to why you couldn't return the film on the specified day.