The Story of the Hit Squad – The UK’s Biggest Budget Gaming Label? | Kim Justice

The Hit Squad started out as Ocean’s way of bringing their old classics back for another go round, but it became a huge Budget Label, helping to start a Budget Gaming boom that helped the likes of the Spectrum and C64 continue on for a couple of years — here’s their story and games! Enjoy.

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0:00 Intro — Budget Games At Your Local Cornershop!
2:32 Sponsorship: NerdCon
3:23 Origin Of The Hit Squad + They Sold A Million
6:03 What Made The Hit Squad Successful?
13:19 Collecting Hit Squad Games + The Label’s Rarities
20:41 Differences Between Original + Hit Squad Games
27:25 The Full A-Z List of Hit Squad Releases

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