Jonathan Thompson
Jonathan Thompson (television presenter)
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| Born | Jonathan Jason Thompson 2 November 1976  Salford, Greater Manchester, England |
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Jonathan Thompson (born 2 November 1976) in Salford, Manchester is a British television presenter and trader in classic arcade games.
Early life[edit]
Thompson was born in Salford, Greater Manchester, and was educated at St James' Primary School, Rusholme and Trinity C of E High School, Manchester, before attending Manchester Grammar School. He went on to study at both the The University of Salford where he gained a HND in Design & Media Communications in 1997, and the school of Journalism, Media and Communication, University of Central Lancashire from which he graduated with BA (Hons) Television and Radio in 1999.
Retro gaming[edit]
Thompson’s obsession with video games started at an early age when he was first encountered a ”TRON” machine, this fascination with arcades led frequent trips to Blackpool and it was on one of these trips that he purchased his first Star Wars machine. This sparked the collecting bug, and he had amassed a small collection whilst still in his early teens. He was able to take advantage of the lack of interest in old hardware in the early 1990s and managed to make several block purchases of machines for bargain prices, using the then fledgling Ebay to search for machines. The retro gaming revival and subsequent rise in interest in classic machines enabled him to build a successful business.[1]
Thompson currently own the largest collection of Star Wars arcade machines in Europe,[2] they have been exhibited all over the country and featured prominently at Star Wars Celebration Europe commemorating the movie’s 30th anniversary in 2007.[3] and The National Space Center, Leicester [4]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Nice little learner!". Lancashire Evening Telegraph. Retrieved 2007-06-02.
- ↑ MEN Media
- ↑ The Lancashire Evening Post. Johnston Publishing Ltd.]
- ↑ Star Wars in a Rocket Tower at a Space Centre
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