What Happened to Egghead Software
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·August 19, 2025arscan
Thanks for this. Browsing the latest sierra, microprose, etc games at the local egghead store was my absolute favorite thing to do as a kid. It was in a strip mall next to an actual mall, so my parents would get me to go along on shopping trips as long as we could swing by the egghead to see what was new on the way home.
nkrisc
Oh I’m glad this popped up. I was trying to remember the details of a computer store I remembered visiting with my dad when I was maybe 4 or 5, ‘93-‘94, Chicago.
But as soon as I read it all came back and I’m certain this was it. I tried looking but couldn’t find out: does anyone know if there was an Egghead in Chicago at that time? Based on what I could discern about their stores is that seems likely there would have been one there.
scroot
When I was about 12 or 13, I was hanging out in my local Egghead so much playing Rebel Assault on the demo machine that the guy who worked there gave me a free mousepad just to leave the store.
bluGill
I would be shocked if there wan't one - they were a big chain about that time. Though already dieing, so maybe you were 3 in the memory?
mikewarot
I remember visiting the Egghead in Lansing, Illinois (just south of Chicago, at River Oaks south) more than once. I think I actually bought Visual Basic there at some point.
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billy99k
Back in the 90s, I would go into my local Egghead software store almost every weekend.
I (my parents) got my copy of X-Wing from our local Egghead in the 90s. And Lemmings! I loved browsing that store as a kid.