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Commodore Country was basically a large storage building on the side of the road in Burleson, TX (Johnson County). It’s address was 1420 County Road 914. I even still have the number in my address book from years ago. It was (817) 295-7658! I don’t know for sure if I have the owners name right, but I think it was Brad Jackson. I looked up the property on Johnson County’s website and it shows to be owned by “The Jackson Family Trust” (ACCT 126.0185.01161). So I at least have the last name right.
I graduated high school in 1990, so much of my memories of Commodore Country are driving my brother out there as teenagers. Neither of us had a lot of money back then, so I remember many times I had to leave empty handed because I couldn’t afford what I wanted. Commodore Country had shelves and shelves of software, both in floppy (trusty old 5 1/4″ disks) and cartridge formats. It also had lots of hardware. Everything from the old breadbox C64 to Amigas. They also sold hard drives and serviced computers for a flat fee.
Of course, I had to put the address into Google Maps and see if I could see the old building. It looks to me like its still there! Of course, it is no longer Commodore Country…
Someone recently pointed out to me that the picture in Bing Maps is much better.
Unfortunately I have not had any luck finding any pictures of the inside or outside of the building, or what happened to Brad Jackson. I don’t think he was old enough to have passed away yet (of natural causes anyway).
Back in those days we didn’t all have cameras in our pockets snapping pictures of anything and everything. So at this point, all I have is my memories. If any of you have any pictures of Commodore Country, or have any info and/or know what the owner is doing today (or did after closing Commodore Country), please drop me a line and let me know!
I did pull an old Commodore magazine and find their advertisement on the back pages though. That’s pretty neat.
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They went out of business several years ago. The only reason I know that is that my step-dad bought out what was left of their stock on the shelves when it happened. He was convinced that Commodores were the wave of the future 🙂 I’m not sure where all of that stuff is. He passed away in 2009, and my mom may still have all of it in her garage.
I’d certainly be interested in buying that inventory if you still have it.
I live in Burleson. I like to see what she has left!
I have very found memories of me and one of my closest friends driving out there several times and buying many (sometimes even shrink wrapped) games, hardware, etc.. I am very much interested in what happened as well, and wish it was still around. I no longer have that commodore or the software (sadly it was sold at a garage sale without my agreement while on a business trip years ago), and wish I could get all of my gear back. that would have been the place to get it all.. Mike, if you find that inventory, let me know and I would certainly be one of your first customers. 😀
Wow…. my dad and I used to go to Commodore country long long ago. it was a simpler time. My father wrote a Solitaire card-game program that ran on his Commodore 64.
I would also be interested in seeing Rita’s mom’s garage stock! 🙂 I acquired an Amiga 500 in ’97 and Commodore Country happened to have the video cable that I needed for it as well as a shrink-wrapped copy of Faery Tale Adventure. Sadly, that was the only time I went there since it was a bit far away to just go to browse and I was a poor college student. I remember talking to the guy there, who wanted to buy the Supra Ram 500RX ram expander that came with my Amiga. Funny the things we remember. Anyway my C128 and Amiga 500 is still kicking in 2024 and I was just sitting here watching Retro Recipes on Youtube and thinking about my Commodore Country trip that day.