Exhibit (d) (9)

                              D&B HOLDINGS I, INC.
                            D&B ACQUISITION SUB, INC.
                         c/o Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
                                 200 Park Avenue
                            New York, New York 10166

                                    October 28, 2002


Dave & Buster's, Inc.
2481 Manana Drive
Dallas, Texas 75220
Attention: Dave Corriveau

     Dear Sir or Madam:

     Reference  is  made to that  certain  Agreement  and  Plan of  Merger  (the
"Agreement"), dated as of May 30, 2002, between D&B Holdings I, Inc., a Delaware
corporation  ("Parent"),  D&B  Acquisition  Sub,  Inc.,  a Missouri  corporation
("Purchaser"), and Dave & Buster's Inc., a Missouri corporation (the "Company"),
as such Agreement shall have been amended from time to time.

     Pursuant to Section  8.1(a) of the  Agreement,  Parent,  Purchaser  and the
Company hereby terminate the Agreement effective as of October 24, 2002.

     Please countersign this letter in the space provided below to indicate your
approval of the foregoing.  This letter agreement may be signed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the
signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.

                                    Very truly yours,


                                    D&B HOLDINGS I, INC.
                                    D&B ACQUISITION SUB, INC.


                                    By: /s/Simon Moore
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                                        Name:  Simon Moore
                                        Title: President


Accepted and agreed:

DAVE & BUSTER'S, INC.


By: /s/ David O. Corriveau
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    Name:  David O. Corriveau
    Title: President