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I'll be there on Sunday.

If you see a guy wearing a black hoodie with c64 loading pictures on it then come over and say hi.

I went on Sunday and had a great time! I must admit I only heard about the event a week beforehand, which made it a bit of a rush to get organised to go. The event was amazing - plenty of room to move around, and lots of my favourite classic arcade games to play. It's all very well being able to pla...

Nice! I live up that way so I'd be willing to help out, if needed.

A big thank-you to all those that made the event possible! An even bigger thank-you to all the arcade cab collectors who preserved and restored all those classic arcade games, then took the time and immense trouble to bring them to the show for us to play on (with all the risks that entails for brea...

Got back earlier. Loved the selection of arcade machines - was chuffed to get a decent high score on Mr Do, only to come back later to see my score was utterly demolished. :shock: :roll: I was disappointed that all the talks got cancelled - apparently it was due to the people supplying the sound sys...

If anyone from Sheffield or nearby would like a lift I'll be driving in on Sunday with an empty car.

I've booked my tickets

Taking the family on Saturday, then back on my own on Sunday.

Might drive over, so if anyone from Sheffield wants a lift on Sunday I'll have some spare seats.

resident paul wrote: You might be ending up repairing a couple of machines so keep your pocket knife ready!

I've always got my trusty swiss-army knife on me. I shan't bore you with the story of how I saved the day using it to repair a PC at the 1995 Milia expo in Cannes. (This really happened )

Just confirmed I'll be there both days this weekend. Looking forward to this very much!

See you there.

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