Upcoming Retro Gaming/Classic Computing events

[Elaine]

There will be a video game pub quiz at a pub in central London in December... hopefully the first in a long series! With game-themed prizes of course

I'll post more details later - unless it's considered spam (is it?) because it won't be on retro games only



edit --> Ok, now we have a date...

The first quiz will be on Sunday the 11th of January (at 7 pm)
at the the Prince of Wales Feathers pub in London, close to Warren Street station.

And there'll be questions on retro games... because I'm old

This is the Facebook page with all the details:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Lond ... 99?fref=ts

I hope to see some of you there!


(I know the "events" topic would be a better place to post this, but I can't seem to post there... I asked markopoloman and he told me to post it here and it'll be moved later)

Moved - MPM

[DPrinny]

Aint posted any of mine in here for a while


More inf TNOG.ORG

FAB cafe (Manchester)
The night of chilly gaming,
On a night of gaming where we will be skidding about the place (maybe) as night draws closer and it gets a lot colder we bring you gaming with extra ice.

[psj3809]

Mentioned it elsewhere, Arcade Club, every saturday night 6-10pm

Located just outside Manchester (Haslingden) BB4 5QN

9 Pinball machines and about 30 arcade machines. £10 for the whole night plus you get 2 refreshments (Can or chocolate or crisps etc)

For the most up to date info - with pictures of the latest meets go to
https://www.facebook.com/arcadeclubuk

I've been twice so far, good friendly bunch there, a lot of great machines.

[ArcadeClub]

Easter Weekend - Saturday 4th April and Sunday 5th April

Lostock Sports & Social Club, Works Lane, Northwich, CW9 7NW

Northern Lights Pinball and Arcade Club will be jointly running a pinball and arcade show this
Easter Bank Holiday Weekend, Saturday 4th April and Sunday 5th April, at a venue in Northwich.
This event will feature a mixture of video gaming and pinball machines to fully re-create that
arcade experience. There will be pinball and arcade competitions throughout the weekend with
prizes and promotions on offer for the winners!


Over 100 Arcade & Pinball machines for you to play! (All set on freeplay!)

Play for prizes or just for fun! An amazing weekend for everyone!



http://www.8bitflip.co.uk

Tickets now on sale!

Arcade Machines at 8BitFlip : (Pins to Follow)

01. Space Invaders
02. Pacman
03. Asteroids
04. Defender
05. Robotron
06. Joust
07. Star Wars
08. Galaxian
09. Mr. Do
10. Donkey Kong
11. Dig Dug
12. Berzerk!
13. Truxton
14. 1942
15. Chase HQ
16. Killer Instinct
17. Mortal Kombat 2
18. Tekken 3 & Soul Edge
19. Street Fighter 2 Turbo
20. Street Fighter 3 - 3rd Strike
21. Street Fighter 4 - Arcade Edition
22. NBA JAM - 4 Player
23. Gauntlet 2 - 4 Player
24. Gorf
25. Dodonpachi
26. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - 4 Player
27. Outrun
28. Sega Rally
29. Daytona
30. Point Blank
31. Super Hang on
32. Thunder Blade
33. Track n Field
34. Afterburner
35. Double Dragon
36. Buggy Boy
37. Frogger
38. Starforce
39. Wonderboy
40. Phoenix
41. Operation Wolf
42. Paperboy
43. Powerdrift
44. Q-Bert
45. Pole Position
46. Roadblasters
47. Salamander
48. Time Pilot
49. Vulcan Venture
50. R-Type

Shhh... Extras : Gyruss

[DPrinny]

Bit of movement of my games nights

[mainvein]

After the Video Game Market comes the Collectorabilia - Blast From the Past



Over 40 stalls of Retro Video Games, Consoles, vintage toys, Star Wars, He Man, Comics, Lego, Wrestling Memorabilia, Geek Culture, Pixel Bead Art, Funko Pops, Action Figures and much more......

The Venue: Leeds Marriott Hotel, 4 Trevelyan Square, Boar Lane, Leeds, LS1 6ET (2 mins from the train station)

Admission: £2 per adult, Under 16s Free

Check out the Website: http://www.retroevents.co.uk

Join our facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/RetroEventsLeeds

Tell us you are coming on the facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/734145256668361/

Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RetEvents


Come along and join in the fun and get some great stuff!

[tapmantwo]

Did anyone get along to Geek 2015 in Margate? I went with a couple of friends and our 8yo kids - was a great day. They had a pretty good amount of retro consoles up and running to play on, mixed in nicely with some newer games (and the ubiquitous Minecraft tournaments). It was great to see the kids really enjoying some of the retro classics - in particular they enjoyed Street Fighter II (SNES) and Sunset Riders (MD). There were some Minecraft youtubers there, and my son was chuffed to play in a Hunger Games tournament with one of them.

My personal highlights;
1) They had a woody Atari 2600 running Track & Field with official (dual button) controllers. Really good fun!
2) BC Kid 3 on the Turbo Grafx. I'd never played this before, so I managed to hog the console for a good 15 minutes and give it a whirl. Fun game.
3) Taiko: Drum Master on PS2. This was brilliant - I was a fan of Donkey Konga, but hadn't played this before. Excellent game.
4) Phoenix on the 2600 - really fun
5) Poncho, a new (retro-esque) game that is due out this summer across all platforms.

There was a nice number of traders there too, selling merchandise and a decent range of games.

The only downsides
1) No arcade machines
2) No home computers (i.e. Spectrum/C64). Would have been nice to see something, maybe the Vega?

All in all, a good day out. I believe it's moving to bigger premises next year (Dreamland). Maybe some RG coverage next year?

[HisNHer_LP]

Wasn't aware there was one in margate, will give it a look next year, I used to go margate every year as a kid.... Is dreamland still there? Last I heard it went?

[tapmantwo]

Is dreamland still there? Last I heard it went?

They are renovating it at the minute, it's going to be a heritage theme park. At the moment it looks pretty desolate, but they've got big plans and it's supposed to be opening this summer. When I passed it yesterday the Scenic Railway was being rebuilt, looked like something out of Theme Park.

http://www.dreamland.co.uk/

For future ref, the GEEK event page is http://www.geek-play.com/

[psj3809]

Bit late notice but 8 Bit Flip is happening this weekend...

http://www.8bitflip.co.uk/

Northwich, Cheshire. Lots of pinball, lots of arcade machines. Should be good !

[quantum]

The Revival Retro Show Facebook says the 2015 dates will be announced soon, but then UKVAC announced the REVIVAL Winter Warmer 2015 is 28-29 Nov in Wolves.

So are they the same thing? And when can we buy tickets!

[The Laird]

The Revival Retro Show Facebook says the 2015 dates will be announced soon, but then UKVAC announced the REVIVAL Winter Warmer 2015 is 28-29 Nov in Wolves.

So are they the same thing? And when can we buy tickets!

Yes they are, and soon

[thefunkygibbon]

Hi guys,

The Gaming Gallery is a small monthly(ish) event held in Peterborough which we have ran for the past few months, so far pretty successfully

We have about a couple of dozen consoles running, an arcade cabinet, projector, tournaments with prizes, a nicely stocked bar provided by a local craft ale brewery and food!

So far we have been running it as a local event sort of thing, friday nights 1730-2330.


The tournament this time around is Mortal Kombat themed including the very latest MKX on XbOne. with some other on the spot tournaments which will be held randomly during the evening too.

http://www.thegaminggallery.co.uk
https://www.facebook.com/thegaminggallery
https://www.facebook.com/events/1444649429180362/


So get yourselves down for a fun evening.


Entry is £3 and the address is
The Gallery, 39 Towler Street, Peterborough, PE1 2TX

Hope to see some of you there.

[DPrinny]

https://www.facebook.com/events/1608440789368709/


I dont like the banner at all, still im keeping it

[Arcadian]

Added:

PLAY Margate
21/22/23 August 2015, Winter Gardens, Margate
Link: http://www.playmargate.com
RG Forum Thread: http://www.retrogamer.net/forum/viewtop ... =6&t=50753