RetroGameFest

The Retro Computer Games Festival returns to the Garden Gate pub for a Multiplayer Gaming Special We will have: 2 Gameboy’s Linked with Tetris 3 XBox’s System Linked with Halo 2 2 Atari Lynx’s Comlynxed with Chequed Flag 2 Gameboy Advance’s Linked with Mario Kart 2 Sony Playstation’s Linked with Wipeout 2097 2 Gameboy Color’s Linked with Mario Golf Sega Saturn with 10 player Bomberman! Nintendo 64 with 4 player Goldeneye Atari 2600 with 4 player Warlords Sega Mega Drive with 4 Player Micro Machines Plus Many More Multiplayer Games & Systems Pong, Warlords, PGR 2 and Halo 2 Multiplayer Competitions Run Through The Day And probably late night SingStar as well. The Garden Gate is a small friendly pub that is featured in the Good Beer Guide. It has a nice selection of real ales and will have home cooked food available on the day. There is free parking available in the car park next door to the pub. So come down, drink a beer(s), play some video games, enter a competition or two and chat with some fellow gamers. Date: Sat 22nd January 2011 Time: 2pm - Late Venue: The Garden Gate Pub Address: Church Lane East Aldershot GU11 3BT UK Map: Garden Gate Map Entry: FREE Facebook: Facebook Event Page

Layouts for the two rooms at Retro Computer Games Festival - Mini

Retro Computer Games Festival - Mini Date: Sat 16th October 2010 Time: 2pm - Late Venue: The Garden Gate Pub Address: Church Lane East, Aldershot, GU11 3BT, UK Map: Garden Gate Map Entry: FREE Facebook Event Page: Facebook Event Page The latest Retro Computer Games Festival will be taking place on Sat 16th October, starting at 2pm and running through till the end of the day. It will be held once again at the Garden Gate pub in Aldershot. We will have over 20 computers, consoles and handhelds for people to play on during the day. There will be a couple of competitions run through the day. A Knock-out competition and a High Score Challenge. There will be computers and consoles in the main bar area and back room, and handhelds in the covered patio area. They may even be an arcade cabinet or two but that is yet to be confirmed. The Garden Gate has a good selection of ales and is featured in the current Good Beer Guide. They've recently stopped doing food but have agreed to provide food on the day for us between 1pm - 3pm and 6pm - 8pm. It will be a reduced menu from what was previously offered and will probably be a selection of burgers and baked potatoes. There is free parking available in the car park next door to the pub. This is the planned selection of systems for the day: Acorn A3000 Amstrad CPC 464 Atari 2600 with Harmony Cart Atari Jaguar with Jaguar CD Atari Lynx Binatone Pong Commodore 64 Commodore Amiga 1200 Grandstand Astro Wars Grandstand Scramble Microsoft XBox (x3 system linked) Nintendo NES Nintendo SNES Nintendo 64 Nintendo Gameboy Nintendo Gamboy Color Nintendo Gameboy Advance Sega Master Systen Sega Mega Drive Sega Saturn Sony Playstation Sinclair Spectrum +2 with Divide Board and hopefully... 60 in 1 Arcade Cab (TBC) MAME Cab (TBC) Website: http://www.retrocomputergamesfestival.com Facebook Page: http://www.retrocomputergamesfestival.com/facebook Twitter: http://www.retrocomputergamesfestival.com/twitter RCGF Newsletter: http://www.retrocomputergamesfestival.com/newsletter.html

I've updated some of the info in the above post - mostly the list of systems. Plus here are the layouts for the halls. There will probably be some tinkering with the placement of systems but this should give you a pretty good idea of what to expect. If you click on the image you'll get a bigger clearer version

Updated Event Info Retro Computer Games Festival - Charity Weekender The next Retro Computer Games Festival has been confirmed and it's in larger venue over 3 days. Here are the details: Date: Fri 9th - Sun 11th July 2010 Times: Fri 18:00 - 23:00, Sat 12:00 - 23:00, Sun 12:00 - 18:00 Venue: Ash Victoria Hall Address: 121 Ash Hill Road, Ash, Surrey, GU12 5DN Map: Ash Victoria Hall Map Entry: Adult Tickets: £15 Weekend Ticket, £5 Friday Ticket, £8 Saturday Ticket, £5 Sunday Ticket Under 14's Tickets: £6 Weekend Ticket, £2 Friday Ticket, £3 Saturday Ticket, £2 Sunday Ticket Family Tickets (2 Adults & 2 Under 14's): £36 Weekend Ticket, £12 Friday Ticket, £19 Saturday Ticket, £12 Sunday Ticket Under 5's FREE Click Here To Buy Tickets This will be our biggest event so far and we're very excited! Three days of retro gaming held in a hall in Surrey. The hall is actually three halls. Two smaller ones and a larger main hall. The larger hall will close at 4pm on the Sunday but the two smaller halls will continue. This is the current list of systems that will be available to play (This is being added to all the time). Computers & Consoles * Acorn A3000 (Archimedes) * Acorn BBC Micro * Amstrad CPC 464 * Amstrad PPC 640 * Atari 2600 (x3) * Atari 800XL * Atari Lynx (x2) * Atari Jaguar * Atari Jaguar CD * Atari ST * Binatone Pong * Commodore 64 * Commodore Amiga 1200 * Grandstand Astro Wars * Grandstand Scramble * Microsoft XBox (x16) * MB Vectrex * NEC Turbografx (TBC) * Nintendo NES * Nintendo SNES (x2) * Nintendo 64 (x3) * Nintendo Gamecube (x3) * Nintendo Gameboy (x2) * Nintendo Gameboy Color (x2) * Nintendo Game Boy Advance (x2) * Neo Geo Pocket (TBC) * Radofin Tele-Sports * Radofin Tele-Sports IV * Sega Master System * Sega Mega Drive (x3) * Sega Game Gear * Sega Saturn * Sega Mega CD (TBC) * Sega Dreamcast (x3) * Sinclair ZX81 * Sinclair Spectrum +2 * Sony Playstation 1 (x3) * Sony Playstation 2 * Tiger Game.com * Various Handheld LCD Games (Game & Watch etc) * Various Joystick TV Games Coin-ops Plus we should have a number coin-op machines at the event. Some dedicated cabinets, a Jamma cabinet, MAME cabinets and a Neo Geo cabinet. The cabinets will all be set to free play over the weekend. More details of exactly what coin-ops we will have soon. 16 Way XBox System Link Anyone up for some 16 player Halo 2? Yes we will have 16 XBox's + 16 TV's + 1 Ethernet Hub set up on a custom made circular table. Various system link games will be available over the weekend including Halo 2, Project Gothem Racing 2 and more. R3PLAY Preview at RCGF We are pleased to announce that one of the rooms at RCGF will be taken over by the guys from R3PLAY (http://www.R3PLAY.info). R3PLAY is a large Arcade, Retro & Video Gaming Expo that is to be held in Blackpool on the 6th and 7th of November. They will be completely taking over one of the rooms and providing a preview of what you can expect at their event in November. This will include Import Consoles, Multicart Systems, Current Generation Gaming, 2 Player Set Ups & Multi Player Set Ups. This is a really exciting addition to the Retro Computer Games Festival and I'm sure the R3PLAY room will prove to be very popular. I'm definitely looking forward to it! Licensed Bar - "The 8 Bit Bar" There will be a licensed bar at RGCF to keep you all hydrated throughout the weekend. The bar will also have a selection of snacks available. There will not be any food available at the event itself, but there are a number of local take away's and a restaurant within walking distance of the venue. You can bring take away's back to the venue and eat them at the bar. Competitions Will be running a number of competitions over the weekend - Knockouts, High Score Challenges etc. More details soon. Stalls There will be a couple of stalls for you to get your hands on some retro gaming goodies. More systems and attractions will be added as we get closer to the event. Click Here To Buy Tickets If anyone has any systems they want to bring along can you let me know what you've got and whether you can bring a TV with it. I'm going to need some help over the weekend. The event is open to the public and people can turn up on the day. So I need some volunteers to take take money/tickets. If you can do 1 hour Fri, 1.5 hours Sat and 1 hour Sun on the door, you can have a free weekend ticket as a thank-you + I'll buy you a drink and say thank-you a lot. Also if anyone would like to organize any competitions over the weekend that would be great. On Sunday it's the British Grand Prix and the World Cup Final so they might be good themes for competitions. General help with setting up/packing up/explaining how things work; will also be appreciated. On a slightly longer shot, if anyone has any coin-ops. I've got a van and can transport them if your willing to lone them for the weekend Click Here To Buy Tickets

Sorry for the late reply Yeah to Vic 20 and Megacart, that would be great. Any help also greatly appreciated.

Here is the latest update of what's happening: Retro Computer Games Festival - Charity Weekender The next Retro Computer Games Festival has been confirmed and it's in larger venue over 3 days. Here are the details: Date: Fri 9th - Sun 11th July 2010 Times: Fri 18:00 - 23:00, Sat 12:00 - 23:00, Sun 12:00 - 18:00 Venue: Ash Victoria Hall Address: 121 Ash Hill Road, Ash, Surrey, GU12 5DN Map: Ash Victoria Hall Map Entry: Adult Tickets: £15 Weekend Ticket, £5 Friday Ticket, £8 Saturday Ticket, £5 Sunday Ticket Under 14's Tickets: £6 Weekend Ticket, £2 Friday Ticket, £3 Saturday Ticket, £2 Sunday Ticket Family Tickets (2 Adults & 2 Under 14's): £36 Weekend Ticket, £12 Friday Ticket, £19 Saturday Ticket, £12 Sunday Ticket Under 5's FREE Click Here To Buy Tickets This will be our biggest event so far and we're very excited! Three days of retro gaming held in a hall in Surrey. The hall is actually three halls. Two smaller ones and a larger main hall. The larger hall will close at 4pm on the Sunday but the two smaller halls will continue. This is the current list of systems that will be available to play (This is being added to all the time). Computers & Consoles * Acorn A3000 (Archimedes) * Acorn BBC Micro * Amstrad CPC 464 * Atari 2600 (x3) * Atari 7800 * Atari Lynx (x2) * Atari Jaguar (TBC) * Atari ST * Binatone Pong * Commodore 64 * Commodore Amiga * Grandstand Astro Wars * Grandstand Scramble * Microsoft XBox (lots!) * MB Vectrex * NEC Turbografx (TBC) * Nintendo SNES (x2) * Nintendo 64 (x2) * Nintendo Gameboy (x2) * Nintendo Gameboy Color (x2) * Nintendo Game Boy Advance (x2) * Neo Geo Pocket (TBC) * Radofin Tele-Sports * Radofin Tele-Sports IV * Sega Master System * Sega Mega Drive (x3) * Sega Game Gear * Sega Saturn (TBC) * Sega Mega CD (TBC) * Sega Dreamcast (x3) * Sinclair ZX81 * Sinclair Spectrum +2 * Sony Playstation 1 (x3) * Sony Playstation 2 * Tiger Game.com * Various Handheld LCD Games (Game & Watch etc) * Various Joystick TV Games Coin-ops Plus we should have a number coin-op machines at the event. Some dedicated cabinets, a Jamma cabinet, MAME cabinets and a Neo Geo cabinet. The cabinets will all be set to free play over the weekend. More details of exactly what coin-ops we will have soon. 16 Way XBox System Link Anyone up for some 16 player Halo 2? Yes we will have 16 XBox's + 16 TV's + 1 Ethernet Hub set up on a custom made circular table. Various system link games will be available over the weekend including Halo 2, Project Gothem Racing 2 and more. R3PLAY Preview at RCGF We are pleased to announce that one of the rooms at RCGF will be taken over by the guys from R3PLAY (http://www.R3PLAY.info). R3PLAY is a large Arcade, Retro & Video Gaming Expo that is to be held in Blackpool on the 6th and 7th of November. They will be completely taking over one of the rooms and providing a preview of what you can expect at their event in November. This will include Import Consoles, Multicart Systems, Current Generation Gaming, 2 Player Set Ups & Multi Player Set Ups. This is a really exciting addition to the Retro Computer Games Festival and I'm sure the R3PLAY room will prove to be very popular. I'm definitely looking forward to it! Licensed Bar - "The 8 Bit Bar" There will be a licensed bar at RGCF to keep you all hydrated throughout the weekend. The bar will also have a selection of snacks available. There will not be any food available at the event itself, but there are a number of local take away's and a restaurant within walking distance of the venue. You can bring take away's back to the venue and eat them at the bar. Competitions Will be running a number of competitions over the weekend - Knockouts, High Score Challenges etc. More details soon. More systems and attractions will be added as we get closer to the event. Click Here To Buy Tickets If anyone has any systems they want to bring along can you let me know what you've got and whether you can bring a TV with it. I'm going to need some help over the weekend. The event is open to the public and people can turn up on the day. So I need some volunteers to take take money/tickets. If you can do 1 hour Fri, 1.5 hours Sat and 1 hour Sun on the door, you can have a free weekend ticket as a thank-you + I'll buy you a drink and say thank-you a lot. Also if anyone would like to organize any competitions over the weekend that would be great. On Sunday it's the British Grand Prix and the World Cup Final so they might be good themes for competitions. General help with setting up/packing up/explaining how things work; will also be appreciated. On a slightly longer shot, if anyone has any coin-ops. I've got a van and can transport them if your willing to lone them for the weekend Click Here To Buy Tickets

Tickets are now on sale for this: http://www.retrocomputergamesfestival.com/tickets.html Plus some more details of what's going on: http://www.retrocomputergamesfestival.com/rcgf03.html

Retro Computer Games Festival - Charity Weekender The next Retro Computer Games Festival has been confirmed and it's in larger venue over 3 days. Here are the details: Date: Fri 9th - Sun 11th July 2010 Times: Fri 18:00 - 23:00, Sat 12:00 - 23:00, Sun 12:00 - 18:00 Venue: Ash Victoria Hall Address: 121 Ash Hill Road, Ash, Surrey, GU12 5DN Map: Ash Victoria Hall Map Entry: Weekend Ticket: £15, Fri Ticket: £5, Sat Ticket £8, Sun Ticket £6 This will be our biggest event so far and we're very excited! Three days of retro gaming held in a hall in Surrey. The hall is actually three halls. Two smaller ones and a larger main hall. We'll have the two smaller halls open all weekend and the large hall we be open all day Saturday and up till 4pm on Sunday. There are a lot of details to be confirmed but so far we can tell you that there will be a licensed bar, there will be a number of competitions run over the weekend and the following systems will be available to play. * Acorn A3000 (Archimedes) * Acorn BBC * Atari 2600 (x3) * Atari Lynx (x2) * Atari Jaguar * Binatone Pong * Commodore 64 * Grandstand Astro Wars * Grandstand Scramble * Microsoft XBox (x3) * MB Vectrex * NEC Turbografx * Nintendo SNES (x2) * Nintendo 64 (x2) * Nintendo Gameboy (x2) * Nintendo Gameboy Color (x2) * Nintendo Game Boy Advance * Neo Geo Pocket * Phillips CDi * Radofin Tele-Sports IV * Sega Master System (x2) * Sega Mega Drive (x2) * Sega Game Gear * Sega Saturn * Sega Mega CD * Sega Dreamcast (x3) * Sinclair ZX81 * Sinclair Spectrum +2 * Sony Playstation 1 (x2) * Sony Playstation 2 (x2) * Tiger Game.com More systems will be added as we get closer to the event. More details of everything that will be happening over the weekend will follow soon.