- Written by: Aidy
Date: 15th March 2024
Venue: The Hub, Cambourne
Tournament: NA
Tournament Winner: NA
The Cambourne Retro Nights were becoming a regular occurrence and gaining momentum four years ago, before world events disrupted them. It's insane that it's been that long, so we've decided it's time to bring them back.
It was wonderful to see familiar faces again and to receive assistance from a few individuals who helped with setup and even brought their own retro hardware. Hopefully, we won't wait this long until the next one.
- Written by: Aidy
Date: 25th August 2023
Venue: Lord Conrad's Brewery, Dry Drayton
Tournament: NA
Tournament Winner: NA
Been a while since we did a Retro Night (3 years!) and Jon thought it might be fun to try and do one at the brewery for a change. Was a lot of fun as always, had some new people turn up and one individual was kind enough to bring his Spectrum Next for people to try out.
- Written by: Aidy
Date: 28th February 2020
Venue: The Hub, Cambourne
Tournament: Virtua Fighter (Sega Saturn)
Tournament Winner: Zack
First Retro Night of 2020! Awesome turn out and a few new faces. Local retro gamer Adam Sheik bought his brand new ZX Spectrum Next along for people to try our, which we set up next to an original model (Thanks to Chris Foulds for bringing that!).
16 people battled for supremacy in the Virtua Fighter tournament, which was eventually won by Zack and I played Fight Club on the original XBox for the first time.
- Written by: Aidy
Date: 29th November 2019
Venue: The Hub, Cambourne
Tournament: Goldeneye (N64)
Tournament Winner: Mark Clifford
Third Retro Night in Cambourne and appears to be growing in popularity. Tried a different layout, which meant we could get more systems out. This was a Christmas themed night, with a few festive decorations and an old black and white Binatone TV playing Christmas adverts from the 80s and 90s.
Unfortunately, Ian couldn't make it down but a few of us managed to work out the logistics for the Goldeneye tournament and managed to run it fairly successfully.
- Written by: Aidy
Date: 4th October 2019
Venue: The Hub, Cambourne
Tournament: Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo Wii U)
Tournament Winner: Ian Bolton
After the first ever Cambourne Retro Video Game Night the second one got a bit more publicity and some local press which resulted in the numbers nearly tripling. Was a great atmosphere and we even ended up having to put out another system mid-event. Luckily Ian brought his Mega Drive Mini along.
Another fellow retro nerd, Adam Sheik, got in contact after he heard about the event and was keen to get involved and bring a few bits along. Adam's awesome setup consisted of a Vectrex, a customised ZX Spectrum and his Commodore 64. Check out the photos!
Mike James host of Retrogaming Roundup (My favourite podcast) also made an appearance!
Lord Conrad very nearly ran out of beer. Luckily he just about made it through to the end of the night with a few bottles left.
Ian's tournament went down a storm with winner, Ian Bolton, walking away with a selection of beer and a hand held gaming console.
