Retro Video Game Night

Beer and video games! Could there be any better way of spending an evening? Started doing these at the Centre for Computing History back in 2013, now doing some smaller ones with my own little collection of retro systems and games. Most of these events involve Lord Conrad's Brewery and Ian Guebert aka The Games Master.

Upcoming Nights

To be confirmed when things are back to normal.

Jun 26 Retro Video Game Night #007

Written by Aidy.

Date: 26th June 2015
Tournament: Sega Rally (Sega Saturn)
Tournament Winner: Ben Unwin

The summer retro nights always feel a bit strange. Might be a personal preference but eating burgers and playing video games always feels more natural when it's dark outside.

This was a pretty popular night never the less and one lucky individual walked away with a boxed Commodore Amiga that he won in the raffle.

Ben Unwin - Winner of the Sega Rally Tournament
Sega Rally on the projector
Proud winner of the Commodore Amiga in our raffle
Retro Night in full swing in the front room
Cheeky selfie with Ben and Ian
Flyers for Retro Video Game Night July 2015

Mar 06 Retro Video Game Night #006

Written by Aidy.

Date: 6th March 2015
Tournament: Track 'n' Field (Sony PlayStation)
Tournament Winner: Mr Jim

First Retro Gaming Night of 2015. Ian kicked off the new year with a Track 'n' Field tournament.

The main room featured a whole load of gun/zapper games. It also felt like Alex Kidd was due a come back so I got him out of retirement and put him on the flyers.

Retro Video Game Night Flyers
Steve Matthews and Philip Searle setting up gun/zapper games
Mr Jim - Winner of the Track 'n' Field tournement
A random Ben playing Burning Rubber on the Amstrad GX4000
Two random Bens and a Games Master lurking in the background
Drunken selfie with Ian

Dec 12 Retro Video Game Night #005

Written by Aidy.

Date: 12th December 2014 (Christmas Edition!)
Tournament: Bishi Bashi (Sony PlayStation)
Tournament Winner: Tom Scott

Our first ever Christmas themed retro night and the start of a great tradition! Winning the shirt off the Games Master's back. Everyone at the museum signed Ian's ALF t-shirt and the winner of Bishi Bashi took it home along with some other prizes.

Jason made a Christmas tree out of a pile of VDUs, we had Christmas music playing in the main room and a whole load of Christmas themed games for people to play. One of my personal highlights however was when Lord Conrad turned up with free beer for everyone fresh from the Lord Conrad Brewery.

Retro Video Game Night Christmas Edition Flyer 2014
Lunar Panda Xmas Edition
Ian's new t-shirt!
Ian's old T-Shirt being signed by Mike James (Retrogaming Roundup)
Jason's VDU Christmas Tree
Lord Conrad bringing us FREE beer!
Drunken selfie
1st Place Winner of Bishi Bashi holding up his prize
Classic Tom in his Christmas Star Wars T-Shirt
2nd Place Winner of Bishi Bashi

Aug 22 Retro Video Game Night #004

Written by Aidy.

Date: 22nd August 2014
Tournament: Mario Kart 64 (Nintendo 64)
Tournament Winner: Unknown

Ian the Games Master did a Mario Kart 64 tournament for this one in the 80s classroom, there was networked Doom taking place in the front room and a whole load of stuff going on in the main room including Bad Influence and Games Master (the other one) being projected onto the wall.

We also had Utopian World of Sandwiches in attendance with their creation Chompy Chomp Chomp.

Mario Kart 64 all ready for the tournament
Winner of the main raffle prize. A BBC Micro.
Chompy Chomp Chomp
Networked Doom in full swing
Sega Master System with 3D Glasses
The winner of the Mario Kart 64 Tournament
Retro Video Game Night Flyer August 2014

May 23 Retro Video Game Night #003

Written by Aidy.

Date: 23rd May 2014
Tournament: GoldenEye (Nintendo 64)
Tournament Winner: Unknown

Riding high from the previous retro nights we decided to mix things up a bit and make an entire weekend out of this one and put on a whole three days worth of retro gaming and talks that celebrated the past, present and future of the UK video games industry. Mike James from the my all time favourite podcast 'Retrogaming Roundup' was in attendance for this one and kindly hosted all of the panels that ran during the day on Saturday and Sunday.

The Friday night was a similar format to the previous retro nights but heavy on the UK games with the likes of Golden Eye, Jet Set Willy and Worms.