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.

Dec 08 Retro Video Game Night #017

Written by Aidy.

Date: 8th December 2017
Tournament: 2 Player Lemmings (Amiga)
Tournament Winner: Rob

The final and also busiest retro night of the year with nearly 150 people in attendance. The usual burger van pulled out at the last minute but the static one round the corner was nice enough to stay open late for us. Lord Conrad premiered a new beer and Ian introduced us to two player Lemmings. Great night, great selection of games with a selection of Christmas tunes and videos playing throughout the evening. All in all it was awesome way to round off 2017.

Ian showing off his new T-Shirt
Rob! Lemmings tournament winner
Winners of the C64 raffle prize
People eagerly awaiting the raffle to be drawn and for Ian to kick off his Lemmings tournament
Tom eating a tasty burger
Raffle prizes

Sep 08 Retro Video Game Night #016

Written by Aidy.

Date: 8th September 2017
Tournament: ChuChu Rocket (Sega Dreamcast)
Tournament Winner: Daniel Wheeler-Davies

The penultimate retro night of 2017. Ticket sales seemed a bit slow for this one at first but then they ramped up on the last few days and we ended up with over a hundred people once again.

This was the first time we didn't have a food truck on site but no one seemed too bothered and lots of people brought their own or ordered pizzas in.

Pulling a cheeky pint whilst Lord Conrad isn't about
Ian's ChuChu Rocket Tournament in full swing
Raffle draw. The lucky winner walked away with a Megadrive II.
Ian Guebert aka The Gamesmaster!
ChuChu Rocket Tournament winner - Daniel Wheeler-Davies

Jun 23 Retro Video Game Night #015

Written by Aidy.

Date: 23rd June 2017
Tournament: Windjammers (Neo Geo CD)
Tournament Winner: Mendhi

The summer Retro Night of 2017, Lord Conrad was back serving delicious ale and 400 Degree's popup pizzeria was back again and he's now armed with two ovens named Bebop and Rocksteady. The summer one is always a bit quieter but there was still a healthy number of people and a decent atmosphere.

Networked OutRun 2 running on several Xbox's
400 Degrees Pizzeria
Lord Conrad serving Tom the first pint of the evening (allegedly)
Dean Edis & Nik Winchester got a new high score on Road Fighter on the MSX
Ian's Windjammer tournament in full swing
Dominik Diamond on the big screen
Winner of the Windjammer tournament, Mehdi

Mar 10 Retro Video Game Night #014

Written by Aidy.

Date: 10th March 2017
Tournament: Speedball 2 (SNES)
Tournament Winner: Andrew

The first retro night of 2017 and the first appearance of 400 Degrees Pop Up Pizzeria who sold out, so he obviously went down quite well! Ian "The Games Master" Guebert came out swinging with his Speedball 2 tournament.

Guebert enjoying some competitive gaming.
Steve, hard at work on the front desk.
SpeedBall2!

Dec 09 Retro Video Game Night #013

Written by Aidy.

Date: 9th December 2016
Tournament: Dr. Mario (NES)
Tournament Winner: M.D. Duncan

The 2016 Christmas Edition of the Retro Night, I was unable to be there unfortunately but it was a good night by all accounts and the first one at which we has an actual bar, courtesy of Lord Conrad.