Sep 09 Retro Video Game Night #012

Written by Aidy.

Date: 9th September 2016
Tournament: Adventure Game Pub Quiz
Tournament Winner: Unknown

Quite a lot of new faces at this one. We went with an adventure game theme and had the likes of Leisure Suit Larry, Monkey Island and Grange Hill out on display along with a healthy dose of all the regular favourites. Raffled off a boxed Acorn Electron.

To mix things up a little bit, Ian did an adventure game themed "pub quiz" in the main room.

Also! Retro Gamer's Kieren Hawken came along and filmed some of the evening, you can check out his video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RrcHZ7mJz4

Ian's adventure game pub quiz paper
Leisure Suit Larry
Adrian setting up consoles in the 80 classroom the night before
Phil enjoying a cheeky burger
Steve doing the door and guarding the Acorn Electron raffle prize.
Retro Gamer journalist and Atari enthusiast Kieren Hawken
Games Master Guebert drawing the raffle
Games Master Guebert playing some Virtual Boy
If you've never played Grange Hill on the C64 then you haven't lived!
And here's the winner of the main raffle prize, a boxed Acorn Electron

Aug 11 Cambridge B Movie Festival 2016

Written by Aidy.

Due to popular demand the Cambridge B Movie Festival is back again and we'll be there supplying retro entertainment throughout the weekend in our very own little on-site Retro Room featuring a whole host of retro video games and consoles. It's taking place at the Junction, Cambridge from the 19th - 21st August 2016. Grab a ticket and get yourself down there!

Tickets and movie listings can be found here:
http://www.cambridgebmovie.co.uk/

Cambridge B Movie Festival 2016

Jun 24 Retro Video Game Night #011

Written by Aidy.

Date: 24th June 2016
Tournament: Mario Tennis - Doubles (N64)
Tournament Winner: David & Andy

This was the 2016 summer edition of the Retro Video Game Night and there's no better way to spend a summer's evening than in a dimly lit museum drinking beer and playing old video games! We got out a few classic "summer" games including Track & Field 2 on the MSX and California Games on the Sega Master System.

Ian pulled out all the stops with his doubles tournament on Mario Tennis and one lucky raffle winner walked away with a BBC Master.

Mario Tennis Doubles Champions are David and Andy!
Fix it Felix Jr on the Sega Mega Drive
Winner of the BBC Master that we gave away in the raffle
Mario Tennis Doubles Champions

May 18 Space Grab

Written by Aidy.

It's a great day for the British IBM, we're finally in a video game! Stuart Johns over at My Acorn Electron has just released Space Grab for the Acorn Electron and it can be downloaded from the site here completely free:

http://www.myacornelectron.moonfruit.com/space-grab/4592380780

If you enjoy it then be sure to give him a cheeky share and a like at @forgotten_grove

May 01 An Evening With Ocean Software (14th Apr 2016)

Written by Aidy.

Simon Butler and co are making there way to Cambridge in a couple of weeks for a special one off event where they'll be talking about their life and times at Ocean Software! There will be a chance to ask questions and to get things signed and we'll also have a lot of their original titles out to play on the original systems.

For more details and tickets checkout the link below.

Tickets
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An Evening With Ocean Software