M J Hibbett Totally Acoustic - Season Finale Part 2
Had the privilege of playing one of MJ Hibbett's Totally Acoustic nights earlier in the year. You can here my acoustic rendition of "I'm Just Like You" on the season finale podcast part two.
Retro Video Game Night #012
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
Cambridge B Movie Festival 2016
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/
Retro Video Game Night #011
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
Space Grab
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