*infomercial voice*"Are you tired of visiting the same retrofairs with the same sellers?"
"Would you like to be able to do more than just buying stuff at these events?"
"How about an event that recognises there is more to retro gaming than nintendo?"Well, look no further than
Retro event 2013, held on Saturday the 26th of october in Elst (Gelderland), The Netherlands (just across the german border) and get ready for the retroevent of a lifetime!
- Visit our Retro fair with
international sellers, ranging from single-tables to large sellers.
- Take yourself or your kids to the
museum area with many playable game systems and homecomputers.
- Visit the
homebrew area with the largest collection of homebrew available (across all platforms) and talk to the developers.
- Hear
famous game developers from back in the day talk about developing games (and/or have them sign your games).
- Enjoy the
many new homebrew releases that debut at the event.
- Play the whole Mage Trilogy, including
Mage 3 (that won't be out until summer 2014) when the game makes its first public appearance at the show.
- Learn how to
build your own arcade cabinet.
- Watch Commodore 8-bit music legend
Jeroen Tel perform live on stage!
Sounds amazing doesn't it? Well, it doesn't stop there...
We decided to go just that extra bit of crazy and give away hundreds of euros worth of
FREE game consoles, games, accessoires and memorabilia between 16.00 and 17.00. One item per minute for a total of 60 items!!!
So stop what you are doing, get your agenda and plan in your visit to RETRO EVENT 2013 on October 26th, 2013 in Elst(Gelderland), The Netherlands. We already have many people visiting from the UK, Belgium, Germany and Austria, so there is no excuse for not visiting this great event if you are living abroad!
For more information, visit the Retro Event 2013 website at:
http://www.retroevent.orgSee you in October!!!
MartijnUpdates about the Event:
Special Guests:- Famous Commodore developer "Boys without Brains", known from hits like Hawkeye (C64), Flimbo's Quest (various platforms) and Disposable Hero (Amiga, CD32) will be joining our Q&A panel. Ask them everything you like to know about developing videogames in the 80s and 90s.
- Both BoysWithoutBrains and Jeroen Tel are now both mentioned and detailed at the Special Guests page.
Homebrew Area:- Simon Quernhorst (Atari, Commodore developer) is joining the Homebrew Area
- VPBelgium is joining the Homebrew Area and will have a new release for the event.
More updates to the event:- Playable version for one of my PC/current gen console projects: Wildforce. This is what i've been up to for the last few months. The project was selected last month as part of the Indigo festival the features the 20 most promising dutch games. Retro Event will officially have the second public demo build available for play.
- VPBelgium will release the videopac game High Water Patrol at the event
- I plan to release the videopac game Down! at the event
New additionions to the homebrew area:- Famous C64 homebrewer Paul that has been responsable for the recent C64 versions of Canabalt and Super Cratebox will show his games as well as his new project.
- Atari Lynx homebrewer: Alex will show his upcoming projects.
- GertK will demonstrate his interesting hardware projects for zx81 and videopac
It is shaping up to be a great event, so please all come and invite your friends!
