mightywiz Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Do these exist? anyone host retro parties? or a groups that meet once a month for retro club meetings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyperboy Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Where are you located? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhomaios Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Sure, just depends on where you are. I've had a few retro gatherings at my place, and have been to a couple more. Always fun, although depending on your crowd, pre-NES consoles don't seem to get as much love as I would want them to. I need more Atari and Coleco fans in NY! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 I used to have "Retrocade" parties at my place for a few years. AA member Scrabbler15 attended one of my parties and he brought the medal that he won from the Centipede championship which was really cool to see. I'm only aware of one other AA member that lives near me because I bought the Squish 'Em 2600 cart from him - we met at a strip mall parking lot to make the deal. I forget who it was. I would always have things setup and ready to go on Friday night and the parties were Saturday night. Here's a tour of the setup from my last Retrocade party: http://youtu.be/xTjlPaMdFsw 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyperboy Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 That's a great setup Vector! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightywiz Posted February 12, 2015 Author Share Posted February 12, 2015 me, im in southeastern Washington state. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValkerieSilk Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 The same friends I played Intellivision, Colecovision and NES with when I was a kid come over and play on the exact same consoles we used as kids (the only upgrades are the 80" Sharp TV, Beer in place of Coke, and having my own house). It's completely mind-boggling to be using the same systems from the late 70's and early 80's and most especially when we crack open a new homebrew and find ourselves playing a 'new' game on the same Colecovision console we used as kids over 30 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValkerieSilk Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 I used to have "Retrocade" parties at my place for a few years. AA member Scrabbler15 attended one of my parties and he brought the medal that he won from the Centipede championship which was really cool to see. I'm only aware of one other AA member that lives near me because I bought the Squish 'Em 2600 cart from him - we met at a strip mall parking lot to make the deal. I forget who it was. I would always have things setup and ready to go on Friday night and the parties were Saturday night. Here's a tour of the setup from my last Retrocade party: http://youtu.be/xTjlPaMdFsw Wow... Just WOW .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyperboy Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 me, im in southeastern Washington state.I can't much further away, I'm in West Virginia south of Pittsburgh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imstarryeyed Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 (edited) Well I own a classic video game store (going on 9 years now) in corpus Christi tx, and I just opened our party room connected to the store for families who want a retro party. We got like 17 classic arcade machines and 2 Mario pinball machines. I just added a 3d high def projector and redid the flooring. So I think I am perfect to start one up. If anyone is interested in joining (all games are on free play) and starting and running a group and make new friends I can offer my store and party room. If anyone cares I can post some pictures of the room and store. I am very interested in starting a south Texas retro /gaming con or fest and figure this is a good start. Edited February 18, 2015 by imstarryeyed 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoTonah Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 If you are willing to come up to Penticton (do you have a passport?), I'm sure that we can set up a meet here in the Okanagan. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaztee Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Here in the UK there are a couple of monthly retro gaming meets. One in Manchester the other in Birmingham. Both are held in pubs. The one in Birmingham tends to have much more people than the Manchester one does. I try to attend these as often as possible, but work gets in the way too much. Have to say that machine wise they trend to be SNES/MD era & up. Not much love for early gen stuff which is a shame Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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