Retro games night

[Mortislock 10]

My friend and I are considering organising a retro video games night somewhere in Sheffield, where people can turn up and compete, or just play, drink and talk. (Think Games Master in a bar)

 

Basically I’d just like to know if anyone would potentially be interested in such a night or have any suggestions before we go too far organising anything?

 

Any thoughts welcomed.

 

Thanks,

Dan

Edited December 14, 2010 by Mortislock

[melthebell 863]

what kind of retro games?

board or video games?

 

i think video games one would be a novelty in a pub, some already do board games.

 

in april i went to a 2 day retro game show down near pond street, that was good, what i remember lol

[Mortislock 10]

sorry you make a good point. it would be video games.

I was thinking Mario Kart on the SNES for the first one.

I need to find out more about this retro games show. sounds good.

[Ghostrider 11]

I used to do guitar hero nights in a couple of pubs, was always a laugh...

[melthebell 863]

some photos from the event here aswell as some from the pubs we frequented afterwards, specifically the dev cat

 

and heres the original thread about it on retro gamers forum

 

and yeah mario kart would be awesome for a multi match while drinking in a pub on a large screen

they had a mass bomberman comp going on at the one i went to that was fun

 

all those would be fun mario kart, streetfighter, bomberman, sensible soccer

[Mortislock 10]

some photos from the event here aswell as some from the pubs we frequented afterwards, specifically the dev cat

 

and heres the original thread about it on retro gamers forum

 

and yeah mario kart would be awesome for a multi match while drinking in a pub on a large screen

they had a mass bomberman comp going on at the one i went to that was fun

 

all those would be fun mario kart, streetfighter, bomberman, sensible soccer

 

I didnt think about sensible soccer!

 

thanks for your links and feedback

[Mortislock 10]

I used to do guitar hero nights in a couple of pubs, was always a laugh...

 

Where were you able to host them? did you have to pay or they happy with getting people in?

[discodown 11]

I'd be well up for it

[JFKvsNixon 11]

I didnt think about sensible soccer!

 

thanks for your links and feedback

 

I was always a Kick Off fan rather than Sensible Soccer. I've yet to play a football game that comes close to Kick Off 2 with the expansion packs.

[melthebell 863]

my minds going into overdrive now thinking of games lol

 

goldeneye - n64

chuckie egg / manic miner - speccy (on the speccy youd take it one at a time proper retro styley and see who gets the furthest, most score)

speedball 2 - mastersystem / megadrive / commode?

 

ive got a couple of points tho

if its a small informal (free) gathering would the pub allow their electric to be used, would the machines/ tellys still need to be pat tested?

 

how would you stop idiots from walking in and trashing / stealing the games / machines.....at least with a big show its paid for which cuts most of the idiots out.

 

at the sheffield one, there was a beeb right next to a mates speccy stall so we had a chuckie egg compo (as id never played it on the beeb, but rather handy on the speccy version, even when i got home i loaded it into an emulator and posted my hi score on a forum lol)

[melthebell 863]

I was always a Kick Off fan rather than Sensible Soccer. I've yet to play a football game that comes close to Kick Off 2 with the expansion packs.

 

tbh i was more a football manager on the speccy type

[Swan_Vesta 11]

Duke Nukem death match.

 

Doom.

 

Unreal Tournament Goty death match

 

All on the PC of course