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For the Retro games, I was into the ZX Spectrum and Atari VCS 2600, including games like Pitfall, Adventure, Space Invaders, Manic Miner and Quazatron.
This year, the Retro Gaming section was partioned similar to last year’s, with most of the consoles were placed in their own section, or grouped together in smaller sections, so everyone passing could see them, and step inside if they wanted to play them. Also, most machines were set to play specific titles, but there was also a huge original Xbox section, with a plethora of titles held at one end for you to swap over and try the lot.
Once again, there are so many great games, a number of which I hadn’t played before, and again, many of which I didn’t get to play this time as there was so much to do, but there’s always something to play. Check out my full Retro gaming album.
See below for pictures of the Atari 800 with Pac-Man, Super Mario on the Nintendo 3DS, and the ever-popular 16-player Xbox 360 Halo rig… where I regularly get my ass kicked.
Scores of Pinball machines were available to play again, and all set to Free Play, bar a few set up for competitive tournaments. I took a ton of pictures and got to play a good number.
The machines below and many more are including in my Facebook pinball album. The pictures are mine, but the Youtube footage comes courtesy of those respective titles.
First up, was one I don’t think I’d played before – Lethal Weapon 3. Yes, the film wasn’t brilliant, compared to the excellent first two, but I love a pinballer where there’s lot of things going on, and this fulfilled that in spades.
The second one was Queen’s Castle, from 1978 – one of a number of old-school machines before electronic displays came in. There’s something so gorgeous about these classic machines.
Finally, the force is strong in the Star Wars pinball machine. It’s another unit with a ton of stuff going on all over the table.
Go to page 3 for the Cosplay pictures.
Reviewer of movies, videogames and music since 1994. Aortic valve operation survivor from the same year. Running DVDfever.co.uk since 2000. Nobel Peace Prize winner 2021.