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Revival Retro Event

boyoboyo
edited August 2014 in Announcements
Working in collaboration with Craig Turner (Turnarcades Custom Arcade Machines), we have begun the organisation of an all-new event focusing not just on retro gaming, but on the retro culture that was inspired by, and shared history with our earliest gaming roots. Continuing where I left off with the 'Retro Ball' event in 2005, REVIVAL will be an almost exclusively retro event aimed at bringing as many true retro gamers together as possible in one place for the classic gaming experience we all really want to share, whilst retaining a very personal, social event feel. There will be many familiar faces and a chance for the retro gaming community to mix directly with the people that made retro-gaming what it is in our memories and meet up with fellow hobbyists who continue to keep the scene alive.

We have booked the venue and it comprises of 1400 metre squared of space and can hold upwards of 1,000 visitors each day.

Saturday will open at 11am and finish at 11pm (there will be evening entertainment of a 'retro' kind). Sunday will open at 11am and finish at 6pm.

The venue has a fully licensed bar and a cafeteria with a good selection of food.

Right next to the venue is a Holiday Inn hotel with 52 rooms - we are currently negotiating with the hotel for favourable rates and will announce them shortly.

Website : http://www.revivalretroevents.com
Venue: http://www.wolverhampton-racecourse.co.uk
Facebook Page : http://www.facebook.com/FusionRevival
Tickets : ?13.00 for Saturday only, ?13.00 for Sunday only and ?20 for both days.
Buy tickets here: http://www.revivalretroevents.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12&Itemid=93

Address:
Wolverhampton Racecourse
Gorsebrook Rd
Wolverhampton
WV6 0PE

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By Road
Located north of the city centre, off the A449 dual carriageway. Follow the brown tourist signs to Dunstall Park.
From north: Exit junction 11 of the M6 and join the A460 towards Wolverhampton. Join the M54 at J1 Westbound. Exit at J2 and follow the A449 towards Wolverhampton.
From south: Exit junction 10a of the M6 joining M54 to junction 2, following A449 towards Wolverhampton.
There are frequent services to and from major towns and cities at Wolverhampton Railway station, which is situated less than 2 miles from the racecourse.

By Air
Birmingham International Airport is approximately 25 miles from Wolverhampton.
Wolverhampton Business Airport at Halfpenny Green near Bobbington offers some local services.
We have booked the International Suite for the main event - this room has impressive AV, a stage, projector screens etc and can fit up to 700 people.

We will be supporting the 'Warwickshire Ambulance' and the "Retro Computer Museum' and making donation of sales to these 2 great charities.

Hope you can all support this event - please 'like' the Facebook page and keep checking back for announcements.
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Comments

  • rubberkeysrubberkeys
    edited April 2013
    Any wossers going here?

    I'll be there!

    Got my ticket :razz:
  • jdanddietjdanddiet
    edited April 2013
    I'm going :smile:
  • jammajupjammajup
    edited April 2013
    I live 2o mins metro ride away in near by West Bromwich so i will most likely make it.
  • SwainySwainy
    edited April 2013
    I'll be going.
  • RoCkRaBiLiARoCkRaBiLiA
    edited April 2013
    We will have a trade stand at Revival and will be bringing LOTS of Spectrum goodies (as well as other platforms too). Hardware, software, magazines etc. - as much as we can bring! We look forward to seeing some of you WoSsers there!

    Tim @ RoCkRaBiLiA :)
  • joefishjoefish
    edited April 2013
    Just booked in to go too.
    Joefish
    - IONIAN-GAMES.com -
  • Mark R. JonesMark R. Jones
    edited April 2013
    I'm going too
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  • BiNMaNBiNMaN
    edited April 2013
    I really want to but I dunno if I can do it as yet
  • JakeywJakeyw
    edited April 2013
    I will be there on the Saturday.
  • bversteebverstee
    edited April 2013
    Very cool to see the positive reactions!
    I immediately checked my posibilities of attending, but it's a bit too much at this moment (I live in the Netherlands).

    Anyway, we've got regular smaller retro-events here, and there is a new big one being organised in october this year and also next year.
    So I'm not complete dry on retro-events fortunately!
  • boyoboyo
    edited April 2013
    Just some news chaps for Speccy fans - Philip Oliver of the Oliver Twins is coming to do a talk on how the gaming industry has changed and also to show the assets of the 'Dizzy Returns' game.

    Also we now have Sandy White coming - programmer of Ant Attack!!
  • WinstonWinston
    edited April 2013
    I'm probably not going to be able to make this one (I think I may already be spoken for that weekend) - but if it turns out that I'm free I might do a motorcycle trip down there so I'm not ruling anything out :-)
  • MuppetboyMuppetboy
    edited April 2013
    I mentioned in passing to my wife when this Revival first came about and she said for me to go but when I worked out the journey time, it's just under two hours to get there. :(

    Need one in or near South Yorkshire, then I'll be there! I hope the RRE goes exceedingly well and look forward to hearing/reading all about it. :)
  • WinstonWinston
    edited April 2013
    Muppetboy wrote: »
    I mentioned in passing to my wife when this Revival first came about and she said for me to go but when I worked out the journey time, it's just under two hours to get there. :(

    Two hours? Luxury! I have to cross the Irish Sea to go to any event at all!

    (I'm just teasing you - I know not everyone has the luxury of time to travel a lot, but still it always amuses us who live on small islands and have sort of got used to needing pretty much an entire day just to get somewhere...)
  • JakeywJakeyw
    edited April 2013
    boyo wrote: »
    Also we now have Sandy White coming - programmer of Ant Attack!!

    Cool! Hopefully he can sign my original copy from back in the day for me!
  • boyoboyo
    edited July 2014
    Next event is 2-weeks tomorrow...... www.revivalretroevents.com
  • TrackTrack
    edited July 2014
    Do many good traders go to this event? Wouldn't mind going to bag some games - it would save on Ebay postage charges!
  • SwainySwainy
    edited July 2014
    Yeah it's always a good chance to pick stuff up.
  • Antiriad2097Antiriad2097
    edited July 2014
    Can't make it, the job I'm on was delayed by about a month, so I should just be getting home that weekend (I hope).
  • rubberkeysrubberkeys
    edited July 2014
    Rubberkeys will be there! :razz:
  • madmekonmadmekon
    edited July 2014
    I'm going too
    I'm a 21st Century digital boy, I don't know how to live but I've got a lot of toys.
  • MaccMacc
    edited August 2014
    I'll be there giving Rob from Microsprouts game crazed a chuck, also selling a few bits myself, come along and say hello!
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