North East Retro Gaming 2013 - Gateshead - 29th & 30th June

[TL]

[size=180]NORTH EAST RETRO GAMING[/size]

[size=140]Gateshead Stadium: Sat 29th & Sun 30th June 2013.[/size]

NERG (North East Retro Gaming) is a brand new yearly event for the North East, bringing retro gaming back to the modern day. Some of the best loved video and pinball machines from yesteryear will be at your fingertips once more to bring those arcade memories flooding back.

A hall packed full of all the classic video and pinball machines you remember from your childhood. No longer a memory  but a reality once more.

NERG wants to bring the arcades of old back to the present. Over 50 video arcade machines and over 50 pinball machines will be available for you to play over a full weekend. Classics such as Space Invaders, Donkey Kong, Galaxians, Star Wars, Battle Zone and Missile Command will all be set to free play for your enjoyment.

Remember plasters for your finger tips. You're gonna need 'em!

Website: http://www.northeastretrogaming.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NorthEastRetroGamingLimited

[zapiy]

Anyone going to this from here?

[TL]

Too far to go for me

[Big Phil]

Just a quick update for everyone....

Pinball machines announced so far is 28 with over 35 confirmed for the event to
date.

28 video machines announced so far with many more to come. Think it's up to 60
so far!

Around 40 old skool consoles and computers will be displayed also.

The Swallow hotel has an offer on at the moment where if you book online, you
get dinner, bed and breakfast for around £54 per night! Booking must be before
the end of April though. Link is on the NERG website. If you book after April, phone them up and quote NERG for B&B at £50

Also, there is an aftershow party at the hotel for those attending :-)

Machine contributions so far have been very generous and welcoming. Thank you!
Still room for more pinball though. :-)

Some traders have agreed to attend but details are still to be announced.

Announcements are made daily on facebook and twitter in conjunction with the
website updates.

http://www.northeastretrogaming.com

Any questions, please feel free to contact me via facebook, twitter or email.

[Big Phil]

You all may want to take a look at this page for a chance to win free tickets :-)

https://www.facebook.com/gamesyouloved? ... ions%22%7D

[Big Phil]

Tune in to Nightowls on Metro Radio tonight. I'm chatting to the legend, Alan Robson about NERG! Around 10:45pm :-)

http://www.metroradio.co.uk/on-air/alan-robson/

[zapiy]

Great work on this Phil..

A little to far for me to travel but hope it all goes well.

[Big Phil]

3 weeks!

Check out the machines appearing so far. Still more to announce 

http://www.northeastretrogaming.com/the-machines-2/

[zapiy]

Any of our northern friends attending this? Would have been interested in getting some stuff out to you.

[Big Phil]

Only one week to go!

5 exclusive machines for this event including the Sharp X68000 

www.northeastretrogaming.com

[Anonymous]

i am going to this event and the party after,i will take loads of photos and put them up on this site

[zapiy]

Nice one cheers.

[Big Phil]

Morning guys!

Truly humbled by all the amazing feedback. Not one negative comment. Well, apart from some "Milly Tant" who thought the photo of the girl playing Star Wars was sexist. The girl in question has actually made it her Facebook profile picture!

There are SO many people to thank. The machine donators who put their faith in me, the gaming community who continuously supported me and my friends and family who never stopped once during the weekend.

Then there is the "tech" team who are constantly running around fixing and maintaining machines to keep them running for the paying public. Putting shout outs for spares etc. Great team spirit.

Get your pics and videos uploaded and I'll share!

We had roughly 600 people attend on Saturday and 400 on Sunday. Numbers can be improved but for a first time event, I'm over the moon!

£830 was raised for Cash for Kids also.

Really appreciate all the support and fantastic comments.

[zapiy]

Brilliant stuff and congrats to you for pulling it off.

[Greyfox]

From the few videos I've seen so far it has been very successful and delighted you where able to raise that amount for your chosen charity , here a great video of the event from a great you tuber RetrogamerGX

[align=center:3d53rfll]www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvWAOGNLhR8&feature=c4-overview&list=UUm_2K4TLaJ9Ye9CegQGKCyw[/align:3d53rfll]