Well, I’ve been home for about an hour and am absolutely knackered. It was a fantastic day though and I was able to play a lot of games (badly) meet a lot of generous and polite readers and even managed to get hold of a copy of Robotron on the Atari Lynx.

We’ll be having a more indepth look at Chris Wilkins’ excellent event in the very next issue of the magazine, but in the meantime here’s a few pictures and captions to give you an idea of what was happening.

The first surprise of the weekend was when I realised that I had accidentally booked a double bed for myself and regular RG freelancer, Mike Bevan. Fortunately for me, my snoring was so bad that Mike soon moved to the floor.

Here’s Archer Maclean (with beard) chatting to Simon Goodwin (wrote for Crash, now does amazing sound things for Codemasters) and Sandy White (creator of Ant Attack, one of gaming’s earlist survival horror games). All three chaps are wonderfully nice, with Sandy being a real treat (even if he was bemused by the sheer amount of attention he received).

This is Alex Trowers from Bullfrog who came down with fellow Bullfrog employee, Andy Nuttal and rocked the absolute hell out of Rock Band. We had a great chat and he’s agreed to talk to us about the fantastic Syndicate. So expect a feature very, very soon.

This beautiful looking Pac-Man cabinet belongs to the Oliver Twins, who sadly were unable to attend the event this year. They graciously supplied the cabinet for the weekend however and I remain utterly rubbish at it.

Retro Gamer’s Paul Drury (right) was on interview duties and this is his first session with ex Rare staffer Martin Hollis, who was in charge of the excellent GoldenEye for the N64.

Ste Pickford was up next, and he’s a lovely fella who had some wonderfully funny anecdotes to share with everyone. He told us about the new game he’s just finishing off on the PC, mentioned a few new projects and even bought my a Diat Coke. What a star.

 

Rare employee and occasional Retro Gamer cover artist, Wil Overton turned up on Saturday and donated this absolutely stunning piece of art as a prize. Those with a love of Super Play will recognise it from one of the early issues of the magazine.

Here’s forumite Woody Cool enjoying his CommodoreC16 that’s he’s had since being a nipper. It’s in great condition and he showed me some nifty tricks on KikStart.

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