Hand baked arcade retro game showcase

Posted by: Gary Stanton

We thought you'd like to know that our friends over at handbakedarcade.co.uk are putting on a night of retro gaming fun in East London on the 27th March.

Their retro gaming installations have been well received all over the country at festivals and nightclubs, and featured on the Gadget Show. This, their largest set-up to date, will take over Pure Groove Records EC1.
As well as a great set up of freeplay retro games, some of which on 7ft screens, there will be a great line up of DJs including Hand Baked's founder, E:LF providing chip tunes and other game inspired music.

Venue: Pure Groove Records,
6-7 West Smithfield, London, EC1A 9JX
Date: Saturday 27th March 2010
Time: 19:00 - 23:30
Entry: £3
It promises to be a great night!

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New designs added

Posted by: Gary Stanton

It's a busy time over at RetroGT HQ - we're working hard on a new website, we've got some awesome new products in the pipeline, and we've taken on some new talent in the form of guest designer, Kevin Chang.

You can see three of his lovely new designs below, inspired by classic games Dizzy, Donkey Kong and Pilot Wings.

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New design added: Tekken

Posted by: Lawrence Wong

To celebrate the arrival of the new Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion on Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 we bring you our latest design. It depicts Kazuya's glove over the japanese kanji for 'Iron Fist' aka Tekken. It's big and bold... just like mighty Tekken itself.

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New designs added: Atari mono & Little Chief

Posted by: Lawrence Wong

We like to kick it old school so we've gone back to our early Atari Joystick design to give it a fresh, yet more retro look. In anticipation of the release of Halo 3: ODST on the Xbox 360, we've been engrossed in the earlier games (mostly deathmatch). This lead to our other new design, the Little Chief, a mash of influences. Something old, something new. Check 'em out:

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New designs added: Space Harrier & Pac-Mod

Posted by: Lawrence Wong

Just a quick update to say that we've added two new designs to the range. Pac-Mod is an amalgam of video game and mod culture represented by our beloved Pac-Man in the form of a pixellated RAF roundel associated with the mod lifestyle. Sega's monster hit Space Harrier brings us inspiration for the second design... an astonishing game that, once witnessed, no one can forget. Space Harrier is available in two styles, black or yellow.

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Retro GT @ Insert Coin 09 & LF&C con

Posted by: Lawrence Wong

We'll be trading at two shows this coming weekend (18th-19th July). London Film & Comic con held at London's Earl's Court brings you guests from TV, Film and comics for signings, talks and of course, merchandise.

You'll also find us in Northampton at Insert Coin 09. This show is the first of a brand new annual event dedicated to arcade gaming. It promises to provide over 250 games on freeplay, both retro and new, including Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion straight from Japan. There will also be prizes, tournaments and various traders of merchandise and arcade cabinets/parts. That sounds sweet.

As usual, our T-Shirts will be available at 2 for £25. We look forward to seeing you. Click the banners for more info on these shows:

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Calling all Street Fighters!!

Posted by: Lawrence Wong

Do you have what it takes to be UK's best Street Fighter IV player? 

That's right, our friends over at Neo Empire are hosting a Street Fighter IV tournament this Sunday (7th June). Best of all, the winner will earn a place at Capcom Europe's UK finals (without having to gain a mountain of GP via the game's Champioship Mode). Sweet. It takes place at Westminster University, Harrow (North West London) and will be run on the Xbox 360 so don't forget to bring a stick/pad. The original 128 places have been filled but they've extended the number of slots by an extra 32. Only a handful of places remain so sign up soon.

You can find out more on the mini-site here: http://www.neoempire.com/sfiv/

And here's the signup thread: http://www.neoempire.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5767

Sadly, we won't be there to kick arse since we'll be at Collectormania in Milton Keynes but we wish everyone the best of luck. While I'm at it I may as well plug Neo Empire's Games Night: Sunday held in London nearly every Sunday. It's basically a session of fighting games where players get to meet and square up face to face. Due to popularity, most machines are currently set up with Street Fighter IV but they also cater for Marvel, Virtua Fighter, King of Fighters, etc. The players are always friendly and helpful. It's a great way to pick up tips and improve your game, I recommend it to anyone who loves fighting games. http://www.neoempire.com/

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New Designs added: Tank Rush, Famicom & Gauntlet

Posted by: Lawrence Wong

Finally. It's been a busy couple of weeks but we're proud to announce 3 new designs. The first is influenced by the RTS 'tank rush' tactic and comes in orange vinyl which looks totally sweet on both brown and white shirts. The second is based on Nintendo's japanese Famicom pad and the last is Atari's classic dungeon crawler Gauntlet.

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Retro GT @ MCM Expo & Collectormania 15

Posted by: Lawrence Wong

Just a quick update to say that we will be attending 2 shows in the coming weeks. The first will be London MCM Expo on Sat 23^th - Sun 24^th May 2009. This is the one with all the fantastic cosplay and Manga madness. More info@>> http://www.londonexpo.com/

 Two weeks after that will be Collectormania 15 on Fri 5^th - Sun 7^th June. Traditionally held in Milton Keynes shopping centre it has now moved to a new venue, the MK Dons football stadium. Entry is still free and Leonard Nimoy (aka Spock) among others are set to attend. More info on guests here >> http://www.collectormania.com/

Our show offer of 2 shirts for £25 will be available and we're working feverishly on new designs in time for the shows. Our new Gauntlet design has already been on sale at the markets.. just finishing off something else. Watch this space. ;)

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Ready-Up set gaming world record!

Posted by: Gary Stanton

Our mates over at ready-up.net have always been pretty fanatical about gaming. It's pretty much all they ever talk about which, frankly, is fine by us. So we weren't entirely surprised when we heard that they were going to attempt to get themselves in the Guinness book of records for a gaming challange... Seemed about right... what was surprising however, is how they intended to do it. A 24-hour gaming marathon, playing Burnout Paradise.

Now, let's break this down a little bit.
Gaming... right, we like gaming... that's fine.
Gaming for 24 hours straight? Well... wow that's going to be kinda difficult, right?

I mean sure, you can lose track of time playing certain games... I've played Civilization for around 10 hours without realising that the sun's beginning to come up, I'm sure we've all been there... but 24 hours is a LONG time to be playing a game. All they get is toilet and brief food breaks... that's it.

Ok fine, I'll buy that if the game's particularly engaging... but a racing game?!
24 hours driving? I imagine they could see the road in their peripheral vision for about a week afterwards!

Nevertheless, six of the Ready-Up team took up the challenge, and joined by members of the community over X-Box live, they raced the day, and night, and day away. They are now proud holders of the racing game marathon world record.

It's not all fun and games though (well, it is obviously, but there's a serious side too) the event helped to raise money for 'GamesAid' - a new charity aimed at using the gaming industry to help young people. Which is all pretty admirable really.

So, 24 cheers for the Ready-Up team!
http://ready-up.net/worldrecord

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