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General Chat => Meetings, Exhibition, Events... => Topic started by: subzero1970 on June 14, 2013, 12:24:13 PM
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www.playexpo.net (http://www.playexpo.net)
The UK’s most diverse video gaming expo is back!
Play Expo returns to EventCity, Manchester on 12-13 October 2013 after a hugely successful debut last year.
Play Expo will expand considerably on last year’s show and will once again feature four distinct events:
■re.play (retro systems and arcade/pinball machines)
■now.play (previews of the latest games and hardware)
■pro.play (casual and competitive tournaments)
■cos.play (costume competitions and dealers/traders).
The re.play area gets an extreme makeover for 2013
We have been busy these past few months working on the re.play area of Play Expo. Last week we took delivery of 100 new LED TV’s to significantly increase the number of machines we can have on display at this year’s show and we have been buying many rare and unusual exhibits from all over the world. Play Expo 2012 saw over 300 classic computers, consoles and handhelds on display in the re.play area. This year we will increase that number to …
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The Classic Arcade is BACK … over 100 machines!
One of the most popular features of Play Expo, the classic arcade, is confirmed again for the 2013 expo. We will once again be working with JAMMA+ – the Arcade Video Game Collectors forum – to bring you an unparalleled selection of classic arcade games, all set to free play for the duration of the weekend. This year we will have over 100 machines on show, the most we have had to date. There will be a selection of rare …
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BEDROOMS TO BILLIONS ADVANCE SCREENINGS
We are proud to announce that exclusive advance screenings of the film From Bedrooms to Billions will be shown at Play Expo 2013. Furthermore, you will also have the opportunity to meet a number of the gaming legends (names TBA) that feature in the film throughout the show. ‘From Bedrooms to Billions’ is a two hour feature length documentary film telling the remarkable, true story of the British Video Games Industry from 1979 to the present day and how the creativity and vision of a relatively small number …
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Pinball returns to Play Expo
Did you enjoy our massive arcade at last year’s show? Well this year it will be even bigger and better! Further announcements will be made as we get closer to the show, but today we can announce that Northern Lights Pinball will be returning to Play Expo and bringing with them an even bigger collection of machines than ever before! The NLP organisers said… “Northern Lights Pinball are delighted to once again be partnering with Replay Events and giving Play …
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Play Expo 2013 Tickets are now on sale
Tickets for Play Expo 2013 are now on sale! Earlier today, tickets went on sale for Play Expo, which returns to EventCity, Manchester on 12-13 October 2013 after a hugely successful debut last year. To reward people for booking early we have introduced an early bird ticket scheme this year. Early bird tickets are currently priced at £8 Under 16s / £13 Adults / £40 Families (for single day tickets) or £13 Under 16s / £22 Adults (for weekend tickets). …
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Gamer Network and Replay Events announce Play Expo partnership
25h March 2013. Gamer Network (formerly Eurogamer Network) and Replay Events are pleased to announce a partnership that will see Gamer Network managing exhibitor sales for Replay’s Play Expo 2013 video gaming event. This year’s show takes place at EventCity, Manchester on the 12th and 13th of October. The agreement builds on the support that Replay provide to Gamer Network’s own events (including Eurogamer Expo and Rezzed) and will also involve collaboration and sharing of resources for future projects and …
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Any idea on what the cab selection will be like?
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check the website...
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check the website...
I did and it is all very vague:
"There will be a selection of rare dedicated arcade machines and JAMMA cabinets"
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"We will begin confirming exactly which machines will be at the show from next week onwards, but for now why not have a look at this video showing the 2012 arcade and imagine this years show even bigger and better…"
...meaning "be patient for the exact 100cabs list." ;)
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"We will begin confirming exactly which machines will be at the show from next week onwards, but for now why not have a look at this video showing the 2012 arcade and imagine this years show even bigger and better…"
Which was posted over a month ago :)
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most of the cabs come from the guys at jammaplus, the guys have an awesome selection of old machines, last years selection was fantastic, theyve also got ukvac on board this year too (i think)
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most of the cabs come from the guys at jammaplus, the guys have an awesome selection of old machines, last years selection was fantastic, theyve also got ukvac on board this year too (i think)
I think that is unlikely, which is a shame
Agreed, the selection last year was pretty good.
I'm just hoping that the majority are not just Jamma cabs, and there is a good selection of 80's classics
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Here's the full list of cabs confirmed from Jamma+ at Play this year. There should be something for everyone. We've got games going from Space Invaders & Pac-man, right up to Planet Harriers & OutRun 2 SP.
We are all extremely excited to have an incredible Nintendo dedicated row - which I don't think you'd have even seen back in the arcade heyday, 7 stunning cabs - Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., Donkey Kong 3, Punch Out and Super Punch Out uprights, Space Firebird and Space Fever cocktails.
We also have some rarely seen dedicated cabs, such as Taito's Ice Cold Beer, Konami's Gyruss and a Midway Pac-Land among others. 5 cockpit cabs, 5 twin driving cabs, all 3 operation wolf games, Chase HQ and the 2 follow ups all in matching cabs, a cracking line of cabaret cabs, including Phoenix, Bubble Bobble & GORF.
We'll also be having some live play on projectors from world champion gamers Jon Stoodley & Tony Temple on Pac-Man & Missile Command respectively. We will also have dbrown with his incredible mini cabs all on display and ready to play.
It's going to be an amazing weekend, you really don't want to miss it ;D
1 Star Wars cockpit
2 Monaco GP Twin
3 Super Punch Out
4 Ghouls n Ghosts mini
5 Midnight Resistance cabaret
6 Bubble Bobble cabaret
7 Galaga cabaret
8 Phoenix cabaret
9 Pac-Land midi
10 Juno First midi
11 Bombjack midi
12 Scramble subelectro cabaret
13 Lordsvale MVS cabaret -Twinkle Star Sprites
14 Dig Dug (muddy)
15 Neo Geo MVS Fruitie - 6 Slot
16 Puckman
17 GORF cabaret
18 Thunderblade
19 Apache 3
20 SCI (Replay)
21 Chase HQ (muddy)
22 Missile Command
23 Pac-Man cabaret
24 Turbo Outrun
25 OutRun
26 Final Lap 3
27 Sega Megatech
28 Blasteroids
29 Electrocoin Zeon - Street Fighter 2 EX
30 Electrocoin Zeon - Tumblepop
31 Electrocoin Zeon - Street Fighter 2 Champion Edition
32 OutRunners twin
33 ZX2000 Konami GT cockpit
34 OutRun 2 cockpit
35 Space Fever cocktail
36 Punch Out
37 Donkey Kong 3
38 Donkey Kong Jr.
39 Donkey Kong (chuckie egg)
40 Space Firebird cocktail
41 Planet Harriers cockpit
42 F355 three-screen cockpit
43 Dig Dug (dsyde)
44 Pac & Paint Zaccaria
45 Super Chase
46 SCI (dsyde)
47 Chase HQ (dsyde)
48 Donkey Kong German cab (dsyde)
49 Salamander
50 Electrocoin Gunforce
51 Electrocoin Commando (dsyde)
52 Electrocoin Hard Head
53 Electrocoin Ghouls n Ghosts
54 P.O.W.
55 Track & Field
56 Mortal Kombat 2 (2ombieboy)
57 Bagz
58 Golden Tee
59 Silver Strike Supreme
60 Silver Strike
61 Dig Dug (nukem)
62 Commando
63 Pengo
64 Pac-Land midi
65 Cosmic Guerilla
66 Cosmic Alien
67 Pac-Man
68 Nintendo Playchoice 10
69 Neo Geo MVS 6-Slot (2ombieboy)
70 Neo Geo MVS Sports Point (2ombieboy)
71 SCI (ben76)
72 Silent Scope
73 Daytona USA
74 Cruisin' World
75 Ridge Racer
76 Capcom Tournament - Super Street Fighter 2
77 Operation Wolf 3
78 Electrocoin Spectrum - Wardner
79 Electrocoin Spectrum (nukem)
80 L2000 - Ordyne
81 Do Run Run DK Replica - Mame
82 Electrocoin Goliath (nukem)
83 Sega Rally Twin
84 Operation Wolf
85 Operation Thunderbolt
86 Mortal Kombat 2 (Replay)
87 Electrocoin Spectrum Double Dragon
88 Electrocoin Spectrum Double Dragon 2
89 Century Star Fighter
90 Hyper Sports
91 Indy 500 Twin
92 Dig Dug (dsyde)
93 Defender
94 Stargate
95 Robotron
96 Centipede
97 The Invaders Zaccaria
98 Gyruss
99 Tekken 2 Midi
100 X-Men (steveflipout)
101 Virtua Fighter 2
102 Monkey Mole Panic
103 Vendetta 4 player
104 Gauntlet 4 player
105 Simpsons 4 player
106 X-Men 4 player
107 Ninja Gaiden midi
108 Gauntlet Legends
109 Ice Cold Beer
110 Jamma 1 - football champ
111-115 Jamma (spare cabs)
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Impressive list of games! :o
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Impressive list of games! :o
+1!
:spaceace: :spaceace: :spaceace:
Have fun guys!!!!
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Wow, that list is awesome, beats everything I have seen so far. :o
I wish that I could be there, but unfortunately my remaining hobby spending budget is almost gone. :-\
Have fun, and please post some pics after the event here.
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nice gamelist :spaceace:
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There will be plenty of photos, I'll be sure to post plenty here ;)
We should have a pro cameraman making a nice video for us too if he can make it.
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That is on tempting list you got there :) to bad I 'm busy busy busy :-\
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It would be nice, if you can make some pics from yourselves also. :D
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You need at least one original Space Invaders in that listing though... just invite me next time and I'll bring one or two along ;)
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Van is organised for Friday. One slight problem of a SW cockpit non worker that my wife does not know about (yet) to collect from Edinburgh when I pick up IDchappy's and Cosines candies before grabbing my 4 Defender, Stargate, Roby and Centipede and making the drive down to Manchester.
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One slight problem of a SW cockpit non worker that my wife does not know about (yet)
LOL and congrats. I feel a bit responsible ;)
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One slight problem of a SW cockpit non worker that my wife does not know about (yet)
LOL and congrats. I feel a bit responsible ;)
Not at all mate, I stuck a bid in on it on ebay months ago (same guy I got the upright from), never dreaming I would win the auction. Only now getting round to picking it up due to our schedules meaning we both seemed to be at different ends of the planet at the same time for the last 4 months. Still need a 26" amp to go with it though. She does not know about 2 williams cocktails and the other 2 cabs from the US either that I have bought either.
On the plus side, Defender, Stargate, Robotron & Centipede have all been play tested (briefly) tonight. Sound was gone on Defender - mis-aligned plug on sound board. New batteries fitted also as the existing ones were done. Really looking forward to next years exhibition circuit so I can add Joust and Sinistar to the lineup, as well as a couple of williams cocktails.
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What a great weekend! Everything went smoothly and there were a crazy amount of visitors to the arcade. We Ended up with 112 cabs, and through the course of the weekend only lost 8 which is pretty good as you guys know :)
The hall was absolutely huge. Next to the arcade was the pinball section where they managed even more pinballs than we had cabs :o
I'll add some pictures now 8)
Here is how the arcade looked just before the doors opened.
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Pictures from Saturday.
Nintendo Stand.
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This is chuckie_egg - all the nintendo cabs were his except the Space Firebird cocktail. What a collection! Nintendo lent us the palm trees, barrels and bananas :spaceace:
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We had 3 of the Chase HQ series cabs together.
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More pictures from Saturday.
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My Star Wars only lasted the first 2 hours of the day, unfortunately the small gear in the yoke snapped so it lost up & down movement. Luckily a spare was brought along and so we were able to look at it at the end of the day.
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The Arcade Otaku candy cab section.
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The Oculus VR queue was an hour long all day and I sadly didn't get to try it out, but I heard some great reports about it being an amazing experience.
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These next 2 pics of the consoles area give a pretty good idea of how big the show really is. These areas are next to the pinballs which then leads to the arcade. To walk from one end to the other took ages!
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Pictures from Sunday.
First task of the day was getting Star Wars working - and it just about did for the day, not what you'd call accurate as the crosshair was very jerky, but I don't think people who hadn't played it since the 80's really noticed.
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The main hall lights were off for Sunday so the whole arcade looked much better.
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We set up a large stage and projector in the middle of the arcade area. On here we had the Missile Command world record holder Tony Temple and UK Pac-Man champion Jon Stoodley playing on their cabs going for high scores. No big games unfortunately but it was great to watch them play.
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The line of people waiting to play Star Wars :o
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This was my mini Ghouls n' Ghosts cab being played by forum member Ex_Mosquito. He played through the entire game 3 times!
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Awesome I ll go there next year! There is a next year, no?
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Wow, I didn't know, that Play Expo is such a huge exhibition. :o
Thanks for the great report. :spaceace:
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Nice ! looks like lots of fun over there !
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Awesome I ll go there next year! There is a next year, no?
Yes there will be another I'm sure, and the aim will be to have even more cabs & pinballs there ;)
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Wow! I didn't realized it was so huge exhibition too! :shock:
Will try to check that next year!
Thanks for the report. :)
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Holy moly! Impressive cab line up! Thanks for the report!
Really like how you guys "dressed" up the Nintendo row! looks great! :spaceace: :spaceace: :spaceace:
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W O O O O W W W W ! ! ! ! ! !!
Thanks for the pics :spaceace:
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heres more 'official' pictures!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/uberpixelphoto/sets/72157636555499643/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/uberpixelphoto/sets/72157636555499643/)
theres 2 shows next year, a purely retro show in may in blackpool - www.playblackpool.com and then the big expo in october!
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It was a fantastic weekend, something I will remember for a long time .
I've never seen so many cabs in one place,Truley awesome
I hope all you great guys on here can make it next year
Alex