19/10/06 - The first 15 people through the door on the Saturday will get a free issue of the most excellent Retro gaming magazine Retro Fusion.
Under 16s entry for the trade fair 11-4 on the Saturday is £1.50.
11/10/06 - During the Saturday trade event, there will be a raffle for a boxed Woodgrain Atari 2600. Raffle tickets are £1 for a strip (5 tickets). All proceeds will go to the Starlight charity, which amongst other things, provides games consoles for seriously ill children in hospital.
11/10/06 - The weekends competitions are announced!
High Score over the weekend: Defender (Cocktail arcade machine) - Winner takes away the Eurocon Berzerk trophy, awarded to Mat Allen in Germany 2005.
Saturday Trade Fair - Sonic (Megadrive). Level 1 fastest time.
Sunday - Castle Crisis (Atari 8bit) - Multiplayer Knockout; Pac Man Vs (Gamecube) - Multiplayer Knockout
Get practicing!!
01/10/06 - The month of October is upon us! We can confirm that a Defender cocktail arcade machine will be present and on free-play all weekend. This makes three classic cabinets present at Eurocon.
Organisers Jon and Steve attended Retrofusion - Weekend of Gaming yesterday. We played lots of games and met lots of new people. We hope to see some of you at the end of the month.
17/09/06 - Not long to go now! Alex Nicholson will be demonstrating a new Vectrex game 'Joust Evolution' at Eurocon. He's also bringing a few 'works in progress' along too! Check his website out for more information.
Gamestation have confirmed they are attending the Saturday retro fair. They are drawing retro stock from 13 Gamestation stores in the North West to bring along. Along with all the other stalls, there will be plenty of interesting stuff to pore over for any videogamer!
Remember also that if you have any questions or want to talk about anything to do with Eurocon or the Saturday trade fair, then visit our message board.
27/08/06 - Hey folks, Summer is on its way out already and preparation and organisation for Eurocon is in full swing. We are now publicising the Saturday trade event and you can find information here. If you know anyone that may be interested in coming just for the Saturday, please pass on the information!
01/06/06 - We have added a message board. If you have any questions about Eurocon, want to set up some trades, arrange lifts or whatever, then sign up and post away!
21/05/06 - Eurocon 2006 is mentioned in the latest GamesTM magazine (issue 44).
Also, co-organiser Jon recently found a previously unknown NES prototype - "Way of the Exploding Fist".
The first chance for the public to see and play this game will be at Eurocon! See this thread from AtariAge for more info.
Thirdly, for those flying in from Amsterdam, Jet2 are starting flights between Blackpool and Amsterdam on the 29th October. Now this does mean that for flying home after Eurocon, you have the choice of flying from Blackpool on the 5pm flight to Amsterdam. The airport is approx 25min from venue. So the option of flying in to Manchester and flying home from Blackpool is possible and more convenient. It would have been even more convenient if they started flights just a few days earlier!
27/04/06 - Eurocon 2006 is mentioned in this month's Retro Gamer magazine (issue 24). The remaining weekend places are sure to disappear soon, so please don't delay in booking your place.
30/03/06 - We have added an Attendees page. There are only 30 places for the whole weekend, so don't delay! For the people that have already contacted us, we'll be in contact again soon to arrange payment of deposits.
19/03/06 - Eurocon 2006 announced! Two arcade machines have already been confirmed for the event: Pleiades (mini upright) and Star Castle (cocktail).
