RetCon - The Retro Gaming Festival - 31/5/25

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Barnhill Community Centre and Social Club, Ayles Road, Hayes, UB4 9H​

Talks​

Finalised talk schedule will be published closer to the event.

Phoebus and the ZX Spectrum Next team​

Phoebus and some of the ZX Spectrum Next team will be making an exclusive announcement together with exciting developments at RetCon 2025! If that’s not enough, enter the famous RetCon raffle for a chance to win a white ZX Spectrum Next!

Iain Lee interview by Retro Faith​

Iain Lee (I’m a Celebrity, BBC R4, LBC) will be interviewed live by Faith Johnson (Retro Faith). Iain is a retro enthusiast, currently hosts Iain Lee’s Random Access Memories podcast and writes a column in Retro Gamer magazine.

Anthony & Nicola Caulfield​

Anthony & Nicola, directors of The Rubber Keyed Wonder (2024), From Bedrooms to Billions: The Amiga Years! (2016) and From Bedroom to Billions (2014) return to RetCon to talk about their latest work.

Jason Whitely​

Musician behind the soundtracks of Desert Strike, John Madden Football, Road Rash and more will be announcing an exclusive music track at RetCon 2025.

Roland Perry​

One of the fathers of the Amstrad CPC. Roland worked at alongside Alan Sugar at Amstrad to develop the CPC464 and later machines in the lineup.

Stuart (Stoo) Cambridge​

Worked for Sensible Software. Games artist behind titles such as Cannon Fodder and Sensible Soccer, will be joined by Tony Warriner. They will be showing off their new game for the Spectrum Next, UrbX Warriors.

Martyn Hill​

Greenford Computer Club’s networking enthusiast, Martyn will be giving an overview of the Sinclair network stack and what can be achieved with it.

David Pleasance & Trevor Dickinson​

RetCon regulars, David Pleasance and Trevor Dickinson provide an update on their latest projects.


Guests & Groups​

Amiga Kit​

For all your Amiga upgrade needs!

Colin Porch​

Ocean software, writer of Head over Heels for the C64, Amiga and Atari ST

Tony Warriner​

Co-founder of Revolution Software, where he helped develop games such as Beneath a Steel Sky and Broken Sword. Currently working on UrbX Warriors (with Stoo Cambridge) for the Spectrum Next.

Ian McCranor​

Ian played the role of Angus McGregor in the Atari Jaguar game Kasumi Ninja

Brett Pritchard​

BAPSTARCADE – TX-1696

Richard Faulkner​

Technoshed – Software for modern and retro computers alike!

Wayne Robbins​

Retro Robbins – YouTuber, Spectrum Repair Man & Crash Cover tape fame

Lee Chops​

Creator of games such as Ghostly Capers (RetCon 2023), Mr Hair, Kitty Katakombs and Retro Robbins in Micro-Blitz

Club AUA​

Friends and Users of Amstrad Group, one of the largest in Spain. https://auamstrad.es/

MVT Computers​

Creator of the A-PET and author of 8 Bit Stories and 16 Bit Stories

For more info and to grab tickets, go to https://retconfestival.co.uk
 
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Oh nice one. I've been speaking about bringing some cabs for years but something keeps getting in the way. In previous years it was care commitment and this year I'm waiting to be called for surgery any day so I'm 50/50 whether I can (or should) go.

Hopefully I can make it and say hello.
 
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If anyone is tempted I strongly recommend going along. You know how you pay to get into the big conventions and there's little to do there except spend money at rip-off stalls? This is nothing like that. The £6 ticket price is only there to cover a part of the cost. It's real passion projects by genuine nerds with the skidmarks to prove it.
 
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