ZZAP! Live 2023 - Commodore C64 - Amiga Retro Gaming Event - Kenilworth

A quick tour around the ZZAP! Live 2023 retro gaming Event that was held in Kenilworth on Saturday 12th August 2023. Tons of C64, Amiga and Commodore related goodness and some fabulous guest speakers. Here's the blurb from the website 👉 https://fusionretroevents.co.uk/zzap-...

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The event is split into 2 parts:

Main Event: the day time main event starts at 10am and finishes at 6.00pm. You will have access to all that the event has to offer during this time:

Over 50 Commodore systems to play games on that are placed into Zones – The Early Years (1982-1983), The Classic Years (1984-1987), The Latter Years (1988-1992) and What happens Next? (1993 onwards). Each zone will have systems, games and peripherals appropriate to the years the zone represents. There will also be a smattering of magazines to read appropriate to each zone. Every Commodore system will be represented from the Commodore PET up to the Amiga 4000.

In addition there will be further Commodore related areas in the hall : An Adventure Zone, A Celebration of Music/Sound Zone etc.

A Fusion Zone where non-Commodore systems will be available to play: Link up Ridge Racer on the Playstation for example, or Network Deathmatch Doom on the PC. This area will make up 10% of the main hall.

We have a dedicated Q/A room that will hold up to 85 attendees along with the panel. We have some guests lined up including Andrew Braybrook / Steve Turner / Jason Page (Uridium, Paradroid, Rainbow Islands, Fire and Ice), Jon Hare / Stoo Cambridge (Wizball, Sensible Soccer, Cannon Fodder), Gary Bracey / Simon Butler / Paul Hughes / Stephen Thompson (Ocean Software titles).

There will gaming and competitions on the big projected screen.

Littered around the main room will be arcade cabinets to play, with the respective Commodore versions to play next to them.

There will be a fully licensed bar throughout the day, and food available to purchase.

Evening Event: At 7.30pm we will be starting the evening entertainment of music. Seating will be placed in rows in front of the stage are.

Psytronik Sofware’s Kenz will host a C64 showreel featuring the best of C64 gaming and remix music – visual and aural extravaganza!
Q/A session – Rob Hubbard, Barry Leitch (on Skype), Jason Page and more.
TDK (Mark Knight) to play a live one hour set
A 2nd live set (to be announced)
Johnathan Taylor and Max Hall DJ the rest of the evening away with SID and remix tunes.
The evening will close at 11pm.
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My computer progression was from my beloved ZX Spectrum to a Commodore Amiga A500 so I had to attend this event to see all the lovely Amiga stuff. The C64 stuff was OK too, I guess! 😆
ZZAP Live was a great day and lots of great conversations were had with loads of great, friendly people!

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