Classic video-games and professional-software galore invaded Athens (GR) again in 2012, being the country's biggest exhibition of old school home-computer and video-console entertainment as promised to be! The event offered the chance to play with more than 100 old-school video-consoles and home-computers from 1977 to the present day. Much loved home-micro-systems, such as the Vectrex, Commodore Amiga, MGT Sam Coupe, Atari Falcon and the original Atari 2600 console, offered free plays and great excitement. The layout was in chronological order and there were great examples of how the tools and the people who used them brought us to where we are today.
Retroshowcase was there too, as a part of the exhibitor team, and offered a few old-school systems from our beloved collection (such as the Amiga 600, Amiga 1200, Atari STE, Amstrad GX4000, Panasonic 3DO, Philips CDi 450 etc). Was a great fun, was a pleasant company of friends, was just ... a huge pile of memories! Photos and videos taken by me can be found below, but you may see more (taken from the fellow exhibitors) at www.retrocomputers.gr.
Pictures
Old-school systems presented in 2012
images/exhibitions/2012/2012_1.jpg
PDial showing an old-school video-games reviews Greek magazine (PIXEL)
Old-school systems presented in 2012
images/exhibitions/2012/2012_2.jpg
PDial introduces the world of Amiga to... a young kid!)
Old-school systems presented in 2012
images/exhibitions/2012/2012_3.jpg
Me (ndial) using a wonderful IBM PC AT 80286 (courtesy of fellow exhibitor)
Old-school systems presented in 2012
images/exhibitions/2012/2012_4.jpg
IBM PC AT and Radio Shack TRS80 (courtesy of fellow exhibitor)
Old-school systems presented in 2012
images/exhibitions/2012/2012_5.jpg
Amstrad CPC 6128+, Commodore C128 etc (courtesy of fellow exhibitor)
Old-school systems presented in 2012
images/exhibitions/2012/2012_6.jpg
Fellow exhibitors Darth_Cotsos and Sinclair_Jim). Great guys!
Old-school systems presented in 2012
images/exhibitions/2012/2012_7.jpg
Acorn A3000 playing the well known shoot-em-up SWIV (courtesy of fellow exhibitor)
Old-school systems presented in 2012
images/exhibitions/2012/2012_8.jpg
The Amiga and Atari ST corner. Full of arcade action gaming here!
Old-school systems presented in 2012
images/exhibitions/2012/2012_9.jpg
People playing with NES, SNES, Master System etc! The Vertex console (left) was waiting for its turn...
Old-school systems presented in 2012
images/exhibitions/2012/2012_10.jpg
Old-school gaming handhelds and Nintendo 'Game & Watch' consoles (middle), carefully secured.
Old-school systems presented in 2012
images/exhibitions/2012/2012_11.jpg
The awesome Amstrad PC1512, playing LARRY adventure in EGA mode (courtesy of fellow exhibitor)
Old-school systems presented in 2012
images/exhibitions/2012/2012_12.jpg
Oh! The rare and beautiful Sinclair PC200 (courtesy of fellow exhibitor)
Old-school systems presented in 2012
images/exhibitions/2012/2012_13.jpg
Amiga and ST: hmmm a temporal ceasefire of their endless war... at last!
Old-school systems presented in 2012
images/exhibitions/2012/2012_14.jpg
Me (ndial) and a friend (Billy) next to the Amstrad CPC 464 and 6128