He Viñagrande Cultural Center of Alcorcon will become a paradise for lovers of retro video games December 21 and 22 with the celebration of Retro Alcorcóna free-entry event hosted by Retro Factory.
During next Saturday and Sunday, nostalgic people and lovers of video games and classic computing will be able to visit the cultural center exhibitions and sales shops with a wide range of video games, consoles, various materials, merchandising, figures, software and apps. It will be possible to enjoy gaming experiences again classics with authentic pinball machines, consoles from the seventies and eighties and the arcade machines that marked an era, for free.
Ginés Vivancospokesperson for Retro Alcorcón, explains in a statement that ‘this is an eminently family event, for young and not so young, aimed at lovers of video games and also pop culture’.
The conferences, featuring ‘important personalities from the past, present and future of the video game sector’, will have ample space, especially on the first day on Saturday. The program is as follows:
Retro Alcorcón Saturday 21
11:00-12:00: Pablo Ruiz Tejedorfounder of Dynamic Softwarewill talk about the company’s 40 years in the Golden Age of Spanish software.
13:00-14:00: Albert Traguanyeditor of Kodro Magazinewill present his book ‘Dinamic Multimedia’s Football PCs‘.
16:00-17:00: Alfonso Martinez, Ilducci and Jasvyn will give the conference ‘The hidden side of retrogaming‘.
17:00-18:00: Jose Luis Sanz will present the magazine ‘Made with Pixels‘.
18:00-19:00: Samuel Barranco will present his bookThe grotesque Bestiary of video games‘.
19:00-20:00: Carles Garcia, Evil Ryu and Alfon M. will participate in the talk ‘30 years of PlayStation and Saturn‘.
Retro Alcorcón Sunday 22
Diego Vargas will talk about his book’Five Hard‘ which tells the history of the video game industry in Spain.
In addition to the talks, a tournament will also be held Street Fighter 2 Champion Editionwhich will start this Sunday at 4:00 p.m. and will last until 7:00 p.m. There will also be a space for author signatures, in which the cartoonist will participate. Jesus Martinez de Vas and the magazine contributor Hobby Consoles, Bruno Sol.
Retro Alcorcón is conceived as a family event, aimed at both young people and nostalgic adults. ‘A nostalgic and free trip to old video games and classic computing, where adults will remember their childhood and the little ones will see how much fun their parents and grandparents hadconcludes Vivanco. The organizers assure that it will be an essential event to ‘relive the magic of classic video games, learn about the history of the industry and enjoy of a family and festive atmosphere’.