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Wow.

What. A. Weekend.

Sorry this didn’t get done Sunday night, but I think you can probably forgive me for doing 3 x 10+ hour days in a row relating to Armageddon. I slept from 9pm-10am last night so am suitably refreshed and my back is sore from standing up all that time.

Anyway, onto the write up!

We ripped down our timetables, and just let people play what they wanted, kicking off the day with Sonic and Mario Kart (which never failed to draw a crowd). I was seriously deluded in thinking Sunday was going to be a quiet one, and I couldn’t have been more wrong with the Cosplay competition kicking off the day in the main area an hour after the TSB Arena opened to the public.

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Wow, another massive day. It was way less stressful than Day 1 of the expo, but still madness nonetheless. Last minute calls at midnight last night to solve a staffing issue and hit jackpot with having my friend Hamish come to help out the second half of the day while our other temp staffer for Armageddon Chris, went off to play in a Magic Tournament. None of this is his fault, I honestly thought it woudn’t be so busy at our stand so didn’t bother getting a 2nd person on till the very last minute before I went to bed. Biggups to Hamish, you did yourself good.

Today was very much a day for meeting people. Plenty of conversations had and people pointed not only to here, but various stores that sell retro games (one guess where They are in Petone…also pointed to Cash Converters). Met a few people from England/British Isles who remember owning the never released in NZ, SNES Super Scope.

Gallery, day2 roundup and a video with a special interviewee at the con after the jump

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Wow. What a day! Busier at the booth than we honestly expected, and even with 3 people we were run off our feet!

Early technical problems plagues the booth with me running around like a headless chook when both the Master System and the N64 decided to play up, and were fixed with 5minutes to spare before the torrent of people swarmed the TSB arena floor for what seems to be one of the biggest Wellington Armageddon Expo’s yet!

Write up,  more pictures and a video after the break!

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Ok, so details are basically finalised.. as is staff, hardware and such.  Click the image to see the timetable.

There was going to be a laptop, but logistically my laptop is my life and I couldnt bear someone breaking it….old consoles stand up to alot of beating…the same can’t be said of modern technology.

There will be spot prizes for various games, and possibly some Overworld vouchers up for grabs throughout the weekend!

We’ll be in the NZ Comics/Collectables area, just across from the Timezone stand!

If this goes well, motions will be put in place for Auckland Armageddon in October later this year!

Please note- this timetable is subject to change a few more times probably before the con itself, keep looking here for updates, we will have up to date timetables available at the stand!

Hey guys! Big announcement time!

RetroActive will have a stand in the Collectors Area, at the up coming Armageddon Expo in Wellington on Easter weekend!

We’ll have a selection of consoles to play, most likely 2 TV and a laptop (for soem old Windows 95/DOS fun). Timetable for games will be out soon, and don’t worry, we’ll have a good selection and even some times where you can choose what you want to play (depending on what console is out)! There will most definitely be a few games that no one has heard of or knew hit NZ, possibly a Micro tourny for Goldeneye 64.

Watch this space,  it’s going to be a fun weekend!

Head to www.pulpexpo.com for full Armageddon event and ticket details.