Event Details
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Talks
Planned talk schedule –
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
Consoles and Computers
In line with RetCon tradition, we will have a wide range of games consoles and computers from the late 1970s all the way to early 2000s, ready for you to play on the day. For a flavour of what you can expect, check out About Us.
Please note event details such as guest lineup and systems are subject to change in rare circumstances.