{"id":159,"date":"2025-02-24T20:07:07","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T20:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/retconfestival.co.uk\/?page_id=159"},"modified":"2025-05-25T14:22:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T14:22:51","slug":"retcon-2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/retconfestival.co.uk\/?page_id=159","title":{"rendered":"RetCon 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Event Details<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We’re at an all new venue for 2025! See full venue details here<\/a>. We will add new updates to this page in the lead up to the event so make sure to check back for more details. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Talks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Planned talk schedule –<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Phoebus and the ZX Spectrum Next team<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iain Lee interview by Retro Faith<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Iain Lee (I\u2019m a Celebrity, BBC R4, LBC) will be interviewed live by Faith Johnson (Retro Faith). Iain is a retro enthusiast, currently hosts Iain Lee\u2019s Random Access Memories podcast and writes a column in Retro Gamer magazine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anthony & Nicola Caulfield<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jason Whitely<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Musician behind the soundtracks of Desert Strike, John Madden Football, Road Rash and more will be announcing an exclusive music track at RetCon 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roland Perry<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stuart (Stoo) Cambridge<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Martyn Hill<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Greenford Computer Club\u2019s networking enthusiast, Martyn will be giving an overview of the Sinclair network stack and what can be achieved with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

David Pleasance & Trevor Dickinson<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

RetCon regulars, David Pleasance and Trevor Dickinson provide an update on their latest projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Guests & Groups<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Amiga Kit<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

For all your Amiga upgrade needs!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colin Porch<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Ocean software, writer of Head over Heels for the C64, Amiga and Atari ST<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tony Warriner<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ian McCranor<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Ian played the role of Angus McGregor in the Atari Jaguar game Kasumi Ninja<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brett Pritchard<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

BAPSTARCADE \u2013 TX-1696<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Richard Faulkner<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Technoshed – Software for modern and retro computers alike!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wayne Robbins<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Retro Robbins – YouTuber, Spectrum Repair Man & Crash Cover tape fame<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lee Chops<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Creator of games such as Ghostly Capers (RetCon 2023), Mr Hair, Kitty Katakombs and Retro Robbins in Micro-Blitz<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Club AUA<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Friends and Users of Amstrad Group, one of the largest in Spain. https:\/\/auamstrad.es\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MVT Computers<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Creator of the A-PET and author of 8 Bit Stories and 16 Bit Stories<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Consoles and Computers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Please note event details such as guest lineup and systems are subject to change in rare circumstances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Event Details We’re at an all new venue for 2025! See full venue details here. We will add new updates to this page in the lead up to the event so make sure to check back for more details. Talks Planned talk schedule – Phoebus and the ZX Spectrum Next team Phoebus and some of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-159","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/retconfestival.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/retconfestival.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/retconfestival.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/retconfestival.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/retconfestival.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=159"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/retconfestival.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":256,"href":"https:\/\/retconfestival.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/159\/revisions\/256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/retconfestival.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}