ZZAP! Live 2024

We are proud to announce our next ZZAP! Live event in collaboration with South West Amiga Group and Retro Computer Museum. The ZZAP! Live event will cover each and every Commodore system including the Amiga family.

The event will be held on the 17th of August at The Holiday Inn, Kenilworth, CV8 1ED.

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The event is split into 2 parts:

Main Event: The main event starts at 10am and finishes at 6.00pm. You will have access to all that the event has to offer during this time:

• Over 60 Commodore systems to play games on. Every Commodore system will be represented from the Commodore PET up to the Amiga 4000.
• A Fusion Zone where non-Commodore systems will be available to play: Sega consoles, Playstation, Saturn, N64, DOS gaming, and more!
• We have a dedicated Q/A room that will hold up to 160 attendees along with the panel. We have some guests lined up including Rob Hubbard (music in Sanxion, Delta), Andrew Braybrook / Steve Turner (Uridium, Paradroid, Rainbow Islands, Fire and Ice), Jon Hare / Stoo Cambridge (Wizball, Sensible Soccer, Cannon Fodder), Simon Butler / Paul Hughes  (Ocean Software titles), Andy Davidon (Worms on the Amiga). We have asked many others and are waiting for confirmation before announcing.
• There will be gaming competitions throughout the day.
• We will have a room full of old original arcade machines (many of which are from Archer Maclean’s collection) supplied by the Arcade Archive (The Retro Collective) in Stroud. In addition, we will have LCD arcade games and pinball machines.
• A fully licensed bar will be open throughout the day, and good value food will be available to purchase.

Evening Event: At around 7pm we will be starting the evening entertainment – “An Evening with Jeff, Giles, and Dokk”.

• The first part of the evening will be a sneak peek view of “Heart of Neon”, the feature-length documentary about Jeff directed by Paul Docherty (Dokk).
• Following the show will be a Q/A with Jeff Minter and Giles – hosted by Paul.
• EXCLUSIVE : Jeff and Giles will perform a full-blown VLM show!

Raffle – The raffle has become a big thing at our events. This year we have teamed up with Classic Arcade Games – our first prize is an amazing cocktail cabinet. There will be one at the event for visitors to play – the winner of the raffle will have a brand new arcade machine sent directly to them from Classic Arcade Games after the event.

Badges and Event Magazine:
For this event, everyone will get a small token magazine on entry, along with a blank name badge. You can then, if you so wish, write your name on the badge and wear it, thus letting everyone know who you are – and you will know who others are. I think this would be a great way for attendees to actually talk to people who they know online and put a face to a name!

Ticket sales will not be refunded or transferred from 1 week before the event and thereafter.

Children Under 3 are FREE – they do not need a ticket.

Tickets will not be sold on the door. All tickets at this time will need to be pre-ordered.