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| Friday afternoon... the hall is not ready yet. |
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| Some of the tables reserved for SCCAN |
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| By tomorrow, these will be filled. |
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| One of the indoor stages |
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| Another stage beyond the tables |
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| A look down the hall |
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| The entrance to Building 9 |
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| The faithful station wagon full of C=/Ami gear |
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| Starting to set up |
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| Steve's C64 and Apple IIe |
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| All needs to be organized. |
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| Over 6 hours later, it's organized! |
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| NeXT computer on the far left |
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| The Amiga 2000 looking good |
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| The popular Oregon Trail on the Apple |
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| Running well |
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| Plus/4 died early Sunday. Replaced by another Plus/4 |
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| Organizer Steve Cortez (left) scans the arcade before the show. |
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| Nice signage! |
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| A map of the interior. Guess where we are?! |
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| The sales vendors are in full swing. |
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| Playing Shredz64 with the Guitar Hero guitar |
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| Looking down the tables |
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| SCCAN member Sev tests out his Amiga 1200. |
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| Yup, live music indoors... |
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| ...and the bar in front of the live music. |
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| The game museum |
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| Amiga CD32 in the game museum |
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| Carnival food vendors open for Retro City Fest |
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| famous Pink's Hot Dogs |
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| And the celebrities who visited them |
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| Sev, Robert, and Kenny |
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| Jim Happel's VR64 and Street Defender - a crowd pleaser |
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| The only game that worked on the NeXT - billiards |
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| Fly a jet with the A1200! |
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| One of the games on the A2000 |
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| Some attendees liked to read the specs. |
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| Digiloi, a popular game on the Plus/4 |
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| Tim W., Richard G., and Nolan G. |
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| Plus/4 joystick adapters from AmigaKit.com |
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| Clearing out on Sunday night |
The January 5-6 Retro City Festival in Pomona, California, attracted thousands of attendees who wanted to play the arcade games and pinball machines.
http://retrocityfestival.com They were also surprised to see the bank of Commodore and Amiga computers that members of SCCAN brought to exhibit. There was a steady flow of attendees to use the computers, but it was not overwhelming (which is good because I was usually the only one to man the tables!). In fact, I had to get the other non-club computers going, too, like the NeXT and the Apple II.
A short video of the fest is at
https://youtu.be/5CKiZ4TLE70
We've been invited to next year's festival! Now that I know what to expect, I'll be better able to unload and set up the computers more quickly.
Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network -
http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan
