PRESS START - Retro Gaming Weekend

Information

Location Abbey House Museum, Leeds, LS5 3EH
Date 8th Jun 2024 to 09 Jun 2024
Start Time 10:00 AM
End Time 5:00 PM
Adults £5.00
Under 16's £3.00

About

Join us for a Retro Gaming weekend in the historic Abbey House Museum in Kirkstall in Leeds!

There will be approx 30 classic video game systems to play on with some of the best videogames ever made out to play. Including such classics as the Sega Megadrive, Super Nintendo, Playstation 2, Dreamcast, N64, Street Fighter 2, Mariokart, Guitar Hero, Pacman, Crazy Taxi, Crash Bandicoot, Bomberman, Sonic the Hedgehog, Super Mario Bros, Megaman, Sega Rally plus loads more!

Plenty for all the adults and kids to enjoy.


As well as the consoles there will be a couple of gaming challenges to enter too!

Dates: Sat 8th June and Sun 9th June 2024
Times: 10am-5pm
Venue: Kirkstall Abbey House Museum Gatehouse, Abbey Walk, Abbey Road, Kirkstall, Leeds, LS5 3EH

Entry is £5 for adults, £3 for under 16s (all under 16s need to be accompanied by a fee paying adult) - payable on the door on the days. Price is for one days access too.

Once you are in the venue you have access for the whole day, so if you need to leave to go grab some food, or take a walk around the beautiful medieval abbey over the road you can do that and then come back to play again afterwards.


PACMAN HIGH SCORE CHALLENGE - SATURDAY ONLY

Gobble those dots and eat those ghosts and the highest score by 3pm wins!


DONKEY KONG HIGH SCORE CHALLENGE - SUNDAY ONLY

How good are your skills on this classic Nintendo game? Highest score by 3pm wins!


Venue Information

The venue is the Gatehouse which is just on the right hand side of Kirkstall Abbey Museum.
There is also a free car park just over the road next to the park and the number 33, 34 and A1 bus stop is just outside as well ?