COMMENTS: Strange choice for a
venue but for once located more central in the UK and so
easier for me!,but despite its isolation from Warwick train
station we simply used a taxi it soon became apparent as we
were driven along that reaching Kenilworth on foot was
impossible! (A-roads no footpaths).
The club itself was really a medium sized room with a
slightly smaller room openly attached where the bar was
located. In the center of the larger room was the Jamma+
forums tent with some traders at one side of the room and
consoles,pins on the other. The Jamma+ tent was encircled by
the arcade cabs and the games were changed by the guys at
certain intervals. Things started quietly but people gradually
started to arrive and by the afternoon it was quite
busy!,there were only a few traders i would of liked more but
there was no more space for more traders inside anyway. Just
off the bar area was a very small rectangular room were food
could be purchased also something i had not seen before
`Pachinkos` imported from Japan i presume, these things are
nice to look with colour screen displays,flashing lights and
the loud clattering of ball bearing noise but i am unsure of
their success as a form of entertainment. More retro guests
present here too a few examples are Archer Mclean,Rob
Hubbard and the Oliver Twins but the Q &A was a utter
joke with the noise from the games in the adjoining room
drowning out any speech especially Archer`s,the amp was
adjusted and some headway was made with a lecture from Philip
Oliver on the future consoles of what i could actually hear
over the gaming noise was quite interesting. But by
6:30pm-7:00pm i found myself walking in circles like a caged
animal and it was time to leave-or so i thought! the taxi
firm who dropped us of at the venue said they was fully
booked and would not collect us so started a scramble for
another taxi firm and after another hours wait we made it
back to Warwick station. It was my third retro venue and
Bonsey`s and Br2000ad`s first but i think they were
impressed.
Jj rating 6/10
Br2000ad rating 7/10
Bones rating 8/10
