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Retro Gamers Winnipeg has unified our city's classic video game community, hosting Winnipeg's largest, dedicated retro video game conventions celebrating it's history and raising money and supplies for local charities. A special message from our first convention from classic video game show host Nicholas Picholas of Video and Arcade Top 10

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Come support our first ever garage sale for next year's convention! We'll have tons of cool stuff to sell and even some games "on the grill" if you just want to hang out! Share with your friends and see you there! Thank you to Cookatoos for letting us use their lot! Click here for directions to their store!

Check out all the activities happening at Retro Gamers Unite 2! Please note actual times may vary. Winners of all contests and raffles must be present to claim their prizes! 10am - Doors Open to Public 10:30 2on2 Smash Tournament Registration Open Cosplay Registration Open (front area) PNP Amiibo Tournament Registration begins for all tournaments (at PNP Booth) Retro Gaming Area Open all day (ALL DAY EVENT) Extra Life table open (activity to be announced) Geekdom House's Retro Challenges Begin (ALL DAY EVENT) 12:00 PNP Games Amiibo Tournament 1 Begins 12:30 2on2 Smash Tournament Begins 13:30 Soul Calibur 2 Tournament (HD) Beings (Chip Damage Area) 14:00 Cosplay Registration Ends First paper auction ends - Winner announced 14:30 PNP Amiibo Tournament 2 Begins  15:00 Street Fighter 2 Hyper Fighting Tournament Begins (Chip Damage) Cosplay final judging begins (all "cosplayers" meet in front area for close up judging) 16:00 Cosplay Winne...

What's up, fighting game fans? We at ChipDamage are happy to announce that we'll be running a few tournaments for old school fighting games at Retro Gamers Unit e 2015. Here's the lineup and schedule, as well as the console each game will be played on. All games will have a 5$ entry fee each. 1:30pm - Soul Calibur 2 HD (PS3) 3:00pm - Street Fighter 2: Hyper Fighting (Xbox 360) 5:30pm - Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (PS3) Bringing your own controller/arcade stick is both allowed and encouraged as we won't be able to supply everyone with a controller, especially for the Xbox. Also, keep in mind that any wireless controllers that don't desync when you unplug them (ie: official controllers) will not be allowed. We apologize for the inconvenience. We look forward to seeing everyone show off their skills in the classics!

Smash Bros Melee Tournament Guidelines Double Elimination 4 Stocks (Lives) 8 Minute Time Limit Friendly Fire On Items Off Games are best 2 out of 3!!! Stages: -Pokemon Stadium - Final Destination - Battlefield - Dream Land 64 - Yoshi’s Story - Kongo Jungle 64 (Game #2 and #3 only!!) More details after the jump...

On April 25th we're holding (with PNP Games help) the first ever Amiibo's Free-for-All tournament. You'll be able to register your Amiibos at RGU2 to face off against other local trainers, winner takes all with grand prizes valuing over $75 each and a pretty slick "trophy" from Retro Gamers Winnipeg. We're already confirmed a Gold Edition Mario Amiibo as PART of the grand prize for one of our tournaments from PNP Games (there will be more added to the grand prizes of course). More prizes as they get confirmed from our sponsors. Details after the jump

Thanks to everyone who stopped by our spot at C4's Wonderland. We had a great time, sold more RGU2 tickets and met some great people. Tons of Cosplay-ers who said they were going to come out for the free cosplay contest to win a Nintendo 3DS!!! (more pics after the break)

We're happy to announce that our sponsor PNP Games has confirmed a main prize for one of our Amiibo tournaments at RGU2 will be a Golden Edition Mario (Online retail avg - $50-$60USD) Stay tuned for more tournament info as it arises!

All "Free" activities at Retro Gamers Unite 2 (RGU2) are free after admission, meaning unless you're 5 years of age and accompanied by a paid admission, you must still have admission to participate in the "free" activities. -The Cosplay Contest is free to enter after admission -The Children Activities are free after admission -The Gaming area is open to free play after admission Make sure to buy your tickets NOW at all major sponsors !

In addition to our free gaming area, on April 25th 2015 at RGU2 , we have 2 main activities children can join for free (after admission) and win some great prizes! Buy your tickets now at all major sponsors for ONLY $5! Kids 5 years and under get free admission.

We are happy to announce that at our RGU2 Convention on April 25th, we will be holding our first ever Cosplay (costume) Competition. Free to enter, you can register at the event or you can pre-register with us via email or facebook message. We will also add you to our Cosplay e-mail list for full event details.  All children who apply will receive a free gift from RGCW!

RetroGamersWinnipeg will be at Wonderland Festival on April 11-12. Drop by and attempt to set the best scores on a few of our RGCW Retro Challenges (FOR FREE) and win tickets to April 25th's RetroGamersUnite (RGU2). We'll also have a few 2-Player games all day for fun.  Remember if you don't win, tickets are still only $5 at all major sponsors! Check out Wonderlan's website here for more details. Here's a list of some of the challenges we'll be holding

Last year was an amazing Retro Gamers Unite Convention! The place was packed, prizes were won, rare items were found and everyone had fun! Make sure you buy your tickets now for RGU2! Bigger venue, more events and prizes! This year, a portion of the proceeds go to Child's Play charities , but we're also supporting the local Extra Life Group and raising supplies for Soul Sanctuary' s efforts in Winnipeg Communities. Tickets still only $5 at all event sponsors! Invite your friends and don't forget "a tin for the bin". You may just get a special thank you! Relive last year's highlights (after the jump)

  With the popularity of Amiibos from Nintendo, there has been request for Amiibo Tournaments at future RGCW events. We're more than happy to oblige and have set forward the following guidelines to ensure everyone's enjoyment!

With the popularity of Nintendo's Amiibos, PNP Games' Amiibo tournament was a very popular and the people demand it again! Retro Gamers Winnipeg is happy to oblige! PNP Games is sponsoring Retro Gamers Unite 2015's (RGU2) Amiibo Tournaments! Yes, that's more than one. Train your Amiibos however you wish leading up to April 25th, then unleash your monster in all out matches between other local trainers at RGU2 right beside PNP Game's vendor tables to win some awesome prizes to be announced. Follow us on facebook for more details and don't forget to buy your tickets now to make sure you get in! See you there! RGCW's Amiibo General Guidelines  

Click here to check out our visit to Chasing Artwork's Studio! A local artist making splashes in conventions around the world (yes, the world), Chasing Artwork will be at Retro Gamers Unite 2015 (aka RGU2) selling prints and art pieces. Not only that, he's currently designing a special, RGU2 Exclusive version of one of his pieces you can only get at our event! Tickets are still only $5 available at all event sponsors ! Last year was busy, so buy your tickets now before they run out!

  Just a reminder! At RetroGamersUnite2015 we will be hosting our famous 2on2 Super Smash Melee Tourney! Last year we had over 110 people register to compete and it was a great time! Make sure you buy your tickets ahead of time so you can come and register on April 25 2015 ! Great prizes sponsored by Retro Gamers Winnipeg and PNP Games Our first convention (RGU2014) was Winnipeg's  largest Super Smash Melee Tournament ever! Buy your tickets now! Other Links: 2on2 RGCW Super Smash Melee Guidelines Check out highlights form last year's event! Follow us on facebook for more event updates!

Want to be the best? Try and set Winnipeg's best scores in various retro video game challenges from RGCW on April 25 2015! Classic favorite challenges such as the Mario 1-Life Run and Mario Kart time challenge will return as well as new challenges to be announced! Don't forget to buy your tickets now for Retro Gamers Unite 2015 ahead of time and make sure you get in! The Retro Gamer Challenge last year attracted a lot of Winnipeg's best retro gamers! Click here for: Retro Gamer Winnipeg Best Scores

The heart of the Retro Video Game Convention -made better! At this year's Retro Gamers Unite 2015 - Apr 25 2015 - will feature a BIGGER and BETTER retro video game area free to come and play some of the greatest games ever or come and compete in one the many tournaments and challenges...