Our Artists Alley applications are now open. Join us at Retro Matsuri and exchange your art for money. For more information about the Artists Alley, including rules and costs, click here or go to retromatsuri.com/artists-vendors/.
After wandering around the streets of Nagoya, our treasurer made it into one-too-many Book Off stores (and one Super Potato) and wound up with a few retro consoles and some games:
These will be featured in our Arcade (along with many others), but some highlights from this haul are:
Nintendo Super Famicom (SFC) – Japanese version of the SNES, along with some games including:
Two Ranma 1/2 Fighting Games
Super Mario Kart
RockmanX (Mega Man X in the US)
And More!
PC Engine Core Grafx II – A variant of a console that was released in the US as the TurboGrafx-16 with:
Neotopia – A top-down adventure game that is often compared to the original Legend of Zelda
Final Lap Twin – Ever wanted to play an 8-bit RPG but instead of battle, you race? Yeah, this is kinda like that.
Retro Matsuri is happening in July 2025. You can register for it right now. We just signed a contract for our first musical guest and we will be announcing them eventually. We are talking to vendors and getting things ready. We are having such a good time doing all the preparations for starting a convention but none of us have time to care about social media right now.
Here’s where you come in. If you go to the staff page, you can sign up to volunteer and indicate that you are interested in helping with social media. Then, we will talk to you about it. And, uh, then maybe you will do it. Wouldn’t that be fun?
Earlier in October, we had the opportunity go to down to Another Anime Convention in Westford, Mass. It was a lot of fun, and we want to thank them for having us. Expect to see some folks from AAC at Retro Matsuri in July.