"A ticket to the event gives you access to a whole host of arcade classics, pinball machines and consoles, all soundtracked by 80s and 90s hits. The event is making a return after the coronavirus pandemic. This is a popular event in the city's calendar and an important source of revenue for Derby Museums as an independent charitable trust. Tony Butler, Executive Director at Derby Museums, said: "We're thrilled to bring our Retro Arcade Event back to Derby this year and to the Museum of Making for the first time. Carers and under-twos get in free, and family tickets are also available. Tickets can be bought online, with cheaper prices for both morning sessions and if you book in advance. On Sunday, there will only be a morning and afternoon session. READ MORE: Historic 'Spam Can' Tangmere steam locomotive to visit Derby for luxury trip There will then be an evening session from 7-11pm. On Friday, August 19, and Saturday, August 20, morning sessions will last from 9am - 1pm, with afternoon sessions running from 2-6pm. Arcade classics and pinball machines will also be on show. The Retro Arcade Event is being held by Derby Museums at the Museum of Making, at the Derby Silk Mill, from 9am on Friday, August 19 to 6pm on Sunday, August 21.Įveryone is welcome to the event, which will allow gamers to step back in time and relive happy memories on classic gaming platforms. If the player destroys the captor while it is still in formation, the captured fighter will not be rescued, and will instead fly away after a diving run (assuming the player does not destroy it) to appear in the next stage as a satellite for another boss Calaca where it can again be rescued.Dozens of retro games and consoles are coming to Derby this weekend, allowing gamers to enjoy classics including Galaga, Streetfighter II, Double Dragon and many more. The freed fighter will then combine with the player's fighter who freed them, offering doubled firepower but with the disadvantage of a target twice as large.
Captive fighters can be freed by destroying the boss Calaca towing it while it is attacking. The player can still fire while being captured up to the point their ship "touches" the captor, which could be considered an opportunity to shoot the captor down before it can manage to successfully capture the player. The captive fighter becomes an enemy, turns red, and likewise, it can be shot and destroyed. If successful, the fighter joins the enemy formation as a satellite to the boss Calaca which captured it. While the player is in control of just one fighter, a "boss" Calaca (which takes two hits to kill, the first hit will turn it purple) will periodically attempt to capture the fighter using a tractor beam. Another feature in the game is for enemies to randomly transform and organize into a certain formation, which awards the player bonus points if they manage to successfully destroy it.Īnother gameplay feature new is the ability for enemies to capture the player's fighter. When you destroy a group of enemies, you are awarded 1500 points.These stages award a 10K-point bonus if the player manages to destroy every enemy, but otherwise 100 bonus points for every enemy destroyed.
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The game ends when the player's last fighter is lost by colliding with an enemy, being hit by an enemy shot, or being captured.Ī "hit/miss ratio" statistic at the end of the game, and a bonus "Challenging Stage" that occurs every few stages, in which a series of enemies fly onto and off the screen in set patterns without firing at the player's ship or trying to crash into it. In later stages, some enemies even break from an entering group in a frantic attempt to crash into the player. Enemies swarm in groups in a formation near the top of the screen, and then begin flying down toward the player, firing bullets at and attempting to crash into them. The player controls a starfighter that can move left and right along the bottom of the playfield. The objective of game is to score as many points as possible by destroying insect-like enemies.
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