Exclusive First Peek: Retro Gamer Garden to rock EB Expo 2013

So this year’s EB Expo is going to be huge, with two news consoles to play and when Nintendo Australia eventually get around to announcing it, there will be a ton of new Wii U and 3DS games to play too.

But we all come from somewhere and that’s why this year, EB Expo will be home to the Retro Gamer Garden. As the name suggests, it’ll be filled with retro consoles, LED trees and 8-bit flowers. There’s also going to tons of comfy places for you to fall asleep sit and as a bonus there will be cartoons playing non-stop, on VHS of course.

“With the way that the EB Expo has been expanding each year, we’ve been presented with the opportunity to create something really different that we thought the community would enjoy,” say Kelsey Gamble, EB Games’ Community Manager.

“As far as we can tell this garden is the first of its kind at a convention, and we’re super excited to see how it is received. Whether you’re sitting under the LED light tree watching Pokemon, or curled up on a ladybug cushion playing a SNES, you’re going to have a unique experience in the Retro Gamer Garden.”

The lists of consoles is huge and isn’t limited to Nintendo consoles, let’s take a look at the list;

Apple IIe (Including Screen)
Atari 130 XE
Atari ST
Atari XEGS (Including Keyboard)
Commodore 64 (Slim)
Commodore 1541 disk drive
Commodore 128D
Commodore Amiga
3DO Goldstar
Atari 2600 Jnr
Atari 7800
Atari Jaguar
Atari Jaguar CD (Including Jag Console)
Atari Lynx II (Handheld)
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
Super Nintendo (SNES)
Super Nintendo (US version, aka: FrankenSNES)
Nintendo 64
Nintendo GameCube (Including GBA Player)
Phillips CDi
SEGA Master System II
SEGA Mega drive (Original)
SEGA Mega CD II (Including Mega Drive II Console)
Sega Saturn
Sega DreamCast
Sony PlayStation (Original)
Sony PlayStation 2
Vectrex

The retro gaming stand at PAXAus this year was great fun and this Retro Gamer Garden looks like it will take the retro fun another step further. Someone bring Goldeneye 007 alright?