RetroGralnia

This is a zone prepared by the event organizers – personally! Here you'll find classic 8-bit and 16-bit machines ready to play! Pure classics that you either remember from your childhood or dreamed of back then! As RetroGralnia, we have organized dozens of exhibitions over more than a decade of activity, and today we operate as the GIKME Foundation and Museum in Wrocław

Fundacja Dawne Komputery i Gry

Vintage Computers and Games Foundation - The foundation helps organize nostalgic journeys into the world of electronic entertainment from past decades. It does this by setting up retro zones at events, running the Museum of Computers and Games in Pabianice, and organizing the BIT BOAT event in Łódź

Flashback Konsole i Gry

Flashback Consoles and Games - A retro initiative known for organizing comprehensive themed exhibitions – showing a cross-section of gaming and hardware history – at countless retro events and beyond. From Mario racing games to light-gun shooters and football titles. Organizers of retro zones at events such as the recent Pixel Heaven and the new Replay Fest.

Press Reset Crew

This is the team behind Press Reset Fest – an event created by people who have been active for years in gaming, new technologies, and community events for gamers. Our mission is to create a space where everyone can sit down, play, and feel the vibe of gaming together, regardless of age, experience, or favorite platform. Our zones pop up at conventions, festivals, and gaming events across Poland, bridging the gap between the history and the modern era of digital entertainment.

Muzeum Komputerów Osobistych

Personal Computer Museum - The museum features working PCs and laptops from the 80s, 90s, and early 2000s – in their natural element. At each station, you can boot up original operating systems, explore vintage user interfaces, and play games exactly as they were experienced back in their heyday. Every computer tells a cohesive story of its era – from system startup to specific applications and hardware capabilities.

It’s an opportunity to take a seat at a computer from years past and experience firsthand what daily work and entertainment looked like in the world of early PCs

Retro Arcade

This is a project born out of a passion for retro gaming and classic arcade cabinets. Every machine is built by hand, with a focus on capturing the authentic vibe of vintage arcades and ensuring top-notch craftsmanship. Each project is crafted from scratch – from the initial concept and technical design all the way to the finished machine.

Adammodore

Hailing from Grodzisk Wielkopolski, he is the owner of a collection built over 20 years. It mainly consists of Commodore hardware: around a dozen C64s, Amigas (one of each: 500, 600, 1200, CD32), the C128 in three different versions, C16, and the Plus/4. On top of that, there are over a dozen different consoles and more than 100 calculators from the 1970s, including 40 made by Commodore. To have something to display it all on, he has gathered over 30 different TVs and monitors.

BITT GAME

A huge fan of Atari hardware. His collection features, among others, the Atari VCS with its classic wood-grain casing and black ribbed top panels, the Atari “Vader” – the dark, matte-black version of the 2600 model that gives it a more 'space-age' feel – classic Atari CX40 joysticks with their signature red button and black stick, paddle controllers, as well as cartridges in their distinctive plastic shells with colorful labels.

Built Not Bought

Mateusz Matysiak

At this station, you’ll see the Minimal 64x4 – a unique computer built entirely from TTL logic chips, running completely without a traditional CPU and housed in a LEGO casing (architecture designed by Carsten Herting). The creator launched his custom game 'Minimal Dino Run' on it (a clone of the Chrome dinosaur game). Grab the controller, play, and compete for a prize – the player with the highest High Score at the end of the day wins a gift!

Right next to it, the creator is showcasing the MAD-65 – his custom retro console project. This monochrome beast packs dual 65C02 CPUs (14 MHz), 400×300@60Hz graphics, and powerful YM2413 and dual SN76489 sound chips. Test out CETAS – the latest game created specifically for this platform – live on-site, and witness the next chapter in 8-bit hardware history!

Przemysław "Czajnik" Węgrzyn

A booth dedicated to replicas of the Elwro 800 Junior – a Polish educational computer based on the ZX Spectrum. Visitors will have the chance to test out the hardware, run classic programs, and learn about the history of the machines that sparked the IT journey for so many

Retro Computers™ Colection

This year, the electronics industry of Wrocław will have a strong representation at G&VD. You'll get to see the iconic Pong clone, the Ameprod TVG-10, as well as an absolute legend of school IT education: the Elwro 800 Junior, complete with the FDD800 disk drive unit. Naturally, the powerful domestic PC AT-class clone – the Elwro 801AT – will also be there. And as the cherry on top, bringing a nostalgic musical twist, the showcase will be completed by the one-of-a-kind Elwirka electronic organ.

Zabrze isn't too far from Wrocław either – especially considering how closely the histories of Zatra and Elwro became intertwined at one point. To mark the occasion, I invite you to check out the first Polish personal computer (functionally similar to the iconic TRS-80). I'll be showing off the mass-produced Meritum 1 (with 16 KB RAM), unveiled in 1983, along with its upgraded version – the Meritum 2, equipped with a disk drive interface and a full 64 KB of RAM.

Rounding off the exhibition will be foreign computers with a Polish pedigree. You'll see the famous Unipolbrit 2068 (created by Gdańsk-based Unimor in collaboration with PZ Polbrit International) alongside the FDD 3000 disk drive, as well as a unique unit of the Spectravideo SVI-738 featuring a Polish-language keyboard layout, crafted specifically for our market!

Will there be other surprises? I guarantee it... but since they're meant to stay a secret, just drop by the event and see for yourselves!