Gaming Event Survey Summary
 
Total Responses Received: 70
 


Question 1

What type of gaming systems are you interested in?

Multiple answers allowed

 Arcade Machines  67 
 17% 
 Early Games Consoles (e.g. Atari 2600 Intellivision Vectrex)  38 
 10% 
 Classic Home Computers (e.g. Spectrum BBC Micro Amiga)  43 
 11% 
 Legendary Consoles (e.g. NES Megadrive SNES Playstation)  57 
 14% 
 Modern Consoles (e.g. PS2/3 XBOX 360 Wii)  30 
 8% 
 Portable Systems (e.g. Gameboy Atari Lynx Neo Geo Pocket)  31 
 8% 
 Obscure/Failed Systems (e.g. Atari Jaguar CD-I Virtual Boy)  41 
 10% 
 Japanese Systems (e.g. PC-Engine Neo Geo MSX Wonderswan)  42 
 11% 
 PCs  17 
 4% 
 Pinball Machines  34 
 9% 



Question 2

What are your favourite gaming genres?

Multiple answers allowed

 Shoot Em Up  52 
 16% 
 Platform  42 
 13% 
 Driving  43 
 13% 
 Puzzle  32 
 10% 
 RPG/Adventure  21 
 6% 
 Strategy  20 
 6% 
 Fighting  38 
 12% 
 First Person Shooter  35 
 11% 
 Sports  26 
 8% 
 Music Games  21 
 6% 



Question 3

Which of the following attractions would you be interested in at a gaming event?

Multiple answers allowed

 Competitions  54 
 20% 
 Celebrity Q&A Sessions/Discussion Forum  46 
 17% 
 "How To" Sessions (e.g. How to build your own arcade machine)  28 
 10% 
 Homebrew/Remakes Showcase  38 
 14% 
 Charity Auction/Raffle  47 
 17% 
 Merchandise (e.g. Games for sale T-shirts Posters)  62 
 23% 

'Other' answers

Live auction
Obviously a wide range of systems to play on
Beer! :)
Prize draws every hour or so



Question 4

Which of the following competitions would you consider entering?

Multiple answers allowed

 High Score Challenges  44 
 24% 
 Fighting Game Tournament (e.g. Street Fighter II Mortal Kombat)  34 
 18% 
 Multiplayer Battles (e.g. Mario Kart Bomberman)  49 
 26% 
 Sports Tournament (e.g. FIFA Pro Evo Wii Sports)  27 
 15% 
 FPS Deathmatch  32 
 17% 



Question 5

Please rate the importance to you of the following event venue facilities:

 Important Neutral Unimportant
On-site Bar 50( 71%) 17( 24%) 3( 4%)
On-site Catering 55( 79%) 12( 17%) 3( 4%)
Internet Access 11( 16%) 31( 44%) 28( 40%)
Car Parking 46( 66%) 16( 23%) 8( 11%)
Near to Public Transport 34( 49%) 19( 27%) 17( 24%)
Accommodation nearby (e.g. Hotel) 39( 56%) 24( 34%) 7( 10%)
A ‘chill out’ area to relax away from the gaming 27( 39%) 30( 43%) 13( 19%)
Disabled Access/Facilities 10( 14%) 34( 49%) 26( 37%)



Question 6

Would you be interested in appearing at an event as an exhibitor (i.e. selling or demonstrating)?

 Yes  19 
 27% 
 No  51 
 73% 



Question 7

Would you be willing to supply gaming equipment to an event (systems, games, TVs etc)?

 Yes  52 
 74% 
 No  18 
 26% 



Question 8

Would you prefer an event to last 1 or 2 days?

 1 Day  20 
 29% 
 2 Days  50 
 71% 



Question 9

If the event was held on a bank holiday weekend (e.g. Easter) would you be likely to attend?

 Yes  56 
 80% 
 No  14 
 20% 



Question 10

Any other comments or suggestions?

Selected Responses
Plenty of space to play / watch. Multiple setups of popular systems.
Have a good sized venue, lots of people selling stuff
decent PA system for guest speakers/Q&A sessions
Famous programmers & game players to attend the event
2nd Day must not run till late
Music, needs to have music



Question 11

Where did you find out about this survey?

 Retro Gamer Forum  49 
 71% 
 Another Gaming Forum/Site  18 
 26% 
 A Friend Told Me  1 
 1% 
 Other  1 
 1% 



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