GRAND FINAL

IMG_444412th October 2014 saw Play Expo host the grand final of the UK’s first ever national tournament to find the best retro gamer in the land! All ten winners of the national heats faced one another in a series of challenges until the overall champion was crowned.

The format for the final differed from the heats, although the majority of games were familiar. The first round gave each player two attempts each on ten games from the original line-up of 15 CGC titles.For more pictures from the Manchester, check out the GRAND FINAL page.


Scroll down for overall rankings and game scores.

Overall Rankings (keep scrolling for game scores)

N.B. The top 4 places were awarded the following bonus points; 4th Place – 100pts, 3rd Place – 150pts, 2nd Place – 200pts, 1st Place – 250pts.

RankingPlayerTotal Pts
1Gavin Ward1355
2Ian Wall1080
3Harry Thomas970
4James Malatynski945
5Jon Buchan755
6Robert Mitcham735
7Barry Susse725
8Barrie Wilmott705
9John Murray700
10Stephen Hawes-Johnson685

BalloonFight

RankPlayerBest ScorePts
1Harry Thomas180120100
2Ian Wall3188095
3James Malatynski2417090
4Barrie Wilmott1831085
5Stephen Hawes-Johnson1780080
6Robert Mitcham1053075
7Gavin Ward783070
8Barry Susse735065
9Jon Buchan688060
10John Murray297055

California_Games

RankPlayerBest ScorePts
1Ian Wall94000100
2Gavin Ward5272095
3Jon Buchan2523090
4Stephen Hawes-Johnson1998085
5James Malatynski1974080
6Robert Mitcham1518075
7Harry Thomas1436070
8Barry Susse1285065
9Barrie Wilmott1117060
10John Murray961055

Kaboom

RankPlayerBest ScorePts
1Gavin Ward5801100
2Harry Thomas500895
3Ian Wall284490
4John Murray283085
5James Malatynski230780
6Barry Susse174075
7Barrie Wilmott160670
8Stephen Hawes-Johnson155065
9Jon Buchan124960
10Robert Mitcham87355

nam75

RankPlayerBest ScorePts
1Gavin Ward290000100
2Harry Thomas21910095
3Barry Susse17440090
4Ian Wall16990085
5James Malatynski13280080
6Robert Mitcham12470075
7Jon Buchan11810070
8John Murray9250065
9Barrie Wilmott5040060
10Stephen Hawes-Johnson3730055

RType2

RankPlayerBest ScorePts
1Ian Wall88700100
2Gavin Ward8010095
3James Malatynski7120090
4Robert Mitcham4740085
5Barry Susse3780080
6Barrie Wilmott3730075
7Harry Thomas3560070
8Jon Buchan3240065
9Stephen Hawes-Johnson2550060
10John Murray1980055

Tempest2000

RankPlayerBest ScorePts
1Harry Thomas297585100
2Jon Buchan15730795
3Barrie Wilmott12259790
4Gavin Ward11215485
5Ian Wall3186680
6James Malatynski1773475
7Robert Mitcham1707770
8John Murray1284065
9Barry Susse1001460
10Stephen Hawes-Johnson977455

SegaRally

RankPlayerBest ScorePts
1John Murray3:31"45100
2Barry Susse3:31"7795
3Ian Wall3:32"4790
4Harry Thomas3:33"2785
5Gavin Ward3:36"0080
6Stephen Hawes-Johnson3:38"1175
7James Malatynski3:42"0170
8Jon Buchan3:42"3365
9Barrie Wilmott3:44"7260
10Robert Mitcham3:48"3555

spfighter

RankPlayerBest ScorePts
1James Malatynski54330100
2Gavin Ward5385095
3Jon Buchan4810090
4John Murray4500085
5Barry Susse3840080
6Harry Thomas3772075
7Ian Wall3654070
8Stephen Hawes-Johnson2754065
9Robert Mitcham2471060
10Barrie Wilmott1217055

paperboy

RankPlayerBest ScorePts
1Robert Mitcham200995100
2Ian Wall3495095
3James Malatynski2970090
4Gavin Ward2347585
5Barrie Wilmott2145080
6Harry Thomas1927575
7John Murray1837570
8Jon Buchan1740065
8Stephen Hawes-Johnson1740065
10Barry Susse480055

superpang

RankPlayerBest ScorePts
1Gavin Ward331570100
2Jon Buchan8609095
3James Malatynski7309090
4Robert Mitcham7242085
5Stephen Hawes-Johnson6999080
6Ian Wall6854075
7Barrie Wilmott5166070
8John Murray4681065
9Barry Susse3821060
10Harry Thomas3545055