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Commodore Users Group of Ireland
Retro lovers unite for a not-for-profit, friendly annual meeting of enthusiasts of Commodore, Amiga and life in general. Active since 1983, we meet (almost) every January in Athlone and anyone can book a ticket. We like games, hardware, software, demos or just meeting like-minded people.
Event
CUGI hosts the annual Amiga Ireland event and tickets are available from Eventbrite. Please follow us [ there ] to get notified about the next event.
Ticket types are generally:
- Weekend: Attend the full event from Friday 1pm - Saturday night.
- Saturday: Just Saturday.
You can also include other things with your tickets/order that we'll have ready for you on arrival:
- Merchandise: T-shirts and sometimes mugs.
- Extras: A buffet or set meal. If we do this, a sample menu will be available in advance.
Read on to learn more about a typical event...
- Game Competitions like SWOS, Stunt Car Racer, Paper Plane and more. Also, spontaneous competitions - host your own.
- Exhibits WiFi, Dropbox, new machines such as A1222, classics like the Commodore 64, Amiga 500 - 4000, Vampire & ARM systems.
- Social aspect is important. We also go to an atmospheric local pub on the Saturday night (everyone welcome). On Sunday morning, a casual gathering nearby.
- Guests to date have included (and we hope to see again):
- 2021 Jacob Gorm Hansen - The Silents/Melon Dezign/Naughty Ones*
- 2023 Nick Veitch - Amiga Format, Linux Format, CU Amiga, Linux Voice, Canonical*
- 2024 Developer panel with Nivrig Games, Badger Punch Games, Mixel's Lab, Karl Jeacle, Walkero & ArisAmiga
- 2026 - TBC
- See previous guests [ here ]
( * = virtual guest )
- Prizes
Donation-based, but have included: Trophies for some competition winners, Runner-up Champion Floppies, WiFi cards for classic Amiga, boxed games, sometimes hardware, books, magazines, manuals & posters. A previous highlight: a boxed Amiga 500 which was donated.
- Workshops: Get creating on Amiga. We generally aim at introductions rather than advanced topics. Workshops have defined learning outcomes. Follow guidance on your Amiga and try to achieve the objective. If you have a skill you can share, please contact us. It can be anything once attendees can engage/participate.
Thanks to our past instructors who have hosted workshops including: Soldering, BASIC programming, AREXX programming, Cross Compilation for Amiga, Pixel Art with Deluxe Paint, Pro Tracker, Lightwave 3D, AmiBerry, RPi render farm. See more details [ here ].
- Shopping Hardware and software vendors (including some of our sponsors) are normally here. We are sometimes visited by a hardware repair team, who can repair certain Amiga hardware problems.
Immerse yourself in the past and future of Commodore and Amiga loveliness and meet like minded folks from Ireland/Northern Ireland and those who travel from Europe and beyond.
Sponsors
Sincere thanks to:
AmigaKit, our Gold Sponsor
A-EON Tech LTD