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SoCal Retro Gaming Expo at the Pasadena Convention Center is one of the best free-play setups in the region — 200 vendors plus actual playable machines means you can spend a full day there without pl…
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Sat, Jun 6 – Sun, Jun 7, 2026
Sat 10:00 AM PDT – Sun 6:00 PM PDT
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The cartridge is in a bin. The person selling it doesn't know what you paid for it, and doesn't care — they're looking for something too.
That moment of physical contact with hardware from your childhood, at a table run by someone who shares the same obsession, is what the SoCal Gaming Expo is built on. Pasadena Convention Center, June 6-7, 2026: free-play arcade, 200-plus vendor tables, competitive gaming, and the specific joy of a room where everything is for sale and everyone is looking.
Retro gaming at its core, which undersells it — this is the show for people who never stopped. The free-play arcade runs throughout both days: you don't have to buy anything to justify the ticket. But the vendor floor is the reason most people come back. NES, SNES, Genesis, N64, Game Boy, arcade cabinets — the full range.
Free-play stations running throughout. Competitive tournaments on both days. General admission.
That moment of physical contact with hardware from your childhood, at a table run by someone who shares the same obsession, is what the SoCal Gaming Expo is built on. Pasadena Convention Center, June 6-7, 2026: free-play arcade, 200-plus vendor tables, competitive gaming, and the specific joy of a room where everything is for sale and everyone is looking.
Retro gaming at its core, which undersells it — this is the show for people who never stopped. The free-play arcade runs throughout both days: you don't have to buy anything to justify the ticket. But the vendor floor is the reason most people come back. NES, SNES, Genesis, N64, Game Boy, arcade cabinets — the full range.
Free-play stations running throughout. Competitive tournaments on both days. General admission.
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