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Retro Gaming Night — SD (Summer Edition)
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Retro Gaming Night — SD (Summer Edition)

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In 9 days · Friday, July 17, 2026
6:00 PM PDT – 11:00 PM PDT
GameSync San Diego, 2860 Main St, San Diego, CA 92113
$5
Repeats every week · until Dec 31, 2026
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GameSync San Diego, July 18th. $5. Retro Gaming Night Summer Edition — the warm-weather version of the evening that opens the library, puts the classics on the screens, and gives the summer crowd a reason to be inside in the best possible way.

Summer Retro Gaming Night has its own energy. The event draws people who haven't been in a while — the summer schedule is loose, the nights are long, and five dollars is the easiest spending decision of the week. The library runs across the full retro range: NES through the late 2000s, cartridges and CDs, controllers that feel different from the ones you're used to and exactly right once your hands remember them.

$5. July 18th at GameSync, 2860 Main St. The Summer Edition tends to run later than the regular monthly — the evenings are long and nobody is in a hurry. gamesync.us for the full game list and event details. Bring someone who played these games with you growing up. Or show up alone and find the person at the next machine who did.
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