The Wikimania Games Corner
The Wikimania Games Corner
Gamers of the world unite! #WikiGames
Fountain Room, Ground Floor, The Barbican Centre. Saturday 9th August 1900 - 2300
Welcome to the Wikimania Games Corner. For one night of Wikimania 2014 we are dedicating a space to play. Whatever takes your fancy, playing board games, video games, retro games, political games, educational games, as well as play-testing games and a showcase of some of the latest gaming technologies including Oculus Rift VR and Elite: Dangerous!
Wikimania Games Corner nodes
- Elite: Dangerous showcase
- Oculus Rift
- The Pokemon Center (Twitch Plays Pokemon)
- In Verbis Virtus showcase
- Yogscast
- Playtest Meetup!
- Class Wargames - Guy Debord's A Game of War with Stefan Lutschinger & Richard Barbrook
- Open Arena LAN session (download the manual for Open Arena)
- Heart of Gaming arcade game cabinets, including Donkey Kong, Space Invaders, Pacman and Ikaruga!
- BFF or Die demo showcase, 4 player co-op
Our Partners
We're only been able to bring you this exciting event with help from our partners, please check out their websites below:
- Class Wargames
- CUBS Computer Warehouse
- Frontier Games
- The Heart of Gaming
- Indomitus Games
- Lave Radio
- London Games Fringe
- Wikimedia UK
Contact the organisers
Like what you see? Feel free to contact the organisers with any questions and queries:
James Moulding jamesm@wikimanialondon.org @jamo133
Adikhajuria (talk) adi@wikimanialondon.org @adiman423
Submissions
Please edit the wiki below and add any games you'd like to contribute to the evening or think would be interesting to play!
Video Game Submissions
| Game | Console | Accessories Required | Source | Source for screen with built-in speakers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mario Kart Wii and Wii Sports | Nintendo Wii | Two Wii Remotes plus "Wii Wheels" | Adikhajuria (talk) 09:59, 1 August 2014 (UTC) | |
| Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition | XBox 360 | 2 arcade sticks | ||
| Time Crisis 3 | PlayStation 2 | 2 Light gun controllers for PlayStation 2 (+ CRT TV?) | ||
| Sonic Spinball, Streets of Rage etc | Sega Mega Drive | Portable Sega Mega Drive | Smirkybec (talk) 17:54, 18 July 2014 (UTC) | |
| Civilisation V | PC | Laptops! | anyone want to play multiplayer? Andycyca is in | |
| Various | Nintendo 3DS | The handheld itself. Don't forget to turn StreetPass on! | ||
| Star Wars Episode I racer, Sonic Adventure, Power Stone 2, Loony Tunes Space Racer, Unreal Tournament, Virtua Tennis, Worms World Party, Jet Set Radio | Sega Dreamcast | Supplied: Dreamcast, 4 wired controllers, 100lm Pico projector and all cabling. Required: A darkish corner with a white wall | ||
| Soul Calibur IV | PlayStation 3 | PlayStation 3 and two controllers (more controllers are welcome) | Adikhajuria (talk) 11:56, 8 August 2014 (UTC) | |
| Sprogglers | PC | laptop |
Boardgame Submissions
(Add requests here, or sign if you are able to commit to bringing the game)
| Game | User |
|---|---|
| Chessboard | Vivaystn (talk) 22:25, 7 July 2014 (UTC) |
| Star Trek: The Next Generation – A Klingon Challenge (will need laptop to run video) | Smirkybec (talk) 22:01, 19 July 2014 (UTC) |
| Cards against Humanity (FB request) | Neonchameleon (talk) 14:31, 8 August 2014 (UTC) |
| Munchkin | TheDJ (talk) 10:52, 6 August 2014 (UTC) |
| Oware | Enock4seth (talk) 07:58, 20 July 2014 (UTC) |
| Settlers of Catan | DJMoore |
| Imperialism in Space | James Moulding (talk) 16:15, 22 July 2014 (UTC) |
Interested Attendees
Put your name down here if you are interested in the Games Corner!
- Nonlineartom
- Mvolz
- Vivaystn
- Smirkybec
- Enock4seth
- Andycyca
- Adikhajuria
- James Moulding
- Ruskli0
- valepert
- I JethroBT
- TheDJ (talk)
- TrishulVikram (Can somebody bring FIFA please? Since we
- The Land (talk) 08:27, 9 August 2014 (UTC) - I will have Munchkin and the D&d 5ed Starter Set with me. :)
- Bharel (talk)
- meetmurli (talk)