"The End of the Retro Era" – Exhibition of Gaming Equipment from Years Past

Place of the event: Pomorska 171/173, 90-236 Łódź
When: 16 January 2026 (Friday) 10:00 - 23 January 2026 (Friday)

What exactly is "retro"? When does something become retro? Is the eighth generation of consoles already retro, or is it still a thing of the past? Join us in searching for answers to these and other questions that have been troubling gamers and technology enthusiasts for years at an exhibition of retro gaming equipment organised by students of Audiovisual Media and Digital Culture.

 

Opublikowano: 13 January 2026
The End of the Retro Era

About the exhibition

The UniLodz Faculty of Philology will once again host a unique exhibition curated by students of Audiovisual Media and Digital Culture in January of the current year. This year's edition – under the theme "The End of the Retro Era" – will explore the boundaries of nostalgia, the ageing of technology and the cultural significance of retrogaming. Borderline devices – consoles that represented a significant step forward in their era and today serve as a bridge between "retro" and "modern" will be at the centre of this year’s exhibition

Programme of the exhibition

16 January (Friday) – Exhibition Opening

  • 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Gaming Stations | space next to the cloakroom (level -1)
    3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Gaming Stations | Room -27
    5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Exhibition Opening | Room -27
    • Lecture by lic. Michał Biesiada, entitled "Retro PS4. Czy ósma generacja spełnia już kryteria?" [Retro PS4. Does the Eighth Generation Already Meet the Criteria?]
    • Gaming Stations

19 January (Monday) | Room -27

  • 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Gaming Stations (XBOX 360 + Kinect)
  • 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Emulation Workshop
  • 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Gaming Stations
     

23 January (Friday) – Official Exhibition Closing

  • Details coming soon

The exhibition will feature a variety of consoles and allow visitors to try out games from years gone by. 

Lista konsol

Who is it for?

The event is open to:

  • the University of Lodz students and staff,
  • retrogaming enthusiasts,
  • media and technology history enthusiasts,
  • anyone who wants to reminisce or see what the world of virtual entertainment looked like in the past.
     

Organisers

The exhibition is being prepared by students of Audiovisual Media and Digital Culture as part of the Retrogaming – Contexts, Theories and Practices course led by Dr Kamil Jędrasiak.

Place of the event: Pomorska 171/173, 90-236 Łódź
Date and time of the event: 16 January 2026 (Friday) 10:00 - 23 January 2026 (Friday)

UNIVERSITY OF LODZ

 

Narutowicza 68, 90-136 LODZ

fax: 00 48 42/665 57 71, 00 48 42/635 40 43

NIP: 724 000 32 43

Funduszepleu
Projekt Multiportalu UŁ współfinansowany z funduszy Unii Europejskiej w ramach konkursu NCBR