SC3

Near-freezing temperatures and the threat of rain weren't enough to keep 130 gamers from coming "Back to the Backyard" for SC3's latest arcade party on Saturday, November 10. After two successful but more formal events at an Alhambra gallery, the Southern California Classic Collectors decided to ret...

There's always some sight or scene that sticks with you after an SC3 event. Maybe it's the dazzling lenticular Discs of Tron marquee, mesmerizing you with its three-dimensional effects. Perhaps it's seeing virt on stage, standing open-mouthed, awed by the musical wizardry. Maybe it's seeing Blob (fr...

It took us a long time to get there, but SC3 finally arrived at the Nucleus gallery in Alhambra, CA, on March 5 -- loaded with over 30 arcade machines, 18 home consoles and monitors, and about a dozen '80s electronic tabletop games. The event was SC3's first gathering since April 24 of 2010, when ov...

Videogame trading is a staple of SC3. The last "C" in our name stands for "Collectors," after all! SC3 encourages you to bring all your extra videogaming merchandise to sell or trade. Vintage or modern, home or arcade, hardware or software, toys and collectibles – anything related to videogames is w...

Whoever said eight is enough? It's hard to believe, but the April 24, 2010, party was the eighth time that SC3 has crammed dozens of classic arcade cabinets, scores of vintage consoles, and teeming multitudes of gamers into a strained backyard in Claremont, CA. Over these last four years of biannual...