Derby Computer Museum
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A fun, hands-on, 70s, 80s & 90s games console & computer museum with 60 hands on machines on 2.5 floors to play on to your hearts content! :)
Derby Computer Museum is full of hands-on computer exhibits. Play games on a SEGA or Nintendo console, write BASIC software on a BBC Micro, load games from tape on a Sinclair, or use our mini retro music studio. The museum is a registered charity run by volunteers. We're here to provide a fun day out and preserve computing history. We also give young adults with special educational needs (SEN) work experience.
06/10/2026
Show our friends at Retro World Derby some love... they've got Lara in the window! :)
Lara Croft is our new window display. Come take a look.
Exciting news for Dizzy fans!! What's your faovurite dizzy game and what do you hope they'll make?
03/10/2026
Have you booked onto our next RETRO GAMES NIGHT yet?!
** Sat 17th Oct - 6pm to 10.30pm **
🍻 BYOB (booze or soft drinks)
🎧 Live House DJs
🕹 60 playable machines
🏦 6 rooms over 2.5 floors
What you waiting for?
BOOK ONLINE HERE... £7... 😀
https://www.derbycomputermuseum.co.uk/byob-retro-gaming-nights
03/10/2026
😍 Don't forget we're open today 10am to 4pm! 😍
Either book online or get your tickets in reception. Details on how to find us on our website.
You'll have an amazing time, but don't just take our word for it. Hear from Bumble Bee123 and all the other wonderful reviews we have on Trip Advisor, Google, TrustPilot and Facebook.
Visiting us
🤖 We're open Saturdays 10am to 4pm (pre booking recommended but not essential)
🎂 Birthday parties available
🎓 School, college, cub, scout, guides, etc group bookings available
🍻 BYOB (bring your own booze) 18+ nights 6x times a year
03/10/2026
Wishing museum trustee Matt the best of luck on his sponsored walk for MND (motor neurone disease) association today.
Please see the link below for more info or to donate to this worthy cause…
https://www.justgiving.com/page/15milesformnd
🕹 GAME OF THE WEEK - The Oregon Trail on Apple II from 1985 🕹
How far have you got along the trail?
The Oregon Trail is an educational strategy game developed and published by the Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (MECC). The video game was a reimagining of the text-based game of the same name, originally created in 1971 and published by MECC in 1975.
The multiple games in the series (often considered iterations of the same title) have collectively sold over 65 million copies and have been inducted into the World Video Game Hall of Fame.
The museum has the game on the Apple Macintosh II, which was released in 1991, and can be found in the Apple room on the 3rd floor.
Cover art courtesy of MECC / Apple
Visiting us
🤖 We're open Saturdays 10am to 4pm (pre booking recommended but not essential)
🎂 Birthday parties available
🎓 School, college, cub, scout, guides, etc group bookings available
🍻 BYOB (bring your own booze) 18+ nights 6x times a year
30/09/2026
🕹 EXHIBIT OF THE WEEK - Apple Macintosh II from 1987 🕹
The Apple Macintosh II was released in 1987 as a higher-end version of the existing compact Macintosh models. On release, even a basic model cost $5,498. It was the first Mac to support colour graphics, although the museum's machine has a 20" "two-page" monochrome monitor which was designed for publishing work.
You can find this in the Apple room on the 3rd floor of the museum. Why not come and try it out?
Visiting us
🤖 We're open Saturdays 10am to 4pm (pre booking recommended but not essential)
🎂 Birthday parties available
🎓 School, college, cub, scout, guides, etc group bookings available
🍻 BYOB (bring your own booze) 18+ nights 6x times a year
29/09/2026
🎮Have you played The Oregon Trail? What version is your favourite? 🎮
If you want to know more about the development of the game and how it evolved from the original, read this article by Denny Connolly:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/this-is-the-oregon-trail-game-you-actually-played-as-a-kid/
Visiting us
🤖 We're open Saturdays 10am to 4pm (pre booking recommended but not essential)
🎂 Birthday parties available
🎓 School, college, cub, scout, guides, etc group bookings available
🍻 BYOB (bring your own booze) 18+ nights 6x times a year
This Is the Oregon Trail Game You Actually Played as a Kid Most Millennials and Gen Xers remember playing The Oregon Trail in school in the early 90s, but most have never seen the original version.
26/09/2026
😍 Don't forget we're open today 10am to 4pm! 😍
Either book online or get your tickets in reception. Details on how to find us on our website.
You'll have an amazing time, but don't just take our word for it. Hear from Rich and all the other wonderful reviews we have on Trip Advisor, Google, TrustPilot and Facebook.
Visiting us
🤖 We're open Saturdays 10am to 4pm (pre booking recommended but not essential)
🎂 Birthday parties available
🎓 School, college, cub, scout, guides, etc group bookings available
🍻 BYOB (bring your own booze) 18+ nights 6x times a year
🕹 GAME OF THE WEEK - Paperboy on ZX Spectrum from 1986🕹
Developed and published by Atari Games for arcades in 1985, and produced for the Spectrum by Elite Systems, Paperboy is widely considered an iconic game. The Spectrum port topped the UK monthly sales chart in September 1986, with the release of the Commodore 64 version taking it to number one again in November. It went on to become the seventh best-selling video game of 1986 in the UK.
More recently, the game's protagonist has made cameos in two films (Wreck-It Ralph and Pixels), as well as a limited comic series published by DC Comics.
Cover art courtesy of Atari Games / Elite Systems
Visiting us
🤖 We're open Saturdays 10am to 4pm (pre booking recommended but not essential)
🎂 Birthday parties available
🎓 School, college, cub, scout, guides, etc group bookings available
🍻 BYOB (bring your own booze) 18+ nights 6x times a year
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Top Floor, 3-4 Iron Gate
Derby
DE13FJ
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