California Extreme

🚨CAX 2025 • JULY 19 + 20 at @HyattSantaClara #CAX 🕹️Hundreds of classic arcade + pinball machines on free play 🎮Retro consoles, tournaments, vendors 🎤Guest speakers, panels, raffles 🎸Live music @themegas + RockBand on stage 🎟️ Tickets on sale now caextreme.org

@8bitdigi 🤘

A look at the games I played at @CAExtremeOrg 2025, a nostalgic weekend that brought together retro gamers along with arcade fans. 8bitdigi.com/the-games-i-re…

Check out these IR photos from #CAX by the talented Mark Manalaysay — instagram.com/p/DMWfi0ppMMn/… ✔️more of his photo work here: mmanal.darkroom.com

@superloreboys Can confirm, quite extreme. Congrats and thank you!

CSL: Xtreme Results [68 Entrants] 1️⃣ MarsFan aka John Choi 2️⃣ Knocktsukow 3️⃣ Eggsnbaconnn (not pictured) This was the biggest Street Fighter II Turbo tournament hosted at @CAExtremeOrg and likely elsewhere in the last 30 years! Catch the finals below! youtu.be/BWp5dVK73F8?si…

That closes out our 29th year of California Extreme. Special recognition to our many superstar volunteers, incredible community, friends that provided coin-ops, hotel/ convention staff & everyone that attended. Looking forward to our 30th show next year! Until then, game over.

Went to California Extreme today! Highlights were Marble Madness, Baby Pac-Man, Killer Queen, and Tekken Tag Tournament

The raffle room~

Big raffle prize, 3:30PM in the Magnolia Room. Get your games in while you can! Console/ Rock Band room open til 6PM tonight. Arcade open til 9PM.

@GilesPink @SleepyBitsNES 💓

@8bitdigi Sweet! Always good to see ya~

I had a great time at @CAExtremeOrg playing some of our regular favorites, along with arcade titles I have not played since the 2000s.

We're still playing #NES and other #indiegames all afternoon in the mezzanine on the second floor of the Hyatt at @CAExtremeOrg all afternoon! Come hang out and try a new game or two! #CAX #homebrew #nesdev

Welcome to Day Two of California Extreme 2025 —- Arcade opens at 10am for pre reg, 11am for general public. Last game at 9pm. Don’t miss out on the chance to play your all-time favorite games and discover rare gems that even Wikipedia doesn’t recognize.

Annnnd @themegas hit the stage at #CAX🎶✨ Arcade still open til 1:30am

We have had a ton of fun at CAX 2025 so far! Here's our booth being setup @CAExtremeOrg

Day One is still going strong til 1:30am. #cax

Live music starting now!

@katsuu3rd h u g e

Huge turnout

SFII' Hyper Fighting is looking stacked at CA Extreme, lots of oldheads popped out