It’s the end of this ZEvent 2025 marathon weekend! Thanks to you, we shattered our previous record of €11,500, raising no less than €23,510! Your contributions make all the difference — thank you for being there, so supportive and engaged. Together, we made retrogaming shine… along with the generosity of its community!

56 hours of non-stop streaming

We shared more than 56 hours of non-stop streaming around retrogaming on our Twitch channel, filled with challenges and the constant good vibes of our guests, including: Bigkam, Mr Garcin, Défékator, Régis Monterrin, Musée Odyssée, Papy Geek, Cartridge 1987, Eucclidia, and HyperionKTV, who all joined this incredible weekend hosted masterfully by Fab2Ris.

Eucliddia and HyperionKTV during the Metal Slug marathon on Saturday night through Sunday.

The generosity of our guests

Let’s also highlight the generosity of our guests, who offered gifts to our viewers to boost donations. For example, Mr Garcin gave away two books of his creations, Cartridge 1987 contributed three vinyl records, and the Musée Odyssée signed a collector’s book for one of our viewers, along with exclusive prototype hoodies.

The Musée Odyssée, generous just like its community.

A flood of gifts

We also wanted to spoil our viewers and donors: an avalanche of gifts was given away! Among them, controller stands, books from our partners, Recalbox hardware (RGB DUAL 2, RGB JAMMA 2), Raspberry Pi 5 kits, and even a PlayStation 5 — which, with the community’s vote, was awarded to the channel’s top donor instead of being raffled.

The impressive Metal Gear Solid speedrun, streamed live with commentary and explanations.

ZEvent enters the legend

ZEvent 2025 will be remembered: the global fundraiser — bringing together hundreds of streamers both on-site and remotely for nine associations supporting patients, caregivers, health, and children — reached €16,179,096, while no previous edition had ever exceeded €11 million.

An unprecedented opening concert

Kicking off at the Zénith de Montpellier, the opening concert introduced something new: it was possible to donate live during the show, with certain milestones triggering special happenings — a festive and engaging innovation.

Thank you once again

For one weekend, you transformed retrogaming into a true force of solidarity. Thank you to the donors, the guests, the viewers, the Recalbox team, Fab2Ris, and everyone who made this unforgettable weekend possible.

Papi Geek, who after showing us the Vectrex Mini, took us on a tour of his lair.