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The Portland Retro Gaming Expo is some hardcore NERD SHIT and is happening this weekend. As the forum's RETRO GAME EXPERT™ I'm heading out there and dragging demi with me. If you're attending or live in the area let me know!
For those of you who are unfamiliar with PRGE it's one of the biggest retro game conventions in North America and aside from an absolutely massive vendor hall it typically has a lot of sessions with interesting guests and musical performances (lol). For example this year they have the following people:
- Steve Golson (Ms. Pac-Man)
- Howard Scott Warshaw (Yars Revenge)
- Ed Rotberg (Battlezone)
- Brad Stewart (Asteroids)
- Joe DeCuir, Tod Frye, Barney Huang (Atari)
- Ed Fries (Xbox)
- Takuya Aizu (Inti Creates)
- Ben Heckendorn (hardware mods)
- Rebecca Heineman (The Bard's Tale III: Thief of Fate)
- Chris Kohler (Wired)
- James Rolfe (AVGN)
- Loads of random YT dudes
spoiler (click to show/hide)I might have a chance to pick-up Wonder Project J2 since Great Rumbler sniped that shit from under my nose at the last game convention I went to. :punch[close]
I have a cart of Wonder Project J2 and I'm gonna be there, if you want it it's yours for $10.
I have a cart of Wonder Project J2 and I'm gonna be there, if you want it it's yours for $10.
Sounds cool, thanks! Is it cartridge only or does it include box/manual/etc?
Cart only. I've seen it in box before in Japan for pretty cheap though.
The expo hall is officially closed and i spent upwards of $400 on used videogames. Its lit boys
I went to the auction. Two dudes there went head to head on a Star Fox advertising banner (silkscreened on canvas, maybe 3x4 feet) and this happened:Cause furries, sho, cause furries.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P633c1-X-1c
:snoop
(I'm standing next to Chris Kohler and at :14 you can hear me whimper "Chris.........why?")
Quick pic of my haul:
http://imgur.com/RXao2Mm
Spoiler for text:spoiler (click to show/hide)SNES:
The 7th Saga
Drakkhen
Wizardry V
Young Merlin
Arcana
Lagoon
Robotrek
Twisted Tales of Spike McFang
Virtual Boy:
Teleroboxer
Xbox:
Otogi 2
Nightcaster
Nightcaster 2
Galleon
Gamecube:
Summoner 2
007 Nightfire
Amazing Island
True Crime Streets of LA
PS2:
Dawn of Mana
PS1:
Shadow Madness
The Granstream Saga[close]
I went to the auction. Two dudes there went head to head on a Star Fox advertising banner (silkscreened on canvas, maybe 3x4 feet) and this happened:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P633c1-X-1c
:snoop
(I'm standing next to Chris Kohler and at :14 you can hear me whimper "Chris.........why?")
I actually wanted to check this out - no clue why we didn't. Was there anything cool auctioned off besides some furries spending their SSI allowance?
The Portland Retro Gaming Expo is still totally worth going to. But Rolfe typifies the kind of outdated, exclusionary thinking that gives gamers a bad name. The otherwise excellent Portland Retro Gaming Expo—not to mention Portland’s gamers—deserve better.
The Portland Retro Gaming Expo is still totally worth going to. But Rolfe typifies the kind of outdated, exclusionary thinking that gives gamers a bad name. The otherwise excellent Portland Retro Gaming Expo—not to mention Portland’s gamers—deserve better.
GAF repost? ???
Here is slime's haul, he pretty much blew his wad the first day. He only picked up a couple small items the next day:
http://imgur.com/Qo07L9L
The two atari games are from a little contest they had the first day while we were lining up - they had a ton of Atari carts, and only a few were modified (hacked) so when you put it in the machine, it would say YOU WIN - and you obviously won some sort of prize. We didn't win. I gave him my cart since fuck Atari.
The two atari games are from a little contest they had the first day while we were lining up - they had a ton of Atari carts, and only a few were modified (hacked) so when you put it in the machine, it would say YOU WIN - and you obviously won some sort of prize. We didn't win. I gave him my cart since fuck Atari.