Portland Retro Gaming Expo

[a slime appears]

http://www.retrogamingexpo.com/

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

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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. 

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[demi]

 

[Sho Nuff]

http://www.retrogamingexpo.com/

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. 

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I have a cart of Wonder Project J2 and I'm gonna be there, if you want it it's yours for $10.

[demi]

You wouldnt happen to have other stuff willing to dump off to two horny retro bois?

[Sho Nuff]

Sho Nuff doesn't dump

Sho Nuff responds to requests for shit he may or may not have picked up during his 15 years in the NIPPON

[demi]

Meh

[a slime appears]

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?

[Sho Nuff]

Cart only. I've seen it in box before in Japan for pretty cheap though.

[chronovore]

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?

Send me a pic and platform info if you want me to keep an eye out for it in Nipponbashi.

[Trent Dole]

I happen to live quite close to portlandia.

[demi]

Come hang out and get fucked by two horny retro bois then

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How do I dislike a comment? I want to dislike Demi's comment.

[demi]

Just click this thick dick to dislike my comment


8===D

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Help, I got tricked by demi.

Can I please get a mod to ban demi?

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Cart only. I've seen it in box before in Japan for pretty cheap though.

I think I'll pass but thank you. If you're free we should grab some drinks!

[Sho Nuff]

Holla if you're around. Tearing up the arcade hall now

[Trent Dole]

And my car asplode lmao. I need a new starter so I get to see if anyplace can tend to that tomorrow I guess.

[demi]

We were at the arcade hall. Were at the inn by the convention (srsly thats what its called)

[demi]

Standing in line boyz

[demi]

This place is mecca. So many games for sale... I jerked off in the bathroom

[demi]

The expo hall is officially closed and i spent upwards of $400 on used videogames. Its lit boys

[tiesto]

The expo hall is officially closed and i spent upwards of $400 on used videogames. Its lit boys

Pix of your haul??

[demi]

Will post when back home

[Sho Nuff]

I probably spent about $400 too

Will post a pic once I get home from work, but I got some good shit

[Sho Nuff]

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:



 

(I'm standing next to Chris Kohler and at :14 you can hear me whimper "Chris.........why?")

[demi]

Quick pic of my haul:

http://imgur.com/RXao2Mm

Spoiler for text:

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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

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[Trent Dole]

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:



 

(I'm standing next to Chris Kohler and at :14 you can hear me whimper "Chris.........why?")

Cause furries, sho, cause furries.

[Great Rumbler]

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

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Shadow Madness

[demi]

I made him buy it too

[Great Rumbler]

People at the time hated Shadow Madness because it wasn't Final Fantasy, but smart kids knew better.

[demi]

Thoughts:

- First experience at one of these, and it happened to be (from multiple sources) the "biggest, best" one you could choose to go to
- Freeplay arcade/console was really cool
- Holy fucking shit there are LOTS OF VIDEOGAMES FOR SALE
- Apparently EVERYONE has 5 copies of Earthbound for sale
- And 5 copies of Chrono Trigger
- And 5 copies of ______________ (seriously one vendor had like 10 copies of disc only Suikoden 2) -- if you're wondering why you can hardly find X game anywhere, THEYRE ALL HERE
- The minute you buy a game, you WILL find the next vendor has it in better condition, and for cheaper
- If you can haggle, you are a god here, the money you save will add up (i am not a god, btw)
- Gamers really dont know deodorant
- Lots of thicc bois and thicc dads to ogle
- Panels were cool, most of them just devolved into "ask us questions!" - AVGN was the worst panel easily (and i like the guy's content!) - best panel was Kohler's "retro roadshow" and probably Ed Fries "i'm bored and i spend money to fix old arcade cabs"
- Got to see the "Nintendo PlayStation"
- They also let you touch the "Nintendo PlayStation" which is mind-boggling. The owners of this thing give ZERO fucks about it
- Got to say hi to Sho Nuff, and Chris Kohler (had to remind him who I was, then he chillax'd) - bought Teleroboxer from him because only chris kohler would have teleroboxer (saw Synthizer Patel, but didnt really say hi, felt like he probably wanted to separate bore from IRL)
- Portland has legal weed afaik, so it was common to smell weed
- Quarterworld (where Retronauts did a little meetup) was cool but why the fuck do they charge for the arcade games? Wack (highlight: playing battletoads ARCADE with Kohler and Slime -- and we broke the game, so the guy had to restart the machine and he gave us like 10 credits, which amounted for jack shit for Battletoads)


If you have the chance to attend this or any other similar event, fucking do it. Also bring lots of money. Next time I might go even bigger...

[Positive Touch]

teleroboxer is an alright game

[tiesto]

I attended TooManyGames in Philly in 2015 and the LI Retro Game Expo since its inception... the Nintendo PlayStation dude was at the LI Retro Expo and I got to meet him, very chill and friendly dude.

Anyways, nice haul, demi! ROBOTREK

[demi]

- I only found two copies of Robotrek (maybe there were more hidden on the racks) - I bought mine from some romhacker (John Riggs)

- I only found two copies of Spike McFang - my husbando haggled it down in price because he's so menacing and rugged

- I could find ZERO copies of "Tiny Toons 2: Wackyland" for NES, I have the box etc at home, so I figured I could find a cart for it. NOPE

[Positive Touch]

event sounds cool but i will be forevermad about how it's damn near impossible to find an old video game unless you get it from one of these resellers. too damn expensive to buy some shit thats common enough that you could have bought it for a buck little more than ten years ago

[demi]

It is what it is, a lot of people agree but what else can really be done

[demi]

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:



 

(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?

[Sho Nuff]

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?

I actually was really disappointed in this. Most of the stuff was lame marketing garbage that sold for ungodly amounts (banners, etc). There was a 20-foot outdoor Gamecube launch vinyl banner that looked like shit and was probably made by a local printer and it went for +$500. It was hilarious seeing manchildren try to out-manchild each other tho.

BTW you got Amazing Island

And yes this show is incredible, absolutely the best in the USA (if not the world, really).

Here is me getting a signed Bad Dudes print from Marc Ericksen (the guy who illustrated a shitload of classic Atari/NES boxes). He had the original Space Harrier painting with him too :O


GF wanted some Nuff Luv last night so I couldn't take pics of my haul...gimme a few hours

[demi]

LOL everyone out here trying to buy rare copies of Little Samson and I'm like "Galleon for $3? WTF this is a STEAL"

[CatsCatsCats]

Sounds pretty fun, I should check it out next time

[demi]

Even if you dont want to buy old videogames (or not spend as much), if youre NEARBY IN THE AREA you could definitely have fun in the arcade area or panels. Definitely not worth flying out unless your intention is to buy videogames.

The arcade area doesnt close until midnight (!)

[Sho Nuff]

There's a pot shop across the street so grab some edibles and PLAY ALL NIGHT

[demi]

Have you ever played Revolution X... on weeeeeed?

[CatsCatsCats]

I would definitely show up next year just to get you kids high

[demi]

I dont smoke but I'd eat some edibles :v

[CatsCatsCats]

Give me a reminder and I'll make some next year  -- store bought edibles are weak

[Trent Dole]

Pot is fully legal here in Or, yes. There's dispensaries where you don't need a card. I think I got a contact high most days last year when I was in school. There's a Taco Bell super close by campus so you can guess what I did after class a lot of the time.

[Sho Nuff]

The unlabeled stuff is Shin Megami Tensei for Sega CD, a weird Japanese puzzle game for GB, a VGA box for the original Xbox (!?!?!), and a lot of C64 games.

Not pictured: Commodore 128 in box and Bad Dudes box art print

 

[benjipwns]

  that technology

[CatsCatsCats]

I totally had that rock paintings I think at one point in my life, had this track

http://m.

[benjipwns]

I think it was one of the pack-ins with the Sega CD.

I think there was another one with like They Might Be Giants and stuff on it.

[VomKriege]

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.

[demi]

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.

[a slime appears]

Well that was fun.

[tiesto]

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? 

[tiesto]

Nice Suikoden II  pickup

What is "Dragon Valor"? I keep seeing it around, looks like a 2.5D side scroller. Any good? It's not too expensive and it looks RPGish enough to fit in with the rest of my PS1 collection.

[demi]

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? 

Its a quote from an "overview" of the Expo on some hipster newspaper

http://www.portlandmercury.com/events/18041527/portland-retro-gaming-expo

[CatsCatsCats]

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.

Turtles in time is lit af

[Joe Molotov]

Nice pickups, guys.

[benjipwns]

spyro and the one and a half good twisted metals