California Extreme Brings The Retro

Thanks to Chris Baker for pointing to the California Extreme 2003 site, as the San Jose 'Classic Arcade Games Show', due for the weekend of July 26th and 27th, has announced speakers, including Ed Logg and Owen Rubin on a golden-age Atari panel, and Zonn Moore of Zektor on "The Care and Feeding of Vector Monitors". As with previous years, there'll be hundreds of impossibly rare/classic games there, such as the Atari Akka Arrh prototype and the Marble Man (Marble Madness II) proto, many of which come from the SafeStuff Atari collection.

A bit late?

[cei]

There sure is a lot of "coming soon" on their site if it's promoting an event next weekend...

Re:A bit late?

[Anonymous Coward]

Actually, I don't see that much "coming soon" on their site at all. The only place I can see "coming soon" is on the Info page regarding the flyer. If this is what you are talking about, the flyer IS available.. it's linked on the front page.

I don't see the point in posting derogatory remarks about the event... just don't post at all.

Re:A bit late?

[bradMartinsson]

If past shows are any indication (and they are!) the organizers are waay too busy with show details to be updating the web page. The pages are sparse on purpose, too, as many of the gamers (especially the pinball people) are sans broadband, and in fact have clunky old PCs. Basically, when you have a spare $500 you buy another game instead of a fast PC. Brad Martinson (Former CaEx Webmaster, etc).

San Jose

[Krellan]

Since it's an event that hasn't happened yet, "coming soon" is appropriate. It's not really known what games will be there until people actually bring them, so it's hard to have more concrete information on the show until it actually starts.

BTW, if you come to the show, keep in mind that it's at San Jose Convention Center's Parkside Hall, not the Convention Center itself! It is a really nasty terminology that I wish they'd change. Every year, some people get lost. The Convention Center (the big building where major conventions happen) knows nothing about the California Extreme show, unfortunately. If you end up going there, you'll just get dirty looks from the staff.

Parkside Hall is just behind the Tech Museum. That's the best way to get there. Just forget about the Convention Center entirely. Go to the Tech Museum and walk outside the building, around the back, and go in the alley there. Walk around the building until you reach an entrance that looks like an open courtyard with many vehicles in there. They will most likely be loading/unloading games. The doors to the event are there. That's the best entrance to use, by far.

It's confusing to find, but it's a great building once you're there! Lots of power and no glare on the games. These are two problems that have plagued other buildings with similar shows....