Classic Gaming Expo Exposed

Thanks to GameSpy for their report from last weekend's Classic Gaming Expo in Las Vegas. As the article points out: "There's a huge focus on the 'homebrew' market, a clique of game makers that program 'new' classic cartridges from their basement", and additionally highlighted is "Seth Barken's Blue Wizard is About to Die (from Rusty Immelman Press), a collection of poems spanning over 20 years of gamedom, from the days of Defender and Robotron, all through the '80s, and up till Metal Gear Solid" - this apparently includes Megaman haiku, even. There's also a photo gallery from the convention, including some classic machines.

Re:I, for one, look forward.....

[Demodian]

Nah, send them new fruit-flavored Metamucil... They are seniors now...

Oh No! What's Next Pac-Man Depends?

[LoneStarGeek]

I can see it now in the Senior Video Games Obituaries column of your local paper.

-Frogger dies at the age of 20 after trying to cross the road one to many times.
Frogger was run over today for the last time by a virtual Kentworth diesel on a simulated interstate highway. The virtual AI controlled trucker said he just couldn't stop in time when the green pixelated monstrocity leapt in front of his crudely rendered uncontrollable vehicle. The accident was determined to be caused by poor eyesite and co

Slashdot Poems

[Stargoat]

If there are Mario poems, there should be slashdot poems.

There was a place called /.
It had a great many crack pots.
They all visited sights,
Which had many frights,
Because the equipment there wasn't ubber hot.

Commander Taco
Leader of those at Slashdot
He slashdotted you

Cowboyneal option
Keeps us laughing and happy
The polls are funny

There once was a troll post
It sprang to life on this host
It was very rude
Something very lew
Then due to modding it was toast.

My haiku

[EarwigTC]

Seventeen symbols
In Japanese makes haiku
Not twenty-two, Seth

Re:My haiku

[ghmh]

Plus he got the title wrong. For me the following was much more common:

"Green Elf shot the food"....

(followed by curses at whoever happened to be playing the elf at the time)

Re:My haiku

[yotto]

I occationally will say "Red Programmer needs food badly!" before heading out to lunch, much to the dismay of my cubemates.

Megaman Haiku

[drivers]

Spring of Megaman
Was good - II, III, good games all
The rest were no good

Homebrew Games

[TheAlchemist]

If you're interested in learning more about homebrew games for classic systems, we have a wealth of information over at AtariAge [atariage.com]. You can learn about games currently being written in our In Development [atariage.com] section, browse our rarity guide [atariage.com] for 2600 homebrew games that have already been released, discuss homebrew programming with various homebrew authors in our forums [atariage.com], and purchase new homebrew titles in cartridge form in our online store [atariage.com]. Atari 2600 programmer Andrew Davie is writing a comprehensive 2600 Programming For Dummies [atariage.com] tutorial for those who are interested in what makes the 2600 tick and want to try their hand at programming this beast. And several homebrew authors have released commented source code [atariage.com] for their games, also helping to pave the way for those who would like to program these classic systems.

Right now we're holding a CVDRUM Splash Screen Contest [atariage.com], which lets anyone submit entries for a splash screen to be included in the upcoming ColecoVision CVDRUM [atariage.com] homebrew release.

Matrix?

[vjmurphy]

So, did this Classic Gaming Expo take place in the real world or in the Matrix? Looking at those green tinted photos is making me woozy...

Re:Matrix?

[gyrojoe]

It's a new initiative by Gamespy. They are editing all of their screenshots/photos and giving them a green tint in hopes to make them match their site theme.

skeaking of classig games...

[BinLadenMyHero]

I recently played XKobo, a very addictive yet simple game, that reminds me of old classig games. But I haven't found a homepage or much more info. They're listed at the Happy Penguin [happypenguin.org] site.

I only need one classic game...

[b0r0din]

Good ol' Ms. Pac Man.

No matter where I go, if there's a Ms. Pac Man I am somehow compelled to play it. I need to get one for my home. :)