Classic Gaming Expo 2007 14
This past weekend Game|Life went to Vegas, to attend the annual Classic Gaming Expo event. They came back with a bevy of tales about the show. The best include a short interview with Pitfall creator David Crane, a look at the classic games museum set up every year at the event, and (of course) glamour shots of dealer swag.
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If you're ever in the area, I also do an occasional casual board games night at my apt with some frie
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Midwest Gaming Classic Show (Score:5, Informative)
Unfortunately, the MGC already passed by this year. However, the next show will be in March, so mark your calendars for March 29th and 30th, 2008 in Oconomowoc, WI!
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What interview? (Score:2, Informative)
I don't get it. (Score:2, Interesting)
It's not like anything has changed. You aren't going to learn anything new. You won't suddenly have a new appreciation for Pitfall if yo
Re:I don't get it. (Score:4, Funny)
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If you answered "no" to any of those, then there's still plenty for you to learn/buy.
Believe it or not, there are new homebrews coming out all the time. These homebrews benefit from 20 years of progress in video game theory, development, and general understanding of the hardware. As a result, some of them are simply incredible to behol
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It probably has to do with having better tools and the internet to share programming tips but what these people do with the venerable machine is incredible.
If you ever had the 2600 go to atariage.com and check the homebrews
Another show, arcade games only (Score:1)
CGE is mostly about home consoles (though some folks usually bring some arcade cabinets), but there's a show next-next-weekend called California Extreme that's all about arcades:
http://www.caextreme.org/ [caextreme.org]
(The only thing that is 'extreme' is the nerdiness, but it's a fun show.)
Silly drunks playing Pacman (Score:1)