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Conventions
and clubs can be a great way to make connections, make friends, and build
your collection. We've gathered a listing of all the national and regional
events to make it easier for you to connect with your fellow classic gamers.
These events range from casual local swap meets to national conventions
like CGE that have celebrity guests and 1000+ attendees. Most of the large
events are held annually, while some of the club meetings occur several
times per year. If you have an event you would like to see included, tell
us about it.
Upcoming Events:
Event Information (Past and Present):
Event for people who use non-mainstream computers or video game consoles.
Features everything alternative from music to art. Although held in Finland,
has gathered plenty international visitors each time (2002 was the 3rd
Alt-Party).
CinciClassic
Date: TBD
Last Held: Nov 9th-11th, 2001
Location: Cincinnati, OH |
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CinciClassic is the Midwest's premiere classic gaming convention of
both classic game collectors and players. Featuring tournaments, prizes,
a classic game auction, and plenty of people ready to buy, sell, or trade
classic games.
Classic Gaming Expo is the largest annual classic gaming event. Held
in Las Vegas, the Expo features dealers, industry programmers from the
1980's, keynote speeches, gaming contests, a museum, a guest swap meet,
and more.
E3 is a trade show open only to industry professionals. "After
seven successful years, E3 is acknowledged as the must-attend, must-exhibit
event for everyone who matters in interactive entertainment. Over 62,000
of the world's most influential retailers, distributors, developers, investors
and media gather here for three days of intensive deal-making. There's
nothing else like it in the world. The most products, the biggest crowd,
the hottest action: E3 brings it all together under one roof."
EuroCon
Date: TBD
Last Held: October 26th-28th, 2001
Location: Europe (TBD) |
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Eurocon 2001 is a European convention for fans of classic videogames
that is taking place in Autumn 2001. The main emphasis of the event will
be on classic videogame consoles (i.e. pre-1985 consoles).
Jagfest
Date: July 12-13 (tentative)
Location: St. Louis, MO |
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JagFest is the yearly event held by diehard supporters of the Atari
Jaguar video game console. Each year one us crazy Jaggers volunteers to
take up the duties of organizing and hosting the event. Previous events
have been held in Illinois, New York, Minnesota, Texas, The Netherlands,
and Milwaukee. Contrary to the name this is not an exclusive Jaguar show;
there are all kinds of Atari equipment there as well as rabid Atari fans
with plenty of loose money ready to spend.
The GOAT Store and Marty Goldberg of ClassicGaming.com are sponsoring
the first ever Midwest Classic, a show aimed at classic gamers interested
in everything from Pong to classic computers. In addition, there will
be information on arcade and pinball machines, including a demonstration
of how a pinball machine works. Attendees can also expect tournaments
to participate in, and the coordinators are working hard to bring ultra-rare
and perhaps even exclusive games to the event.
Video Game Connections has had the pleasure of hosting the North Atlantic
Videogame Aficionados (NAVA) meetings at the store since 1995. It has
subsequently grown to become the center of activity among classic videogame
enthusiasts in the Tri-State region.
The NorthWest Classic Games Enthusiasts (hereafter to be referred to
as the NWCGE) was started by a group of videogame enthusiasts in early
1997. The first official meeting was organized on June, 1997. Collectors
of both home console (cartridge-based) and arcade coin-op games are encouraged
to share resources, information, and stories of collecting. Events of
the NWCGE tend to include a large amount of competitive gaming, including
specific tournaments. Modern games are not shunned from the meetings,
since the emphasis is on gameplay. A blending of collecting and playing
of all the good quality videogames is strongly promoted. In 1999 NWCGE
joined The Vancouver Classic Video Game Club (VCVGC) mailing list. Mailing
is merged with the VCVGC mailing list. While the two clubs are still distinct
from one another, it made sense to combine our online discussions.
First held in summer 2001, this was an event for Finnish videogame
and computer collectors. Future plans not yet announced, possibly next
time will be in 2003.
PhillyClassic
Date: April 26th-27th, 2002
Location: Philadelphia, PA |
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PhillyClassic is a celebration of video gaming goodness, from Atari
to Xbox. The third annual show, dubbed PhillyClassic3, will feature classic
coin-op arcade and home console game tournaments, lots of systems set
up for free play, a classic gaming auction, dozens and dozens of buying/selling/trading
tables, and a few surprises. For continually updated news and information
about the show, see the official
website.
The Vancouver Classic Video Games Club (hereafter to be referred to
as the VCVGC) was started by a group of videogame enthusiasts in early
1995. The first official meeting was organized on May 20, 1995. Collectors
of both home console (cartridge-based) and arcade coin-op games are encouraged
to share resources, information, and stories of collecting. Events of
the VCVGC tend to include a large amount of competitive gaming, including
specific tournaments. Modern games are not shunned from the meetings,
since the emphasis is on gameplay. A blending of collecting and playing
of all the good quality videogames is strongly promoted.
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