Midwest Gaming Classic

jlued686 · 02/22/2006, 06:25 PM

Has anyone here ever gone? I'm just wondering how it compares to the Classic Gaming Expo, how many people are there, what they have, etc.

www.midwestgamingclassic.com

Keranu · 02/23/2006, 01:25 AM

I've never been to it, but thinking about going this summer since a person on the Magic Engine message boards recommended it to me.

TJ · 02/23/2006, 02:13 AM

Hey!! I didn't even know about this! I live in Wisconsin. I'm totally goin'! If any of you guys go, I'll seeya there!

jlued686 · 02/23/2006, 10:02 PM

I'll be going. Actually, my website is sponsoring the event. We're going to do a live podcast from the show, including a gameshow-style contest with a bunch of prizes.

It seems like a rather small event, but we thought we'd give it a shot and see how it goes.

Keranu · 04/24/2006, 09:08 PM

Just to revive this topic, I would like to say that there is a good chance I am going to the Midwest Gaming Classic this year, which starts on June 2nd I think. If anyone else is planning on going, please post and we can try to meet up! I'll more than likely be in a group of four (two of my bros and my cousin). I talk to one of the guys who runs these conventions online and from the sound of it, this year's show is going to be huge! Just to list some of the people and sponsors coming:

Sega
JagFest
Ralph Baer (!)
Atlus
Digital Press (I think)

Check out this link for a video of the 2004 convention. According to the guy I talk to, it's going to be a lot bigger than 2004's due to the new location! It definitely looks exciting, so anyone else interested, post up

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TJ · 05/27/2006, 09:51 AM

I'm still planning on being there on Sunday the 4th with some friends. Hope to see you there!

jlued686 · 05/27/2006, 06:05 PM

Hey Guys,

Make sure you stop by the Team Fremont booth (we'll be the first one you see as you walk in) and play some Turbografx with me. I'm going to have one set up with a pile of games, along with an Atari and an NES.

Also, we're doing a live episode from the show on Saturday with a game show/trivia contest. You can win a bunch of classic gaming stuff, etc.

And finally, a bunch of our listeners are getting together Saturday night, going out to a local bar/restaurant, and hanging out. You're all welcome to come. Just stop by and say hi. (My name's John, BTW;)).

We also did an interview w/one of the organizers on last week's show. Just hit this link and listen to the 5/21 episode:
http://www.teamfremont.com/teamfremontlive.shtml

Can't wait to meet you guys!

John

Keranu · 05/27/2006, 08:51 PM

Awesome guys, glad to see you are going (though I already knew jleud was going since I was aware of Team Fremont being there). I'll definitely try finding and playing some good old Turbo games with you, jleud; that would rock. Should I bring any Turbo goods or video game goods in general?

jlued686 · 05/28/2006, 06:46 PM

That's up to you. I'm going to have about a dozen or so Turbo games to play at the booth, along with the other consoles.

We're working on the game show right now, and the prizes will be many. It looks like it's going to be played by two teams of two and it'll be Saturday afternoon. We're doing it in cooperation with diehardgamer.com. Should be a good time.

Looking forward to meeting you guys!

JoshTurboTrollX · 05/31/2006, 11:50 AM

This is totally awesome!! We should def. get together and play some hella sweet Multiplayer games!!! Bomberman, Dungeon Explorer II anyone??

Aw yeah!!

I'l be there Friday night!!

Let the party begin!!

TurboSage

jlued686 · 05/31/2006, 12:17 PM

Nice.

I'll actually just have a Turbografx set up at the booth since I don't really want to take a bunch of CD games and a pricey Duo. But I'll have a Tap and probably Dungeon Explorer and some other multiplayer titles.

Oh, and I won't be there until Saturday morning.

JoshTurboTrollX · 05/31/2006, 01:35 PM

My Duo stopped recognizing CD's so thats not going to work either.

I could just bring my PC with Magic Engine on it. I also have 5 PC gamepads. Then we could play DE 2.

Just an Idea.

TurboSage

torgo · 05/31/2006, 02:03 PM

Crap, I didn't realize that it was this weekend. I'll try to go, but I doubt that I'll be able to make it. I attended a couple of years ago and had a really good time.

Keranu · 05/31/2006, 05:17 PM

Hey jleud, I'm going to talk to this guy who helps run it and ask if it's cool if I bring in one of my systems and see if I can hook it up with other people displays (like yours, if that's ok with you). I have a perfectly working Turbo Duo and PCE+CDROM2 and a handful of five player games and five controllers. I'd be more than willing to bring it all so I can play these games with other Turbo fans out there

. I'm also going to bring my Express.

jlued686 · 05/31/2006, 10:19 PM

No problem, man. That'd be fine with me. The more people I can get playing the Turbo Duo the better. Just stop by the booth and we'll get you hooked up.

We're just going to need it all cleared out from 5-7 on Saturday. That's when we're having the big game show/trivia contest.

Keranu · 05/31/2006, 10:47 PM

That sounds good. I asked one of the guys running the MGC about it and he said it's cool to do as long as the person with the display is good with it. I have the following five player games:

Battle Royale (my favorite

)
Bomberman (via the Gate of Thunder CD)
Bomberman '94
Dungeon Explorer
Moto Roader

torgo · 06/02/2006, 11:49 AM

OK, I'm going. I talked a buddy of mine into coming along too. Before I leave, I'm going to try and find my old TG16 Proto board to show off. I should be able to bring my EEPROMs too.

jlued686 · 06/02/2006, 12:04 PM

Awesome! Make sure you stop by the Team Fremont booth and let me get a gander at that stuff.

And you're more than welcome to come to the party afterwards at Lakerz Bar & Grill. Their reserving the back half of the bar for a Guitar Hero tournament.

torgo · 06/02/2006, 12:07 PM

I just hope that I can find that stuff. It's all in a box somewhere in the house....

torgo · 06/02/2006, 03:28 PM

Found it and the EEPROMS. Found my Vectrex games too

That's the Air Zonk that I used to name the characters for the US release with.

esteban · 06/02/2006, 04:35 PM

You know, after reading the recent entries in this thread, I know you folks are going to have a blast

. I wish I was able to join you, especially for this...

Quote from: torgoFound it and the EEPROMS. Found my Vectrex games too

That's the Air Zonk that I used to name the characters for the US release with.

CRAP! Looks like I'll be missing out on some nice stuff

.

torgo, I'm at a loss for words...

Keranu · 06/02/2006, 08:53 PM

Holy shit that's awesome, I'll definitely want to see that. I'm about to pack up my stuff now.

TJ · 06/02/2006, 10:08 PM

Well I'm glad there are several of us going now.

I'm still not sure what to expect, I'm hoping it's a fun event overall. We'll find out!

I'll be there on Sunday, but not on Saturday. We're aiming to get there right around 10 am when it opens. I hope to run into you guys and say hello. If anybody wants to keep their eyes peeled, I think I'll be wearing my own "Heavy Sixer" t-shirt from my online shop

In fact, I wish I had started designing gamer t-shirts sooner, I would have gotten a booth at the show! Maybe next year!

Seeya Sunday!

Keranu · 06/03/2006, 12:04 AM

I've decided not to bring any consoles, unfortunately

. However I will have a back pack with Turbo games and pads (including multi-tap and extender) along with my Turbo Express.

Keranu · 06/04/2006, 10:39 PM

I got back from the MGC about an hour ago and man it was great stuff! I was expecting a lot from it and it was more than expected, how awesome is that?

The place was huge. It was like two main big rooms and each room had devided sections. The main room had a free play arcade and pinball section which was loaded with lots of good stuff (pinball was outstanding), the center had Team Freamont (who were outstanding at the show) along with a small shop/vender displaying arcade and pinball parts and what not, and the rest was various video game shops which were loaded with great games to sell. Lots and lots of games and a lot of good deals. The best part was that with just about every store, you could bargain with them and get your games for very reasonable prices. Real life shopping rulez online shopping any day.

The other room, the event hall, had a small Dreamcast convention right when you walked in (DreamCon), a small Mac and classic computer playable section, a display of a few consoles, and a small Jaguar convention (JagFest), which had a VERY NICE Lynx table might I add, all in the same room.

There were two other rooms located in the event room. One of them was a exhibit displaying lots of awesome consoles such as Turbo Duo (which I will discuss later), Neo Geo supergun, Vectrex, etc... and had tons of great games to display on the consoles. This room also contained a table which consisted of a cool guy putting together a PC inside a NES case all day which was auctioned off by Team Freamont later and a display of various classic computer systems with boxes and such and a very neat classic Atari display for stores and what not.

The other room inside the event hall was the speaker room, which featured various speakers throughout the days give a nice presentation, my favorite being Mark Goldberg (or was his name Marty?) discussing video game origins (did you know the first network game was actually played in 1961??), some video game misconeptions with Oddyssey and Atari, and Ralph Baer. Ralph Baer was originally going to come to the MGC, but couldn't make it due to his health conditions, poor man. Bless Ralph Baer.

Team Freamont had a excellent contest on Saturday which had two teams of two vs each other in video game trivia and video game competition, like Double Dare. As far as I know, a whole lot of people didn't sign up, so my group of four (me, two bros, and my cousin) all signed up and my oldest bro and cousin were entered in the contest! Unfortunately, they got beat pretty bad by the other team because they other team had some insane little kid that knew some crazy stuff about games, plus my bro and cus got a few really hard questions. Pretty much everyone assosciated with the contest got a free prize, so the contest players, audience helpers, and random audience members who didn't receive anything. Thanks a lot for the N64 controller keychain, jleud!

As far as Turbo-related stuff weren't, there wasn't a whole lot, but I'll discuss everything Turbo-related. First off, when you walked into the main hall, you immediately see Team Freamont and their Turbo Duo display which had Bonk in it, so that was a very nice treat. For Saturday, I brought in my Duo Tap and five controllers with some various games to hook up to Team Freamont's Duo for fun, but unfortunately my group and the Team were the main people who put the most love into the Duo set up

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About three or four stores had Turbo games for sale but the problem is that most vendors only have games like World Class Baseball and TV Sports Basketball, this also goes for another store I visit in the real world and a lot of online stores. The vendors here did feature some other Turbo games for sale, some I can think of were Gunboat, Victory Run, World Court Tennis, TV Sports Football, Ordyne, and Bonk's Adventure. A person I talk to online told me he had bought It Came From the Desert from one of the stores, so I had a fun time telling him that game rules

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The game display room in the event hall had a Turbo Duo set up and some games with. The main two games the guy displayed on it were Devil's Crush and Dracula X, I don't recall seeing any other games displayed even though I saw a small stack of other Turbo games by the system (we couldn't change the game ourselves). Both games got good attention, especially Devil's Crush, which made my day. Also next to the Turbo Duo was a Super Grafx with the case of Aldynes and Battle Ace displayed next to it and next to that was a PC-FX, with the cases of Battle Heat and that women wrestling game. I believe that was all the Turbo-related things I saw there.

As far as people from here that I met on the show, I got to meet jleud and TJ, both people are awesome! Once again, nice to meet both of you! The only two other members from these boards that were/thought about going to the show were turbo_sage and torgo, who I didn't get to meet with, though I thought I might've seen or talked to them and just didn't know who they were. turbo_sage was selling me on AIM that he might not be able to go, so that would explain for him. torgo, by any chance were you the guy who seemed to be incharge of that room in the event hall with all the systems including the Duo with Dracula X?

That sums it all up and I had one hell of a time going to it. I highly recommend anyone else in the Midwest consider going to it next year, it's lots and lots of fun! I took a ton of pictures and I plan on editing and uploading them to an article I'll make for my website soon. I'll remind everyone on this thread when I have done so.

torgo · 06/04/2006, 11:01 PM

No, the tall guy in that room is the one that owns ALL of those systems. He was actually the first one to see Fantasy Star Soldier when I pulled it out of the "archives" back in '03/'04, so I gave him a copy after I saw how dedicated he is to the "craft." I was only there on Saturday for a few hours. I got to drop by the Team Fremont booth and show 'em my EEPROM's etc. But a moajority of my time was playing Tempest 2k with the rotary controller, which I ended-up buying

I haven't played that game in 3 years, and I got past level 70, so I still got it!!!!

I kept pret lowkey for most of the time that I was there. My buddy and I got to tell a couple of impromptu stories, as he went to a couple of the CES' with me back in the day.

It was definitely much bigger than the show that I attended a couple of years ago at the school. I had a blast playing pinball and Red Baron (I used to OWN at that game!!) I had a great time, especially as all of the memories came FLOODING back in.

TJ · 06/04/2006, 11:34 PM

Hm, Keranu pretty much summed up the majority of the event, description-wise! Good to meet you dude, nice to put a face to the name and all that. You looked to be having a good time today, as did I.

A few more things about the show...

Actually, there was pretty much an entire ROW of pinball parts. I was kinda wishing I had some pins to fix cuz it looked like there was a ton of stuff available from a few different vendors. Pinball was very well represented in the arcade area, but I thought the videogame selection was a bit lacking in the classics department. There was a Donkey Kong (with a card on it from the guy who apparently does restorations, and while the monitor was obviously newly re-capped, the marquee and CPO were clearly home-printed garbage) (oh, and early in the afternoon, I scored 85,300 on the DK machine, and I didn't see anyone top it all day), Xevious, Red Baron, a Star Wars that kept resetting when you tried to play it, lots of multi-game machines that I assumed were running on PCs, and lots more recent games like Virtua Fighter, Tekken Tag, etc. I would have liked to see more classic vids available to play.

The vendors were great -- tons of stuff to shop for, from Atari to Xbox. Not a whole lot of Turbo stuff, but there was some. There was a vendor or two that did have games for more obscure classic systems like the Emerson Arcadia, but it was largely Atari, Intellivision, and Nintendo systems. Plenty of rare (and expensive) 2600 games. Also lots of swag available -- there was that place from Minnesota right up front (Warpzone Games or something like that?) that had tons of cool Japanese trinkets, like the dot-pin straps, mini dioramas, Kubricks, and all that. They also had some import hardware for sale that I really wish I could've afforded -- TWO boxed Famicom 3D glasses, a Famicom Disk System (I have one, but it doesn't work), the Famicom keyboard, some Neo Geo stuff, Super Famicom stuff, and more. Right behind them was Video Game Collector magazine, and they had a bunch of ORIGINAL Dragon's Lair animation cels for sale, with backgrounds! They were each $299 or $399 -- I almost wet myself looking at those.

Messiah was there with their Generation NEX console. It's a nice enough little unit, but what I was more impressed with was their wireless NES and SNES controllers. I tried both and they're very sensitive and responsive, good quality, worked great. Didn't buy any though.

AtariAge and Packrat Video both had nice large booths where you could sample a ton of homebrew 2600 games, as well as a few for 5200, Colecovision, and Odyssey. I had a lot of fun with Strat-O-Gems Deluxe on the 2600, especially with the AtariVox thing. I might order that one sometime.

The "museum" room was cool cuz I got to play some great stuff that I just never had the chance to try, like Neo Geo Battle Colisseum on PS2, Sin & Punishment on the N64 (I'm buying that!) and a MAS Systems Supernova (the supergun that was running a Neo 4-slot). I really wanted to try the SuperGrafx, but there was always someone playing Devil's Crush on the Turbo.

As for the booty I came home with, let's see here...

- Turbo: Ninja Spirit
- 2600: Swordquest Earthworld (shut up, it was a buck, and I didn't have it yet), Sub Scan, Nexar, Spiderdroid (yeah, shitty Froggo games rule!), and Skate Boardin'.
- NES: Hudson's Adventure Island w/box and manual.
- Famicom: Otaku no Seiza and Pachi Com.
- Odyssey 2 DVD from Packrat, containing old commercials and Odyssey 3 prototype footage.
- 2 Super Mario Bros. dot diorama toys, 3 expansion characters for use therein, and a Dragon Quest pencil topper.
- Plus all the free pamphlets, catalogs, stickers, magnets, and junk that was free for the taking around the show.

That's about all I can add. Overall the show was way cooler than I expected -- still has lots of potential for growth and improvement, but they're doing a great job already. I'd love to be involved myself some year. It was worth the 2-hour drive for me, and my buddy who I went with agreed. I'd definitely go back next time!

jlued686 · 06/05/2006, 01:23 AM

It was a great time, and I was happy to meet both Keranu and Torgo. K, I'm glad you enjoyed the game show/trivia contest. That thing could have been an absolute disaster, and I was sweating pretty hard beforehand. I was really relieved with how well it was received and pulled off.

The show was far more impressive than I expected. I've been to Classic Gaming Expo, and I was surprised to find myself enjoying MGC much more. They did an excellent job. The vendors were pretty well varied (despite having few Turbo games), and the amount of things they had on display and playable was astounding.

I bought tons of stuff, and what I remember of it is: Atari Lynx & game, Champions Forever Boxing, Talespin, Galaga 90, Ikari Warriors 2, Rastan, a bunch of Atari 2600 games, Ski or Die, Atari controller, and some other stuff. There was a guy out in the lobby (who I think may post on these boards, but I didn't get his name) who had an INCREDIBLE selection of games for trade only. He had a bunch of turbo titles that I desperately wanted, but he only accepted trades, and I didn't have anything of any value. He had Super Air Zonk, Bonk III, Panzer Dragoon Saga, etc. I would have loved to give him a wad of cash and say, "Go in there and buy any game(s) you want with this money. We'll call THAT a trade, dammit!" Oh, and I also almost bought a Neo Geo arcade cabinet, but when the time finally came to make my decision, it had been sold. DOH!

And I'll end with a minor plug: we're posting our podcast from the MGC, including a series of really interesting interviews, in the next day or two. If you guys want, I'll put the link here when it's up. Our interviews are with Scott Adams, Ellen Lurie (lead sound designer from Ravan), Ben Heckendorn (the incredible console hacker guy), Trickmaster Terry and Martin Alessi (from the old EGM days), Cap'n Rockenschpiel and Savory Cade (from Broadcast Gamer), and others.

So to sum up: MGC is well worth the time and money.

Keranu · 06/05/2006, 04:08 AM

To start off my post, that Red Barron game is AWESOME! I never played or heard of it before, but damn that's a sweet game. I love vector graphic games and my little 9 year old brother loves them more, so I'll have to let him know about that.

Quote from: torgoNo, the tall guy in that room is the one that owns ALL of those systems. He was actually the first one to see Fantasy Star Soldier when I pulled it out of the "archives" back in '03/'04, so I gave him a copy after I saw how dedicated he is to the "craft." I was only there on Saturday for a few hours. I got to drop by the Team Fremont booth and show 'em my EEPROM's etc. But a moajority of my time was playing Tempest 2k with the rotary controller, which I ended-up buying I haven't played that game in 3 years, and I got past level 70, so I still got it!!!!

Ahh, I figured that guy in the game room owned all of that stuff. He seemed to be a big Turbo fan too since he would play his Duo often. There was another guy there, and I think it's the guy TJ was referring to when he said " but there was always someone playing Devil's Crush on the Turbo", but man that guy was playing Devil's Crush for like a half hour at least. I think he belonged to some organization or something since he had one of the special tickets strapped around his belt buckle or something. I'm glad to see that Duo set up in the museum got good attention.

Oh and that Tempest 2000 with the rotary controller was badass! I am determined to get a Jaguar sometime soon because there are a ton of games I would like to play on it and the homebrew development for it alone seems to be worth it.

Quote from: TJAlso lots of swag available -- there was that place from Minnesota right up front (Warpzone Games or something like that?) that had tons of cool Japanese trinkets, like the dot-pin straps, mini dioramas, Kubricks, and all that.

I liked that guy's shop and the owner was fun to talk to, me and my bros kept making him laugh by telling him all these cheesy NES games we have played and like, such as Puss n Boots (which is a great game). My bro bought that Japanese Super Mario Bros. level trinket thing where you can attach a magnet behind the background with Mario on the front and sort of control him. He also bought a couple of those item boxes to go with it, which contained a flying turtle and something else. We also bought those old Nintendo Trick Cards which were pretty cool!

Quote from: TJThey also had some import hardware for sale that I really wish I could've afforded -- TWO boxed Famicom 3D glasses, a Famicom Disk System (I have one, but it doesn't work), the Famicom keyboard, some Neo Geo stuff, Super Famicom stuff, and more.

I would've loved those Famicom 3D glasses as well, but I couldn't afford the $100 price for them, despite being as rad as they were.

Quote from: TJRight behind them was Video Game Collector magazine, and they had a bunch of ORIGINAL Dragon's Lair animation cels for sale, with backgrounds! They were each $299 or $399 -- I almost wet myself looking at those.

Those were wickedly awesome! I didn't buy a real cell, but I did buy one of those mini cel things for $2. I got the one with him drinking some potion.

Quote from: jlued686Oh, and I also almost bought a Neo Geo arcade cabinet, but when the time finally came to make my decision, it had been sold. DOH!

I was talking to the guy who owned those MVS cabs. I'm not looking into getting a cab, but I do need a MVS PCB for the supergun I will be having made. The guy gave me his business card and he is located in Crystal Lake, IL, which I don't think is too far away from me. He doesn't seem to sell MVS carts or 1-slot boards, mainly just 4 and 6 slot MVS cabs since that's the only kind he buys.

Quote from: jlued686There was a guy out in the lobby (who I think may post on these boards, but I didn't get his name) who had an INCREDIBLE selection of games for trade only. He had a bunch of turbo titles that I desperately wanted, but he only accepted trades, and I didn't have anything of any value.

Hmm, I can't recall seeing this guy anywhere, I wasn't in the lobby much however. That'd be cool if he posts on these boards.

Quote from: jlued686Our interviews are with Scott Adams, Ellen Lurie (lead sound designer from Ravan), Ben Heckendorn (the incredible console hacker guy), Trickmaster Terry and Martin Alessi (from the old EGM days), Cap'n Rockenschpiel and Savory Cade (from Broadcast Gamer), and others.

Do you know if you guys have interviewed Marty Goldberg for the show?

It's great to see that every who posted their thoughts on here had a better time than expected. I heard the 2004 one was a blast and it seems this year did even better. I will certainly try to go next year as well. I hope turbo_sage posts his situation up on here

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torgo · 06/05/2006, 10:31 AM

When I lived in Kansas City, there was a Malibu Fun Center right by where I lived (Huge arcade, and they had Go-Karts.) They had a sit-down Red Baron that I would play every time that I went there.

I actually played the president of Microprose (Wild Bill something or other) at a CES on that game. I got a higher score than he did

martyg · 06/05/2006, 11:44 AM

Quote from: KeranuI got back from the MGC about an hour ago and man it was great stuff! I was expecting a lot from it and it was more than expected, how awesome is that?

Glad to hear it.

QuoteThere were two other rooms located in the event room. One of them was a exhibit displaying lots of awesome consoles such as Turbo Duo (which I will discuss later), Neo Geo supergun, Vectrex, etc... and had tons of great games to display on the consoles. This room also contained a table which consisted of a cool guy putting together a PC inside a NES case all day which was auctioned off by Team Freamont later and a display of various classic computer systems with boxes and such and a very neat classic Atari display for stores and what not.

That was the museum area.

QuoteThe other room inside the event hall was the speaker room, which featured various speakers throughout the days give a nice presentation, my favorite being Mark Goldberg (or was his name Marty?) discussing video game origins (did you know the first network game was actually played in 1961??), some video game misconeptions with Oddyssey and Atari, and Ralph Baer. Ralph Baer was originally going to come to the MGC, but couldn't make it due to his health conditions, poor man. Bless Ralph Baer.

Thanks, that would by Marty Goldberg.

QuoteAs far as Turbo-related stuff weren't, there wasn't a whole lot, but I'll discuss everything Turbo-related. First off, when you walked into the main hall, you immediately see Team Freamont and their Turbo Duo display which had Bonk in it, so that was a very nice treat. For Saturday, I brought in my Duo Tap and five controllers with some various games to hook up to Team Freamont's Duo for fun, but unfortunately my group and the Team were the main people who put the most love into the Duo set up .

Well, we're always looking for more and more displays. If you'd like to build up a Turbo area or even a small "turbo fest" (similar to Jagfest) in the show, by all means go for it.

Quotetorgo, by any chance were you the guy who seemed to be incharge of that room in the event hall with all the systems including the Duo with Dracula X?

That would be my museum partner, J.D. of the site Die-Hard Gamer.

QuoteDo you know if you guys have interviewed Marty Goldberg for the show?

No I was not.

Quote from: torgoNo, the tall guy in that room is the one that owns ALL of those systems. He was actually the first one to see Fantasy Star Soldier when I pulled it out of the "archives" back in '03/'04, so I gave him a copy after I saw how dedicated he is to the "craft."

LOL, no he doesn't own all the systems. ;) If you draw a diagonal line across the room, half was his half is mine. J.D. collects consoles and games from 1985 (NES) until present and specializes in a lot of hard to find Japanese and other imports. I collect everything from 1972 until present though specialize in the pre-NES material (1972-1985), as well as computers. That was also all my promo stuff on the middle table as well. Unfortunately I was sick most of this weekend and basicly just came down from my hotel room once in a while and for my two speeches. The rest of the time I was passed out, so J.D. was around most of the time in the museum.

The big Atari display was Rich's (goes by the name of Goodwil Hunter) by the way. He's a nother Milwaukee area big collector.

torgo · 06/05/2006, 01:50 PM

I thought I was a collector until I saw JD's collection a couple of years ago. That's just insane!! I didn't pay for much of my collection though, as when I worked at an EB in Kansas City, people would just give me their stuff to get rid of it. I got my Vectrex with 8 games for $15

martyg · 06/05/2006, 02:01 PM

Quote from: torgoI thought I was a collector until I saw JD's collection a couple of years ago. That's just insane!! I didn't pay for much of my collection though, as when I worked at an EB in Kansas City, people would just give me their stuff to get rid of it. I got my Vectrex with 8 games for $15

Yes, that would of been both of ours as well a couple of years ago. We partner together every year (I've been with Dan and Gary since Jagfest 2k1).

That's a good buy on the Vectrex by the way.

jlued686 · 06/05/2006, 05:13 PM

Hey Guys,

I posted some pictures from the show, in case you're interested:
http://www.teamfremont.com/features/MidwestGamingClassic2006.shtml

I'll let you know when the new episode is up so you can hear the interviews.

John

martyg · 06/05/2006, 05:26 PM

Quote from: jlued686Hey Guys,

I posted some pictures from the show, in case you're interested:
http://www.teamfremont.com/features/MidwestGamingClassic2006.shtml

I'll let you know when the new episode is up so you can hear the interviews.

John

Thanks for getting pics of my duffle bag with sneakers on top in the museum area. ;)

Nice to see people pay attention to my pongs though, people usually gloss over those for the nifty Xbox's and PS2's. ;)

Keranu · 06/05/2006, 10:33 PM

Oh sweet, Marty Goldberg is on these boards now. I was in the front row with three other nerds during your speach on Sunday.

Great pics, jlued. And I noticed you got one of our bandit hogging the Devil's Crush!

I also saw a shot of TJ in one of those pics.

esteban · 06/06/2006, 12:53 AM

I can honestly say that I feel like I missed a really nice show. Thanks to everyone who re-capped the events and thanks jlued for the pics! Who was the fellow with his head buried in the PowerBook in the earlier pictures?

Keranu · 06/06/2006, 03:29 AM

It was a great show, Steve. It's too bad you are too far away from us. The fellow with his head buried int he PowerBook was one of the Team Fremont members, not jleud though. I am working on my website article for the MGC right now and it will have 45 pictures of the convention, I'll post the link when I am done. By the way, jleud, did you guys record the contest on Saturday? I heard something from my bro that you guys did, but had sound problems or something? Please fill me in on any info.

JoshTurboTrollX · 06/06/2006, 09:00 AM

Yes the show was terrific!!

I was the guy that had the trading tables going for a while. I had a majority of my Turbo and Saturn Collection.

I made a TON of insane trades. Got a Jaguar out of one deal.. and sold my copy of Panzer Dragoon Saga for $200....

I still feel lost without my Panzer Dragoon.......

LOL

TurboSage

jlued686 · 06/06/2006, 06:44 PM

Quote from: stevek666Who was the fellow with his head buried in the PowerBook in the earlier pictures?

That was Moe. He was setting up for the show, I believe.

Quote from: KeranuBy the way, jleud, did you guys record the contest on Saturday? I heard something from my bro that you guys did, but had sound problems or something? Please fill me in on any info.

We did, but while it was compiling, someone unplugged the power strip and the show was lost. However, John from DieHardGamer.com video taped it and supposedly will have it posted on the MGC site soon.

Quote from: turbo_sage.. and sold my copy of Panzer Dragoon Saga for $200...

WTF? What happened to "trades only"? I totally would have bought that copy of Super Air Zonk and a ton of other stuff from you!

Well guys, the MGC episode of Team Fremont Live is up. You can listen to it by clicking this link and selecting the 6/5/2006 episode:
http://www.teamfremont.com/teamfremontlive.shtml

The audio is a little funky at first, but gets better after the first segment.

JoshTurboTrollX · 06/06/2006, 08:15 PM

yea, I wasn't allowed to sell, but the dude from Digital Press got the ok from Dan to buy stuff. kind of like bringing stuff to his store for trade in.. I guess...

I still miss my game.

TurboSage

JoshTurboTrollX · 06/06/2006, 08:17 PM

Also I got some pix here-
http://www.turbosage.bravehost.com/MGC.html

TJ · 06/06/2006, 09:18 PM

QuoteHey Guys, I posted some pictures from the show, in case you're interested:
http://www.teamfremont.com/features/MidwestGamingClassic2006.shtml

Yeahh, who's this good-lookin' sumbitch??

I didn't get around to taking any pics myself. I was gonna at least take some photos of the Dragon's Lair cels after we came back from our field trip to Rocky Rococco's, but when we got back the Video Game Collector booth was cleared out

Keranu · 06/07/2006, 01:18 AM

Cool, I can't wait until that video is done, just let us know here

. In the mean time, I listen to Team Fremont's podcast.

Savory Cade · 06/07/2006, 09:14 AM

Hi all, I'm new here.
If you listened to the latest Team Fremont podcast, I'm special guest Savory Cade from Broadcast Gamer.

The Midwest Classic was 12 kinds of awesome! Many thanks to the organizers, sponsors and participants for making it a fantastic convention. I'm sorry I've never been to it before since I live so close, but I'll definitely be going back next year. Oh the money I plan to spend next time...

Being around all that classic gaming goodness has rekindled my interest and has me regretting selling so much of my collection over the past few years. I decided I'm going to start recollecting Turbo stuff since of all the systems I've had/have, I spent the least time with it.

Hey Turbo Sage, you've got one hell of a collection. I was drooling over your stuff for awhile at the show. Sorry I didn't have anything more to offer in trade than some NGPC stuff. [/url]

JoshTurboTrollX · 06/08/2006, 08:34 AM

QuoteHey Turbo Sage, you've got one hell of a collection. I was drooling over your stuff for awhile at the show. Sorry I didn't have anything more to offer in trade than some NGPC stuff

hehe, no worries man, it was a blast to hang with some people that game turbo!

As for my collection I traded away about 6 Turbo games

I gained one Sega CD game and 9 Jaguar games... thats good right???

I got rid of Lords of the Rising sun, Magical Dinosaur Tour, Fighting Street(Im gonna miss that one), Implode(sorry BT), and something else I can't think of at the moment.

But I think I made up for the losses with the games I got and the $$ I made, along with one of the best weekends evar!! And I TOTALLY cannot wait until next years!!!

MGC '07 June 9th and 10th. 2007!!!

TurboSage

JoshTurboTrollX · 06/08/2006, 08:38 AM

Not to toot my own horn but keep an eye out here, and over at my site- [Shameless plug] www.gamescape.bravehost.com [/Shameless plug] for information about my gaming collection.

Because I am interested into starting to sell on ebay- and you may see a great deal of my stuff there.

TurboSage

TR0N · 06/09/2006, 12:06 AM

Quote from: turbo_sageFighting Street(Im gonna miss that one)

Well if you gonna miss, Fighting Street it will be on the up and coming, Capcom Classic Collection vol2

Keranu · 06/09/2006, 01:07 AM

Quote from: turbo_sageBut I think I made up for the losses with the games I got and the $$ I made, along with one of the best weekends evar!! And I TOTALLY cannot wait until next years!!!

MGC '07 June 9th and 10th. 2007!!!

TurboSage

Indeed. I will totally be there again on June 9th and 10th 2007

. Hopefully we will meet up this time.

Keranu · 06/10/2006, 03:11 AM

I recently uploaded a article I wrote about the MGC for my website and it includes 45 pictures (maybe more). Enjoy! http://www.lazerdorks.org/stunningarticles/mgc/index.html