Midwest Gaming Classic

[16-bit]

Thanks for your purchase!

Since I am flying to the show this year, I don't think I am going to be bringing much if any MVS.  If I do it will be 2-3 carts.  I'll try to bring crossed swords for your consideration.

[Keranu]

Haha, thanks so much man, I really appreciate that! Looks like I'll be buying it then .

[Hobo Xiphas]

In case you forgot, Keranu was the weirdo who flipped a god damned mint to decide what MVS game to get: Crossed Swords or Mutation Nation.

Yeah, he has some issues.

Anyways, I'm not going to be able to make it this year.  I know, you are crushed.

[Keranu]

Haha, I forgot about the coin toss! It's always best to make judgements with a coin toss.

[JoshTurboTrollX]

Yay!!  16-bit! 
I can now look forward to lots of PC Engine, Super Fami, and Saturn goodness!!!

Any chance some good steals for NEO GEO AES??

[TJ]

I'll be there again this year, wouldn't miss it!

[Joe Redifer]

I keep forgetting to delete Midwest Gaming Classics from my Myspace.  All it does is post thousands of bulletins, pushing ones I might actually might want to read off the screen.  ***Deleting now***

[JoshTurboTrollX]

A little news about me-  I will be a vendor this year!  I plan on selling dozens of Consoles and hundreds of games.  I can also lend a hand with Turbo Fest if I'm needed.

Also on Sunday(3/30) I got the ok to do a WORLD PREMIERE of Turbo Grafx Villains II movie on the BIG SCREEN!!!  I'm not sure what time it will be at- but I will hand out flyers on Saturday to remind everyone from my gamEscape booth.

I hope any of you guys going from these forums will take 5 minutes and kick back to watch this little TG project I worked on the last few weeks.  This will also be the first time this will be viewed by more than just myself!  I will upload it to gamevideos.com and youtube.com the following week-

I keep forgetting to delete Midwest Gaming Classics from my Myspace.  All it does is post thousands of bulletins, pushing ones I might actually might want to read off the screen.  ***Deleting now***

[Keranu]

Awesome, I've been anticipating TG Villians II! I also look forward to see what you have for sale, of course ;) !

[OldRover]

I wanted to have a couple of things ready for it but never had the time to finish them up. Oh well...maybe next year. But then again...next year you may see me there.

[Keranu]

Nah that's fine for now. Puerto Rico to Wisconsin would be one helluva a trip though!

[Ceti Alpha]

Sweet! We need to get as many people from here as possible to go for next year. 

At least there will be a cut out of my face there this year. lol 

[Mobius]

So is TurboFest going to be the "official" PCEFX meet-up spot?

[Sinistron]

I'd like to go next year if possible! 

Is turbofest in some rented out cabin with beer, pizza and multiplayer turbo insanity?  If no- it should be! 

[nat]

MGC/TurboFest is just too far for it to be worthwhile for me, unfortunately, it's just too cost-prohibitive. I'd spend $400 on roundtrip air alone not to mention hotel, food, and spending money.

[CrackTiger]

Since I just happened to have a few days off from work I took a look at exactly where the "Midwest" gaming classic is located... and it's in the mid to far east of the continent.

Why isn't it called the Mideast Gaming Classic?

[nectarsis]

Wisconsin is very much a midwest state...mideast would be like ohio...lol

[Mobius]

How is Wisconsin far east?  The east is the east coast, Ohio to Iowa is midwest, and west of Iowa/Minnesota/Missouri is the west.

[SignOfZeta]

Yeah, if anything Wisconsin is far too west to be midwest. Its pretty much on the fringe of being central.

It would be cool if they could move it around every year, maybe to the more populous areas of the midwest like someplace in northern Ohio or maybe Chicago. If I'm going to go that far for something I'd rather do MagFest.

I actually have a friend there this year but that's only because his wife's family lives in the area making this a combined trip.

[Hobo Xiphas]

Hi.

Ohio is not the Midwest, we don't want them.  Especially the southern part, the Great Lakes area is okay though.

Iowa, Minnesota, and Northern Missouri can play with the cool kids.  I'd even include the east river part of the Dakotas.  A good guideline is that if it is between the Wabash, Ohio, and Missouri Rivers is it pretty rad.

Yeah, if anything Wisconsin is far too west to be midwest. Its pretty much on the fringe of being central. It would be cool if they could move it around every year, maybe to the more populous areas of the midwest like someplace in northern Ohio or maybe Chicago.

Hahahaha.  Oconomowoc is almost straight north of Chicago.

I don't think they are ever going to move it from Wisconsin since a lot of the people who organize it are from Wisconsin.

Also, flying in from places far away to go to MGC is pretty silly.  You might as well go to CGE if you are going to do that, it is a lot bigger.

[JoshTurboTrollX]

Wisconsin is for fags.


Except for the packers.

Go Packers

[nectarsis]

^ ROFL

[Mobius]

Third Wisconsinite in a row posting

[Keranu]

Time for the mean ole flat lander to screw up your chain!

[SignOfZeta]

Hahahaha.  Oconomowoc is almost straight north of Chicago.

Yeah, two hours straight north by car...which puts it pretty far away from Chicago. "Midwest" isn't about longitude. Obviously you understand this since you are excluding Ohio, for some reason, but not the Great Lakes region even though Ohio is bordered by Lake Erie.

Southern Ohio is pretty terrible, I have to admit (Cincinnati aside)

[Hobo Xiphas]

Yeah, two hours straight north by car...which puts it pretty far away from Chicago.

3 from the south side\suburbs, but yeah.  Aside from the tollways, the drive isn't bad so moving it Chicago would be silly (and more expensive!).  Maybe living in South Dakota has screwed up my perception of drive times or something.

"Midwest" isn't about longitude. Obviously you understand this since you are excluding Ohio, for some reason, but not the Great Lakes region even though Ohio is bordered by Lake Erie.

I'm just being a contrary corey like all flatlanders are prone to being. 

Southern Ohio is pretty terrible, I have to admit (Cincinnati aside)

Don't even get me started about that damned Gurnsey County.  I hate that place.  There has never been a time I have driven through there on I-70 without the goddamned place flooding like it was biblical times all over again.  Seriously, screw that place (and Cincinnati too, half demolished Riverfront was a million times better than Great American.)

[nectarsis]

My Haul 

Star Parodia  $40
Dynastic Hero (J)  $15
Wizardry 1&2   $ 10
Y's 4               $25
Macross 2036  $30
La Valeur        $10
Tennoke Bank  $10

^^...Thanks turbostar   

SEALED PCE:
Outlive    $5
Magicoal  $10
Son Son II   $10
Aldynes (Supergrafx)  $15

TG-16:
Exile  SEALED  $15
Cosmic Fantasy 2  (x2)  SEALED  $20 each
Last Alert  $5
Dragon's Curse  $5


PCE:
SCHBIBIN MAN 3  $10

PS1 Japanese:
Super Robot Wars @  $5
Panzer Bandit  $5  (16-bit had this for $95  )

Super Gameboy   $5

and Dragon Warrior Monster for the GBC for the kids    $5

[Ceti Alpha]

Nice!   

Hours of entertainment.

[Mobius]

Here's my haul:

Dracula X - $85
Jaguar rotary controller - $60
Rad Racer II (NES) - $5
Need for Speed (3DO, Complete) - $6
R.C. Pro-Am manual - $1
Mario Bros. manual - $1
Sega Master System 1 + Alex Kidd in Miracle World - $40
Alex Kidd in High-Tech World - $10


I had my eye on an NES Power Pad, too, but I couldn't find a copy of Track & Field to go with it. Oh well.

[nectarsis]

 
Got your Master System you were after 

[Mobius]

Got your Master System you were after 

I did!  Now I have to figure out what games I actually want for it... I didn't really think this through too carefully.

[nectarsis]

Phantasy Star FTW

[Ceti Alpha]

Dragon's Trap/Curse FTW!

[nectarsis]

only took a few pics 

http://s180.photobucket.com/albums/x285/nectarsis/MGC%2008/

[TR0N]

Zillon FTW highly recomend.

[guyjin]

other than what's already been mentioned:

Any of the Fantasy Zone games (including the maze)
Rampage
Double Dragon
Psycho Fox (if you like 'em hard... IMHO, this is the hardest game on the SMS)
Columns
Transbot
R-type

[CrackTiger]

Other than what's already been mentioned:

Ys
Miracle Warriors
Spell Caster
Lord of the Sword
Golvelius
Alex Kidd in Miracle World
Wonderboys -the rest of them
Ultima IV

[Mobius]

other than what's already been mentioned:

Any of the Fantasy Zone games (including the maze)
Rampage
Double Dragon
Psycho Fox (if you like 'em hard... IMHO, this is the hardest game on the SMS)
Columns
Transbot
R-type

Aw man, I was really tempted to get the Fantasy Zone maze game based on the box alone... But I passed on it because I didn't want a completely blind buy.  Now I kinda regret it.

[JoshTurboTrollX]

Got to meet- Nectarsis and Mobius.  Got to hang out a bit with Keranu and torgo.  Sold tons of gaming goodness next to a former writer from VG&CE from 1989-1997!  THAT WAS AWESOME!!  Heard some awesome stories!  Also it was good to chat for a bit with TJ and Die Hard Gamer!

Thanks for the memories!!  Will definately have a booth again NEXT YEAR!!!

[Keranu]

Had a fun time this year and got to meet Nectarsis and Mobius, both great people, as well as the MGC usuals. Turbo Fest II pretty much went the same as last year and we got a lot of new comers coming and stopping by the booth to play some games, including the specially made Turbo Pong, thanks to Bonknuts!  I'll try to have a full write up with pictures on my site soon, as usual.

Stuff I bought:

game.com system complete in box and instructions, including Lights Out, HENRY (!), and Indy 500. - $25
Fighters Megamix (game.com) - $4
A ballsy SNES replica controller that sold with the original box design and even has the fricken Nintendo logo on it - $5
Hana Taka Daka (PC Engine) - $30 (thanks goes to Mad Gear for this one!)
Panic Bomber (PC Engine Super CD-ROM2) - $10/20? (thanks goes to JoshTurboTrollX-16!)
Air Zonk (Turbo Grafx 16) - $20 (thanks goes to JoshTurboTrollX-16!)
Final Soldier (PC Engine) - $10 (brand new)
Ka Ge Ki (Genesis) $5/10? (thanks goes to JoshTurboTrollX-16!)
The Great Circus Mystery Starring Mickey Mouse (Genesis) - $5/10? (thanks goes to JoshTurboTrollX-16!)
Dungeon Explorer (Sega CD) - $10 (thanks goes to JoshTurboTrollX-16!)

Oh and I also got a signed King of Kong flier by Walter Day! Walter is a really, really nice guy.

[nectarsis]

ahhhhhhhh you scored the Hana Taka Daka...you don't wanna know how many times I had that in my hands...lol

[Sinistron]

that is a GREAT game nectar- my own hannatakkadaka just arrived yesterday.  You probably should have bought it.  Congrats to Keranu for picking it up.

[nectarsis]

I know sin    It's fairly high on the list ;)

I also passed on:

Hi Leg Fantasy (overpriced)
Makai Prince Dorabotchan 
Blood Gear
Popful Mail (very overpriced)
Madou Monogatari (WAY, very, mucho overpriced)

[TJ]

Here's what I got...

Atari 2600: Dark Chambers, M.A.D., Buck Rogers Planet of Zoom, Revenge of the Beefsteak Tomatoes (all loose)
Milton-Bradley Microvision: Bowling (CIB)
Famicom: Macross, Dracula-kun (both loose)
NES: Earthbound homebrew cart
PCE: Burning Angel (w/case + manual)
N64: Sin & Punishment (CIB)
Four back issues of Game Room magazine
Arcade Ambience 1981 + 1983 CD's

Nice to run into Turbostar again

I was gonna buy a Twin Galaxies book from Walter Day and have him sign it but I kinda just didn't get around to it. And for the third year in a row, I considered buying the wireless SNES controllers from Messiah but decided not to. Maybe next year Also, I was disappointed that AtariAge was not at the show this year -- I wanted to pick up some more Atari homebrews. All in all though, it was another good show and I look forward to next year. I just hope they move it back to June again, I much prefer traveling when it's nice out!

[Ceti Alpha]

I just hope they move it back to June again, I much prefer traveling when it's nice out!

Yeah, I'm torn on that. If it's in March next year it will coincide perfectly with the end of my work contract, but if it's in June, as much as travelling in the nice weather would be a treat, it's probably unlikely I'd be able to get the time off of work if I have just started a new job. We'll see what happens. I just want to be able to go. 

[Mobius]

Given the attendance this year, I doubt they'll be too worried about moving it to a time that people will want to travel more.  Heck, they might have to find a bigger space if there are more people.  The presentations were in the friggin hallway!

[Ceti Alpha]

The presentations were in the friggin hallway!

Hehe. What were some of the topics of the presentations?

[Mobius]

The presentations were in the friggin hallway!

Hehe. What were some of the topics of the presentations?

They were actually really cool, just too hard to hear.  There was one on how to buy pinball machines (I only saw this one in passing), Marty Goldberg talked about something or other (apparently he's reviving the Microprose name to sell accessories for modern PCs and consoles?  I don't really know, I showed up late and left early), Walter Day talked about classic gaming in general, The King of Kong, and Twin Galaxies, Ben Heckendorn talked about his mod projects, and Trickman Terry and Sushi-X talked about working for EGM.  It was a pretty impressive lineup.

The presentations by Walter Day and Trickman/Sushi-X were my favorites.  Walter Day is nuts.

[Keranu]

Walter Day is just plain awesome. And of course Marty Goldberg is my favorite speaker . Yeah the hallway being used for the speaker room was lame, even more than last year's non-walled area.

[Keranu]

I finally got my MGC article up! Tons of pictures too, check it out http://lazerdorks.org/stunningarticles/mgc2008/index.html .