First Spear Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 http://www.njgamercon.com/location.html I just found this. I am planning to go. It's in Runnemede, NJ. Anyone else have interest? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slab0meat Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Never heard of it, but it's only about 20-25 minutes away from me.... maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaserCat Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Just checked the distance from my house and it is only a little more than an hour away. If I have any cash left over from Too Many Games I will check this out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2600 Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 Too far for me, and likely the same vendors you'll see at most game shows in the NE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
First Spear Posted May 23, 2016 Author Share Posted May 23, 2016 The last show I went to was in 2004 or so, I'm in southern NJ already, so I'm in. I'm not expecting much, but you never know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Loguidice Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 It's about 35 minutes or so from my home. Like others, though, I'm skeptical of smaller shows because of the limited selection. I'm not necessarily interested in seeing the same NES, SNES, and Genesis stuff. I'll keep it in mind, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
First Spear Posted July 26, 2016 Author Share Posted July 26, 2016 Con summary; Small, but kind of effective. The vendor area had about 20 sellers, but two had loose Inty carts with overlays rubber banded, one had loose and box and a few shrinkwrapped commons, average price $10. that's a pretty high percentage of Intellivision visibility. The "free arcade" gave the kids a chance to really play the classic games the way They Originally Were . My 9-yo won Heavy Barrel without spending $90 in quarters. Experiencing Stargate Defender ("why does the joystick only move up and down?!") and Asteroids ("where is the controller?!") were also great. There were multi-player tournaments as well. This was probably the worst part of the show, as the judges were scoring by-hand on paper in the corner and not showing anyone what they were doing, and calling names to play next intermittently. One kid wasn't called at all to play in his bracket and the judge didn't want to deal with it and just moved on. I'm waiting to see how this gets rectified, since that was a pretty bad experience for an otherwise decent setup. Of course if I had enough talent, I would get a tournament Intellivision game going... Hmmm..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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