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Yup, May 26 is a Saturday, not Sunday. That's when *I'll* be there, anyway.

Cool! You can't have enough Trivial Pursuit-compatible videogame trivia cards: http://www.digitpress.com/products/gameontrivia.htm But a free download for the game is nifty!

Used to visit a lot during the Nexus days. Been an "official" AA member since 2001, though I took an extended break from visiting the site for a while.

Nice to see VGC magazine still kickin'. Shame others didnb't fare as well. I miss Classic Gamer Magazine and Manci. I think you may want to check out "Revival" at the Good Deal Games website. It's a foreign-based fan mag (based in France, I think?), but issues are translated into English and distributed through GDG. It's a pretty good read (though the translations can get humorous at times). Color cover, black and white interior, 40+ pages. Very thorough material and very current. http://www.gooddealgames.com/Publishing_Books.html (Scroll to bottom of page)

Nice, thanks for the info! Do they have any coin-op machines of classic games? I've still never played Robotron with double joysticks, and I'd really like to! Oh, yes. Classic arcade machines should be lining the walls yet again. In years past there'd be upwards of 40 machines up and running. Here are some links to photo galleries from 1999 to 2005 (the last one held). These should give you plenty of ideas on what to expect: http://www.digitpress.com/images/cge99/index.htm http://www.digitpress.com/images/cge2k/index.htm http://www.digitpress.com/images/cge2k1/index.htm http://www.digitpress.com/images/cge2k2/ http://www.digitpress.com/images/cge2k3/ http://www.digitpress.com/images/cge2k4/ http://www.digitpress.com/images/cge2k5/index.htm

Usually at CGE, they have one row of classic machines set up - all that you mentioned and more, in fact - so folks can play the games of yesteryear. And most vendors have their new releases up and running on the systems they're for so you can "try before you buy." As far as wanting to "test" any games you're about to purchase, I've seen plenty of that as there are plenty of systems running and most vendors are happy to let you fire the game up to test it. But if you're just asking if there's stuff to play, yup, lots of that too. Stop by the DP/CGE "Classic '80s Living Room" and join the gang in a 2600 Warlords tourney or a rousing game of Combat. Always a hoot.

LOL Actually, half the attendees will be wearing Hawaiian shirts - the other half will be wearing retrogame T-shirts of some kind. You'll need to give us more to go on.

Specifically: http://www.digitpress.com/DP/cmf/search.cmf

I'll be there, as I have been for many previous ones. Yup, it's a smaller show, but no less fun! Always a bunch of vendors and good deals to be had. I find that it's smaller than some of the "big name" meetings, but it's bigger than many of the "local cons" I've attended. If you're there, you'll have a good time, trust me.

It could also be that Albert isn't bringing stuff from Texas to Las Vegas anymore. He's now in Ohio, which - look at a map - is a lot further east now. The shipping charges have got to be insane and driving a truck out would be tedious.

You tell me.

The manual must have had an interesting story to explain the pink Bender... To be perfectly honest, I'm colorblind and I thought he was light blue. But it makes sense as pigs=pink, right? Thanks for the fix. But 5 years ago, was the Debugger in casual useage? I don't remember it's availability. Also, this hack was done Ye Old Fashioned Way, as the Hack-o-matic wasn't available either.

That woulde be the label - both top and end. But thanks.

Hey gang, Well, I stumbled across this bit of history last night. As way of background, I created this hack of Oink back in 2002. My original plan was to make a handful of carts for release at CCAG 2002 as way of fan-service to the TV show and so the local con would have an exclusive release of sorts. I made up a Geocities webpage discussing the release and I posted an announcement here and at DP. Then, Fox Legal got wind of it and sent me a Cease-and-Desist. I was not to trudge upon their intellectual property. I was not to sell these carts. I was not to do anything of any sort that would have resulted in a profit. So, I threw everything away, lest the legal vultures descend. Or so I thought... Apparently, I had saved the final BIN and label art to a floppy disk (remember those?) that I then tossed into a long forgotten box. Last night, after 5 years, I stumbled across the files. So, for your pleasure, I present you with the long-forgotten Futurama 2600 hack of Activision's Oink. Enjoy. (Instructions are long-gone, but the gist is that The Robot Devil has come to collect Bender who's trying to wall himself into the Planet Express offices.) futurama.bin

<rummages through some very old 3.5 floppies and spies a familiar label from 5 years ago> Go to the Atari 2600 Hacks section for something interesting.

Actually, my guess is the (at that time) upcoming Futurama game for Xbox and PS2 is exactly why I *did* get a cease and desist from Fox. Even my lowly hack (of Oink if you were curious) got their attention and they made it clear they were not happy and were watching. So it got kilt.

Yup, I met Nolan at CGE a few years back. Very nice, very approachable guy. In fact, on the wall above my game collection, is a framed birthday card to me he signed at that same CGE.

During this year's CGE, there will be a free shuttle to and from the Expo and the Pinball HoF running every day.

Actually, Spy Hunter came packed with a "duel joystick holder box-thing." Hard to describe - it was like a shallow box with two holes in it. You inserted two joysticks and their cords would pass through the holes in the bottom. Once in place, the bottom joystick was the controller and the button for you guns/missles. The other joystick wasn't used, but the other joystick BUTTON - which was now right next to the main button - was used to fire oil slicks and smoke screen. So - in essence, this coupler just put the two joystick buttons next to each other for "easier" gameplay.

Ahhhh...yes. Thanks for the reminder. Anyway, this demo is tres cool!

A 2600 game named "The Core?" Why does that ring a bell?

Heh. Ain't the concept of "consequences for your words and actions" a bitch? But seriously, I don't think anyone's really gonna care that you're there or seek you out. But I wouldn't be tossing out empty warnings either lest "The Curious" track you down for the express purpose of seeing just what you WOULD do. See you in Vegas. Or not. I'm not sure...

Except for the fact that you'll be wearing a mandatory nametag from the moment you enter the Expo, and you unwisely posted your real name on more than one occassion at DP. You'll be quite easy to locate. Trust me. Me thinks you haven't really thought this through.

So, you're planning on staying in your room all weekend?

This has gotten me cruxified before, but I'll say it again. I've just never "gotten" Yar's Revenge. This is one of THE classic 2600 games, but it always leaves me bored and cold. Avoid the dot/cannonshot, race up and nibble/shoot at the wall, repeat, shoot and blow up cannon. I just never understood why this is so popular as I'm usually bored in a few minutes.