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HUGE NEWS: Thor Aackerlund will be attending the show! Huge thanks for PRGE for sponsoring this to happen, as well as Robin Mihara with coordinating this plan. We have doubled the size of the venue to accommodate this event. Spread the word! This is a great opportunity to meet a Nintendo legend as well as support a great cause. More details will come.

I have a modded system(Telegames 6 switch) that is having trouble. The AV cords coming out of the system is hardwired in and was wondering if it can be fixed. The cord appears to be old and a possibly loose connection. I also have about a dozen Atari 2600s of various models which have small issues(controller port, loose power connection, etc). I would like to use them as trade to have a few modded to AV out if possible. If anyone can help me with this that would be most appreciated. I am helping put on a charity video game show on in a couple of months, and would like to use this system for a public 2600 tournament.

I will have a news update hopefully Sunday..... stay tuned

put me down for a cart, looks great!

NTSC boxed model AV 421 708

Bummer, l was looking forward to this one. I guess I will laugh it up with the first one.

Ordered a copy, I am a sucker for limited edition runs. Game looks great.

Here is my breakdown and overview of what I see +1 ditching the UMD, going with flash carts +1 design +1 dual analog sticks The real questions are: ? How expensive is this sucker going to be? ? How expensive are the games going to be? I think that Sony probably has a very good portable on their hands. While I eventually got the PSP-2000, I hated the initial price, and issues with some choices that Sony made over the years with their portable. I think that there is a large uphill battle to win fans over with how terrible the PSP go went for them. I predict that the PSP 2 can do well IF the price is not over $300. One thing that we all have to remember is that the PSP has sold 62 million units....not to shabby and far from a failure. In the end, it is going to come down to value, games, and how well this thing is marketed. Not in that particular order by the way.

Super Mario Bros was released at the perfect time, along with a new game system that did business things very differently from its predecessors. The success of Super Mario Bros and the Nintendo to me is septate from the events of the crash.. It is kind of like blaming E.T. on the crash. There were several factors that caused the industry to get into a mess, and it took several factors for the industry to recover. People wanted to something new and were ready to move on...then Nintendo hit the shores. One vivid memory I had as a child is a line going out of a GROCERY STORE. There was about 12 people in line waiting for a chance to play a new arcade game...Super Mario Bros. The industry is always going to be demanding innovation and something new. Whenever that comes along and is successfully advertised/promoted, you usually have an instant hit. There will be future lulls in the game industry with companies going out of business and creativity stagnant. The company who can innovate and promote the next big thing successfully to the public will have a major hit on their hands. Nintendo has done this in the past, along with several other game companies, including Atari.

Auctions end this evening, last day!

This is awesome news

Got mine finally this week. order number #27 . Wonderful packaging

I recieved my game today, and all I can say is WOW. Nicely packaged, professional quality, and wonderful box art. Gulkave rocks!

I think that I share alot of points that have been made in this post. As for the "launch titles", there is more like a "launch window" in which more than 30 titles to be launched within a short period of time. I think that Zelda is one of these titles. Still, I dont know what I think after seeing the titles. Not a ton there for me, as I was a fan of the all the odball titles of the DS. I know that there will be some in time.

We already have about 10 vendors confirmed. We will have 17 game systems out to play and enjoy from Pong to Xbox. This really is a fun show, with many great items to be bought from longtime vendors/organizers/friends of PRGE. This has been a dream of mine to host a game show near my hometown, and I have had the support and sponsorship of PRGE to now make it happen. I feel encouraged and excited for this year to be a wonderful event. T-shirts with the new logo will be for sale at the event, all of which goes to CJAC. Stay tuned for more announcements.

Update for the show. More vendors have been confirmed. Mary Earisot has graciously donated her time and effort and made a great looking logo. Today I also got a working Apple IIc with Oregon Trail which will be playable at the show. More to come...

sign me up, I want one.

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I am looking for the original Atari 7800 boxed system(the one with prosystem on the box). PM me if you can help. I am willing to trade or buy it outright. Thank you, John

Buy the multicart like others have said, and call it good. Freedom Fighters is great, my favorite is smithereens 2player.

Are all the guys that sell Lynx prototype reproductions on Ebay involved in the community here? I was unaware of that, I'm just a casual Lynx guy. I figured if one of those guys gets a hold of this game, months before it is available to the public whats stopping them from selling there own copies of the game first? If that happens I think Eric could lose a lot of sales. If they are all down with the respect and ethics of the scene though I guess it's not a concern. I kind of agree. If someone here bought the game from me (a pre-release) and then turned around and made a dump and got it working (remember... it took a while to get all of this planned out)... and then the community found out that someone here turned around and sold copies of it, even though a release was on the way: Ask yourself... would you want to deal with that type of person on AtariAge? I think it is safe at this point. A release is coming... do doubt about it. I'm excited about it and others are as well. If someone wants to try to side-track it... they would have a lot of angry people ready to pounce on him. lol so what will be the difference between the final version sold here and the "demo" being sold at Good Deal Games? Just curious

In my humble opinion, the 5200 is a great machine to collect and play for even with its big shortcomings. I personally dislike the controller, but have to admit that with certain games, it is a BLAST to play with the twin stick holder(space dungeon, robotron). I was very lucky to score a masterplay interface controller, as well as have several 3rd party controllers that bypass the original controller. Also, using the trackball to play trackball compatible games on the system is awesome. Another plus about the system is the ultra clear signal that I have often gotten on several of the systems that I have owned over the years. For RF output, it is one of the best(sorry if not spoken technically) The bottom line is that if you can look past the controller you will find that there are enough exclusives about the system that will totally make it worth collecting for. If the controller thing really, really bugs you, then you can always settle with an Atari 800XL and get to play some crossover titles plus hundreds of more titles.

here is a new link to the show on our website http://retrogamingexpo.com/kelso