Starcat Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 (edited) Announcement of the Atari Jaguar Europe Festival 2008 The Atari Jaguar Europe Festival short "e-jagfest" will take place in Kaarst this year on November 15th. The Atari Jaguar Europe Festival is an annual event for all Atari Jaguar and Lynx Fans as well as developers and retailers of Europe. All open-minded fans of other videogame systems are of course welcome too. Atari Jaguar Europe Festival 2008 The Atari Jaguar Europe Festival short "e-jagfest" will take place in Kaarst, on 15th november this year. It's a meeting of Videogame fans from all over Europe. The center of attention of course is Atari and ist game consoles. All of you, who want to join friends and enjoy playing Jaguar, Lynx, VCS 2600, 5200, 7800 or homecomputers of the 80s, has found just the right place. Next to the classic originals, you can also see many modified systems as well. Have you ever tried a selfmade VCS 2600 handeld system with analogue controls? Ever played a match of "Worms" on a with love repainted silver/blue Jaguar or ever enjoyed playing Tempest with a true "Tempest Rotary controller"? These are just a few examples of what past years had to offer. Of course all other classic consoles are very welcome too. In the past we regularly had NUON setups with games such as Iron Solider 3 and Tempest 3000 among other exotic systems. Playing games is just one part of the event though. Homebrew developers from all over the world use the chance to show off their latest developments on the fest and offer exclusive releases for sale. In the past years you could find limited e-jagfest releases of Starcat's "Jag Mind: Bomb Squad" for the Jaguar CD, as well as other Starcat Developments releases. New VCS 2600 releases such as "Raster Fahndung" and "Encaved" were shown as well. Developer Matthias Domin was also often guest on our events and showed off different demos and games. We still enjoy remembering last year's Europe premiere of the "Jaguar Virtual Reality Headset". Gaztee from England, proud owner of one of only two existing and working prototypes of the never released Jag VR-Headsets joined us as guest. Some people have the luck of owning a rare prototype game. A great chance to show it on the event and talk about it as well as just using the chance of playing it. We also offer the rare opportunity of playing "Battlesphere" networked and thus playing one of the rarest and best Jaguar games, which can be played "theoretically" with up to 16 people. Four player duels using the lynx have also become a very popular part of the event. Smaller competitions and cups, such as "Club Drive" or "Kasumi Ninja" create a great retro atmosphere. We also hold the official European Championship of Checkered Flag for the Lynx each year. In previous years there also was always at least one retailer present to offer new and used games for the Jaguar and other retro systems for sale. Additional highlights of this year's event: For the first time, we will hold the Jaguar Worms European Championship on this year's event. This Challenge used to be part of the Jagfest UK, which is not taking place this year sadly. So it was moved to e-jagfest this year. Get the Cup and become European Champion! Of course there will again be the traditional European Championship in Checkered Flag on the Lynx. There will be a cup of "Grenzüberschreitung" for the Falcon 030. It's a game based on a variation of Tron, a game written by Thorsten Butschke for the e-jagfest competitions. The ex "Eclipse Software" employee Dan Hericks (Iron Solider 1&2) will show screenshots of previously unreleased Jaguar projects. Don't miss this exciting chance. Regarding retailers, Nick Harlow of "16/32 Systems" will finally be guest again after two years in which we all missed him. We also expect "Sijmen and Sandra Schouten" of Atari-Shop, who will also offer games for sale. This list of course is not yet complete, everybody who has something to show is welcome to attend. You do not need to let us know in advance, but of course this would be very kind, to make planning easier. You can be sure, boredom is not part of our vocabulary on e-jagfest! Everybody who wants to enjoy a great time with friends or wants to enjoy retro games should use the chance and drop by. You are very welcome! Even if you don't own an Atari system yet, no problem! Just bring your favorite classic system with you or just drop by to enjoy the systems installed. We will find a place for you. This year's event is already the eighth in total and the fifth in a row in Kaarst, Germany. Entry is on 15th November on 10:30 in the morning. Entrance fee is 5 euro. More information on: Atari Jaguar Europe Festival Page Edited October 15, 2008 by Starcat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocket Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 Interesting program, good luck with this show Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isgoed Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 This sounds like a lot of fun! Unfortunately, I can't make it. I do hope that there will be lot's of photo's taken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuddyBuddies Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 The ex "Eclipse Software" employee Dan Hericks (Iron Solider 1&2) will show screenshots of previously unreleased Jaguar projects. Don't miss this exciting chance.--------------------Id like to know more about this! Good luck with the show too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Htbaa Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 It looks like I'll be able to come this year. Always wanted to as it seems like a lot of fun! All I need to do is secure a car for that day :-). At what time will the event end? I believe it's about 3 hours driving for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterG Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 It looks like I'll be able to come this year. Always wanted to as it seems like a lot of fun! All I need to do is secure a car for that day :-). At what time will the event end? I believe it's about 3 hours driving for me. It depends. official end has always been something around 11pm and 1 am. After that you never know, sometimes we would go to a bar and have something to eat and a few beer with the remaining few in other years we continued gaming at another place after our location closed. We will have to see what it will be like this year :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 (edited) This all sounded interesting enough I decided to look it up on Priceline.com (for someone like me in the United States of America) And the picture attached was the result. Not bad for a flight scheduled a month ahead of time. Probably need to schedule a year or so out for the better deal. Edited October 22, 2008 by doctorclu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaguar_fan Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 (edited) This all sounded interesting enough I decided to look it up on Priceline.com (for someone like me in the United States of America) And the picture attached was the result. Not bad for a flight scheduled a month ahead of time. Probably need to schedule a year or so out for the better deal. Umm, why did you chose Genoa in Italy as destination? The closest airports to Kaarst in Germany would be either Cologne or Dusseldorf.... Alternatively you could also fly to Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Edited October 22, 2008 by jaguar_fan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isgoed Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 WHAT!? And have the doc here with "us" in Holland?? NEVER!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Htbaa Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 Haha. Are you going Isgoed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 This all sounded interesting enough I decided to look it up on Priceline.com (for someone like me in the United States of America) And the picture attached was the result. Not bad for a flight scheduled a month ahead of time. Probably need to schedule a year or so out for the better deal. Umm, why did you chose Genoa in Italy as destination? The closest airports to Kaarst in Germany would be either Cologne or Dusseldorf.... Alternatively you could also fly to Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Eh! So Priceline.com is geographically challenged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isgoed Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 @Htbaa No, unfortunately not A few years ago, we had 2 or 3 times a Dutch Atariday, but I don't think that will happen again. It's a shame, it was quite fun.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WERY Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 Seems interesting. I believe we got something similiar in northern europe but that is a members only expo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmx Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 Only 7 days to go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
games-freak Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 Eh! So Priceline.com is geographically challenged. Hey Doc! Shame it is sooo expensive, we would liked to have met you in person! Greetz, Sandra & Sijmen (who will finally be at the chat again today... ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthias Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 Hello, i've uploaded some photos taken at the Euro-Jagfest 2008. Kind regards Matthias Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerosquare Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 Thanks ! Looks like it was a fun place to be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isgoed Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 Yes, thanks Matthias. Looking forward to the games you're working on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuddyBuddies Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Thanks Matthias, cant wait to check out your games and is there any chance of seeing the soon? thanks buddy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocket Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Cool pics ! Ohhhh I see a nice box for Impulse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthias Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Hello! Thanks Matthias, cant wait to check out your games and is there any chance of seeing the soon? thanks buddy! The next release is probably Impulse, this project requires only some "minor" work (and full testing of course). Kind regards Matthias Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuddyBuddies Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Hello! Thanks Matthias, cant wait to check out your games and is there any chance of seeing the soon? thanks buddy! The next release is probably Impulse, this project requires only some "minor" work (and full testing of course). Kind regards Matthias Im really looking forward to your game and thank you very much for supporting the Jaguar, you are DA MAN! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocket Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 Hello! Thanks Matthias, cant wait to check out your games and is there any chance of seeing the soon? thanks buddy! The next release is probably Impulse, this project requires only some "minor" work (and full testing of course). Kind regards Matthias Im really looking forward to your game and thank you very much for supporting the Jaguar, you are DA MAN! I second that, can't wait Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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