+sramirez2008 Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 Oh yeah...I had forgotten about the setup at last years Houston Arcade Expo. That is by far, the largest display I’ve ever played Galaga on. That was tons of fun. Thanks Darrell.? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.K. Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 SPICEWARE: Hah! That display is crazy! I live in Illinois. I'm jealous of you guys out West! You're always having retro fests! We never get anything where I live. JOHNNYWC: Awesome name! You went back to the old DOS CHAMP GAMES title! So cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arenafoot Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 (edited) 10 hours ago, sramirez2008 said: Oh yeah...I had forgotten about the setup at last years Houston Arcade Expo. That is by far, the largest display I’ve ever played Galaga on. That was tons of fun. Thanks Darrell.? Isn't that you Steve playing the game in that pic? Edited July 18, 2019 by Arenafoot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 53 minutes ago, Arenafoot said: Isn't that you Darrell playing the game in that pic? Its's actually me.? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arenafoot Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 2 minutes ago, sramirez2008 said: Its's actually me.? I typed in the wrong name....LOL! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 That was a really fun setup. I hope they bring it back this year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+FujiSkunk Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 Somebody will need to bring an Atari with the new Galaga or Galagon also... hint hint. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 16 hours ago, D.A.K. said: SPICEWARE: Hah! That display is crazy! I live in Illinois. I'm jealous of you guys out West! You're always having retro fests! We never get anything where I live. Texas is in the in the south, I'm even in the same time zone as you The Midwest Gaming Classic is just north of you in Milwaukee. About an hours drive from McHenry, Illinois where I lived in the 70s and early 80s. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 50 minutes ago, FujiSkunk said: Somebody will need to bring an Atari with the new Galaga or Galagon also... hint hint. Looks like the date has shifted back to mid-November, 4 weeks after PRGE. Maybe @Albert and make an appearance again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 Just now, SpiceWare said: Looks like the date has shifted back to mid-November, 4 weeks after PRGE. Maybe @Albert and make an appearance again. Yes, this is the first time in a while that it hasn't been smack on top of PRGE, or within a week of it. However, I'm not sure I'll be back home from PRGE by then, as I plan on taking a more meandering route back so I can stop along the way at a few places and also do some mountain biking if I can. Even then, it'd be unlikely I'd want to drag hardware to the show right after PRGE, although if I'm in town, it would be fun to attend. I'd like to see the new space! ..Al 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 With or without hardware, we’d love for you to attend if at all possible. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.K. Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 SPICEWARE: I stand corrected, I didn't look at your location - I assumed you were with the Oregon guys, it seems they have a big retro scene out there. I live in central Illinois. It would still be quite a drive for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arenafoot Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 On 7/17/2019 at 5:18 PM, D.A.K. said: I live in Illinois. I'm jealous of you guys out West! You're always having retro fests! We never get anything where I live. DAK - you can use my website: www.VideoGameStores.net to locate expos and game stores. I haven't updated the expos page in a bit, but they are all listed on there. Also, let me know if there's some video game stores missing on the individual states pages. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easmith Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 when will this be available for purchase? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Iacovelli Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 On 7/18/2019 at 10:01 AM, SpiceWare said: Texas is in the in the south, I'm even in the same time zone as you The Midwest Gaming Classic is just north of you in Milwaukee. About an hours drive from McHenry, Illinois where I lived in the 70s and early 80s. lets not forget Video Game Summit Home of the Harmony Games and btw besides showing mappy as part of Harmony Game tournament we also showed the first demo of Galaga (before the name change happened) went over big. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+johnnywc Posted July 20, 2019 Author Share Posted July 20, 2019 1 hour ago, easmith said: when will this be available for purchase? Hello! Galagon will first be available for purchase on October 19th, 2019 at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo in Portland, Oregon, and then in the Atari Age store a couple weeks after that. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+johnnywc Posted July 20, 2019 Author Share Posted July 20, 2019 42 minutes ago, Dan Iacovelli said: lets not forget Video Game Summit Home of the Harmony Games and btw besides showing mappy as part of Harmony Game tournament we also showed the first demo of Galaga (before the name change happened) went over big. That's great to hear Dan! Thanks so much for having Mappy and the demo of Galaga available to play at the VGS! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Iacovelli Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 5 minutes ago, johnnywc said: That's great to hear Dan! Thanks so much for having Mappy and the demo of Galaga available to play at the VGS! no prob john, I've always support the Homebrew scene especially the 2600.keep up the good work. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLeaf Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 (edited) I love the name change. Like Draconian, the name seems to borrow from a Tandy Coco game of the same name Edited July 20, 2019 by AtariLeaf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenJ Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 2 hours ago, johnnywc said: Hello! Galagon will first be available for purchase on October 19th, 2019 at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo in Portland, Oregon, and then in the Atari Age store a couple weeks after that. Sure hope there is a no-box option when it hits the AA store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+johnnywc Posted July 20, 2019 Author Share Posted July 20, 2019 11 hours ago, AtariLeaf said: I love the name change. Like Draconian, the name seems to borrow from a Tandy Coco game of the same name Thanks! Hmmm, I didn't realize there was a Galaga clone made for the Tandy CoCo named "Galagon"! We actually decided to name the game after Champ Games (CHAMProgramming) PC clone that I did back in 1997: http://www.champ-em.com/galagon.htm Incidentally, I was able to reference a lot of the code in CHAMP Galagon for the 2600 version which helped immensely in the quick development! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 6 hours ago, johnnywc said: We actually decided to name the game after Champ Games (CHAMProgramming) PC clone that I did back in 1997: I can't think of a good "Champ" style name for 'Wizard Of Wor'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.K. Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 (edited) johnnywc: Kinda off topic but have you ever played Deluxe Galaga on Amiga or WARBLADE on PC? Edgar M. Vigdal, the programmer, was a friend of mine for many years. We met online via Amiga scene in the 90's, he was from Norway. His last project was working on WARBLADE II but he passed away a few years ago. 8( It became "WARBLADE" for the PC when he decided to do the PC version due to him not wanting to use the name "GALAGA" for copyright issues. WARBLADE for PC is the best version of the game & what interested parties should get. WARBLADE is an excellent game! I still play it often! It's like GALAGA but a super version with a store and weapon upgrades, mini games and it goes on and on and on! I had an artist friend who actually came up with the name WARBLADE. In the 90's, we were trying to do a Genesis version with Edgar but it never happened. However, my artist friend had done artwork and we even had a version for AGA Amigas using his graphics. It looks like he was paired with another artist for the sequel WARBLADE MK II. It's such a loss that Edgar passed away. Anyone who likes GALAGA or it's sequel GAPLUS will love this game. It's totally worth the purchase. http://emv-software.weebly.com/products.html Edited July 20, 2019 by D.A.K. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+johnnywc Posted July 20, 2019 Author Share Posted July 20, 2019 1 hour ago, SS said: I can't think of a good "Champ" style name for 'Wizard Of Wor'. As of now, we're still planning on releasing that game as "Wizard of Wor Arcade", so no worries! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 "Warlocks of War!" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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