Songbird Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 (edited) Since @KevinMos3 posted some recent strolls down memory lane, figured I might as well do the same! I remember displaying the first ever footage and demos of some (at that point) unreleased games, such as Skyhammer, Total Carnage, Virtual VCS, and more. We had a Lynx tournament with Checkered Flag and maybe some other games too. @goatdan / Dan Loosen / Max / Gary were there in their pre-MGC glory, along with @K3V, @MegaData, Micah Rowe, Eric Mylonas, @Dan Iacovelli, and more that I am surely forgetting. Some traveled over 10 hours just to attend! I remember being super-impressed by @ZylonBane's mad Zero 5 skills -- he played the entire game in one sitting! Lots of fun, and we even had a couple of random local visitors who walked by and paid to come in just to check out what all the gaming was about. Great memories of a great community for over 20 years! Edited November 20, 2019 by Songbird 14 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirlynxalot Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 Cool stuff. I wonder if the Saturn meeting in the shrine had anything to do with the sega saturn. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thanatos Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 Hah. Well, as I put my recap in the 2001 thread, guess I don't need to here. However in addition, I do remember the Skyhammer reveal, I was there for that part of it! I was just a random single attendee, didn't know anyone in advance or talk to a lot of people in depth. But I recognized several once I started going to MGC! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Iacovelli Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 I remember jagfest 99 great times, I'm in the middle of bring back jagfest issues from the past, and hopefully get the 10th anniversary issue updated. the best thing about those days, there was no other shows going on unlike now where you have prge gamerfest etc going on 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4getdat Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 Is that group pic from Jagfest 2K1? Looks like i'm in it and I attended 2K1 in Milwaukee. Life has made a lot come and go but still have this! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songbird Posted August 25, 2023 Author Share Posted August 25, 2023 Just a few years late... all the pics I posted above were from JagFest 1999 in Rochester, MN, including the group pic. Another fun fact: back in 1999, I didn't know how to get a large poster printed. Thus I made the red/yellow/black JagFest sign by hand. Cut out the letters from red and yellow construction paper. Those were the days! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirlynxalot Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 Any interest in a virtual jag fest, such as through a 2 hour zoom call or something? People could show off their elite gameplay skills in bigpemu, maybe there could be a live score attack or speed run for people who start their game at the same time (or checkered flag time trial, etc), developers could show demos of things they are working on to a live crowd, etc. Maybe an organizer works out a schedule of events like this in advance and manages the screen sharing so it's not just a Hodge podge of 20 people talking and playing random games simultaneously 😅 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songbird Posted August 25, 2023 Author Share Posted August 25, 2023 I'm seriously considering hosting an in-person 25th anniversary reunion event (1999 - 2024) next summer, if the interest is there. 😎 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 Oh man! I will be there. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 11 hours ago, Songbird said: I'm seriously considering hosting an in-person 25th anniversary reunion event (1999 - 2024) next summer, if the interest is there. 😎 Mayyybe. Where you thinking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwanSong Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 12 hours ago, Songbird said: I'm seriously considering hosting an in-person 25th anniversary reunion event (1999 - 2024) next summer, if the interest is there. 😎 I'm only a few hours away! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songbird Posted August 26, 2023 Author Share Posted August 26, 2023 9 hours ago, doctorclu said: Mayyybe. Where you thinking? If I'm hosting an event, it would be in MN. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 On 8/26/2023 at 7:15 AM, Songbird said: If I'm hosting an event, it would be in MN. Well it is not a hard no. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFG 9000 Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 On 8/26/2023 at 7:15 AM, Songbird said: If I'm hosting an event, it would be in MN. Oh man. If it's also open to fans who weren't there for the original JagFests, I would be pumped to attend something like that. And with a little notice, a summer event in MN would be very doable for me. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cubanismo Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 13 minutes ago, PFG 9000 said: And with a little notice, a summer event in MN would be very doable for me. Same! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Smallywood Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 On 11/20/2019 at 8:02 AM, Songbird said: Since @KevinMos3 posted some recent strolls down memory lane, figured I might as well do the same! I remember displaying the first ever footage and demos of some (at that point) unreleased games, such as Skyhammer, Total Carnage, Virtual VCS, and more. We had a Lynx tournament with Checkered Flag and maybe some other games too. @goatdan / Dan Loosen / Max / Gary were there in their pre-MGC glory, along with @K3V, @MegaData, Micah Rowe, Eric Mylonas, @Dan Iacovelli, and more that I am surely forgetting. Some traveled over 10 hours just to attend! I remember being super-impressed by @ZylonBane's mad Zero 5 skills -- he played the entire game in one sitting! Lots of fun, and we even had a couple of random local visitors who walked by and paid to come in just to check out what all the gaming was about. Great memories of a great community for over 20 years! Who wouldn’t love to use a Time Machine to shop at the 1999 tables again. 😊 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songbird Posted August 30, 2023 Author Share Posted August 30, 2023 Yes, of course the event would be open to all retro fans... but hopefully I can entice some of the original attendees to return too. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clint Thompson Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 Only 750 miles away from me but I’d try and make the drive. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 Damn - 14 hours drive each way for me, and I wouldn't want to fly since I couldn't bring any equipment. Bit too far for me sadly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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