Retro Gaming Convention in Portland Oregon thoughts....

[BigusSchmuck]

Well after wrapping up the first day here, I did manage to get some decently priced Turbo games. But good lord thus thing had 80 some odd vendors this year and even had a Negeo and a Vetrix setup! I thought that was pretty cool until I saw a complete Apple 2e for 2 grand. I about shit my drawers. This thing has gone, mainstream ugh. About the only redeeming factor I saw Ghouls N Ghosts for the Super Grafx for 50 bucks complete in box. I sure hope the after party is worth it.

[Jibbajaba]

I bought a handful of turbobs and a couple of books, and that's it.  Everything is just too overpriced.  Maybe it's because I'm just not really actively looking for games anymore, but I just wasn't into the show.  All the arcade games were cool, but it was so crowded and I was carrying my stuff around, so I didn't play anything.  I got in at 9, and left around 11:30.

What Turbo games did you get?

Chris

[BigusSchmuck]

I bought a handful of turbobs and a couple of books, and that's it.  Everything is just too overpriced.  Maybe it's because I'm just not really actively looking for games anymore, but I just wasn't into the show.  All the arcade games were cool, but it was so crowded and I was carrying my stuff around, so I didn't play anything.  I got in at 9, and left around 11:30.

What Turbo games did you get?

Chris

I bought a handful of turbobs and a couple of books, and that's it.  Everything is just too overpriced.  Maybe it's because I'm just not really actively looking for games anymore, but I just wasn't into the show.  All the arcade games were cool, but it was so crowded and I was carrying my stuff around, so I didn't play anything.  I got in at 9, and left around 11:30.

What Turbo games did you get?

Chris

I got Adams Family, World Class Baseball, Silent Debuggers, and Exile. All for 30 bucks. I will be at the after show and try to talk some sense into the idiot who is selling Vasteel for 200 bucks. If Ghouls and ghosts is still there I may pick it up. Most vendors will let you haggle with them so I may try again tomorrow seeing how I got a two day pass.  

[SignOfZeta]

2000 bucks for an Apple IIe? You mean the computer that every school had 100 of in the 80s?

[BigusSchmuck]

2000 bucks for an Apple IIe? You mean the computer that every school had 100 of in the 80s?

Yeap. The same. It came with the box and instructions too.

[BigusSchmuck]

The after parry was pretty cool except the expensive drinks. I was pleasantly surprised when I saw a Saturn setup with Saturn Bomberman and a bunch of fellas huddled around on a little 27 inch TV. This is so bizarre, they had a 3do, a dreamcast, sega CD tower of power, and a jaguar but no turbo love at all. Hell at least last year they had a vanilla turbo setup with parasol stars but for some reason not this year. Tetris and Capcom bowling tournaments every where. At least tomorrow there is a bomberman tourney I may attend.

[SignOfZeta]

A Jag but no Turbo. That's some old bullshit right there.

[BigusSchmuck]

Well, me and Jibba had a good time over there despite the lack of turbo games.We couldn't find the damn Neogeo they had setup today that kind of sucked. I found out that the guy who had it left super early this morning. We did stop by bald guy video games he had some decent prices on some Genesis games and the fact he took plastic was a blessing in disguise. I didn't find the guy who was trying to sell Cotton for 500 bucks but there was a vendor who wouldn't budge at all on a boxed New Adventure Island. The guy wanted 100 bucks firm on it. No trades or nothing. It was still there when I left at 5:00 when the convention closed. Even sadder someone bought that 2000 dollar apple 2e. Overall a great experience made even better when jibba showed up. I will probably come back next year.

[420GOAT]

got any pics?

[BigusSchmuck]

Yeah I got some pictures I will post some when I get home.

[Jibbajaba]

I had a much better time there on Sunday, since I had Bigus to hang out with.As he said, Turbobs were few and far between, and much of it was sickeningly overpriced, but we still managed to find a few goodies.

Some gouging highlights include the CIB Motoroader for $50, the CIB NES Contra for $75, and the TG16 system with all hookups, but no box or anything, for $100.  I was really hoping to buy a copy of Air Zonk while I was there, but the cheapest option was a loose Huey for $30.

Here's a pic of everything I got while in Portland.  Two of the books came from Powell's, and the rest came from the expo.



GEN - Thunder Force 2
GEN - Comix Zone
PC - D&D Eye of the Beholder
PC - Wolfenstein 3D shareware disk
PC - Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold shareware disk
Activision Megamania high score patch
Book "Game Calculators Play"
Book "Masters of Doom"
Book "Secrets of the Games: Sega CD"
Book "Castlevania: The official Hint Guide"  Includes Super Castlevania but not Drac X for SNES or Rondo for PCE.
VCS - Road Warriors limited edition homebrew game
TG16 - Super Volleyball
TG16 - Motoroader
TGCD - Lords of Thunder
TGCD - The Adams Family
TGCD - Dungeon Master: Theron's Quest
TGCD - Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective

The most expensive Turbob was Lords.  Priced at $40, but I bought it together with Adam's Family, so I got it for $30 and Adam's for $10.  Motoroader was $10, Sherlock was $10, Volleyball was $10, and Dungeon Master was $15.

[BigusSchmuck]

I had a much better time there on Sunday, since I had Bigus to hang out with.As he said, Turbobs were few and far between, and much of it was sickeningly overpriced, but we still managed to find a few goodies.

Some gouging highlights include the CIB Motoroader for $50, the CIB NES Contra for $75, and the TG16 system with all hookups, but no box or anything, for $100.  I was really hoping to buy a copy of Air Zonk while I was there, but the cheapest option was a loose Huey for $30.

Here's a pic of everything I got while in Portland.  Two of the books came from Powell's, and the rest came from the expo.



GEN - Thunder Force 2
GEN - Comix Zone
PC - D&D Eye of the Beholder
PC - Wolfenstein 3D shareware disk
PC - Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold shareware disk
Activision Megamania high score patch
Book "Game Calculators Play"
Book "Masters of Doom"
Book "Secrets of the Games: Sega CD"
Book "Castlevania: The official Hint Guide"  Includes Super Castlevania but not Drac X for SNES or Rondo for PCE.
VCS - Road Warriors limited edition homebrew game
TG16 - Super Volleyball
TG16 - Motoroader
TGCD - Lords of Thunder
TGCD - The Adams Family
TGCD - Dungeon Master: Theron's Quest
TGCD - Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective

The most expensive Turbob was Lords.  Priced at $40, but I bought it together with Adam's Family, so I got it for $30 and Adam's for $10.  Motoroader was $10, Sherlock was $10, Volleyball was $10, and Dungeon Master was $15.

Heh, you got Adams Family too huh. I wish I would have shown up earlier on Saturday (the wife wanted to go to the pittock mansion go figure), it looks like you got some good gems there. Last year the prices were definitely a lot more reasonable and there were a lot more people dressed up. At least this year I got my picture taken with the golem from Dragon Quest. I promise to put some pics of the convention when I get home, stuck doing statements at work again ><

[Jibbajaba]

Yeah, I made sure to get there first thing in the morning, so that I could do a sweep for Turbobs before looking for anything else or enjoying the other aspects of the expo.

Chris

[TR0N]

Did any one get to meet from the guys from the allgengamers podcast ?

They were there and did a panel.

[Jibbajaba]

Did any one get to meet from the guys from the allgengamers podcast ?

They were there and did a panel.

The only guys I like from AGG are Metal Jesus and Drunken Master Paul, because I watch their show on YouTube.  And even then, I would have no interest in going to a panel discussion featuring them.  If I ran into them on the show floor or at the after party, I would have tried to chat it up with them, but that's about it.

How you go from David Crane and Gary Kitchen to the guys from All Gen Gamers is beyond me.

Chris