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« Reply #30 on: June 05, 2006, 04:44:58 AM »
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I got back from the MGC about an hour ago and man it was great stuff! I was expecting a lot from it and it was more than expected, how awesome is that?


Glad to hear it. :)

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There were two other rooms located in the event room. One of them was a exhibit displaying lots of awesome consoles such as Turbo Duo (which I will discuss later), Neo Geo supergun, Vectrex, etc... and had tons of great games to display on the consoles. This room also contained a table which consisted of a cool guy putting together a PC inside a NES case all day which was auctioned off by Team Freamont later and a display of various classic computer systems with boxes and such and a very neat classic Atari display for stores and what not.


That was the museum area.

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The other room inside the event hall was the speaker room, which featured various speakers throughout the days give a nice presentation, my favorite being Mark Goldberg (or was his name Marty?) discussing video game origins (did you know the first network game was actually played in 1961??), some video game misconeptions with Oddyssey and Atari, and Ralph Baer. Ralph Baer was originally going to come to the MGC, but couldn't make it due to his health conditions, poor man. Bless Ralph Baer.


Thanks, that would by Marty Goldberg. :)


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As far as Turbo-related stuff weren't, there wasn't a whole lot, but I'll discuss everything Turbo-related. First off, when you walked into the main hall, you immediately see Team Freamont and their Turbo Duo display which had Bonk in it, so that was a very nice treat. For Saturday, I brought in my Duo Tap and five controllers with some various games to hook up to Team Freamont's Duo for fun, but unfortunately my group and the Team were the main people who put the most love into the Duo set up :( .


Well, we're always looking for more and more displays.  If you'd like to build up a Turbo area or even a small "turbo fest" (similar to Jagfest) in the show, by all means go for it.


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torgo, by any chance were you the guy who seemed to be incharge of that room in the event hall with all the systems including the Duo with Dracula X?


That would be my museum partner, J.D. of the site Die-Hard Gamer.

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Do you know if you guys have interviewed Marty Goldberg for the show?


No I was not.

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No, the tall guy in that room is the one that owns ALL of those systems. He was actually the first one to see Fantasy Star Soldier when I pulled it out of the "archives" back in '03/'04, so I gave him a copy after I saw how dedicated he is to the "craft."


LOL, no he doesn't own all the systems.  ;)  If you draw a diagonal line across the room, half was his half is mine.  J.D. collects consoles and games from 1985 (NES) until present and specializes in a lot of hard to find Japanese and other imports.  I collect everything from 1972 until present though specialize in the pre-NES material (1972-1985), as well as computers.  That was also all my promo stuff on the middle table as well.  Unfortunately I was sick most of this weekend and basicly just came down  from my hotel room once in a while and for my two speeches.  The rest of the time I was passed out, so J.D. was around most of the time in the museum.

The big Atari display was Rich's (goes by the name of Goodwil Hunter) by the way.  He's a nother Milwaukee area big collector.
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« Reply #31 on: June 05, 2006, 06:50:42 AM »
I thought I was a collector until I saw JD's collection a couple of years ago. That's just insane!! I didn't pay for much of my collection though, as when I worked at an EB in Kansas City, people would just give me their stuff to get rid of it. I got my Vectrex with 8 games for $15  :D
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« Reply #32 on: June 05, 2006, 07:01:03 AM »
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I thought I was a collector until I saw JD's collection a couple of years ago. That's just insane!! I didn't pay for much of my collection though, as when I worked at an EB in Kansas City, people would just give me their stuff to get rid of it. I got my Vectrex with 8 games for $15  :D


Yes, that would of been both of ours as well a couple of years ago.  We partner together every year (I've been with Dan and Gary since Jagfest 2k1).


That's a good buy on the Vectrex by the way.
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« Reply #33 on: June 05, 2006, 10:13:48 AM »
Hey Guys,

I posted some pictures from the show, in case you're interested:
http://www.teamfremont.com/features/MidwestGamingClassic2006.shtml

I'll let you know when the new episode is up so you can hear the interviews.

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« Reply #34 on: June 05, 2006, 10:26:23 AM »
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Hey Guys,

I posted some pictures from the show, in case you're interested:
http://www.teamfremont.com/features/MidwestGamingClassic2006.shtml

I'll let you know when the new episode is up so you can hear the interviews.

John


Thanks for getting pics of my duffle bag with sneakers on top in the museum area. ;)

Nice to see people pay attention to my pongs though, people usually gloss over those for the nifty Xbox's and PS2's. ;)
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« Reply #35 on: June 05, 2006, 03:33:22 PM »
Oh sweet, Marty Goldberg is on these boards now. I was in the front row with three other nerds during your speach on Sunday.

Great pics, jlued. And I noticed you got one of our bandit hogging the Devil's Crush! :lol:



I also saw a shot of TJ in one of those pics.
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« Reply #36 on: June 05, 2006, 05:53:13 PM »
I can honestly say that I feel like I missed a really nice show. Thanks to everyone who re-capped the events and thanks jlued for the pics! Who was the fellow with his head buried in the PowerBook in the earlier pictures?
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« Reply #37 on: June 05, 2006, 08:29:35 PM »
It was a great show, Steve. It's too bad you are too far away from us. The fellow with his head buried int he PowerBook was one of the Team Fremont members, not jleud though. I am working on my website article for the MGC right now and it will have 45 pictures of the convention, I'll post the link when I am done. By the way, jleud, did you guys record the contest on Saturday? I heard something from my bro that you guys did, but had sound problems or something? Please fill me in on any info.
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« Reply #38 on: June 06, 2006, 02:00:58 AM »
Yes the show was terrific!!

I was the guy that had the trading tables going for a while.  I had a majority of my Turbo and Saturn Collection.

I made a TON of insane trades.  Got a Jaguar out of one deal.. and sold my copy of Panzer Dragoon Saga for $200....:(

I still feel lost without my Panzer Dragoon.......

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« Reply #39 on: June 06, 2006, 11:44:29 AM »
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Who was the fellow with his head buried in the PowerBook in the earlier pictures?


That was Moe.  He was setting up for the show, I believe.

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By the way, jleud, did you guys record the contest on Saturday? I heard something from my bro that you guys did, but had sound problems or something? Please fill me in on any info.


We did, but while it was compiling, someone unplugged the power strip and the show was lost.  However, John from DieHardGamer.com video taped it and supposedly will have it posted on the MGC site soon.

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.. and sold my copy of Panzer Dragoon Saga for $200...


WTF?  What happened to "trades only"?  I totally would have bought that copy of Super Air Zonk and a ton of other stuff from you!

Well guys, the MGC episode of Team Fremont Live is up.  You can listen to it by clicking this link and selecting the 6/5/2006 episode:
http://www.teamfremont.com/teamfremontlive.shtml

The audio is a little funky at first, but gets better after the first segment.
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« Reply #40 on: June 06, 2006, 01:15:40 PM »
yea, I wasn't allowed to sell, but the dude from Digital Press got the ok from Dan to buy stuff. kind of like bringing stuff to his store for trade in.. I guess...


I still miss my game.


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« Reply #41 on: June 06, 2006, 01:17:15 PM »

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« Reply #42 on: June 06, 2006, 02:18:43 PM »
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Hey Guys,

I posted some pictures from the show, in case you're interested:
http://www.teamfremont.com/features/MidwestGamingClassic2006.shtml


Yeahh, who's this good-lookin' sumbitch?? :D



I didn't get around to taking any pics myself. I was gonna at least take some photos of the Dragon's Lair cels after we came back from our field trip to Rocky Rococco's, but when we got back the Video Game Collector booth was cleared out :(

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« Reply #43 on: June 06, 2006, 06:18:01 PM »
Cool, I can't wait until that video is done, just let us know here :) . In the mean time, I listen to Team Fremont's podcast.
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« Reply #44 on: June 07, 2006, 02:14:20 AM »
Hi all, I'm new here.
If you listened to the latest Team Fremont podcast, I'm special guest Savory Cade from Broadcast Gamer.

The Midwest Classic was 12 kinds of awesome! Many thanks to the organizers, sponsors and participants for making it a fantastic convention. I'm sorry I've never been to it before since I live so close, but I'll definitely be going back next year. Oh the money I plan to spend next time...

Being around all that classic gaming goodness has rekindled my interest and has me regretting selling so much of my collection over the past few years. I decided I'm going to start recollecting Turbo stuff since of all the systems I've had/have, I spent the least time with it. :(

Hey Turbo Sage, you've got one hell of a collection. I was drooling over your stuff for awhile at the show. Sorry I didn't have anything more to offer in trade than some NGPC stuff. [/url]