I went to the retro game expo in Portland this weekend. So much to see and do, I ended up with tons of pictures. I thought it would be better to blogify the whole thing rather than clog up some thread.
PRGE has been going on every year for the last several years. Last year was the first one I went to, it was great. This one was as good as last year, with even more added. The first few pictures are a little bit from the show, the ones at the end are of things I bought.
[img width=700 height=525]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8171/8041890791_4b531c98df_c.jpg[/img][img width=700 height=525]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8180/8041899288_df0d3f1e77_c.jpg[/img]Just a few of the arcade machines, there must have been more than 100, all on freeplay.
[img width=700 height=525]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8454/8041899512_01b2f070d9_c.jpg[/img]A row of pinball. We spent some time here, would have liked to have spent more.
[img width=700 height=525]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8179/8041900026_065c77fdd1_c.jpg[/img]The All Gen Gamers panel. My wife stood up during the question and answer part, I bet she'll be on the next podcast.
[img width=700 height=525]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8042/8041891301_910edc17cb_c.jpg[/img]They did a screening of the documentary The Ecstasy of Order, about the Tetris world champions. Afterward most of the cast, the best Tetris players in the world, came up on stage for questions and answers.
[img width=700 height=525]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8041/8041898978_64cda10c1f_c.jpg[/img]On to stuff I bought:
Some random less than $1 stuff.
[img width=700 height=525]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8318/8041888405_152986b200_c.jpg[/img]More $1 or less stuff.
[img width=700 height=525]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8322/8041888939_5dc2f0f416_c.jpg[/img]PC games. Got two copies of Mech Warrior 2 'cause of lan parties, looks like one might be a preview/demo though. I don't know if it will work with the other.
[img width=700 height=525]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8174/8041889519_c726e27c8a_c.jpg[/img]I am now the proud owner of an e-reader. This will have to count as my new console for the show. I wanted to get a TG16 but all the sellers wanted more money than what I wanted to give them. In fact all the consoles seemed to be more expensive this year, I wonder why?
e-reader was $5, e-reader card $1, the (sealed) deck of cards and controller less than $1.
[img width=700 height=525]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8036/8041889197_795d9573b6_c.jpg[/img]Saturn games seemed a little spendy too, which is why I only got these. And the Command & Conquer is missing a disc. The cart is great though, ($25) now I can play imports! I had to buy one import game, so I just picked something random that was cheap. Really, the Saturn games seemed to be as high or higher than ebay. Most everything at the show was a great price, but consoles and Saturn games. They seemed spendy to me anyways.
[img width=700 height=525]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8322/8041888671_489ab0ed76_c.jpg[/img]Taiko Drum Master! My wife has really wanted this. We only found the one, but it is complete and in great condition. $30
[img width=700 height=525]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8038/8041898732_f4e8f875ef_c.jpg[/img]I am on the hunt to get a complete (or near complete) US Odyssey^2 collection. Up until now I didn't have any import stuff, a guy sold me all this for $25. He was a pretty nice guy, even had some other, way expensive and rare, import O2 stuff there I got to see and talk to him about. As it is, those four games on the bottom right I'll need to enter in to the database.
[img width=700 height=525]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8462/8041888099_2f2268e29a_c.jpg[/img]Managed to find a few more games I needed. Conquest of the World! is merely a placeholder as this is a game you really need to have complete but at only $2 I picked it up. Monekeyshines! and Pachinko! were in the $2ish range. Demon Attack is one of the harder ones to find, it shows up on ebay but only a few times a year. The value has been hard for me to peg, I paid $25, maybe a little high, but it was there in front of me
I am down to needing 7 games for the complete US set. 7.5 if you only count Conquest of the World! as half a game.
[img width=700 height=525]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8035/8041896686_c73e529c3f_c.jpg[/img]I'm not a Halo fan or anything....wait....that's not true
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