The 2008 Video Game Summit

[Dan Iacovelli]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:
Contact Person: Dan Iacovelli
Organization: Video Game Summit
Telephone Number: (708) 273-6029
Email Address: VideoGameSummit@yahoo.com
Web site Address: http://avc.atari-users.net/VGS.html

Video Game Summit Registration Announced

Chicago, Illinois – (December 31st, 2007) – Remember how much fun you used to have playing
Atari, Nintendo and all kinds of games on your computer? Well, you will have the rare
opportunity to play these great games again at the Video Game Summit, a video game and
computer trade show. In fact, several dealers in retro games will be on hand offering games,
controllers, systems and memorabilia and will be prepared to buy or trade for the games you
have held onto since you were a kid. Who knows, you might just have an Atari cartridge worth
$1000 or more collecting dust in your attic.

“Retrogaming,” the playing and collecting of vintage video and computer games, is more
popular than ever. In fact, a dedicated group of programmers still issues new games for game
systems, such as the Atari 2600, last seen in retail stores over fifteen years ago.

The Video Game Summit, now in its fifth year, brings together retrogamers from all over the
country to swap stories, games and to compete in sanctioned tournaments. The event is open to
the public and people of all ages with an interest in video games or computers are encouraged to
attend. According to the event’s organizer, Dan Iacovelli, “we plan to have several gaming
consoles set to free play and a trade room where collectors will be free to swap their extra
games.” Best of all, admission is free!

The Video Game Summit is held on July 12th, 2008 and will run from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m.
and will be held in the Heron Point Building adjacent to the Fairfield Inn
located at 645 West North Avenue in Lombard, Illinois.
Registration is open now at http://avc.atari-users.net/Events/VGS_files/register.html.


Dan Iacovelli is available to answer any questions at (708) 273-6029 or
VideoGameSummit@yahoo.com.


Dan Iacovelli is the chairperson of Atari Video Club and has published a retrogaming fanzine
“Atari Zone” since 1993(for more information on AVC visit: http://avc.atari-users.net )


For information: http://avc.atari-users.net/VGS.html or
Contact: VideoGameSummit@yahoo.com or
Phone: (708) 273-6029
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(be sure to check the for news on our game show)

[Apollo]

Is this a one-day event?

[Dan Iacovelli]

Is this a one-day event?

Yes VGS'08 is a one day show(maybe in the future we will expand it)

[Dan Iacovelli]

I posted the bellow quote in the VGS yahoo group,looking for people to help at the show or bring in tv's/monitors,or extra systems or games:


We are still looking for people are interested in helping out at the show. here is what we are looking for:
Sponsorship committee: help contacting potential sponsors(and or vendors*
Raffle/Tournament committee: basically help with the raffles and tourneys**
General Help:these are people who will be working with main committee members listed above(also will help with greeting people at main table)

*the main person on Sponsorship committee will have partial access to the eventbrite page
which is sending out the e-mail e-vites from there as receive notices from attendees and view the invoices(and help manage the orders)

** people on this committee have the following jobs:
decide what prize(s) go to either the raffle or tourney
organize the time table for the tourneys(the raffles are going be schedule by me which are usually about every 2 hours)
and keep track of the winners and report them to me or who ever is working the main table when I'm busy)

(currently we have Paul Zimmerman heading up the Tournament part of the comititee
(we need somebody to do head up the Raffle part) and we have new commer John Racanelli
taking over the Press Releases for me(he did the second one announcing the registration and I just redid the game show press release in his format)
We are also looking for people who can help us by bringing a few tvs/monitors for the tournaments and or free play.(I can bring my 12 incher but thats it)(extra systems or games
will also be nice).
In exchange for helping us out AVC will give you the following:

1 free item from AVC News Stand at cafepress.com
reinburstment on your lunch(one plate of pizza(which is going be cut in the sections instead of slices) and can of pop or bottled walter)
free entree in the raffle/game show or pay tournament
(like all the vendors and exhibitors: you will recieve a cafepress edition of the 2008 program and a name tag/button this is comp is already set up)
If interested please e-mail at videogamesummit@yahoo.com

[MASTERWEEDO]

I should be able to make this one.

[Dan Iacovelli]

hope you can make it

[Dan Iacovelli]

help Jagfest return to it's home, chicago,IL(specifvly the 2008 Video Game Summit)
see the post at Atari Age:http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=118894&view=findpost&p=1460249 for what I'm looking for.

[Dan Iacovelli]

AVC Online plans to bring the popularity of VidPin to Video Game Summit
with Chicago's Only VidPin Tournament.

Here is a brief summary of the Tournament:
It’s a timed high score contest, that consists of rounds of play.
First and second round can have up to 24 players each
The Final Round can have up to 12 players.
(The time limit of play is determined by # of players in each round).
Early bird sign-up for the First round has started and is scheduled
to end on July 6th, 2008. For more information on how to sign up
for the first round of the VidPin tournament visit the VidPin page
at the VGS website

[Dan Iacovelli]

just a quick note:

AVC Online to welcome the follwing guests to VGS'08:

Former Electronic Gaming Magazine writers from the early 80's
(now webmasters of the Video Game Evolution ( www.vgevo.com) )
Terry Minnich and Ken Williams (best known as "Trickman Terry" and
"Sushi X") will be present to deliver to keynote speech on "
Our fondest early gaming experiences"

Todd Rogers: known as "The King of All Video Games and "Mr. Activision"
at Twin Galaxies (www.twingalaxies.com) is scheduled to refree high scores
on the video games and to set a record on Gorf Classic on The Atari Jaguar CD
(Gorf Classic was made by 3D Stooges in 2006, it was a released in limited
quanties,and was scheduled to be made to an updated version,but do to
copyright problems between Midway and 3D Stooges the game has been dropped
and no more copies of Gorf Classic will be made)

[Dan Iacovelli]

just bumping this topic to let know we still have plenty of tables left
but around june and towrd the show date we usally sell pretty fast.

[Dan Iacovelli]

we are now at T-minus 30 days and counting:
So this is the official roll call for those who are coming to the show
as we get closer I do expect the tables will get filled faster.

[Dan Iacovelli]

In the tradition that started at CGE and continued into MGC:
AVC Online proudly follows the tradition by not only having an after the show gathering but as well as
having Pre-show gathering.
the Original plan was to have just an after show gathering at Nickel City arcade in Northbrook,IL
but Todd Rogers from Twin Galaxies has to leave right after the show, so we moved it to Friday july 11th
but we also going to have an after the show gathering at Safari Land in Villa Park,IL.
The full details are still sketchy, but for now we would just like head count of those who are coming to the show as well as the gatherings

[Dan Iacovelli]

were coming close to the show now, 2 weeks
still plenty of spots available,please get your spot soon
because like every year people tend to wait till it's close to the show.
(website to get updated today)

[Dan Iacovelli]

were coming close to the show now, 2 weeks
still plenty of spots available,please get your spot soon
because like every year people tend to wait till it's close to the show.
(website to get updated today)

Just bumping this up a bit:
Website has been updated(new pages two videos showing)
Also two new guests have been added
Walter Day founder of Twin Galaxies
and tim Mcvey the first person to score 1 billion on nibbler.

[Dan Iacovelli]

this is the offical roll call for those wo are coming to the show next week.
we still have many table spots open,get them soon.

[Dan Iacovelli]

Quick update:
this sunday (july 6th)
AVC_live Video Cast returns on Ustream.tv (http://www.ustream.tv/channel/avc-live-podcast) this will be our pre-show show, I will be giving updates on the show and for those who haven't had a chance to play our game show during the month of June
it is now part of the vid cast now,there will be no Game of the month for July.
the Vidcast starts at 9pm ET(8pm CT).

[77punk]

I might attend. Im close enough and I dont go to enough shows. Hopefully I see some of you guys there.

Cheers

[Dan Iacovelli]

if you missed our Video cast on sunday, you really didn't miss much but we did have fun playing Game Cafe at playcafe.com
as we are getting close to the show, AVC_live is currently re-airing the Twin Galaxies interviews as well as the April Game of the Month "Gorf Classic" on the Jaguar CD.
Hope to see you there.

[Dan Iacovelli]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:
Contact Person: Dan Iacovelli
Organization: Video Game Summit
Telephone Number: (708) 273-6029
Email Address: VideoGameSummit@yahoo.com
Web site Address: http://avc.atari-users.net/VGS.html

Watch history be made live on the net

Chicago, Illinois – (July 11, 2008) – AVC Online is proud to announce we will be
doing a live video cast of the show tomorrow and it will be streamed in 5 places.

AVC Online’s Video Cast “AVC_Live” will be broadcasting certain
aspects of The 2008 Video Game Summit all day tomorrow from setup to close.

Here is a list of what will be shown on the show:
* Opening of the show, from the main room
* Any tournaments going on(including Todd rogers attempt to set arecord on
on Classic Gorf on the Atari Jaguar CD)
* Game show
* Keynotes
* Guests coming and going
* And closing down of the show.
(We will not be have the videos (tilt and Jaguar Press conference)
aired on the net, but we will try broadcast some parts of the show during the videos.)

For complete run down of tournaments please check the schedule online as the video cast
will revolve around those time as well as the game show times.
Keynote broadcast start 5 min before each and will be announced on the show when it’s time.

The show can be seen on five locations on the net:
1. at the “AVC_live’s “ ustream.tv site: http://ustream.tv/channel/avc-live-podcast
2. at AVC Online’s News/Podcast page: http://avc.atari-users.net/index_files/AVC_Live.html
3. at myspace.com : http://www.myspace.com/danhere
4. during the game show at Playcafe.com: http://www.playcafe.com
5. and on the 2008 AVC Us Tour page on the AVC Events site:
http://avc.atari-users.net/Events/Event2k8.html#VGS Report (a Link to the US Tour page
can also be found on this site under AVC pages)

The following places also have chat rooms:
* Ustream.tv site
* AVC Online news/podcast page
* and 2008 US Tour page
The myspace.com page won’t have a chat room and Playcafe will have it’s own chat room
(please note in order get points and win prizes you will have to sign in, It’s free to sign in.)


VGS is open to the public and people of all ages with an interest in video
games or computers are encouraged to attend. According to the event’s organizer,
Dan Iacovelli, “we plan to have gaming consoles set up to play and a trade
room where collectors will be free to swap their extra games.” Best of all,
admission to The 2008 Video Game Summit is free!

The Video Game Summit is held on July 12th, 2008 and will run from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m.
and will be held in the Heron Point Building adjacent to
the Fairfield Inn located at 645 West North Avenue in Lombard, Illinois.
For information on the show visit us at: http://avc.atari-users.net/VGS.html

Dan Iacovelli is available to answer any questions at (708) 273-6029 or
VideoGameSummit@yahoo.com.

Dan Iacovelli is the chairperson of Atari Video Club and has published a
retrogaming fanzine “Atari Zone” since 1993
(for more information on AVC visit: http://avc.atari-users.net )

For information: http://avc.atari-users.net/VGS.html or
Contact: VideoGameSummit@yahoo.com or Phone: (708) 273-6029
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[Dan Iacovelli]

the show went pretty good hada good crowd and people enjoyed having todd and walter and tim there as well as trickman terry and sushi X.
we will be announcing our next show sometime in November,this is when I find out dates of shows going on besides MGC which is in March of '09.
(we had did have a techinical problem with the live feed as the hotel internet server blocked the site I used)
pictures will be going up soon.

[Dan Iacovelli]

the show went pretty good hada good crowd and people enjoyed having todd and walter and tim there as well as trickman terry and sushi X.
we will be announcing our next show sometime in November,this is when I find out dates of shows going on besides MGC which is in March of '09.
(we had did have a techinical problem with the live feed as the hotel internet server blocked the site I used)
pictures will be going up soon.

pictures are now up at: http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=djdirj3.agei7t6r&x=0&y=eyxq2r&localeid=en_US
We are currently looking for people to help for next year if your interested e-mail me at
videogamesummit@yahoo.com subject: VGS Help