New England Classic Gaming Oct.3rd, third, 1/3......

[christianscott27]

did you know that we're way ahead of the game this time around? thats right the date is set and you have been informed, no excuses man!

what prompted this farsighted date, the return of NEGC co-founder joe grand to the 617 area code. we plan to chain him to a table and make him preform console mods til his fingers bleed! well who knows, but its never too late to get your book, cart or stelladaptor autographed.

we've also set up a kirk-proof (fingers crossed) gaming contest that will be 100% monkey ball free! bring your camera for this one as i plan to have everyone looking like idiots!! see them balence on the thrustmaster board, swing genesis bat, wear the NES laser scope and more!!!

that along with a summers worth of bloated trade piles, remember october is harvest time! theres no telling who or what will show up at our meets but nobody ever leaves unhappy or empty handed. flip some calender pages and be on the ball, it'll be here before you know it!

[Kejoriv]

I'll be there this time :)

[Sylentwulf]

I'll be there MORE SOBER this time. From what I remember of last time, I don't remember much, lol.
Do we have a rough time estimate yet?

Oh - it's on a wednesday this time?

[christianscott27]

no, no its my calender averse brain! its on a sunday as ever, oct 3rd. i predict (pending spousal approval) that the trademeet will run from 2ish to 9ish.

other things i predict-

- you'll be looking at someone's tradebox and suddenly remember you looked at the same stuff just four months ago

- cootie will be the butt of cruel but deserved jokes

- "is that my beer?"

- despite the cooler fall temps there will be at least one sweaty dude

- todd will sport of posse of love mamas who will serve as tradebait dates, allowing him to clean everyone out

- due to tougher standards kirk's hope for another contest sweep will be dashed, in other words no monkey ball!

- keir's typical in-your-face strong arm 'tude will prove to be his undoing and rob lays on the well hung nazi smackdown

- desperate for a novelty photo yours truely will be found trying to shove a power glove on cooties paw

- a newly shorn clubninja will go virtualy unnoticed as he works the boxes for five finger discounts

- that one dude who lives nearby and always says he's coming...will not show

- after consuming todd's remaining stash of year old schlitz chad will offer all of his tradebait for ownership of cootie

- at least one nosey guest will pull too hard on the "SMS wall of death" resulting spilled beer, hurt feelings and the rediscovery of "lucky dime caper"

[Great Hierophant]

This time I will come, with some tradebait!

[chadtower]

Dude, I'd have to be pretty damn desperate to touch Todd's beer. I'm bigger than he is, but drinking all of another man's stash may be worse than stealing his woman.

[intvsama]

- despite the cooler fall temps there will be at least one sweaty dude

John Hardie's coming? 8*) *zing!*

[christianscott27]

we had the pleasure of a hardy visit once, one snowy day so long ago...he brought so much stuff!

anyways, the day draws closer, 2 weeks to go. if you admit to living in new england you better be here, and if at all possible bring beer.

remember the gaming theme this time is "lets get physical" or something like that, it means we're playing games that make you get off your butt and move. i've got a few ideas already and everyone is welcome to bring along their favorites. think DDR and sports, anything from any era you might have, old or new.

[chadtower]

Uh, are we going to play them in the street or something? There's usually just enough room for an uncomfortable level of sausagefest.

[christianscott27]

nah just a case of moving a few things in the gameroom, we tried it out during my sons b-day and had people using the full sized snowboard controller without space issues. alas it means i wont be able to make another $1.25 off the arkanoid cocktail.

[chadtower]

nah just a case of moving a few things in the gameroom, we tried it out during my sons b-day and had people using the full sized snowboard controller without space issues. alas it means i wont be able to make another $1.25 off the arkanoid cocktail.

Ah yes... it should be noted, Ryan put nearly all of that money in at the last meet. Making money off a 5 year old... shady, very shady. LOL

[christianscott27]

i do make some money when that one dr.mario loving girl shows up, only cause i'm too lazy to set the PC-10 dips to freeplay. i had to pull the coin box outta the cocktail as it had this wierd anti-theft mech where the machine would cut out if the coin box was being moved. that one quarter keeps going thru it over and over...in the next house i'm gonna have my own arcade with custom tokens ;)

[chadtower]

Heh, I just keep a big bowl of quarters by my cabs.

[bluberry]

Got a question. I'm not really that much of a collector when it comes to games, and my knowledge and like of pre-Genesis stuff (except Intellivision) is minimal. Would it be an overly bad idea to go? Since I still think it would be interesting/fun.

Also, I see a lot of people saying "bring beer". LOL Are you against having minors there?

[chadtower]

Got a question. I'm not really that much of a collector when it comes to games, and my knowledge and like of pre-Genesis stuff (except Intellivision) is minimal. Would it be an overly bad idea to go? Since I still think it would be interesting/fun.

Also, I see a lot of people saying "bring beer". LOL Are you against having minors there?

I bring my son and he's 5, so no, there are no aversions to minors. Just be sure you don't mind if Cootie tries to make sweet love to you down by the fire.

[Sylentwulf]

Got a question. I'm not really that much of a collector when it comes to games, and my knowledge and like of pre-Genesis stuff (except Intellivision) is minimal. Would it be an overly bad idea to go? Since I still think it would be interesting/fun.

Also, I see a lot of people saying "bring beer". LOL Are you against having minors there?

If you have nothing to trade, you suck at games, and heard about something called pacman once when you were a kid..... STILL COME.

[bluberry]

Oh, I have some stuff to trade. Just not that much of it. Mostly, a huge sack of NES carts that I seriously need to go through, along with a small handful of SNES stuff and some more recent games I'm looking to get off my hands.

[Keir]

Hope to see you there bluberry!

Unless Beth goes into labor in the next 6 days, I will be there. I will also be bringing my friend Joe so prepare the initiation ceremonies!

BTW, anyone interested in an incomplete, untested 1972 Odyssey console w/ cards #1-6, #9 and #10?

[chadtower]

BTW, anyone interested in an incomplete, untested 1972 Odyssey console w/ cards #1-6, #9 and #10?

I am!

[Sylentwulf]

BTW, anyone interested in an incomplete, untested 1972 Odyssey console w/ cards #1-6, #9 and #10?

Hell yeah, of course, I probly don't have anything reasonable to trade for it, heh.

[Keir]

Cool, you guys can fight over it!

I'm not worried about getting anything spectacular for it, and I will also be taking cash this time as I really need to get rid of more stuff that's just taking up space.

[chadtower]

Anyone interested in gameboxes and manuals? I'm going to clear out all of the boxes/manuals for systems I don't care about completism... i.e. SNES, NES, INTV, Genesis...

[bluberry]

I'd be really interested in certain INT manuals, SNES manuals, Genesis manuals, and Genesis cases. I stopped doing cardboard boxes since they fall apart too easy.

Huh, maybe I should get a list together of all the stuff I'd have for trade. LOL

[Keir]

Anyone interested in gameboxes and manuals? I'm going to clear out all of the boxes/manuals for systems I don't care about completism... i.e. SNES, NES, INTV, Genesis...
I'd be interested in INTV and Genesis boxes/manuals.

[christianscott27]

chad,

i'll go for any boxes you want to unload, you wont have to lug a one of em back to the car!


Got a question. I'm not really that much of a collector when it comes to games, and my knowledge and like of pre-Genesis stuff (except Intellivision) is minimal. Would it be an overly bad idea to go? Since I still think it would be interesting/fun.

Also, I see a lot of people saying "bring beer". Are you against having minors there?

it would not be bad idea at all to come, much like these forums we love the classic systems and the new ones too. theres a lot of 16 bit stuff for trade here as most of us are going for these systems in a big way. i know several of us are working on complete genesis collections as well as saturn and other more recent consoles.

the beer thing is just our way of saying "relax and feel at home, this isnt a convention" most of our guests dont drink at all so you definatly wont feel like the odd man out.

lastly, you live right here in boston, how can you not come?

see you there, PM me if you need directions or anything.

[ClubNinja]

Eek, Odyessy system, Keir? I think we have a third-party looking to fight right here... maybe ;)

Also, I'm gauging interest on an INTV II system with a crap-ton of games and a 5200 with like 10 games that I want to sell off. Or maybe some other stuff. I made a big purchase and I need cushion money :P

[christianscott27]

heres an idea for ya keir...make the odyssey a contest prize? or something like that :)

[Keir]

heres an idea for ya keir...make the odyssey a contest prize? or something like that :)Sure. The contest will be who can give the nicest trade stuff to Keir.

[christianscott27]

duh-oh!

cant we just have chad, toby and scott go thru some sort of american idol like sing off for it?

[Sylentwulf]

Sing....Contest.....?

I was planning on NOT getting drunk this time, thanx. ;)

[toddst]

I'm sad that I am missing this edition of NECG, but I am going to be in LA. If there is singing, someone better bring a video camera.

-Todd

[chadtower]

We could just have a brawl for it. We're all about the same size, right? :evil:

[bluberry]

If anybody can give me an El Viento cartridge then I'll sing Safety Dance and You Spin Me Around back to back.

[Sylentwulf]

We could just have a brawl for it. We're all about the same size, right? :evil:

Sure, we'll start with you hog-tied.....

[chadtower]

Sure, we'll start with you hog-tied.....

Wouldn't be the first time, that's for sure.

[christianscott27]

http://www.kirstenp.claranet.de/moviefaces/actor/w/bw_pulpf4.jpg

"so how bad you want that system?"

[Sylentwulf]

http://www.kirstenp.claranet.de/moviefaces/actor/w/bw_pulpf4.jpg

"so how bad you want that system?"
LOL LOL LOL LOL

[Keir]

Any chance for some 4-player Donkey Konga action this Sunday?

[chadtower]

I got a call today from a local guy with a bunch of vending machines he wants to sell me cheaply... anyone have any interest? I'm going to look tomorrow.

Sylentwulf... can you bring some Saturn batteries? I have a couple Saturns here I'm modding and they both seem to have dead batteries.

[christianscott27]

sweet donkey kongas! i have maybes on that from both scott and kirk, come on guys go get the drums! if anybody has a set bring em over, i've got the cube ready to go.

chad-

what kinda vending machines are you talking about? let us know when you find out.

[Sylentwulf]

Sylentwulf... can you bring some Saturn batteries? I have a couple Saturns here I'm modding and they both seem to have dead batteries.

Yeah, I'm bringing some of everything with me as usual :)

[chadtower]

chad-

what kinda vending machines are you talking about? let us know when you find out.

I'm going to take a look tonight. His desc was that he has a bunch of tabletop size food vending machines and maybe a couple of big ones, my kids were screaming at the time so I didn't get the exact details. He's only about 1 mile from my house so taking a look is trivial.

BTW, I will be modding a second Saturn tonight (to play CDRs) since I bought two modchips in case I destroyed the first one. Anyone interested in a modded Saturn?

[Keir]

sweet donkey kongas! i have maybes on that from both scott and kirk, come on guys go get the drums! if anybody has a set bring em over, i've got the cube ready to go.
I'd be willing to buy one if we needed another but I don't even have a GC yet so if there are already going to be 4 sets there, I'd rather hold off on buying it. Know what I mean?

[christianscott27]

hey dont let me sway ya, but as far as i have heard nobody is confirmed to be bringing the kongas yet...just a couple maybes :o

[bluberry]

I can bring mine. Need the game, too, or just the bongos?

[NoahsMyBro]

chad-

what kinda vending machines are you talking about? let us know when you find out.

I'm going to take a look tonight. His desc was that he has a bunch of tabletop size food vending machines and maybe a couple of big ones, my kids were screaming at the time so I didn't get the exact details. He's only about 1 mile from my house so taking a look is trivial.

I won't be able to make this meet, but I'd be curious what the big cabs are. I don't have much interest in cocktail models, myself. When you see what's available, please let us know.

ALSO, while I can't make the meet this weekend, I recently found out my S.O. is not averse to hitting Boston some weekend. Any idea when the next NECG will be? I've wanted to swing by one for some time, but never really made the effort to get up there before.

-- Steve

[chadtower]

I won't be able to make this meet, but I'd be curious what the big cabs are. I don't have much interest in cocktail models, myself. When you see what's available, please let us know.

I was talking about vending machines, not cabs.

[NoahsMyBro]

Serves me right for not reading carefully! Justice would be for me to be stuck with a big honkin' Pepsi machine in my basement!

[christianscott27]

bluberry-

bring the whole konga set, game and all please

worst case scenario, we'll have so many kongas we'll form a drum circle :)

[bluberry]

....ugh. I just found out that due a few circumstances beyond my control (read: due to someone I know being a total idiot) that I likely won't be able to go tomorrow. Sorry. :(

[chadtower]

....ugh. I just found out that due a few circumstances beyond my control (read: due to someone I know being a total idiot) that I likely won't be able to go tomorrow. Sorry. :(

More often than not, that's the case with new people.

[bluberry]

LOL I'm not surprised. Damn newbies!... er... I mean... I'll give next time a shot. I just kind of got blindsided by something. And I was looking forward to going, too. >_<

[Sylentwulf]

On the other hand, I'll be leaving in about 2 hours (since it takes anywhere from 1.5-2.5 hours for me to get there, I'll either be early, or late, as usual) :)

Oh - And I'm bring quite a lot of free stuff, christian gets first pick if he wants it, then it's every man for himself :)

[ClubNinja]

<--- Second pick, obviously ;)

See everyone later today!

[christianscott27]

thanks to everyone who joined us yesterday!

we had a great turn out and perhaps the best contest yet. pictures and in depth coverage are coming soon, right now i just want to thank eveyone who came over and helped make it happen. New England gaming is alive and growing!

[Keir]

pictures and in depth coverage are coming soonOh good. I was afraid you'd accidentally delete the pictures too. ;)

[Tetsu]

woo, great times, even if i did arrive a bit late. several hours late, that is. Christian was a generous host and took me to the neighborhood pub, though, where we had a nice chat about roommates, Colecovision, Playstation games where you chop vegetables, bus driving simulations, whiskey, and wimmen. Good times, good times. Proof positive that the DP gaming community isn't a bunch of random collectors, but an extended family of super cool people.

*group hugs DP'ers*

[chadtower]

Coverage?

:shameful:

[ClubNinja]

Coverage?

:shameful:

Soon, my son. Soon.

[Keir]

In lieu of actual coverage, here's a picture of all my loot from the night:
http://img3.exs.cx/img3/6492/100_0932.jpg
plus about $60 (not pictured). :D

[christianscott27]

heres a batch of excellent shots taken by joe grand, you can see keir rocking the snowboard controller and clubninja getting all worked up...along with many other faces. if anybody wants to host these pics please do, i'd be happy to caption them.

http://www.pixelspast.com/tmp/NECG-10-3-2004.zip

[Moose]

Great pic.s. Sorry I had to miss it. Looks like a fun time was had by all.