NAVA Gamer's Meeting, May 29th: "Party Like It's 1981"
NAVA = North Atlantic Videogame Aficionados. YOU are an Aficionado. It's a FREE event. Thus, you're SUPPOSED to be there.
Previously at NAVA...
- Everyone blew things up, especially each other! The tournament was a 10-player (at the same time) knock-down, drag-out fight on "Saturn Bomberman".
- The DP store's very first employee Jenn returned to "the island".
- The store's previous high score on City Bomber was smashed by Micky "Vectorman0" Wright, who also won the Bomberman tournament!
- Games and systems traded hands between attendees who brought their own trade boxes.
- Pictures tell it best:
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Where were you in 1981?
Some of you are too young to remember - or weren't even born yet - but for those of us who lived through the year, it was a memorable one. In music, we had Tainted Love, Don't You Want Me?, Turning Japanese, Our Lips Are Sealed, Jessie's Girl, Don't Stop Believin', Who Can It Be Now?, 867-5309, Working For The Weekend, The Stroke, Stray Cat Strut and I Love Rock 'n Roll. Popular movies included Raiders of The Lost Ark, Superman 2, Stripes, For Your Eyes Only, Clash of The Titans and Escape From New York. We all watched the launch of MTV and maybe a little too much Dallas, Three's Company, Dukes of Hazzard, Alice, Too Close For Comfort and One Day at a Time. In sports, big winners included Marcus Allen, The Celtics, Islanders, Raiders and Dodgers.
And in videogaming, nearest and dearest to NAVA attendees, we were introduced to Astrosmash, Castle Wolfenstein, Donkey Kong, Frogger, Galaga, Kaboom!, Ms. Pac-Man, Yars' Revenge and Zork II. The very first IBM PC rolled off the production line, with its 8088 processor running at a whopping 4.77mhz. The first magazine dedicated to gaming, "Electronic Games" debuted, and Commodore released their home computer VIC-20.
So we're going to commemorate the year in a single day. The VIC-20 will be the centerpiece, including every game cartridge ever made for the system as well as one NEW VIC-20 game being debuted for the very first time! 1981 movies and music will be playing throughout the day. We'll set up an Atari 2600 as well, the system that was at its peak at the time.
This month's arcade high score challenge will be Astro Blaster, which arrived on the arcade scene in 1981. Where I grew up there was an Astro Blaster arcade cabinet in a local record store. If you haven't played it, perhaps you've played Activision's Megamania - a game clearly inspired by Astro Blaster. It will be set up on FREE PLAY for the whole day at NAVA. The person who logs in the highest score by 8pm will get a $20 gift certificate for the Digital Press store and will be added to the new "house champion" tournament plaque on the Wall of Fame located just above the arcade section of the store. Get your practicing in now!
Yet another NAVA tradition recently started, I've been holding out the past months' best trade-ins so I can offer them to the NAVA collectors first. This month so far:
-A factory sealed (bricked rated 85) NES Zelda: Link.
-Boxed TG-16 games Air Zonk, Galaga '90, Addams Family, Neutopia, Exile, more.
-Boxed SNES Final Fantasy III, Mr. Nutz, more.
-Complete Saturn Shining Wisdom.
-Sealed Atari Jaguar games, lots of different titles.
Serious offers only, but "on hold" for NAVA attendees. Whatever's left over goes on the shelves on the 30th. Get your trade boxes in order. Get your 1981 "look" on. It's NAVA time!
When: Saturday, May 29th, noon to midnight.
Where: Digital Press Videogames: http://tinyurl.com/yscakm
What happens: Gaming, trading, tournaments, big prizes! Extra game stations are set up around the store. Attendance is FREE. Half price for kids!
What can I bring?: Snacks, soda and beer are always appreciated. Cakes have been very popular as well.
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