-= OVGE =- 2012 - June 16, 2012 !

[obliterator918]

Looks like you caught me and my 3 friends battling it out for the High Score on the Vectrex Star Trek game.

That was great. Lots of people played Star Trek TMP on the Vectrex and I'm glad I set that up. Next time I should have a more official tournament.

[Deadman]

Posted a few pics from OVGE 2012

Great pics as usual Brandon! I see you got a few of the boys playing the Neo Geo and another of Nathan and Jordan. I took my camera and realized that I only took two pics the entire day. TWO! We are also already looking forward to next years OVGE and because my stock of stuff to sell is getting so small, I need to do some sort of display or tournament as well. We have already started brainstorming and have a couple of good ideas....

Thanks again Jesse and Vicki and everyone else who put this together!

[obliterator918]

Here's 5 minutes of video that I shot and YouTube thoughtfully added lots of judder to!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbuR_IdEETo

[Steve W]

I always have fun at the show, and this time was no exception. My cruddy Android phone's pictures are too lousy to do anything with. And I didn't go crazy with energy drinks this year, so I wasn't humming with caffeine overload and the accompanying heart palpitations like usual, so I could enjoy the event without worrying that my heart would rupture. I was pretty down that the import gaming guy that's been set up the past couple years wasn't there this time, since I have a PC Engine that needs some new fuel. I was also a little bummed that on the drive home I didn't get to the new GameXchange that's opened up in Sherman before they closed for the night. However I did manage to get some good finds on the drive home... There's a little hole-in-the-wall that I stop at on the way home each year, and I found some C64 carts, a Sega CD game, an INTV title, and a Colecovision game. Getting games at a convention is like shooting fish in a barrel, but the real fun is coming across them on a hunt in the wild.

[16-bit]

I was pretty down that the import gaming guy that's been set up the past couple years wasn't there this time, since I have a PC Engine that needs some new fuel. d.

I will attend the OVGE next year if it is held on a different weekend. Fathers Day weekend is the same as TooManyGames in PA.

[Steve W]

Yeah, I've heard that from other people too, that the show is scheduled too close to other holidays and events making people have to pass on OVGE because of prior commitments. Well, hopefully next year it'll be in a barren part of the calendar so more people can make it.

[obliterator918]

I was actually told by a wife who was there that she can't complain about it because it's Father's Day weekend. So there is that. (Personally, my wife is always looking forward to the event.)

I think no matter when it is there will be people who can't travel to be there, but locally it seems to be doing quite well on Father's Day weekend (at least it did for me). Jesse would certainly know better which weekends have been the most successful. Regardless, I'll probably be there no matter when it's scheduled as long as it's a Saturday.

[slapdash]

This was Deann Stone, Drew Stone's sister. She was making some of those ornaments during the event.

Thanks for the info!

[PacKid]

yay! . .
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