Who's going to OVGE 2005?

[Hornet70]

I'll be there....looking forward to it !!

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

I'll be there, manning the Phosphor Dot Fossils booth, taking lots of pictures, educating folks about the classics, and occasionally stepping into the fray to make sure my initials are at the top of all of the rankings on the arcade machines.

[icbrkr]

I'll be invading Phosphor's space by convienently moving the large stuff that I'm bringing onto his table. If he argues with me I'll beat him with an O2 controller.

[Flack]

I'll be there as well, stealing items from the two above mentioned tables while those guys are messing with each other.

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

Hey, I know how to deal with space invaders, man...

[icbrkr]

Hey, I know how to deal with space invaders, man...

*groan*

[brykasch]

I will be there with the misses and the little one, coming down friday night. Staying at the host hotel, give me a holler if anyone wants to get together.

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

I think I ask this every year, so I figured I'd ask it again, and this seems like as good a place as any - is there anything specific from my collection that anyone wants to see? I'll have the Magnavox Odyssey and the O2 with me again this year, and of course the O2 trackball. If there's anything else you want to take a look at, just let me know - I do requests.

[Hornet70]

I mostly have been collecting and playing with the Atari and NES systems, and am pretty new with the Odyssey stuff, but I do have an O2 with 14 boxed games. I look forward to seeing whatever Odyssey stuff you have!

[icbrkr]

Earl has a good point, I'm offering to bring most anything if someone wants to see something out of my collection, just let me know in advance.

I plan on recording the entire show via iSight as well. Hopefully we'll have some usuable footage at the end.

[icbrkr]

My lineup:

I think I've gotten my lineup down for this years OKGE (OVGE sounds like a chocolate drink... I'm gonna keep calling it OKGE).

I'm doing an "Import" setup, featuring:

1. GC running Mr. Driller (Jap)
2. PC Engine running some Jap shooter
3. Saturn running some Jap game (maybe Radiant Silvergun)
4. Amiga 600 (UK version) running some game.

I might do a more "classic" theme next year but this should do for this year.

[ubikuberalles]

I'll be there. I'll arrive Friday night and stay at the Marriott. I want to get back home by midnight Saturday night (so I can visit my parents on Fathers day) and so I'll be leaving the show by 3:00 PM.

I'll be invading Phosphor's space by convienently moving the large stuff that I'm bringing onto his table. If he argues with me I'll beat him with an O2 controller.

Careful! PDF's got a MEAN axe!

[brykasch]

Thankfully this is my fathers day gift so I have no worries (don't have to visit the father loooooong story there heh). But I forgot I will be there fri and sat night. Next year I am definitly getting a table.

[Flack]

Bump. Four days 'til showtime.

Anyone gamer in Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Kansas or Missouri who doesn't come to this is a tomato can.

[icbrkr]

[ubikuberalles]

The car's packed and I'm just about ready to start the trip to OVGE. See y'all there!

[Flack]

I am getting ready as well. My tentative plan is to go up tonight to hang out a bit with everyone, then either get a room or drive back home tonight (haven't decided yet) and then hang out all day tomorrow and tomorrow night, driving back late tomorrow night. I'm really flexible (schedule-wise, not physically) -- I just want to hang out as long as everybody else is.

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

Preparations are in full swing in PDFville to trek into Oklahoma with a goodly chunk of my collection. Why, you ask? So YOU can play with my goodies, of course!

I had advertised on my site and elsewhere that I was going to have a live demo of Atari Video Music this year; that has sadly fallen through. However, I am going to bring some other goodies - perennial favorites and more. If you're in Tulsa tomorrow, swing by the PDF tables and you'll see...

* The Magnavox Odyssey in action! Play the original home video game in all of its analog glory. There's still nothing else quite like it.

* The mighty Odyssey2! Underdog of the late 70s/early 80s console wars, play some of this console's best games, complete with the Voice, and try some of them out with the rare Odyssey2 trackball. Also on hand will be import games, homebrews and true rarities for this system - try out Power Lords, Popeye, Frogger, or one of the few Ralph Baer-autographed Pinball prototype reproductions for yourself.

* PDF-TV! We've "play-tested" it this year to make sure it'll play all the way through; many people liked the 20 minutes or so of this that we were able to show you last year, and if you liked those 20 minutes, wait until you see this video timeline of game-in-action clips, factoids, historical info, vintage commercials and other goodies in all of its nearly-two-hour glory. And you don't have to watch it all at one time - it'll be playing throughout the day!

* The PDF Toybox! From Tron to Pac-Man to Super Mario Bros., our collection of video game-related toys is always a draw at OVGE, and this year we have some extra-special new additions to show you, just arrived from the Land of the Rising Sun!

* Arcade Vertical Mode! You know those great Playstation retro compilations that let you play the game the way it was meant to be seen, except you have to lay on your side to do it? We've got your hookup. The mighty PDF joystick, suitable for everything from 2-player Joust to 2-joystick Robotron and Crazy Climber, is on hand, along with our extensive collection of PS1 arcade compilations, including imports - you want to play Qix, Crazy Balloon, Motos, Crazy Climber or Moon Cresta the way you remember them? Drop by and let us know - and we can rotate our monitor for you! No quarters required.

* Handheld Heaven! Everyone seemed to like the collection of battery-powered Coleco tabletop games last year, so this year, we're bringing the whole shebang, our entire collection - including Ms. Pac-Man, Zaxxon and Donkey Kong Jr. - for your enjoyment!

And you never know what else we might have up our sleeves. I'll have some pieces from my marquee collection on sale at Fairly Reasonable Prices too, and maybe other goodies too. Drop by and say hi to myself, Kent, and the lovely Mrs. PDF all day Saturday!

See you in 12 hours.