Midwest Gaming Classic

[torgo]

At Dan Loosen's request, I will have my PS3 there, and I will have my 32-inch LCD HDTV to hook it up to. Also, I will be bringing the original Fantasy Star Soldier US pressed beta CD for the TG16 Museum.

If we can get wireless Internet working, I have the Warhawk beta for people to try out as well 

I was going to bring my TurboExpress, but I'm already bringing my laptop, DS/games, and my PSP and games, so I think I'm leaving my Express at home.

For PS3, I will have 4 controllers, and to play we'll have:
MLB 07: The Show
Resistance: Fall of Man
Motorstorm
NBA Street Homecourt
NBA 2k7
Ridge Racer 7
Virtua Fighter 5 (with 2 Hori Fighting Sticks for the PS3)
Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection
Calling All Cars (4-player split-screen)
Championship Sprint (Don't Bother)
Mortal Kombat II Arcade (Awesome)
Gauntlet II
Wipeout (PS1)
Destruction Derby (PS1)
flOw
Q*Bert
Gran Turismo HD
Japanese Hot Shots Golf 5 Demo
Ninja Gaiden Sigma Demo
Formula One Demo
Super Rub a Dub Demo
Japanese Folks Soul demo (Gorgeous)
Warhawk Beta (If we can get an Internet connection)

[Kitsunexus]

But isn't bringing a PS3 to a classic gaming con like bringing a pentagram to a Christian church? 

[torgo]

When the organizer asks me to bring it, I bring it 

Plus, there are some classic games on it.

[offsidewing]

But isn't bringing a PS3 to a classic gaming con like bringing a pentagram to a Christian church? 

Good analogy, but I would have gone with, "It's like bringing a BladeRunner spinner to a classic car show."

[Turbo D]

Maybe he wants to compare its design to the turbo duo

[Necromancer]

Also, I will be bringing the original Fantasy Star Soldier US pressed beta CD for the TG16 Museum.

I'm assuming that this has a hand written label or is unlabeled, or did they get far enough along to actually screen print some discs?

[torgo]

No label, just FSS and some other scribblings in Marker.

[DHG Hunter]

But isn't bringing a PS3 to a classic gaming con...

MGC supports both new and old gaming systems.  "Classic" can mean a lot of things to those that go there.  To someone like us it might mean Turbo-era, to a kid it could be something like the Dreamcast's Sonic Adventure, or to someone else it could mean an Atari Pong machine.  There's usually something for everyone, which is nice because I like the mix.

There was also a Wii and two networked Xbox 360's in the museum area as well, the latter of which had the Halo 3 beta going for half of the time both days.  I think that one will be a "classic", hehe.

Later.

[TJ]

I had a great time again this year at MGC! Met turbo_sage and hogged his PC-FX and SuperGrafx for a while, that was fun. Brought home a nice little haul of games, but if I had brought more money I certainly could have spent all of it. There were some dealers there with some really great stuff, both import and domestic. The arcade and pinball selection was okay, although I did get an original owner's manual for my Tron machine. Overall, it was a little bigger and a little better than last year's, so I'm definitely planning on going again next time!

[torgo]

Yeah, i had a blast once again. Many thanks to Dan Loosen from the GOAT Store for getting this together again. It was great to meet a couple of the PCEngineFX peeps finally.

Also, I FINALLY got a copy of Spriggan! I also picked up a US copy of Air Zonk, so I finally have that as well. I'll be talking about the show on our next podcast episode which should hit on Thursday.

http://playstationnationpodcast.com

[Hobo Xiphas]

The dealers were better than last year, but the pinball\videos were pretty lacking this year.

EDIT: I forgot to mention that Keranu and I made it onto the local Milwaukee news playing Bomberman '94.  You could just see the top of my head in the shot. 

[Mobius]

Damn!  Of course I find out about this two days too late... I definitely would have been there, since it's not far of a drive from Madison.  Is this annual and always in the same place?

[Keranu]

It has been held in differnet locations before from what I know, but I heard they plan on keeping it in Oconomowoc.

[nat]

It has been held in differnet locations before from what I know, but I heard they plan on keeping it in Oconomowoc.

Is Oconowocomomwocowowowonowoc a real place? If I lived there I'd just call it O-town. What a nightmare.

[Kitsunexus]

Is Oconowocomomwocowowowonowoc a real place? If I lived there I'd just call it O-town. What a nightmare.

  Dude, O-Town is a boy band.