Bringing OBEY to a small town gaming convention.

[_joshuaTurbo]

This past weekend I had the pleasure to run a 'retro' game section at our local small time (500-800 guests) gaming convention (Evercon).  I had 12 TV spots and ran just about every console I had from Atari-Xbox.  I now have a PC Engine AND a Turbo Duo, so I was able to use two different TVs for OBEY!!  And it turned out great!

Had our newest homebrew RPG 'Mysterious Song' on hand for people to try out.  I had a couple people say "2012?"  I just chuckled...


I made a few people try to beat my high score on Image Fight II for a few hours.  One of my friends couldn't get past the first stage and said it was one of the hardest chooties he's ever seen.  LOL  I have to admit, IFII is a beast!



The lineup from newest to older goes -Xbox, DC, N64, PSone, Saturn, Sega CD/Turbo Duo, SNES, Genesis, PCE - and then around the corner is the 8-bit section (NES, Master System, Atari 7800)

Close up of the beautiful refurbished/RESCUED PCE I got from Luke for Xmas showing the SUPER POWER of Street Fighter II CE!




A shot of the 3 button Blaster pad. 


I've got to say the thing I learned this weekend was the irresistible charm of Kato & Ken. I have played JJ & Jeff a few times and always just thought... 'Well, it's fun, but nothing special', but now, having seen more than just the beginning or the sillyness they took out when they brought this over to the states, I totally have new found respect for it!  I put this one on nearly the entire weekend, I tried to trade it out for a few others (SFIICE lasting the longest) but every time there would be a group of kids walking up and asking for 'that crazy game' again.  And I'd put it in.  The scene of 5-10 random teens standing around the PC Engine was fairly regular for the show.  The genesis really was dead most of the time due to this.  Those kids would take up 5 chairs or more just to watch others play Kato & Ken.


R-Type did alright too, just a totally jawesome time!!

I tried to get the quirky Chiki Chiki boys on the Genesis to draw some of the attention down the row for a bit.  It didn't work very well.  PCE stole the show. 

[soop]

Good work!  Nice to see the little white square that could getting so much love.

Next time, take some documentation to help them learn!  and also, BOMBERMAN!!!

[Opethian]

obey all around congrats!

[turbokon]

Awesome!! I wish there could be something like this in my neck of the woods!

[Ji-L87]

Awesome! Spread the love and knowledge

[chop5]

reminds me of judge dredd when a judge reaches retirement they send him on the long walk thru the cursed earth wasteland bringing law to the lawless. but instead of the book of law in one hand and a shotgun in the other you have a pcengine and jj&jeff.
bringing obey to the obeyless...

[FiftyQuid]

Thanks for posting this joshua.     It was great to see how you set things up and to see the kids playing these classics.

[Necromancer]

Show them kiddos how to OBEY!

[SignOfZeta]

I used to run things like this for conventions and stuff, back when PCE was still being developed for even. Its a lot of fun, but also a lot of work.

Its great you managed to dig up so many CRTs!

[MrFlutterPie]

It's great to see you introducing the younger generation to the classics.

[SuperPlay]

Great job.  Love seeing pics of this kind of event.

[roflmao]

Its great you managed to dig up so many CRTs!

I was thinking the same thing.  Good googley-moogley that's a lot of spare TVs!

[Necromancer]

The school's AV department was raided!

[jeffhlewis]

Josh - I'm going to need all the CRTs I can get my hands on for my MGC room. are those all yours?

[TR0N]

Nice little convention you had there but it lacks "the future is now!"