ARCADE EXPO Houston Tx. Oct. 8 and 9

There will also be a swap meet Saturday morning in the parking lot. Last year's swap was hysterically funny watching people swap junk back and forth.

ken
 
There will also be a swap meet Saturday morning in the parking lot. Last year's swap was hysterically funny watching people swap junk back and forth.

ken

Yeah, that was really funny.
I'm sure we will see that going on again.
 
Here is there latest press release 9/29/10
PRESS RELEASE

THE ULTIMATE GAME ROOM COMES ALIVE FOR A WEEKEND OF FUN AND FREE PLAY!
The Houston Area Arcade Group (HAAG) is holding their 9th Annual
Arcade Expo on October 8th & 9th at the Houston Northwest Crowne
Plaza at Pinemont and Hwy 290.

There will be over 200 classic and current coin-op pinball machines,
video arcade games, penny arcades, and console video games ready for
attendees to play on free play or buy them for their home. There will
be Tournaments, events, music and workshops to keep the young and
young at heart entertained.

· Pinball, Arcade & Console tournaments for trophies and cash
prizes. Featuring the new Avatar Pinball, Tron, and Xbox 360 Guitar
Hero.

· The Houston Arcade Expo and Extra Life Benefiting the
Children's Miracle Network are working together to promote and raise
money for this worthy cause -> Play Games, Heal Kids!!!!

· The Tron Legacy movie will be getting a nod from our own
3rd Dimension Graphics master Karl Kuhlenschmidt, he plans an awesome
tribute.

· Celebrate Pac-Man's 30th anniversary by playing the real
thing!
· Speakers will include Dan Ferguson (Lone Star Pinball
Museum) on the History of Pinball, Ken Graham former Williams
Programmer, Retro Pinball talking shop about their new pinball and
many more.

· There will be Basic electronics, Pinball, and Arcade repair
clinics to help attendee's to get thier machine's back up and running
or just to do basic maintenance.

· Classic Console games will be returning to the mix this
year! Game systems. This includes Atari 2600, 5200, 7800,
ColecoVision, Vectrex, Intellivision, Sega, NES, Xbox 360 and other
modern & classic consoles.

· Sat Oct 9th at noon Star Wars http://imperial1.501stforums.com/
will be at the show come and meet your favorite member of the Empire &
the Rebel Alliance!!!

· Free! Parking Lot Swap Meet, where you can buy and sell
your project games and cool stuff

· Door prizes called out every 30 mins during the show,

· Try your luck at a game raffle to win a full stand up
arcade.

· Pinball & Arcade games for Sale for your home or business.
We will have tons of arcade and pinball parts, Manuals and
memorabilia. Even great general memorabilia and comic books.

· Gene Cunningham of Illinois Pinball will have parts, Play
Fields (8 Ball, Addams Family, Fun House ,DH , Kiss, NBA, etc..), and
Back Glasses galore!!

· There will be concessions and a full bar available for you
to purchase refreshments.

What: 2010 Houston Arcade Expo

Dates: October 8th & 9th, 2010

Hours:
Oct 8th: 6pm until 2am
Oct 9th: 10am until 2am

Location:
Houston Northwest Crowne Plaza
12801 NORTHWEST FREEWAY
HOUSTON, TX 77040 UNITED STATES

Tickets:
Admission is $30 for a weekend pass or $20 for a single day, which
gets you access to over 150 arcade games and pinball machines all set
to free play!

More info: 713-838-0038 ext 101 (Keith Christensen) or www.arcadecenter.com
 
I'll be there all three days. Loading in Friday, playing till my fingers bleed on Saturday and then loading out Sunday......:D

ken
 
the latest sent to me from Tim Maleck

We are closing on the 2010 show! We are again offering pinball and arcade
tournaments and this year adding a large Console game tournament area.
Trophies, cash and other great prizes await you if you enter and win. We are
also adding a Best in Show competition. We will recognize the Best Original
Pinball, Best Modified Pinball, Best Original Arcade game, Best Modified Arcade
game and an overall Best in Show winner. These winners will be presented cool
trophies unique to the Arcade Expo show. No special entry is required for best
of show judging, you're automatically entered when you bring your game to the
show.
 
Would anyone need a bagman or shootout PCB. I received them over 10 years ago in a lot and have no clue if they work. I would like to see them go to a good home.
 
I'll be there Saturday. If all goes *perfectly* according to plan, I'll be wearing my new Spy Hunter shirt. :)
 
I'm already in town, staying at the hotel. Had a great day today checking out Dan Ferguson's collection - what an awesome guy with an awesome collection of machines. I'm looking forward to the show!

By the way, I brought the KRAM boardset with me if anyone is interested in it. Otherwise I'll bust it out at the swap meet.
 
Arcade Expo was fun this year.

Not sure, but it seemed like there may have been a few less vids this year than last. Good selection and some different stuff this year. Probably 8-10 games down with either power, board, or monitor issues though.

Music wasn't too loud like last year and it was in a nicer hotel with lots of nearby food.

My daughters really liked the Quantum and Major Havok. What can I say? They have expensive tastes!
 
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