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A WEEKEND OF FUN AND FREE PLAY! The Houston Area Arcade Group (HAAG) is holding their 14th Annual Arcade Expo on November 13th & 14th 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. $15/day preorder ($20/day at the door) $25/weekend pass preorder ($30/weekend pass at the door) $17 Expo T-shirt - preorder only 2015 Arcade Expo Speakers Joe Balcer Famed pinball Designer Joe Balcer has designed some killer machines including Wizard of Oz, Simpsons Pinball Party, Star Ship Troopers, Star Wars Trilogy and many more. Super cool guy and he likes Cigars! Walter Day is considered the Patron Saint of the Video Game Age and is the founder of Twin Galaxies Andrew Seklir an avid game fan and director of hit arcade documentary Man vs Snake, he has also worked on TV shows such as Battle-star Galactica, Westworld, Eureka and other show for the SyFy Channel. He is also a member of the Directors Guild of America. Joel West one of the legends of the “Golden Age of Arcades” who pioneered the birth of competitive gaming. Gerry Stellenberg Multimorphic The P3 is a modular, multi-game, pinball platform that merges the physical gameplay with interactive art, modular shots, and customizable cabinet. Ken Graham Former Williams Programmer talks about Atari VCS system, Joust, Bubbles, Splat!, Sinistar, Joust Pinball and more. Cast of Pinballers Entire Cast of Pinballers talk about their pinball reality TV show experience and what is the future of pinball collecting. Brett Weiss A gamer since 1974 and a professional writer since 1997, Brett will do a Q&A session on his game related books with help from Walter Day and will also be selling video game cartridges, discs, T-shirts, and related items. Karl Kuhlenschmidt Started collecting around 1999 and finding machines in need of restoration. Providing trick and tips on what i use to restore broken worn down machines. Providing info on where you can get materials need to bring you machine back to life. Dan Ferguson Founder of the Lone Star Pinball Museum, Dan has one of the largest collections of pre-DMD pinball’s in the USA. Dan had consulted on many pinball book’s, and pictures of his machines have help chronolog the history of pinball. Joe Grisaffi is an actor, filmmaker and video game collector from Houston. Joe will be presenting his film Conjoined and showing the Atari 2600 game based on the movie. Patrick Scott Patterson PSP is a video game advocate seen in numerous films and events across the country. His newest projects include heading up the Video Game Media Archive and a reboot of the U.S. National Video Game Team. Darrell Spice Jr. of SpiceWare, Home Brew Programmer and visionary is responsible for the excellent remake of Atari’s 2600 ‘Warlords’ known as ‘Medieval Mayhem’, the VCS game ‘Stay Frosty’ and ported the popular Stella emulator to the OS/2. http://www.arcadecenter.com/ https://www.facebook.com/Houston-Arcade-Pinball-Expo-223834217626840/timeline/ https://www.facebook.com/events/777659739021878/

We are SC3 – the Southern California Classic Collectors – a videogame collector's group serving the Metropolitan Los Angeles, San Diego and Inland Empire areas. We've got a soft spot for the "classic" days of the early 1980s, but we love games of all eras, from Pong to PlayStation 4. Come and play! Once again, Thanksgiving is coming to Southern California a couple of weeks early. SC3 will be serving up a cornucopia of classic videogaming vittles on Saturday, November 7, 2015, from 4 p.m. to midnight. The November holidays are traditionally a time to go back home, and so we are once again going "back to the back yard" and throwing a house-party at the same Claremont residence that has hosted so many of our past events. Once again we'll be cramming several dozen arcade machines and classic home consoles into a lucky home's back yard. If you attended one of the old parties, you know that like any good Thanksgiving meal, it'll be overstuffed but extremely satisfying. http://www.sc3videogames.com/ https://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=76449880029

ShadoCon is an annual anime, video game, and comics convention held in Tampa, Florida. Generally, ShadoCon is held in early November and is a three-day event spanning Friday through Sunday. Ever since its inception in 2010, ShadoCon has grown substantially in size each year and currently boasts over three thousand attendees. Some of its popular events include the Breakdance Breakdown, the Shado Tournament, the Final Fantasy Ball, AMV Contest, Cosplay Showcase, and ShadoCon Talent Search. ShadoCon goes late into the night and features late-night raves, a well-populated video room, tabletop gaming room, video game room, LAN gaming, a huge dealer’s room, an artist’s alley, fan-hosted panels, and so much more. Many people cosplay while attending ShadoCon, and there are lots of gatherings for various anime, manga, and comic book series. While ShadoCon is based around anime, video games, and comic books, it is open and welcoming to fans of other genres – science fiction, popular TV shows, and the like. http://www.shadocon.com/ https://www.facebook.com/shadocon https://twitter.com/shadocon

The RetroWorld Expo is taking place at the Oakdale Theatre in Wallingford, CT on Saturday, October 3, 2015. A celebration of Classic and Retro Video Gaming that also embraces Tabletop Gaming, Modern Video Gaming, Homebrew Gaming, Anime, Action Figures, Comic Books, Cosplay, Arcade/Pinball Machines, and much more. Come for the Vendors, Exhibitors, Panelists, Musical Guests, Tournaments, and a robust Freeplay Arcade, Console Gaming and Pinball Area. All tickets are $25 Tickets will not be mailed. Your purchased tickets will available for pick up on the day of the event. A matching ID is required to pick up tickets. Children 10 and under are free admission. Up to 2 free children tickets per Adult ticket purchased. Ask for your child pass when you pick up your tickets Tickets are non-refundable or transferable Please note that a maximum of 10 tickets may be purchased per order http://retroworldexpo.com/ https://www.facebook.com/retroworldclassicgamingexpo https://twitter.com/retroworldexpo

The first annual Emerald Coast Con on Oct. 23-25, 2015 at Fort Walton Beach, FL. Emerald Coast Con 2015 is a brand new fundraising initiative at Emerald Coast Convention Center dedicated, but not limited, to retro, current-gen, next-gen and indie gaming and computer science. This convention is not only for gamers and techies, but will also include a broad assortment of pop-culture exhibits and fanfare for lovers of comics, sci-fi, fantasy, anime, and multi-genre entertainment throughout the Southeast. TICKET TYPE SALES END PRICE FEE QUANTITY Friday Pass After 10/9 Friday Pass will be $20. Oct 9, 2015 $15.00 $1.82 Saturday Pass After 10/9 Saturday Pass will be $35. Oct 9, 2015 $25.00 $2.37 Sunday Pass After 10/9 Sunday Pass will be $25. Oct 9, 2015 $20.00 $2.09 3-Day Weekend Pass After 10/9 Weekend Passes will be $50. Oct 9, 2015 $40.00 $3.19 3-Day Weekend Pass Sale Weekend Pass Sale for Limited Time. Ended $30.00 $2.64 N/A VIP Weekend Pass Early access to event all three days, exclusive opportunities with guests, exclusive t-shirt, upgraded gamer bag, VIP parties, preferred seating at panels, and more! Oct 9, 2015 $70.00 $4.84 http://www.emeraldcoastcon.com/ https://www.facebook.com/emeraldcon

The 10th annual Portland Retro Gaming Expo in Portland, OR. Retro Gaming Expo, Inc. is a Portland, Oregon-based 501©4 non-profit cooperative organization dedicated to creating awareness of, and appreciation for classic video and arcade games through the presentation of events and conventions that celebrate the historic contribution video games have made and continue to make in popular culture. Guests include: Joe Decuir was one of the original engineers at Atari, who helped design, build, and produce the Atari 2600. He also wrote the game Video Olympics, a Pong collection that launched with the system. He later went on to help develop the Amiga, and the USB architecture. Pamela Smith worked for Atari in the Promotion Design department for Consumer Electronics from 1982 - 1984. She designed the holiday packaging for the 5200 game console, and the retail point-of-purchase and sales support materials for the Ms. Pac Man, DigDug, Pengo and Phoenix games. She worked with the team that designed and produced the 1983 sales catalogs, including the 2600 and 5200 video game consoles and the entire line up of games. Tod Frye is a computer programmer once employed by Atari, and is most notable for being charged with the home adaptation of Pac-Man for the Atari 2600 video computer system. Other games designed by Tod include LCD Breakout Atari handheld, Asteroids for Atari 400/800, and the Swordquest series (Earthworld, Fireworld, Waterworld, and the uncompleted Airworld). Bob Smith is a 20-year veteran game programmer and one of the founders of Imagic. He also worked for Atari and Accolade writing such noteworthy games as Video Pinball and Star Wars for the Atari 2600. His best known work is probably 1982's Dragonfire, although he also wrote Riddle of the Sphinx. In 1972, Al Alcorn got together with Nolan Bushnell to create coin-operated video games, such as an arcade version of the early game Spacewar! Bushnell asked Alcorn to make a simple ping pong game, a version of the Magnavox Odyssey’s tennis game by convincing him they were under a contract from General Electric. The contract didn’t actually exist, but Alcorn was convinced he had to do a good job on the game. Three months later he produced Pong, which went on to become a huge hit and spawn the video game industry. In his first appearance at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo, Al will share stories from his time with the early video game industry in this must-see panel. Whether you think E.T. The Extra Terrestrial for the Atari 2600 was an over-hyped failure or an under-recognized hidden gem, it's hard to deny the programming genius of game designer Howard Scott Warshaw. In addition to E.T., he also created Yar's Revenge and Raiders of the Lost Ark - two more mega-hits on the Atari. In his presentation at PRGE, Howard will discuss all the behind-the-scenes machinations and shenanigans which led to turning one of the most coveted licenses in video game history into a dynasty crushing disaster and ultimately the sub-flooring of the New Mexico desert. He will also discuss his experience carrying the moniker "maker of the worst game ever" for three decades. It's a tale of hubris, triumph, blind ambition and in the end... resiliency. Admission Rates Admission type Presale Price Door Price Weekend Pass Admission for both Saturday, October 17 and Sunday October 18, 2015. Includes 9:00 AM early entry on Saturday. $27.00 $32.00 Saturday Only Pass Admission for Saturday, October 17, 2015. Includes 9:00 AM early entry on Saturday. $22.00 $27.00 Sunday Only Pass Admission for Sunday, October 18, 2015. $16.00 $21.00 Family Weekend Package Order 5 weekend passes for the price of four. Admission for both Saturday, October 17 and Sunday October 18, 2015. Includes 9:00 AM early entry on Saturday. $108.00 $128.00 Child Pass Ages 10 and under. Ask for child passes when you pick up your paid adult badges at the door. Up to 2 FREE with each paid adult admission Up to 2 FREE with each paid adult admission http://www.retrogamingexpo.com/ https://www.facebook.com/Portland-Retro-Gaming-Expo-51501602413/timeline/ https://twitter.com/RetroGamingExpo

The 19th annual White Rose Gameroom Show in York, PA. * Pinball machines, video games, jukeboxes, slot machines, etc. * Lots of door prizes. * Outdoor flea market with no admission charge! * Pinball and Gameroom items on sale. * Kids and adults pinball machine tournaments. * Refreshments will be available. $15 Adults, $5 children ages 6-12, Free for Kids 5 and younger. (All prices are per person, per day) http://www.theyorkshow.com/ https://www.facebook.com/theyorkshow