September 18-19, 2010 Portland, Oregon |
Roadtrip to Classic Gaming Expo 2010Five Portland Retro Gaming expo staff members are gearing up for a road trip to the 2010 Classic Gaming Expo in Las Vegas. Join us via Twitter and Youtube as we head south from Portland, Oregon for the ultimate classic video game event in the U.S. Our "Classic Gaming Urban Assault Vehicle" leaves in the early morning hours of Wednesday July 28 with a scheduled arrival at the Tropicana in Las Vegas around noon on Friday. We have planned a route to maximize the amount of thrift store and swap meet exposure we will have along the way. Follow our Twitter feed to see what we find! We'll continue tweeting and posting photos & video all weekend from the event. If you are at the show, come by the PRGE/NWCGE booth and say hi!
Win PRGE Passes at Geek Trivia NightJoin the Portland Retro Gaming Expo team at Portland's Vendetta (4306 N. Williams Ave) for Geek Trivia Night. Organized by Portland-based comic book store, Things From Another World, Geek Trivia Night is all about answering the most trivia questions on comics, video games and science fiction and even hard science. PRGE will be hanging with our buddies from Ground Kontrol at every Geek Trivia Night leading up to the show. Those nights are July 27, August 10, August 24, and September 7. The winning team might just go home with a pair of weekend passes to the 2010 Portland Retro Gaming Expo! And as if all that wasn't enough, TFAW will be bringing Geek Trivia Night to the Retro Gaming Expo in the form of the Geek Trivia Contest - Video Game Edition. Team up with your friends from 11:00 to 1:00 on Sunday at the Expo to show off your gaming trivia knowledge and win some great prizes.
PRGE Unveils New Logo
Shirts with the new logo will be available for sale at our show as well as CGE 2010 in Las Vegas. Bill Carlton To Speak At PRGE 2010
Bill will discuss he experiences filming the movie, show off some of his arcade game skills and share his plans for Missile Command world domination. Please join us in welcoming Bill to the show! PRGE Survey Complete!We gathered responses from 108 people in our 2010 attendee survey. Thanks you to all who participated. The information you provided will help make our show even better. We will post some basic information we learned from the survey. Please check back! 2010 Northwest Pinball & Gameroom ShowWhere can you play over 300 classic pinball and arcade games in one weekend? The Northwest Pinball & Gameroom Show takes place on June 11-13, 2010 at the Seattle Center in Seattle, Washington. Thousands of pinball and arcade game fans from across the U.S. will be attending. PRGE's own Y-Bot Classic Games is an official retro gaming vendor and much of PRGE staff will be there all day on Saturday passing our flyers and playing some awesome classic games. The show is the biggest event of this type in the Northwest. In its third year at the Seattle Center, the NW Pinball & Gameroom Show will feature 300 pinball and arcade games, the most ever seen in one place in the entire Pacific Northwest. Featuring games from the 1950s to today, the games will be set on free play, attendees will get the chance to play all the games with the price of admission. While seeing and playing games is the highlight of the festivities, the event will also include prizes, tournaments, guest speakers, world record attempts, vendors and a number of celebrities from the pinball and arcade world. Find out more at http://www.NWPinballShow.com. Posted: 05-18-2010 Cowlitz Gamers Show Raises $1,100 for CJACThe 2010 Cowlitz Gamers for Kids classic video game show in Kelso, WA wrapped up this past Saturday. Over $1,100 was raised to support Kelso's Childrens Justice and Advocacy Center. While smaller than the annual Portland show, there were gamers in attendance from as far as Seattle and Portland. Some even arrived hours before the doors opened and camped out to be first in line! The freeplay area was extensive, ranging from older systems like the Atari 2600 to newer platforms like the Sega Dreamcast. Vendors filled the rest of the 2-room venue and there were plenty of great deals made. Thanks to all of the volunteers, vendors and attendees who made the show a great success! Posted: 05-17-2010 Cowlitz Gaming Expo Coming May 15
The Cowlitz Expo features many of the same vendors as the Portland show, over 15 classic freeplay systems and a Mario Kart 64 tournament. You may be the lucky gamer who takes home the one-of-a-kind Mario Kart 64 championship trophy. All proceeds from the show go to benefit Kelso's Childrens Justice and Advocacy Center. Learn more about Cowlitz Gamers for Kids » Map to the Cowlitz Game Expo » The Flyers Are Almost Here!We just placed an order for 4,000 flyers and 100 posters for the Portland Retro Gaming Expo. You can expect to see them showing up in a game store or arcade near you within the next couple of weeks. Robin Mihara To Give Keynote At PRGE 2010
In 1990 Nintendo traveled across the United States promoting their Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) through a series of video game competitions, culminating in the Nintendo World Championships. Robin was the third place winner of those Championships in 1990. Robin will recount his experiences during the 1990 Championships and share his latest project - a documentary film highlighting his quest for the world's top Tetris player. The film, tentatively titled The Ecstasy of Order, will follow several expert Tetris players as they compete for the top prize. More information on Robin and the 1990 NWC:
He Did It!Updated 10:22 PM 4/5/2010 PST - John McAllister has broken the Asteroids world record with a score of 441,338,740! We offer him our sincerest congratulations! Portland area residents Bill Carlton, John McAllister and Ken House have all attempted marathon arcade world records this weekend, but John is the only one still chugging toward the Asteroids world record of 41,336,440 set by Scott Safran in 1982. Friend of PRGE Bill Carlton had an equipment malfunction with his Missile Command cab earlier in the weekend during his run, but we wish him the best on future attempts.
Tickets for PRGE 2010 Now On Sale!
Pre-registering before September 10 gives you access to the vendor show hall 1 hour early. If you choose to buy a weekend pass which will give you access to the show both Saturday and Sunday, you will receive a souvenir badge and neck lanyard. Visit the Admission page to find out more. Classic Gaming Expo - July 31 - Aug. 1, 2010We at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo are proud to support the Classic Gaming Expo, to be held at the Tropicana in Las Vegas on July 31 through August 1, 2010. Classic Gaming Expo enters its eleventh year as the world's first and largest event paying tribute to the people, systems and games of yesteryear. The 2010 event guarantees to be the biggest and best ever, with lots of surprises to be announced as the show draws near. CGE is open to the public and gamers of all ages are welcome. PRGE and the Northwest Classic Gaming Enthusiasts (NWCGE) will be there representing for the Pacific Northwest. Stop by and see us if you're in town! Learn more at www.CGExpo.com.
5th Annual PRGE is Announced!I think it's safe to say that Portland Retro Gaming Expo 2009 exceeded everyone's expectations! We broke new records for attendance, quantity of freeplay systems and number of vendors. Our new downtown location and various public transportation options were well received. We're ready to do it again in 2010. Once again we have secured the Portland Crowne Plaza Hotel for our event, with the following changes:
It's safe to say that the 5th Portland Retro Gaming Expo is already shaping up to the biggest and best ever. Even at this early date we have begun to line up consoles and arcade machines for our extensive freeplay room. The number of freeplay consoles alone will likely be double last year's amount. Please check back here often. We expect to have the admissions and vendor rates worked out and on the site by sometime in January.
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We've been working on logo ideas for some time, but we finally locked in our favorite design. Ladies and gentemen, we give you the new Portland Retro Gaming Expo logo!
Bill Carlton has agreed to speak at the 2010 Portland Retro Gaming expo. Bill is one of the country's top arcade game players and the subject of the 2006 documentary film 
You don't have to wait for the Portland Retro Gaming Expo in September to enjoy classic video game goodness - check out the Cowlitz Gamers For Kids classic video game show in Kelso, WA on Saturday, May 15. The show is located about 1 hour north of Portland at the Red Lion Hotel just off I-5 in Kelso. 
The Portland Retro Gaming Expo is proud to announce that 1990 NWC participant Robin Mihara to give the keynote presentation at the 2010 show.
