Dragon's Lair Fans - Arcade Lifestyle
General Chat => Meetings, Exhibition, Events... => Topic started by: MacDLSA on October 26, 2013, 07:57:02 PM
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Autumn !
As always, time for conventions, trade shows and meetings with a currently theme much in vogue among all "ex - nerd" and also many others who have lived (AND STILL LIVE !) the golden age of gaming entertainment, ALL OVER THE WORLD :
the "RETROGAMING" !
And our small and mistreated Italy is no exception...
Last Sunday there was the event "Brusaporto Retrocomputing", annual show / exhibition of vintage computer hardware and gaming, and I was invited to exhibit a bit of my "material" ...
AND SO I DID ! :wink:
Together with a friend of mine, D.Baldi from a local association called "comPVter" (http://www.compvter.it/ (http://www.compvter.it/)), I set up a stand that has been later recognized as "respectable", due to the fact of the presence of some "pearls", not easily viewable "elsewhere" ...
From my side, there is a full-working "Pong" ( Atari - Sears , 1975 ) , an Atari 2600 Jr. CVBS video output modified, my Dragon's Lair MINI-CAB (built this summer in occasion of the "meeting" that I myself organized for the 30th' anniversary of the birth of the most famous lasergame) and a display case containing some of my Atari game cartridges...
On my friend's side there is a DEVASTATING collection of english items, almost all branded " Sinclair ", including a VERY RARE "Sinclair LED BlackWatch" (unfortunately NOT WORKING ... ) and the 80's age style "bicycle-car-starship" :lol: "C5" !
THEN...
a beautiful day spent in the company of many friends and MANY people which occasionally asked information of any kind...
to the point that I came home with a dry throat for having talked really too much ! :roll: :'( ;D
SOME PHOTOS...
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-bb81uZoh6Hc/UmhDG1CbYRI/AAAAAAAAFQQ/_yXDQOpbPds/s720/2013-10-20%252009.42.03.jpg)
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-BAbJqC4gdj8/UmhDHVf2-fI/AAAAAAAAFQU/q8WDJnptPuY/s720/2013-10-20%252009.41.54.jpg)
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-BdNfYVqN-cI/UmhDCgC58bI/AAAAAAAAFQE/sTtOF53HzGU/s720/2013-10-20%252009.41.46.jpg)
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-aWq_6eh0z2E/UmhC_wN9m4I/AAAAAAAAFP4/AYOgvSEmSsA/s720/2013-10-20%252009.41.39.jpg)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-sAPbfOP28dM/UmhDAZDVCOI/AAAAAAAAFP8/7LOFQnG8OcE/s720/2013-10-20%252009.41.27.jpg)
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-xmPJC4eaCmM/UmhC9fE2KjI/AAAAAAAAFPs/2H12rmxDv54/s720/2013-10-20%252009.41.16.jpg)
More pics HERE :
https://plus.google.com/photos/111662280458631410454/albums/5937527537449058705?authkey=CNaZh6OhiNvAAg
And it's not over...
Just yesterday there was the first day of the "Games Week" in Milan, where in the morning came no less than
NOLAN BUSHNELL
in person :o :o :o :o :o
who kept a conference and made a "tour" around all the exposed video entertainment machines !
A friend of mine, journalist in the informatic sector (Carlo Santagostino of "Archeologia Informatica" http://www.archeologiainformatica.it/ (http://www.archeologiainformatica.it/) ) invited me to the event, but unfortunately, for reasons of work, I had to decline that invitation ...
And my regret is SO HUGE !
:'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
Especially after that I did watch an unspecified amount of photos that show a lot of friends "embraced" with Nolan...
:'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
BUT
for one thing I could say that I am happy !
... because my "Pong", exhibited in one of the windows of the Games Week - Retrogaming museum, had become THIS WAY :
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-es35MW-AguQ/UmrTB5NleII/AAAAAAAAFX8/7QagwJUiENE/s640/PONG-autograph_.jpg)
I go to get it back on Sunday (tomorrow)... and , with that autograph of Nolan Bushnell , it will sure become the "pearl" of my small , small Atari collection !
( and if someone would "eventually" steal it, then it will be the time I will call the FBI , the InterPol , the Lieutenant Columbo , Angela Lansbury and Ellery Queen ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! )
:evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :lol:
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Whoa! Major impressive!
That autograph :shock: :shock: :shock: 8) Paint me jealous!! :shock: