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Arcade expo 2013 the netherlands
« on: September 13, 2013, 03:58:02 am »
Retro Game Experience 14-15 sept 2013 in Hilversum the Netherlands. I am going there! Is anyone coming too? It's €15 for one day or €22 for the entire weekend.
http://www.beeldengeluid.nl/retro-game-experience


Gamelist: http://www.beeldengeluid.nl/gamelist
Console list: http://www.beeldengeluid.nl/consoles
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Re: Re: Arcade expo 2013 the netherlands
« Reply #1 on: September 14, 2013, 12:22:24 am »
Wow nice. Actually where I live, tomorrow night there is something called the Warpzone 6th edition, which is like some sort of retro gaming conference and party. There will be beer, pizza and plenty of tube TVs on which we can play several old console games, and during afternoon there also are some sort of conference with people explaining the history of video gaming and stuff. Not sure if there will be retro arcade machines, though.

They even have Vectrex and Colecovision games to try! O.O

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzN2YP74z0cxRHpSTHR2MnlmdEE/edit?usp=sharing

I wonder if Sept 14th-15th is some sort of special day in the gaming world, like with the Programming Day the other day?
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Re: Arcade expo 2013 the netherlands
« Reply #2 on: September 14, 2013, 04:15:33 am »
Wow I just googled and there are a lot of retro-related things all over the world this weekend.(did not look at other weekends yet, but it might be a special day indeed)
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Re: Arcade expo 2013 the netherlands
« Reply #3 on: September 16, 2013, 04:48:22 pm »
That looks pretty awesome Keoni. How was it?
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Re: Re: Arcade expo 2013 the netherlands
« Reply #4 on: September 17, 2013, 01:01:14 am »
Btw my convention was kinda nice with all the retro stuff. My only complaints would be that they should have added chairs at the tables near the bar and behind, so that when watching a quiz or conference we don't have to stand up for 15 minutes. Also food was abusively hot beyond safetyness, there was too much dubstep music and they should maybe have included a bit more retro consoles near the bar, instead of having like 6 computer screens to try the independent space shooting simulator. It was fun for about 5 hours but afterward we left. Next year there should be a Mario Kart 64 tournament. :P
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Re: Arcade expo 2013 the netherlands
« Reply #5 on: September 17, 2013, 02:07:36 am »
I wound up not going sadly because I woke up late and I was not ready to travel yet, so even if I did decide to go I would only have about 2-3 hours there and for €15 and a 1,5 hour travel that's not worth it to me. Better luck next time.
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Re: Arcade expo 2013 the netherlands
« Reply #6 on: September 17, 2013, 03:14:59 am »
Aw sorry to hear, but I agree about the 2-3 hours + 15 euros thing x.x
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Re: Arcade expo 2013 the netherlands
« Reply #7 on: September 17, 2013, 06:15:37 am »
Too bad Keoni. :( You guys are lucky though. I don't think they have anything like that around here.
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Re: Arcade expo 2013 the netherlands
« Reply #8 on: September 17, 2013, 10:05:38 am »
Too bad, you've missed it. Next time you know about it, please announce it, i'd say with a pair weeks in advance. I have some friends to visit in the Netherlands and i wouldn't mind to meet some nice Omninaga folks over there. Yeah, i do like beer also. ;)
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Re: Arcade expo 2013 the netherlands
« Reply #9 on: October 11, 2013, 06:39:47 am »
There is another retro fair coming up with a lot of sellers and collectors selling their doubles. This is just people selling their games and not something like an arcade expo though. I went to a retro fair spring this year and it was awesome! Definitely gonna visit some more and maybe meet some old friends!

Agenda:
Saturday 26 Oct 2013 Retro Fair - Elst
Sunday   3 Nov 2013 Retro Fair   - Schiedam
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Re: Arcade expo 2013 the netherlands
« Reply #10 on: October 24, 2013, 02:35:07 am »
That is still cool. I assume that most people will know the true value of those games, though, and sell them at Ebay prices. >.<
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Re: Arcade expo 2013 the netherlands
« Reply #11 on: October 24, 2013, 04:56:57 am »
Nope. There are a lot of collectors there selling their doubles at a reasonable price.
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Re: Re: Arcade expo 2013 the netherlands
« Reply #12 on: October 24, 2013, 09:21:22 am »
You're lucky. Over here, even in some pawn shops and at Flea markets people won't hesitate to charge you $200 for the rare games like Bubble Bobble Pt 2. The good thing, though, is that they sometimes do mistakes, so you can actually still score some good deals there from time to time (eg when I got Mega Man 2 and Cybernator)
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Re: Arcade expo 2013 the netherlands
« Reply #13 on: October 24, 2013, 10:30:14 am »
I got megaman 2 for €15 and kirby for €10 at the retro fair this spring. That is not overpriced, but just about right. Both just loose carts ofc.
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Re: Arcade expo 2013 the netherlands
« Reply #14 on: October 25, 2013, 08:33:57 am »
Be sure to post the bargains you find! :D Sounds like loads of fun, wish i could go. :P
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