Seattle Retro Gaming Expo 2013
July 13th & 14th
Seattle Center NW Rooms in Seattle, WA
Tickets: $20 for both days; $15 single-day <Pre-Reg ends TONIGHT @ 9PM, 7/2!!>
For all ticket purchases, information on events, etc: >>SeattleRetro.org Website<<
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Seattle Retro Gaming Expo gets even BIGGER!
SRGE is introducing gaming panels at the third annual show!
SEATTLE, May 13, 2013--The Seattle Retro Gaming Expo just keeps getting bigger! Not only is SRGE at the Seattle Center this year, but we will also be featuring panels from collectors, journalists, and industry experts in the gaming world. Panels will be scheduled for both Saturday and Sunday during the show. We are also working in collaboration with Arcade Armageddon, a chiptune-themed concert for gaming and music fans everywhere. And for the first time, we are working with the Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) with showings two incredible video game documentaries.
This year our great staff of volunteers has set up some exciting things to play and see at our show! Check out after the break for all the info in one easy place. 10 Player Steel Battalion? We got it! 8 Player Xbox System Link Set up? We got it! 10 Player Saturn Bomberman? We got it! 61 inch Vertical Shooter TV featuring all Xbox 360 Region Free Cave Shmups? We got it! There will be all this and more at Seattle Retro Gaming Expo 2013! Details on all games available after the jump.
Visit our massive Freeplay Room, including:
-Every US SNES game available for play
-Every US N64 game available for play
-Over 1000 other games available for play on systems like Jaguar, 3DO, Sega CD, TG16, Vectrex and many more!
-10 player Steel Battalion set up (Steel Battalion War Room)
-8 player Xbox System Link set up
-61 inch Vertical Shmups Station
-10 player Saturn Bomberman station
Confirmed Vendors for SRGE 2013:
- Game Guru's
- Recycled Gamer
- Y-Bot
- Specialty Gamer
- Mad Gear Games
- Super Smash Games
- Another Castle Video Games
- Try n Save
- The Bit Planes
- Anime Haus
- 2.5d Sprites
- WB Games User Research
- Hyperkin
- GeekStar Costuming
- Choose o Matic Books
- DigitalSoaps
- Cutie Bytes
- LuvCherie Jewelry
Can't Forget About The Music
Showcasing the bleep-bloop talents of Mega Ran, The Icarus Kids, Danimal Cannon and Fighter X!! The main event begins at 7pm and will alternate between rounds of on-stage competition and musical performances. Each round will reduce the number of players until only two remain to compete for the grand prize. The games for the finals will be Saturn Bomberman, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Street Fighter II, and a secret final round to be revealed the night of the event. Hosts Jon Pio, Holland Hume, and Esther Bentson will provide lively commentary for the competitions.
Tickets are available here: http://www.arcadearmageddon.com/
Movie Night with SIFF
Friday and Saturday night, SRGE in conjunction with SIFF will be showing two great gaming documentaries! For more information or for tickets, visit the following links:
http://www.siff.net/cinema/ecstasy-of-order-the-tetris-masters
http://www.siff.net/cinema/the-space-invaders-in-search-of-lost-time
Hyperkin to Preview RetroN 5 to the Public:
http://hyperkin.com/blog/2013/03/retron-5-details-revealed-from-the-midwest-gaming-classic/
SRGE is excited to announce our 2013 panels:
- ChipTunes with Arcade Armageddon
Our show partners talk about chiptune music and how its produced! http://www.arcadearmageddon.com/
- Playstation Collecting 101 with Gabe Hayward
Gabe is an avid playstation collector and has even gone so far as to collect different serial number PS1's to have every variant hardware revision. Come see what hidden gems exists for the Playstation 1 and 2!
- Video Game Collecting on a Budget with John Hancock
John Hancock is a long-time video game collector, enthusiast, and historian - by which we mean he has entirely too many games that he never stops talking about. He has been a visible face for the retro gaming crowd for some years, mainly because he is usually hovering, vulture-like, over the rarest thing on a given vendors booth. We're reasonably sure he has some kind of psychic game radar.
- Survival Horror with Ryan Payton
Ryan Payton is founder of Seattle-based Camouflaj, the studio behind the first major kickstarter success story for videogames, RÉPUBLIQUE. He began his career in Tokyo as a producer on Konami's METAL GEAR SOLID 4, and was then recruited by Microsoft to return home to Seattle and direct HALO 4. After three years at Microsoft, Ryan surprised the industry by announcing his departure to establish his own independent game studio, Camouflaj.
- Breaking into the Game Industry
Dan Callan, Ray Almaden and Paul Ehreth discuss their experience in the game industry. They will share tips on how best to start a career in this growing industry and take questions from attendees.
- Retronauts Live!
Bob Mackey, Jeremy Parish and Ray Barnolt host a live podcast at SRGE! This will be their first stop after raising over $55,000 on Kickstarter to fund the much loved Retronauts Podcast.
- Retrogame Roadshow with Chris Kohler
Chris Kohler is a video game journalist and editor who has written for several publications in the past decade, including Wired, Animerica, Official Nintendo Magazine and 1UP.com. He is also a published author of two books. His first book, Power-Up: How Japanese Video Games Gave the World an Extra Life, was published by Brady Games in 2004. His second book, Retro Gaming Hacks, was published by O'Reilly Media in 2005. Kohler is currently a resident of San Francisco, California, where he works for Wired, running the gaming blog Game|Life and the podcast Good Job, Brain!
**Pre-Sale tickets are available online (SALE ENDS TODAY @ 9PM) at www.seattleretro.org and locally at both Puget Sound Game Gurus locations!**
