PAX 07: A 'retroasis' in the midst of newness

by JC Fletcher { Aug 26th 2007 at 6:00AM }

Feeling pretty exhausted from all of the modern gaming happening on the show floor, I was very pleased to discover the Northwest Classic Games Enthusiasts hidden in a corner room on another floor. They had tons of systems set up in the space, with each TV doing double or triple duty. When I went in, there was a game of SNES Street Fighter II Turbo going next to GoldenEye and Vectrex Rip-Off.

Happy to sit for a moment in what I consider my element (old junk) I took a turn at Rip-Off, promptly lost, and got right back up again. I checked out the display table, and tried to buy the display copy of Night Trap off of the NWCGE people. No luck! But, then, isn't not buying Night Trap considered the luckier outcome?

Check out our gallery of the overabundance of classic games that were available for free play.

Gallery: PAX 07: NWCGE

Tags: classicgames, nwcge, pax07, vectrex

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

horngreen @ Aug 26th 2007 9:57AM

Rip Off is one old school game I wish they would put on XBLA. It's a great co-op two player game. Ahh the times I spent in my neighborhood Safeway (grocery store) playing that game with friends. DO IT MS!

Neebs @ Aug 26th 2007 12:40PM

Do I spy a copy of beat em and eat em in the 2nd picture?

Vexorg @ Aug 26th 2007 2:04PM

Where was this? I completely missed this when I was there yesterday.

y-bot @ Aug 28th 2007 3:25PM

Yes, there was a copy of Beat 'Em and Eat 'Em on display. NWCGE, the group that was responsible for this room is having a classic video game show with tons of stuff for sale, tournaments and more on September 29 & 30 in Portland, Oregon. More info can be found on their website http://nwcge.org/