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Nov 17, 2014 at 9:39:26 AM
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I maintain a list here for all stores that have retro games but lately I've been curious about conferences/events/expos.  When I saw the Pittsburgh Retro Gaming Convention pop-up it was too late for me to plan to go to it being a few hours out.  What are some gaming conventions we can list here so that people have a heads up in advance?  If we can get enough (there are plenty, big and small) I can make and maintain a table much like I do for game stores here.

Update: Removing #of attendees.  Too much fluctuation year-to-year to maintain. What was I thinking?

UPDATED:  10/2/2015

Convention name, City, State, typical range of dates, approximate number of attendees, website
Convention NaBme City State/Territory Date Range Website
Northwest Classic Game Enthus. Swap Portland Oregon January http://nwcge.org
PAX South San Antonio Texas January http://south.paxsite.com
Magfest National Harbor Maryland Jan - Feb http://magfest.org...
Rockage San Jose California February http://magfest.org
Louisville Arcade Expo Lousivlle Kentucky March http://arcaderx.com
Cowlitz Gamers for Kids Longview Washington March http://cowlitzgamers.moonfruit.com
PAX East Boston Massachussetts March http://east.paxsite.com
Super! Bitcoin Oklahoma City Oklahoma March  
Midwest Gaming Classic Brookfield Wisconsin April http://midwestgamingclassic.com
RetroFest Fort Worth Texas April https://www.facebook.com/events/7...
Vancouver Retrogaming Expo Vancouver British Columbia April http://www.vancouvergamingexpo.com/
Zapcon Mesa Arizona April http://Zapcon.com
CGCC Cambridge Ontario May http://www.cgcc.ca/forum/viewtopi...
CORGS Con Columbus Ohio May/June http://corgs-con.webs.com
Too Many Games Oaks Pennsylvania June http://toomanygames.com
Barrie Game Exchange Barrie Ontario July https://www.facebook.com/barriega...
California Extreme Santa Clara California July http://caextreme.org
Classic Console and Arcade Gaming Show Cleveland Ohio July http://ccagshow.com
Classic Game Fest Austin Texas July http://classicgamefest.com
Fangamer Earthbound Convention Tuscon Arizona July http://tinyurl.com/mu6g93g
ScrewAttack Gaming Convention Frisco Texas July  
Video Game Summit Chicago Illinois July http://videogamesummit.net
Game On Expo Mesa Arizona August http://www.azgameonexpo.com...
Geekkon Madison Wisconsin August http://geekkon.net
Let's Play Gaming Expo Dallas (Plano) Texas August http://letsplaygamingexpo.com
Long Island Retro Gaming Expo Long Island New York August http://vintage.nintendoage.com/fo...
PAX Prime Seattle Washington August http://prime.paxsite.com
Atari Computer Enthusiasts of Columbus Columbus Ohio Aug/Sep http://www.angelfire.com/oh4/acec/acecswapmeet.html
Columbus Gaming Expo Columbus Ohio September http://www.ctspromotions.com/show...
Oklahoma Video Game Exhibition Tulsa Oklahoma September http://www.ovge.com/...
Retropalooza  Arlington Texas September  
Seattle Retro Gaming Expo Seattle Washington September http://www.seattleretro.org/...
Tri-State Retro Gamers Show Fairfield New Jersey September http://www.tri-stateretrogamers.s...
Classic Gaming Expo Las Vegas Nevada October http://cgexpo.com
Emerald Coast Con Fort Walton Beach Florida October http://www.emeraldcoastcon.com/...
Portland Retro Gaming Expo Portland Oregon October http://retrogamingexpo.com
RetroWorld Expo Wallingford Connecticut October http://retroworldexpo.com
RetroGameCon Syracuse New York Oct - Nov http://retrogamecon.com
PAX Aus Melbourne Australia November http://aus.paxsite.com
Pittsburgh Retro Gaming Expo Pittsburgh Pennsylvania November http://pittsburghretrogaming.com
Sac Gamers Expo Sacramento California December http://sacgamersexpo.com...

Map updated 10/2/2015


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Edited: 10/02/2015 at 08:33 AM by diddles_mcbean

Nov 17, 2014 at 12:55:42 PM
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I'll start.

Magfest, National Harbor, Maryland, January, 10k, magfest.org

PAX Prime, Seattle, Washington, August, ??, prime.paxsite.com

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Nov 17, 2014 at 6:24:19 PM
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I am interested in this list, and I thought someone might have compiled this information. If not, here's some info that I know of.

Midwest Gaming Classic, Brookfield, Wisconsin, April, 7000, http://midwestgamingclassic.com/...
Geekkon, Madison, Wisconsin, August, ~2000, http://www.geekkon.net/...
Portland Retro Gaming Exp, Portland, Oregon, 4500, http://retrogamingexpo.com/...
I'm out of time at the moment, but look into these as well:
Classic Gaming Expo, Las Vegas, Nevada, http://www.cgexpo.com/information...
Too Many Games, www.toomanygames.com...
California Extreme, www.caextreme.org... (might be arcade & pinball though)
Classic Game Fest, classicgamefest.com
Corgs Con, Ohio
Classic Console and Arcade Gaming Show, Ohio, ccagshow.com

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Nov 17, 2014 at 9:09:52 PM
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Originally posted by: rizz

I am interested in this list, and I thought someone might have compiled this information. If not, here's some info that I know of.

Midwest Gaming Classic, Brookfield, Wisconsin, April, 7000, http://midwestgamingclassic.com/
Geekkon, Madison, Wisconsin, August, ~2000, http://www.geekkon.net/
Portland Retro Gaming Exp, Portland, Oregon, 4500, http://retrogamingexpo.com/
I'm out of time at the moment, but look into these as well:
Classic Gaming Expo, Las Vegas, Nevada, http://www.cgexpo.com/information.php
Too Many Games, www.toomanygames.com...
California Extreme, www.caextreme.org... (might be arcade & pinball though)
Classic Game Fest, classicgamefest.com
Corgs Con, Ohio
Classic Console and Arcade Gaming Show, Ohio, ccagshow.com

Thanks!

I started a table in the original post.


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Nov 17, 2014 at 9:20:04 PM
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Don't forget PAX East in Boston this April. IIRC, the Boston Globe last year said the convention center estimated attendance was around 100,000 people over the course of the weekend. The last official figure from PA in 2012 put PAX Prime at 70,000, which is now probably much higher.

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Nov 17, 2014 at 9:54:31 PM
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Originally posted by: teh lurv

Don't forget PAX East in Boston this April. IIRC, the Boston Globe last year said the convention center estimated attendance was around 100,000 people over the course of the weekend. The last official figure from PA in 2012 put PAX Prime at 70,000, which is now probably much higher.

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Nov 17, 2014 at 11:12:33 PM
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Great idea, thanks for doing it.

Maybe we can get a sticky, or this info transferred to the sticky that has the game stores in it.

Nov 17, 2014 at 11:53:49 PM
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Portland Retro Gaming Expo is in October, our NWCGE Swapmeet is in January.

Rick

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Nov 18, 2014 at 9:42:10 AM
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RetroGameCon in Syracuse, NY. October-Nov. www.retrogamecon.com...

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Nov 18, 2014 at 11:50:08 AM
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Originally posted by: rick weis

Portland Retro Gaming Expo is in October, our NWCGE Swapmeet is in January.

Rick
Thanks Rick! Updated

Originally posted by: milligangames

RetroGameCon in Syracuse, NY. October-Nov. www.retrogamecon.com...
Updated.



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Nov 18, 2014 at 3:25:56 PM
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also, I think there will be a PAX South in San Antonio, TX next year http://south.paxsite.com/....

Don't know if its recurring or not.

Nov 24, 2014 at 10:14:14 AM
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Updated

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Complete list of retro game stores


Nov 25, 2014 at 11:41:36 PM
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What's this I hear about a Magfest... out west?

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Dec 2, 2014 at 10:34:07 PM
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Well there is...
PAX AUS, Melbourne, Australia, November, http://aus.paxsite.com/...
And one i'm super exited about
Game On Expo, Mesa, Arizona, August, No website yet but FB https://www.facebook.com/gameonex...

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Edited: 12/03/2014 at 04:21 PM by Professor Finn

Dec 3, 2014 at 4:21:51 PM
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Also just heard about this http://nintendoage.com/forum/mess...

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Dec 15, 2014 at 10:02:08 AM
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Updated! Keep'm comin!

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Dec 15, 2014 at 10:10:36 AM
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Louisville Arcade Expo: http://www.arcaderx.com/...

March 6-8

I've been the past 2 years. It's a good time

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Dec 21, 2014 at 2:05:53 AM
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Oh and
Zapcon Mesa, AZ
April 18-19
Zapcon.com

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Wii U 23/198?
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Jan 20, 2015 at 10:35:54 AM
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Updated! What else?

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Jan 20, 2015 at 10:44:03 AM
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Originally posted by: diddles_mcbean

Updated! What else?

Just a suggestion, really. Instead of listing them out alphabetically by CON name, would it be possible for the chart to list them in chronological order? Ya know, start with all of the Cons in January, then Feb. and so on?

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Jan 20, 2015 at 10:45:19 AM
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Originally posted by: Br81zad

Originally posted by: diddles_mcbean

Updated! What else?

Just a suggestion, really. Instead of listing them out alphabetically by CON name, would it be possible for the chart to list them in chronological order? Ya know, start with all of the Cons in January, then Feb. and so on?


Sure, I'll try it.

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Jan 21, 2015 at 9:47:58 AM
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Convention
Cowlitz Gamers For Kids

City
Longview

State
Washington

Date Range
Mid to Late March

Website
http://www.cowlitzgamers.moonfrui...

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Feb 2, 2015 at 12:52:05 PM
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Convention
Let's Play Gaming Expo

City
Dallas (Plano)

State
Texas

Dates
August 1st-2nd, 2015

Website
http://letsplaygamingexpo.com/...

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Feb 11, 2015 at 6:19:22 PM
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Updated!

What else ya'll got? I know there's more!

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Feb 20, 2015 at 3:49:15 AM
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Originally posted by: Professor Finn

Well there is...
PAX AUS, Melbourne, Australia, November, http://aus.paxsite.com/
And one i'm super exited about
Game On Expo, Mesa, Arizona, August, No website yet but FB https://www.facebook.com/gameonexpo
UPDATE They now have a website http://gameon-expo.com/...



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NES 517/786 | SNES 353/726
VB 13/14 | N64 290/296  
GC 277/572 |Wii 306/1260?
Wii U 23/198?
Check out my collection: http://nintendoage.com/index.cfm?...