Difference between revisions of "Retro Gaming & Computing Night/2015"

Revision as of 19:15, 28 June 2010

Overview

A night of nostalgia revolving around retro computing and gaming. Kickin it old school!

Calendar

• July 3 2010, 03:00pm - 11:59pm: Retro Gaming & Computing Night at the shop

ToDo

• Get another air conditioner going!
• Volunteers needed to man the grill.
• Donations needed for food for the grill/propane.
• Put a call out to the members list for a kind of potluck type thing.
• Print trifold pamphlet and business cards.
• Donation jug!

Done

• File:Retro gaming 2010 flyer.pdf
  • Posted at UAH thanks to David
  • Posted at Digium thanks to Kinsey
  • Posted at the retro gaming store in town thanks to Tim
• Made a blog post.
• Made Livejournal Huntsville community post.
• Made Facebook event.
• Made a Craigslist event.
• Made reddit post, vote it up please Reddit Link
• Nathan made a couple of mailing list posts to keep people informed.
• Brian posted a flyer at The Deep.
• Tim talked to the folks at Retro Gaming and it looks like they're willing to loan us some systems for the evening.

Rules

• Nothing newer than 16 bit.
  • Foreign systems allowed provided they fall under this rule.
  • Nothing higher than 4th Generation consoles
• Emulation is allowed, but only if absolutely necessary.
  • Bonus points for emulating on 16 bit systems.
• Tournaments may be organized.
  • Up to the owner of the system/computer to do this.

Tournaments and Tournament Rules

• Mario Kart tournament/drinking game sanctioned by Strages and JimShoe
  • Cannot drink and drive.
  • Must finish drink before finishing race.

Systems/AV and Owners

• Amiga 500 strages
• Apple II Mog
• 3 TVs owned by the shop
• 2 projectors owned by the shop
• 1 Nintendo ownded by the shop
• 1 Nintendo + power glove JimShoe
• 1 Sega Genesis JimShoe

Needed

• Smallish TVs
  • <= 20"
  • LCDs with lots of inputs would be even better
• powerstrips and extension cords
• possibly some fold up chairs
• universal remotes
• food