Seattle Retro Gaming Expo

Portland Retro Gaming Expo! - Seattle Retro Gaming Expo

2011-09-15T23:54:51Z

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Achievement Unlocked: SRGE 2011! - Seattle Retro Gaming Expo

2011-06-21T20:51:19Z

Thank you to everyone who attended Seattle Retro Gaming Expo 2011. We had a successful first show, selling out of tickets halfway through the second day! We hope that everyone enjoyed the show floor as well as the many events put together by Pink Gorilla and our other sponsors.

For those who attended out offsite events like the after party, charity auction, and Battletech Royale with Cheese, you can look forward to more SRGE events like these throughout the year. We will be announcing our next event soon on this website and on our twitter/facebook accounts, so stay tuned for more details.

We also want to thank everyone who donated to Northwest Harvest and at the charity auction on Saturday night. Together we raised over $3000 for the families being helped by Northwest Harvest! Matthew and Todd from NWH are thrilled by the generosity of our attendees, and we thank Nolan for his generous contributions that made the auction possible.

Many thanks to all the volunteers, sponsors, vendors, and staff who helped to make SRGE 2011 a success! We're looking forward to SRGE 2012!

Pre-Registration for SRGE 2011 is CLOSED! - Seattle Retro Gaming Expo

2011-05-26T07:29:16Z

But fear not, attendee! You can still purchase your 2-day and 1-day passes at the show!

$15 2-day pass
$10 1-day pass (Sat or Sun)

For all onsite ticket sales will grant you entry to the Vendor Hall at 10AM, but you will still have access to the Freeplay Zone, Tournament room, and Pink Gorilla events as soon as you purchase your ticket. Ticket sales will begin at 9:00AM on Saturday and Sunday.

The $5 discount for Battle For Seattle tournament entry is no longer available, but you can still register with Julian onsite for $10. Just show up on the day of the show, and we will get you going!

And remember, SRGE has validated your parking pass! All parking at the Hotel Deca and the parking lots across the street are FREE for show attendees!

Enter... The OCTOBITATHALON!!! - Seattle Retro Gaming Expo

2011-05-16T01:53:25Z

For those who haven't been following our twitter (@SeattleRetro) or Facebook (/SeattleRetro), Now might be a good time to Pre-Register for our show!

In addition to getting into our amazing Vendor Hall 1 hour early (9AM) on Saturday and Sunday, anyone who pre-registers for the show will be given a chance to become one of 8 entrants in THE OCTOBITATHALON!

Not only will pre-registered attendees have access to the show flow early AND have a shot at winning a Nintendo 3DS, but Pink Gorilla's University District store will be having a sale just for SRGE attendees!

Pink Gorilla will be open early at 10AM JUST for SRGE Badge holders! And they will have a bargain area as well as SUPER Sale which SRGE Badge Holders will get first pick over!

Be sure to check out Pink Gorilla's announcement for more details, and a sneak preview of the SRGE-exclusive T-shirt that Pink Gorilla will be selling at the show!

SRGE Announces the Battletech Royale... With Cheese! - Seattle Retro Gaming Expo

2011-05-15T04:28:40Z

SRGE is proud to announce Battletech Royale... With Cheese! As our final event for SRGE, after the doors close at the Hotel Deca, we invite everyone to join us in Kirkland at Laugh's Comedy Club for an evening of geek comedy. In addition, The Airlock, a location-based entertainment venue right next door, will be hosting games for SRGE attendees all night long!

The Laughs comedy night is $10 per person, and is hosted by Paul Mestemaker, and features Brian Boshes and Mike Drucker! Doors open at 6:30 and the show begins at 7:30, giving everyone plenty of time to head over from the University district!

The show lasts until 9:00PM, at which point guests can walk 1 door over to The Airlock! For those who have never been, The Airlock is an amazing immersible gaming experience, where players sit in a battletech pod and pilot their own mech in the most detailed, realistic experience anywhere!

In partnership with SRGE and Laughs, folks who attended the night of pixellated comedy will get their first game free at The Airlock just for showing them your handstamp! For every additional $10 (+tax) you spend on games thereafter, you will recieve another free game.

Join us on Sunday May 29th for the Battletech Royale... With Cheese!

Pre-purchase tickets for the comedy show here for only $10, and remember that also nets you a free game at The Airlock!

SRGE Charity Auction: All the Details You Need! - Seattle Retro Gaming Expo

2011-05-11T08:30:27Z

The Seattle Retro Gaming Expo Charity Auction will take place at Pink Gorilla's University District store (just steps from the Hotel Deca) on Saturday May 28 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM. The highlight of the auction is Nolan O'Brien's console collection, the proceeds of which will go to Northwest Harvest. We'll also be sharing more about Nolan's story and his reasons for donating such an amazing collection soon.

We will also have space for attendees to bring their own items for the auction. If you bring an item to be auctioned off, you will keep the money from the winning bid, but there will be a small processing fee which will go to Northwest Harvest.

Share your items with us by email, facebook, or twitter, and we'll add your item to the complete list for everyone to drool over!

After the jump you will see just a small sample of some of the amazing items we'll have at the auction!

Please note that even more pictures of the REALLY rare stuff are available at our Facebook Page!
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Battle For Seattle Update! - Seattle Retro Gaming Expo

2011-05-03T17:39:47Z

Since SRGE has announced the Battle For Seattle, our tournament director Julian has been besieged by requests for more details! We know that the tournament community is alive and well, but as part of our mission, we want to make sure that people who have never been in a tournament before can come in with some of the basic rules and structure in mind, so Julian put together basic primer to answer your questions. As always if you have more questions, hit us up on our twitter or facebook feeds!

After the jump, we've post the basic tournament guide. We also recommend you check out the main tournaments link at the top of this page, which has also been updated with the times for each tournament (you can also find a link to this guide)

~SRGE Staff
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Players are strongly encouraged to pre-register: It ends up being $5 cheaper, will help the event organizers plan ahead better, and the players also get TWICE the number of raffle drawing tickets if they pre-register as opposed to paying their venue fee at the door.

Players must bring their own wired controller. Wired pads are fine, but if you don't have a controller and you are called to your match, you have 5 minutes to be ready to play or face disqualification. So be prepared and stay near your tournament area! Wireless controllers are not allowed.

Paying at the door however is perfectly fine. All players, whether pre-registered or not, should go immediately to the sign in table. This way they can get their raffle tickets, get their name badge, and pay for all the tournaments they will participate in.

Tournament fees are as follows:

$10 for all games except for the older games
---Older Games are $5: SuperTurbo, Vampire Savior, and MvC2.

100% of all tournament fees go to the winners, the venue is paid by the venue fee

The prize pots will be split 70/20/10 amongst the top three placers in all games.

Battle For Seattle tournaments will follow a double elimination tournament format. This means that every player starts out in the winner's bracket, and continues until their first loss, where they enter the loser's bracket and play other players who have lost once. If you lose against two different opponents, you are out of the tournament. Matches will generally follow the Evolution tournament rules and format.

Players who are not currently involved in a tournament are encouraged to go across the hall and check out the Freeplay Zone which has many classic consoles on freeplay, and also the main hall which will have tons of games and systems and miscellanea for sale and trade. These are all included in your venue fee, so take advantage of them!

Some first time tournament player tips:
-Watch your belongings at all times. With hundreds of people around it is always a good idea to keep track of your things, especially when they are all game console items that look identical. It is a GREAT idea to use blue or masking tape on your stick to write your name,email, and phone number in case your stick is misplaced. Breakaway cables also CONSTANTLY get lost at tournaments, so make sure your cable is with you.

-For many new players, pausing mid-match can be a problem. If you pause, your opponent can choose to make you forfeit that round if he or she chooses. So make sure you are careful with your mashing, or if you have a TE stick to use the TOURNAMENT LOCK switch.

-Be early to get some casual practice in, you usually don't want your first game of the day to be your first match.

-Make sure you know who is in charge of the part of the bracket you are in. That volunteer will tell you who you play against, and at which station. When you are not playing a match, make sure to stay in that general area so that you can hear if you are called.

-Play your best, and remember to have fun!

Sakura-Con Day 2: Contests! - Seattle Retro Gaming Expo

2011-04-24T20:35:34Z

Saturday came and went at the Washington State Convention Center, and SRGE was there for it all! Our booth team handed out hundreds of flyers, and pre-registration is doing well.

Speaking of pre-registration, we at SRGE are announcing that our Events Sponsor, Pink Gorilla (www.pinkgorillagames.com) is giving away a Nintendo 3DS! All you have to do to enter is pre-register for the Seattle Retro Gaming Expo!

Now is also a good time to mention that you can purchase Pre-Sales tickets at our retail partner locations. There are six locations all over the Puget Sound to buy tickets at, and purchasing your Pre-Sales ticket with cash is the same as pre-registering online. That means that buying your Pre-Sales ticket at Pink Gorilla (or Play 'N Trade, or Another Castle, or Dpad Games), you will still have early access to the Vendor hall on Saturday and Sunday, AND you will be entered into the pre-registration contest to win a Nintendo 3DS!

Be sure to stop by the booth if you are at Sakura-Con, or check out our Retro Room in the Gaming section, where we have over 350 games to play!

Sakura-Con Day 1: Freeplay! - Seattle Retro Gaming Expo

2011-04-23T21:14:35Z

Seattle Retro Gaming Expo is invading Sakura-Con 2011! Our group of classic gamers is manning booth #146, and we are also presenting SC's classic conosle freeplay room! This year's booth is featuring members of the SRGE staff ready to answer your questions and hand you one of our cool flyers.

In addition to manning the booth, SRGE's own classic console coordinators, Emilio, is running the classc console freeplay this year! Be sure to stop by room 401 in the gaming area to get a small taste of the freeplay room at SRGE. Sakura-Con's classic console is great, with over 325 games to play, and we're very proud of what we've got going in there. But the Freeplay room at SRGE will feature over 700 NES games alone! With every NES game ever released in the US (not to mention some games that were never officially released in the US!), SRGE Console freeplay stands to be one of the best ever!

Please stop by and say hi at either location, Booth 146 in the Exhibits hall, or room 401, Classic Console Freeplay, in the Gaming area of Sakura-Con 2011!

Cowlitz Gamers for Kids Expo is this weekend! - Seattle Retro Gaming Expo

2011-04-07T23:00:28Z

It's finally time for the northwest's first retro gaming expo of the year as Kelso hosts the 2nd annual Cowlitz Gamers for Kids convention! Organized by PRGE's John H., this expo will feature many of the same vendors from both the Portland and Seattle retro gaming expos.

There be great deals on hundreds of classic video games, consoles and accessories, as well as console freeplay and some fun tournaments. There will even be appearances by two of the finalists from the 1990 Nintendo World Championships, Thor Aackerlund and Robin Mihara.

But the best part about the Cowlitz expo is that by attending, you will be helping out a great charity! For the second straight year, 100% of admission proceeds will go to the Children's Justice and Advocacy Center, which helps abused children in Cowlitz county.

Enjoy an exciting day with your fellow classic gamers, and help out a good cause. Come down to Kelso this Saturday, April 9th, for the Cowlitz Gamers for Kids Expo! Visit retrogamingexpo.com for more details.

Announcing the Retro Freeplay Zone at the 2011 Seattle Retro Gaming Expo! - Seattle Retro Gaming Expo

2011-03-23T20:11:09Z

Enjoy the classic days of video gaming at SRGE's Retro Freeplay Zone, brought to you by D-Pad Retro Gaming! We will have a great variety of legendary, rare and obscure games and systems spanning the rich history of console gaming and all available for you to play. Whether it's Atari games from the 70's and 80's, or Nintendo and Sega titles from the 8 and 16-bit heyday, or more modern games for Xbox and Playstation, we'll have something for everyone to play.

Besides the standard console setups, we'll have some cool specialty setups as well. Engage in some awesome giant mecha action at our multiple Xbox Steel Battalion stations, or compete Video Olympic style against your friends with our double NES Power Pad setup.

We'll also have a number of exciting tournaments, special challenges and high score contests all throughout the show. Test your skills in our Super Smash Bros, Mario Kart and Goldeneye tournaments. Try to get the high score in Tetris and Arkanoid. Or for the truly hardcore, special prizes will be awarded for those who can beat Mike Tyson in Punch-Out, or the infamous Turbo Tunnel in Battletoads.

And this is just the beginning! Stay tuned to seattleretro.org and follow us on Facebook and Twitter for more announcements about the Retro Freeplay Zone and all the other exciting events happening at the 2011 Seattle Retro Gaming Expo!

Pre-Registration for SRGE 2011 is now OPEN! - Seattle Retro Gaming Expo

2011-03-04T18:27:16Z

Registration is OPEN!

Seattle Retro Gaming Expo 2011 is gearing up for a great show, and you can take advantage of the fantastic deals on the show floor by getting in 1 hour before everyone else!

Pre-register for a 2-day pass to the show now, and you will be granted entry to the show floor before everyone else. We'll hold your badge for you, so all you have to do is show up! Pre-registration helps us gauge the size of the show, and space is limited, so register now to guarantee your pass to the best classic and retro gaming goodness in Washington!

Pre-Register Now!
http://www.seattleretro.org/news/registration.html

Seattle Retro Announces More Details for SRGE 2011 - Seattle Retro Gaming Expo

2011-02-24T04:41:14Z

As we steam ahead towards the weekend of May 28-29, the first annual Seattle Retro Gaming Expo is beginning to take shape!

For those who haven't already heard, this year's show will take place at the Hotel Deca. The Hotel Deca is located in the heart of the University District, and is a perfect location to spend a weekend buying and selling games, playing your favorites, or eating/drinking/being merry!

Our Sponsors and Partners list is continuing to grow, and we'll announce more vendors as they come on board! Of course our friends at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo will be at our show representin' and providing more details on their own show due this fall.

In addition, SRGE is proud to announce the first details of our Tournament, hosted by Julian. We also have some details on the show floor hours, freeplay room, and more!
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In addition to the Tournaments room, SRGE will officially have a Console Freeplay room available. We will have over a dozen stations set up with all-you-can-eat gaming. We strive to have the most popular, rare, and must-play library of classic videogames around. More details on just what games and systems we'll have are coming soon!

Finally, SRGE now has a Twitter feed and Facebook page! Check us @SeattleRetro and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Seattle-Retro-Gaming/187310814630151

Seattle Retro Announces our Tournaments for 2011! - Seattle Retro Gaming Expo

2011-02-24T04:18:21Z

The Battle for Seattle will be a 2-day fighting game event as part of Seattle Retro Gaming Expo. It will be held at the Hotel Deca in Seattle's University district, with free parking onsite for people that enter tournaments or pay tickets to enter the convention hall!

The tournament area will feature Arcade Super Turbo on Japanese candy cabinets, free raffle tickets for every tournament participant for some sweet prizes, and a BYOC area.

A full list of tournaments and games for each tournament are available at the link below.]]>
An updated list of games can be found by clicking the Tournaments link in the menu bar, or by clicking the BFS logo in the far-right column.

Tournament Games:
Marvel vs Capcom 3 (xbox 360)
Marvel vs Capcom 2 (Dreamcast)
Super Street Fighter IV (xbox 360)
Blaz Blue: Continuum Shift (xbox 360)
Mortal Kombat 9 (xbox 360)
Super Street Fighter II Turbo (Arcade)
Vampire Savior (Arcade)

Schedule (subject to change):

Saturday:
SFIV
Blaz Blue
Mortal Kombat 9

Sunday:
MvC2
MvC3
Vampire Savior
Super Turbo

SRGE Partners with Cowlitz Gamers for kids - Seattle Retro Gaming Expo

2011-02-12T05:29:14Z

Seattle Retro Gaming Expo is proud to join with Cowlitz Gamers for Kids in promoting the 2nd annual Cowlitz Gamers for Kids show at the Kelso Red Lion Inn in Kelso, Washington on Saturday, April 9th 2011.

The show, a collaboration with the Children's Justice and Advocacy Center, the Portland Retro Gaming Show, and PRGE organizer John Hancock, will give families a chance to share their childhood memories of classic videogames with a new generation. The festivities will include playable games free for everyone to try, opportunities to buy some of your favorite games from the 70's, 80's, and 90's, as well as World Tetris champion and guest speaker Thor Aackerlund.
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Each year, millions of children are the victims of sexual, physical and emotional abuse. 100% of admissions and a portion of proceeds from vendors will be donated to CJAC to help children of Cowlitz County who are in need of help. Support Cowlitz Gamers for Kids.

Feel free to download and print the attached flyer to help support the show.

Cowllitz-2011-flyer.pdf