They did the Retrogame Roadshow, this year without Chris Kohler, with Cifaldi taking over hosting duties alongside Lin and Pat the NES Punk. Really find the history of those covers interesting, even if I have no room in my house for a poster based on the cover to Tengen’s Tetris from the NES.Īlso spotted was a booth ran by Steve Lin and Frank Cifaldi, notable for being mostly into the video game collecting scene. Noted video game cover artist Marc Ericksen was there (pictured), for the second year in a row. No Gamesmaster Howard this time around, which was a bummer. There were a fair share of YouTube personalities, some I recognized - Pat the NES Punk, Roo from Clan of the Gray Wolf - others I didn’t - Who the heck is “PeanutButterGamer”? - as well as people who were used to be in the biz there like Sega of America’s Al Nilsen, whom sadly I didn’t see. (Sorry Mega-fans, I never played Mega Man 2.) If only I had room on my wall, I’d totally grab a poster of the Tetris cover. Apparently someone did buy this though, so I hope they get to experience music in a way they never experienced before. It probably wouldn’t have worked with any of my current stuff, anyway. The system was being sold for $200, well out of my price range. I find those weird side projects more fascinating than anything about the 2600/arcade era that seems to be the thing that modern-day Atari constantly talks about it. It’s that weird piece of Atari history that usually gets glossed over, and it’s a shame. I honestly didn’t know this even existed until I stumbled upon this item mentioned on a friend’s site called Bunchojunk. In addition to selling video games, Atari released the “Video Music”, which was basically a giant equalizer for your stereo system that outputted graphics onto your TV as you were listening to music. There was a lot of lesser-known consoles at various booths: Various CD-i and 3DO models, two different places were selling the less known Pioneer Laseractive, then there’s this thing. Well, it certainly looks like something from the ’70s, alright.
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