This Delorean greeted us when we walked into the convention hall:
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And I had to sit and play a few minutes of The Oregon Trail on this Apple IIGS:
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All in all it was a fun experience, but the 2.5 hour drive each way made for a long day!
Oh, I got to meet and shake hands with Mark Turmell! He programmed quite a few popular console titles back in the day. His crowning achievement was NBA Jam, but he also programmed games for the Atari 2600, Apple II, Commodore 64 and others. I had the pleasure of hearing him share a few stories about the challenges of programming for the 2600. Neat guy. He's still involved in game development.
Other highlights include getting my son a pillow patterned after an NES controller, and sitting down at NES Punchout! and getting to the second Piston Honda in one go after not having played the game in about a year. My son's buddy picked up a Gameboy cart (Goldeneye) for his DS so I got to listen to James Bond music from the back seat on the way home.
Hope you guys enjoy this little sliver of my retro experience.