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Philly Classic 2001
Heres a brief report from Philly Classic 2k1(from Randy Femrite):
The East Coast’s answer to
the CGE is over.
In its wake lay one bewildered Sheraton Suites Hotel and approximately 200 very
happy classic gaming enthusiasts.
Merely one year removed from infancy the PhillyClassic 2001 featured an
array of tables, set-ups, prizes
and auctions that kept the buzzed crowd plenty busy for what seemed like an
all-to-brief 8 hours of fun and excitement.
Systems on hand to either watch or play included
Vectrex,
Atari 2600, 5200, and 7800 plus XEGS and Jaguar. Colecovision, Intellivision,
Sega, Vectrex, and NES were also on hand.
Throw in some Amiga, Playstation ,
PC games etc, and, well, you get the idea. Did I mention Vectrex?
Even though Battlesphere was at the show, Vectrex was the main attraction, and
Christopher “All your Vectrex belong to us” Tumber (http://members.home.com/christophertumber)
was there to make sure everyone was well informed as well as entertained.
Other table owners included
Big John Hardie (www.cgexpo.com),
Al Backiel(Classic Gamer Magazine),
Curt Vendel (www.atari-history.com),
Joe Santulli and the rest of Digital Press(www.digitalpress.com) to name a
few.
The only thing missing from this event was room,
even though two separate
rooms were available;
one for consoles and one for stand-ups.
The action was shoulder to shoulder,
a far cry from the PhillyClassic’s debut last year of not quite 50 attendees.
Click here to view pics from philly classic (pdf reader needed)