FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Contact Person: Dan Iacovelli Organization: Video Game Summit Telephone Number: (708) 688-4561 Email Address: VideoGameSummit@yahoo.com Web site Address: http://avc.atari-users.net/VGS.html The 2009 Video Game Summit Chicago,IL 12:10 PM 11/6/2008- Remember how much fun you used to have playing Atari, Nintendo and all kinds of games on your computer? Well, you will have the rare opportunity to play these great games again at the Video Game Summit, Chicago's premier video game and computer trade show. In fact, several dealers in retro games will be on hand offering games, controllers, systems and memorabilia and will be prepared to buy or trade for the games you have held onto since you were a kid. Who knows, you might just have an Atari cartridge worth $1000 or more collecting dust in your attic. "Retrogaming," the playing and collecting of classic video and computer games, is more popular than ever. In fact, a dedicated group of programmers still issues new games for game systems, such as the Atari 2600, last seen in retail stores over fifteen years ago. The Video Game Summit, now in its sixth year, brings together classic and modern generation gamers from all over the country to swap stories, games and to compete in sanctioned tournaments and raffles. The event is open to the public and people of all ages with an interest in video games or computers are encouraged to attend. According to the event's organizer, Dan Iacovelli, "we plan to have gaming consoles to play. ” The date of the show will be July 18th, 2009 from 11am to 6pm at The Heron Point Convention Center,665 West North Avenue, Lombard,IL(adjacent from the Fairfield Inn and Suites hotel)Admission is $3.00 per person(which includes free entry to raffle and your first free pop and bag and chips(Additional pop is 1.25 each and bag of chips .75 each).Tables is 10.00 each (This includes admission for your group, raffle entry and pop and bag of chips). We will once again have free Wi-Fi access. For more information on how to register visit our new registration page at: http://avc.atari-users.net/Events/VGS_files/register.html. Join the Video Game Summit mailing list for updates on the event (VideoGameSummit-Subscribe@yahoogroups.com) Dan Iacovelli is available to answer any questions at (708) 688-4561 or VideoGameSummit@yahoo.com The Video Game Summit is sponsored by the following: RetroGaming Times Monthly (http://retrogamingtimes.com),Chase the Chuckwagon.com (http://www.chasethechuckwagon.com), I Fight Dragons (band)(http://ifightdragons.com), Good Deal Games: Homebrew Heaven(http://gooddealgames.com) EGSA SoftWorks (http://EGSA.com),Classic Video Gamer Magazine (http://www.classicvgm.com), Star Worlds Arcade (http://www.starworldsarcade.com), Goat Store LLC (http://www.goatstore.com) and AVC Online. And is supported by Rowdy Ruff boyz (http://rrbgames.com), Tilt-the battle to save pinball (http://www.tilt-movie.com), Atari Age (http://atariage.com),Video Game Price Charts (http://VideoGamePriceCharts.com)and Twin Galaxies (http://www.twingalaxies.com). About AVC Online: Atari Video Club is a Club that has been supporting Atari Video games and computers for more then 13 years. We have also been involved with Atari Jaguar Festival since 1997. For more information on AVC Online visit: http://avc.atari-users.net END PRESS RELEASE ###