Zach Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Just found out about it today. I'm not involved in organizing it, but I'll bring Four-Play and KO-Cruiser! http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/atariparty/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black dog Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 It says children are welcome. I guess that means they won't have Custer's Revenge or Beat'em and Eat'em on display. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrizzLee Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Just found out about it today. I'm not involved in organizing it, but I'll bring Four-Play and KO-Cruiser! http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/atariparty/ Ahhh.... Davis, Ca. The place where I got both of my undergrad degrees in Engineering. I played very little Atari in my college days. Legend of Zelda and Contra where the "in-games" we played in our dorm. Wish I was close enough to attend. Davis was (still is?) a nice town. Haven't been back there for 20 years now. -Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phaxda Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Wow, this is kind of tempting... but the long drive home afterward... will definitely have to think about it. And no 5200? For shame! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevincal Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Davis is still a really nice town. Extremely expensive to live there though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zach Posted March 28, 2009 Author Share Posted March 28, 2009 Wow, this is kind of tempting... but the long drive home afterward... will definitely have to think about it. And no 5200? For shame! I'm sure they're not against 5200's. Email the organizer, and ask him if you can bring one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zach Posted March 28, 2009 Author Share Posted March 28, 2009 I'm going to give a short presentation on Homebrew 2600 programming. http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/atariparty/2009/speakers.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zach Posted March 31, 2009 Author Share Posted March 31, 2009 Overall the event was good. You can see a bunch of photos here: http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/atariparty/2009/photos. I'll post my own photos and a report soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phaxda Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Looks really cool! I love how some of the kids just appear mesmerized. I have almost all of that hardware in my game room! The only thing I saw that I am missing is a real Atari monitor and the 800 (I sold mine in favor of the XL). I really need to quit buying stuff and work on displaying it better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zach Posted March 31, 2009 Author Share Posted March 31, 2009 (edited) It was a good turn-out for the scale of the event. There were lots of systems to play and lots of people to play them. One of the highlights was a talk by Paul Cubbage from the Atari Program Exchange. I found out that the programmer of Caverns of Mars was only 17 or 18. I brought a sample of my homebrew collection (plus Pitfall 2) for people to try out. Unfortunately I didn't get my Krokodile Cart set up, so I didn't get a chance to show K.O. Cruiser. Several people played homebrews, perhaps for the first time. Next time, I'm bringing more multi-player games. Other games that people enjoyed included Tempest for the Jaguar, and Joust for the 8-bit, projected onto a screen. BTW, for you Linux users out there, the organizer of the event was Bill Kendrick, who is the author of TuxPaint. Edited March 31, 2009 by Zach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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