Albert Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 The Houston Area Arcade Group (HAAG) is holding their 5th Annual Arcade Expo on December 1st and 2nd at the Houston Northwest Inn. Admission is $25 for a weekend pass or $15 for a single day, which gets you access to over 70 arcade games and pinball machines all set to free play! You can also participate in arcade and pinball tournaments, win door prizes, try your luck at a game raffle, and partake in the full bar. There aren't many opportunities to enjoy large collections of classic arcade games, so if you are in the Houston area (or can get there!), you should be at this expo! For more information, please visit ArcadeCenter.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+FujiSkunk Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 Aww man, this is literally right up the road from where I work! Sweet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted November 6, 2006 Author Share Posted November 6, 2006 Aww man, this is literally right up the road from where I work! Sweet! I'm hoping to make it this year but not sure yet (it won't be for lack of wanting, that's for sure!) ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bones Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 If only South Florida had an event like this, sounds sweet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted November 6, 2006 Author Share Posted November 6, 2006 If only South Florida had an event like this, sounds sweet! I've been to this event before and it's quite a bit of fun! The arcade is open very late Friday night, going into Saturday morning. You can sit in there until 2am playing games in a dark room, with access to the full bar. Then when you're tired, you just go upstairs to your hotel room. I was told by one of the organizers earlier today that they expect to be able to announce soon that over 100 machines will be in attendance. That's a fair bit more than the last HAAG show I attended in 2004.. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveW Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 It looks like I might be able to make the show on Saturday. My friend's thinking about checking it out with me. Hope I can get off work for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+FujiSkunk Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Two days away! So who all's coming? I'll be heading up the road right after work. A bit of warning to anybody who's coming: Give yourself plenty of time. Highway 290 is a driving hell that time of day, especially westbound. Can't wait to play me some Addams Family! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keilbaca Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 I gotta work tonight.. and i'm not going that far for one day of gaming... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted December 1, 2006 Author Share Posted December 1, 2006 I'm heading out now. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveW Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 (edited) It looks like I'm going to make it. It was kinda iffy, with the bad weather and all, but I should make it there before noon. Edit: Spoke too soon. My friend John, who's going to be doing the driving, is concerned that his new depression medication will make him too groggy to drive. It's been screwing him up in the mornings, because he can't seem to open his eyes and drag himself out of bed just to run his wife to work. He's probably not going to be in the best shape to drive, and I don't really want to endanger him and I just to play a few pinball games. It's best that we don't go. Hopefully there's going to be the pinball show in Irving, TX soon. That's only a stone's throw away from me, not a four hour drive. Edited December 2, 2006 by SteveW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+FujiSkunk Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 Albert, I missed you! Oh well, God knows I had plenty of fun anyway. I can barely type right now. I took some pics of the games they had this year. You can have a look here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 I was headed into town to go, but had a blow-out on the drive in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted December 3, 2006 Author Share Posted December 3, 2006 Albert, I missed you! Oh well, God knows I had plenty of fun anyway. I can barely type right now. I took some pics of the games they had this year. You can have a look here. Yeah, sorry I missed you.. I was there Friday night as well as early in the day on Saturday (left around 4pm). Had a lot of fun playing games, including several I never had the opportunity to play before (such as the Dr. Who pin). It's always a blast playing old pins and vids in good working order and there was a great selection of games at the show. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted December 3, 2006 Author Share Posted December 3, 2006 I was headed into town to go, but had a blow-out on the drive in That sucks, sorry you weren't able to make it.. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 I was headed into town to go, but had a blow-out on the drive in That sucks, sorry you weren't able to make it.. ..Al The suckage continues - was back at the tire place today as the tire was down to 15 lbs when I left for work. Whatever caused the blowout cracked the rim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory DG Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 TAT will have a report soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 TAT will have a report soon. So, any other Texas Atari gaming events coming up soon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted December 5, 2006 Author Share Posted December 5, 2006 So, any other Texas Atari gaming events coming up soon? The Texas Pinball Festival is coming up in March. It's similar to the HAAG event, but a bit larger in scale. Definitely worth attending if you can get out there (I've been to two of them so far!) ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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