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6-30-2009
Classic Game Fest 2009
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New Sponsors & Entertainers:
We are extremely pleased to
announce that Monkey Trap Games (www.monkeytrapgames.com)
has signed on as a sponsor of this year's CGF Event.
They will be at the
festival on August 14th and August 28th to demo their new Xbox
360 Arcade game - Foreclosure Bailout
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Plus, a cool, new comic book,
videogame, and movie audio podcast called
"Geek Bombast" will
be on hand each night to record pictures and video for their
webcast!
Glitch Gear,
an awesome gaming t-shirt company, is also on board with this
year's Classic Game Fest events.
Austin's own
JAMMIN' 105.9 FM
is now our official radio sponsor for this year's events.
Check out the NEW Jammin 105.9 FM at
www.jammin1059.com
As for entertainers,
We have just signed Bill Byrne
of the Painful Leg Injuries
to do a LIVE MUSIC performance on July 17th (JOUST night).
He makes sweet gaming music using
everything from a classic Game Boy and Commodore computer to a
Nintendo Wii-mote. This guy is going to blow your mind.
Amanda Lepre and her band
Descendants of Erdrick
are scheduled to perform LIVE
at the halftime show on August 14th (NBA JAM night) and again on
August 28th (Super Smash Bros. - N64 night). These guys
ROCK! You will love them so much it will hurt!
Check them out online at:
www.myspace.com/descendantsoferdrick
6-26-2009
Classic Game Fest 2009
- Friday update:
Every Friday of the week
before Classic Game Fest
nights, we will have practice sessions in our north Austin store
on the game being played that next week. Plus, we will
post an official prize list, schedule, and rules for the next
event.
So, here is the final
schedule for Friday, July 3rd - the PONG tournament.
7:00pm Signups begin.
First come, first serve, and you must be present to signup.
This competition is limited to 64 players (and 6
alternates), so be here at 7pm sharp, if you want to play!
7:30pm Round 1 Begins.
This is a qualifying round to be played inside the store
(on a standard 27” tube TV in the videogame museum). You must
win your match inside for a chance to compete outside on the BIG
SCREEN!
8:45pm BREAK-DANCING!
Special outdoor videogame-themed performance by a professional
Austin-area BREAK-DANCER!
9:00pm Round 2 Begins.
This round will be played outside on the BIG SCREEN! The top 32
players will compete in front of the crowd. You don’t
want to miss this –
PONG played on a movie screen
–
it will be AWESOME!
9:00pm Movies in the Museum.
As soon as round 1 is over, we will play the classic videogame
movie
–
Cloak and Dagger inside the store in the videogame museum
(on a 32” plasma TV). This will give you something to do between
rounds, but don’t
lose track of what’s
going on outside or you may lose your place in the tournament!
10:30pm Round 3 Begins.
Top 16 players.
11:00pm Round 4 Begins.
Top 8 players.
11:15pm The Semi Finals!
Top 4 players. Everyone in the top 4 will win a prize!
11:30pm The Final Round!
One on one to find the best of the best. Two will enter, but
only one can be Classic Game Fest 2009 - PONG Champion.
11:45pm End of Tournament.
Winners’
pictures will be taken and prizes given out to top 4 players
inside store in the videogame museum area.
12:00pm End of Day 1.
See you July 17th
for JOUST!!
Additional Details / Rules:
Hardware and software:
All rounds will be played on Atari Flashback 2 hardware using
the “Arcade
Pong” game. This game does have some glitches in
it, but it is the original Atari arcade version and that’s why we are using it. We apologize in
advance for any of these glitches that may affect your game,
however, due to the crowd size and time restraints of this
event, we are unable to replay any rounds so all scores will
stand. This is friendly competition, not the Super Bowl!
Round length = 5 in 5 to Stay Alive:
Due to time constraints, all round will be won by the first
person to 5 points, or it will be won by the highest score after
5 minutes of play.
Prizes: The prizes for the PONG Tournament are:
1st place:
$100 Game Over gift card & Atari Flashback 2 system
w/paddles!
2nd place:
$50 Game Over gift card & Atari PONG keychain.
3rd & 4th place:
$25 Game Over gift cards for each person.
Other rules:
Please always be courteous to all contestants. Cheering is
appropriate and desired by all contestants. No trash-talking,
bullying, or other signs of disrespect to anyone, or you will be
disqualified.
These events are intended to be FREE and FUN for the whole
family, so please bring your lawn chairs, food, and
non-alcoholic drinks, and HAVE FUN! We want everyone to
have a great time, so please don’t take them too seriously!
Cameras and other video recording devices are allowed, so
as long as you don’t
disturb the players, feel free to film and create your own
videos or albums of these events. If you make something REALLY
cool, please email us at
gameovervideogames@msn.com, and we may add YOUR video to our
YouTube channel!
6-26-2009
Classic Game Fest 2009
- New Sponsors!
We are pleased to announce
some more sponsors to our event:
 Hyperkin
- maker of the new portable NES called the FC Mobile 2 and the
upcoming line of SEGA licensed products including a new Genesis
console and a new handheld for Genesis games! this company
rocks!
and,
Video Game Doctor -
Austin's own video game repair wizard. He fixes all video
game consoles!
6-23-2009
Classic Game Fest 2009
- Week 1 Schedule and
practice sessions:
We will be posting online the specific
schedule and PRIZES for the next
Classic Game Fest evening
every Friday of the week before the event
takes place. We will also have the upcoming game on
DEMO all day long in the north
Austin location of Game Over Videogames on these
Fridays.
So stop by to get in a practice round or two
(no, you can't just stay in the store and play all day long....)
before the big events.
we look forward to seeing all of you at
Classic Game Fest 2009!
6-19-2009
Classic Game Fest2009
- Updated sponsors:
We are extremely pleased to welcome several
new sponsors of this summer's festival. Please visit their
websites and check them out!
 
Do YOU want to be one
of our Classic Game Fest sponsors?
Do you work for a company that
is interested in being a sponsor or vendor at CGF2009? Or
do you make or sell some kind of cool videogame related art or
products that you would like the chance to sell during CGF2009?
If so, please email us at
gameovervideogames@msn.com (just put something about CGF2009
in the subject line, please) or call DAVID at our corporate office
at 512-459-4263 and leave a detailed message about you and your
company or product.
6-1-2009
Guilds of Steel
- a WOW-inspired IMPROV
performance is going on NOW!
Every Friday and Saturday
night from now through Jun 29th. It is a hilarious look at
the inner workings of a massively multiplayer online
role-playing game and the people who play them. If you're
looking for a cool date night for a gamer couple, check it out!
For more info, visit them online at
www.gnaptheater.org
6-1-2009
Game Over Videogames at
Anime Overload
There's a cool, new anime
festival going on in Austin in July, and Game Over Videogames
will be sponsoring the game room! The festival runs July
3-5, and you can get more info online at
www.animeoverload.net
Don't forget about the first
night of Classic Game Fest on that Friday night - it's a PONG
tournament! But definitely check out the anime festival
after that :)
5-20-2009
Classic Game Fest 2009 - GAMES ARE
SET!
And now, the games are set, too.
This year, we will be playing the following games at CGF2009:
Pong, Joust, Dr. Mario, NBA Jam, and
Super Smash Bros.!
Stay tuned for more info on CGF2009.....
5-6-2009
Classic Game Fest 2009 - DATES ARE
SET!
 Finally,
the dates are set for this summer's biggest, raddest, and
exclusively "old school" videogame festival!
The festival will take place on every other
Friday night from July 3rd to August
28th.
(July 3, July 17, July 31, August
14, August 28, to be exact.)
Games, movies, and other Special events will
be announced over the next few weeks, so keep checking back for
more updates!!
It all happens here at:
Game Over
Videogames - North Austin store & videogame museum.
911 W. Anderson Ln., Austin,
TX 78757
Hwy 183 @ Lamar Blvd in north
Austin, TX
.....Don't miss out on all of the fun this
year - mark your calendars now for Classic Game Fest 2009!!
4-23-2009
Classic Game Fest 2009
Announced!!
That's right, fellow old-school gamers - we're
doing it again - Classic Game Fest 2009
is ON for summer 2009.
More details to come.
Stay tuned for more info...
4-20-2009 New Videogame SWAG is
now in stock!!
All Game Over Videogames stores have now
received their shipments on tons of new videogame soundtracks,
wall scrolls, and plush dolls.
You must go to the store nearest you
immediately to check them
out...
No, seriously, you need to leave right now...
Stop reading right here and get in your car...
We'll see you in a few minutes...
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