6-30-2009 Classic Game Fest 2009 - MORE 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

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:

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 17^th 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:

1^st place:  $100 Game Over gift card & Atari Flashback 2 system              w/paddles!

2^nd place:   $50 Game Over gift card & Atari PONG keychain.

3^rd & 4^th 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!

6-1-2009 Classic Game Fest 2009 - The Overall Schedule

For this year's event, here is our basic plan for each evening.  each night may slightly vary due to crowd size or specific activities or events for that night.  But in general, you can expect the following:

7:00-8:00pm - Signups (Free, but spots are limited!)

8:00-9:00pm - Pre-show entertainment, vendors booths, announcements, tournament preparation, and then tournaments start as soon as it is dark enough outside to see the projector (normally between 8:45-9:00 pm)

9:00pm - Tournaments start outside on the BIG SCREEN!  Normally we will have to do single - elimination rounds to get through everyone.

10:00pm - Round 2

10:30pm - round 3

11:00pm - Final rounds

11:30pm - Winners announced!

12:00pm - Festival day is over at midnight

In addition to the games and special events, we will be showing classic videogame movies each night inside the store during the tournament, and if time allows, we'll replay them outside on the big screen at around 10:30pm.  As we found last year, however, some nights the crowds and the game tournaments will be so big that we just won't have time to run the movies outside, but we'll do the best we can!

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

- The 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...

Classic Game Fest '08:

A Free summer-long Videogame Festival with classic games & movies played at our north Austin, TX store at Hwy 183/Lamar from 8pm - 12:30am every other Friday night.  Bring your family, friends, folding lawn chairs, and mad gaming skills to see if you have what it takes to be the best!  Or just come watch, it's tons of fun either way!

Check out all of the highlights from the Classic Game Fest '08 Below:

Combat Video #1 (Thanks, Mike!)

Combat Video #2 (Thanks, Kerry!)

Tetris Video #1 (Thanks, Mike!)

Tetris Video #2 (Thanks, Kerry!)

Street Fighter II Video #1 (Thanks, Mike!)

Street Fighter II Video #2 (Thanks, Kerry!)

Mario Kart Video #1 (Thanks, Mike!)

Mario Kart Video #2 (Thanks, Kerry!)

Classic Game Fest 2009:

July 3rd    - PONG (Atari Flashback)

July 17th   - Joust (NES)

July 31st   - Dr. Mario (NES)

August 14th - NBA Jam (SNES)

August 28th - Super Smash Bros. (N64)

LOCATION:  All events for CGF2009  will be held at the north Austin location of Game Over Videogames located at the corner of Hwy 183/Lamar.

Sponsored by:

Video Game Doctor

Sponsors & vendors wanted!!

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 our corporate office at 512-459-4263 and leave a detailed message about you and your company or product. 

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