Just got home from the Midwest Gaming Classic and I'm exhausted.
When I got there I noticed a huge white tent and thought "That's new, wonder what they are holding there?"
And it was pretty much where all the vendors where. It started to rain real bad that the vendor floor started to flood then all the power went out, yay looking for games in a dark tent. lol
I was disappointed in how the vendor room was only this tent, in the past there was vendors in a large room inside the hotel and there was vendors all over the place. Lot more little vendors, this time it was pretty much 6-8 large tables that wrapped around where big and small vendors sharing this space. I also found a lot more vendors at full Ebay Prices or over then in the past. But there where still many willing to make deals with you.
While I was looking at a vendors table I noticed someone next to me I recognized right away, It was a famous YouTuber most all of us has watched at some point, it was Gamester81. First thing i said was "Well there's a face I recognize!", I briefly talked to him while looking at games and told him how I bought his homebrew Colecovision game and he was so thankful for the support. I wish I could have talked with him longer but I was there to find games first. lol
So after walking through large puddles of water and fighting the crowd in a dim lit tent. I found quite a few things at some fair prices and even a new rare game console to add to my collection. I'll post my finds in Aprils pick-ups forum later.
I met up with a fellow buddy/collector there and He wanted so bad the Little Samson empty box but the guy wanted $400 for it. twice what he wanted to pay, so he decided to pass. I saw many things I wish I could have picked up, many Neo Geo AES games (drool). There was also a very rare console there I owned and wanted to buy the games from it but the seller didn't want to separate the games from the console even though I offered a very fair price for them. I left him my Email and I do hope he changes his mind. He said he might if it didn't sell after the show.
After I was done with the vendor I checked the inside of the hotel and mostly found the usual console/arcade/pinball tournaments, Checked out the Museum and kind of found it smaller then past shows, At least it felt like it. There was a lot of cool stuff to see and got to play some of them a bit.
Once me and my friend was tired and pretty much spent, we decided to hit some of the local game stores in the area and did find a couple things but nothing great. Then we made the long trip home and now I'm going to take a nap then test/clean and play some on my booty later.
If you went to the Midwest Gaming Classic tell your experience below. I'd love to hear it.
