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BY RYAN J. PRADO
There are a few landmark adolescent phas­
es that, for good or ill, define being a kid in
America— landing a home run in little league,
emerging a spelling bee champ, accidentally
putting your hamster through the spin cycle
on “Wash Wednesday.” Still, for the most
part, nothing says nostalgia for those toeing
the Gen-X/Gen-Y line like growing up with
the first, second or third o f many, many waves
o f home electronic video game systems.
Atari 2600/5200/7800, Nintendo Su-
per/NES, Sega Master System/Genesis,
ColecoVision and other systems released in
the 1980s and early ‘90s were a revolution
for angsty, anti-social or otherwise brain-to-
thumb coordinated kids. Those cut-and-paste
blips o f Atari, characters and spaceships
pixelated beyond form, the 8-bit bombast
o f N ES, Super Mario Bros, and Zelda — these
“primitive” gaming institutions have survived
the onslaught o f modern platforms like Xbox,
Playstation and Wii. There’s a whole under­
world out there ready to surface and show
their collections, their passions for classic
“...the really amazing
moments come when
the older generation of
players sits down and
shows their kids the
games they played."
- C H U C K VAN PELT
gaming and more during the 2010 Portland
Retro Gaming Expo, set for September 18-
19 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel.
As Comic-Con in San Diego is to devotees
o f graphic novels, comics and superhero swag,
events like the Portland Retro Gaming Expo
are Mecca for old school thumb-mashers. In
its sixth installment, P R G E will bump up the
bytes, bits and blips with its popular gaming
tournaments— this year held on Atari 2600
and Nintendo 64— as well as a list o f speakers
including one o f the world’s top Missile Com­
mand players, Portland resident Bill Carlton,
along with fellow Portlander and third place
winner o f the 1990 Nintendo World Cham­
pionships, Robin Mihara. There’s something
for everyone at the event, which is partly why
it’s grown so much in the last six years.
The expo started with a group o f classic
game collectors based out o f Seattle called
the Northwest Classic Games Enthusiasts
(NW CG E). One o f its members, Rick Weis,
moved to Vancouver, Wash, in 2006 and de­
cided to have a go at running a classic game
show here in Portland. The first Portland event
happened in late 2006, with around 200 at­
tendees. The Seattle shows eventually ended.
“When compared to other retro gaming
events across the country, our event appeals
not just to video game collectors, but to any­
one with an interest in or nostalgia for classic
games,” explains Chuck Van Pelt, press pro­
moter for PR G E.
Helping to nurture that nostalgia will be a
live auction scheduled for 6-9 p.m. on Satur­
day, September 18, with items ranging from
classic gaming systems to modern clones of
vintage consoles. There’s even a Freeplay Ar­
cade for young and old to sample the chips
and toggles o f 30 years o f gaming. Parents
and kids alike can learn a thing or two.
“I’m always amazed at how well the young-