This idea comes up every now and then, but we never seem to get past the "we should do this" stage. If everybody's serious, we could put something like this together.
First we'd need to agree where to hold it, of course. East coast? West coast? Middle of the country? (Of course it's going to be a major trip for anyone overseas, regardless.) We'd need to find a place to hold it, probably a bunch of us pool some cash to rent it. Need to publicize it, get the word out. Websites, game magazines. Recruit some vendors to fill up the tables. Talk to some former authors and offer to pay their way as guests, that'll up the attendance. I know some of the Infocom guys, and know a guy who's in touch with Ken and Roberta Williams. Joe, you might be able to get Garriott to come. No doubt John has a bunch of classic programmer friends. How 'bout it? Should we do something like this? Or just keep talking about doing it? B-) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lee K. Seitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Software Collecting" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 9:39 AM Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value > Howard Feldman stated: > > > >I went to the Classic Gaming Expo in Vegas in August. There were tons > >of 'famous' people there, > > >So since you ask, I think it would be cool to have something like that > >for vintage computer games. I'd love to meet some of the authors > >myself, and hear some of their stories first hand instead of reading > >about it in some book. As far as I know there isn't a meeting like this > >that I know of. > > You do realize Mr. Romero is the man behind the Apple II Reunion > (http://www.gamespot.com/features/apple2/), right? It was invitation > only (which I completely understand the reasons for), but it *would* > be cool to have something like that open to the public. I know there > are some classic computer (as opposed to video game) shows here and > there, but I'm not sure that they have many "celebrity" guests. > > -- > Lee K. Seitz > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to > the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' > Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
