- Dick Ward browse the selections. When the tourna- break some records and get into the Guitar
ments started, it became clear that this Hero Hall of Fame. An incredibly popular Deep within the beautiful green hills of East-
modest hall would not be enough to com- event, the crowd surrounding the massive ern Pennsylvania, in the city of Reading, is
fortably contain all the gamers, but an in- projection screen often acted as if they were the hotly anticipated classic gaming conven-
credibly respectful crowd kept too much at an actual rock concert, clapping, cheer-tion known as Too Many Games
congestion from being a problem. ing, and once, holding up lighters. (www.TooManyGames.com). With a wide
array of vendors, tournaments, and more Tournaments of all sorts were underway The day went on and the crowd kept filing
games than you can shake a stick at, Too quickly; Super Smash Brothers Brawl was in, coming from great distances to get their
Many Games was a convention not to be particularly popular, taking up one corner of hands on gaming treasures.
missed. the hall with onlookers galore. GoldenEye, Those searching for gaming gold didn‘t have
Call of Duty 4, and Halo 3 tournaments were A line began well before the doors were set to look far, as the expansive tables were
also held, and widely attended. to open, and eager convention goers started piled high with games of every type. The
trading their own games with others, sharing Twin Galaxies, the official videogame record classic systems and import games on dis-
stories of classic gaming experiences, and keepers, sent a representative down to give play were enough to send even the thriftiest
talking about what they hoped to acquire attendees the opportunity to attempt to gamer straight to the ATM machine.
inside. From the early teens Perhaps even more exciting were the newly
to a few seniors, the crowd released 3DO games On Side Soccer and
was incredibly diverse but all Power Slide, offered up by Good Deal
had one thing in common – a Games (www.GoodDealGames.com).
love of games. Games released for ―so called‖ dead sys-
Initially, the small space re- tems are uncommon, but even less common
served for Too Many Games is an officially licensed release. This was
seemed just right, if not a bit certainly a highlight of the show for 3DO
underestimated, but the hall owners and collectors alike.
quickly became filled with
people standing shoulder to (Continued on page 8)
shoulder for the chance to
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