(Continued from page 7) In addition to the amazing merchan-
dise on display, great deals of items
Of course, no trip to a classic were given away in raffles spon-
gaming convention is without a sored by various vendors including
trip down memory lane. As soon some coveted prizes from Video
as I saw the 1990 Nintendo Game Trader including the newly
World Championships cartridge released Beggar Prince. In addition
set up and playable, I was en- to classic games, newly released
tranced. As a child I attended the titles for old consoles and other
competition in Detroit, but was great gaming items, a 3DO was
unfortunately knocked out in the given away as a final door prize.
first round do to little experience Too Many Games was certainly an
with the game Tetris. My father incredible convention, free of much
advanced to the next round but of the hype that comes with a bigger
was unfortunately knocked out more commercial con. With an
after some poor performance on amazing selection of games, plenty
Rad Racer. Unfortunately, com- to do, and a very friendly atmos-
pletely out of practice, my ses- phere, Too Many Games is not to
sion offered little redemption, be missed when it comes around
though my Tetris score was cer- again.
tainly much higher than when I
was 8.
Surrounded by the amazing mu- [Editors Note: Please visit TooMa-
sic played by OverClocked Re- nyGames.com for details on their
mix, it was easy to get lost in the upcoming October 18th convention.
nostalgia and appreciation for We would also like to thank Super
games new and old, but games Fighter Team for providing us a
weren‘t the only thing at the con. copy of Beggar Prince for the show.
You can catch Video Game Trader Three different artists were in
Magazine & Price Guide at Too attendance along with some of
Many Games in October and at their amazing works. Aimee
VGXpo in November.] Dingman took a very interesting
approach and recreated, pixel for
pixel, classic 8-bit sprites includ-
ing truly great renditions of Cas-
tlevania‘s Simon Belmont, and
Garland from the original Final Fantasy. pieces on display.
Described as images
Alexandria Smith (Miya-Kome on Deviant of the childhood
Art) had a great deal of pieces on display memories formed by
ranging from charcoal sketches to some games, I was quite a
very cool cosplay photos. I went home with fan of the work and
an illustration of hers called ―Playstation picked up a print of
Love‖. the Golden Axe in-
Also at the show was an artist named Mary spired ―Villager A
Robinson who had some quite unique 67lbs Villager B
78lbs‖
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