Oklahoma Video Game Exhibition This Weekend

I wanted to let everyone know that I would be attending the Oklahoma Video Game Exhibition this Saturday at the Spirit Bank Center in south Tulsa. If anyone is in the Tulsa area this weekend you should head over there. Entry is $5 at the door and it runs from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Anyway, I just wanted to give you a bit of an idea of some of the stuff that has been there in the past and some of the things that are going to be there this weekend.

There will be a number of exhibitors presenting different items of classic gaming and art. Mr. Slack of Figure Ground Fan Art will be there with his original prints based on the characters from Transformers, Star Wars, Serenity and more. He may even have parts of his classic game collection for sale. You can see a preview of some of his art at Figure Ground.

Barcade Amusements, owned and operated out of Broken Arrow, OK. Keith Walker will bring with him a nice selection of video arcade games that will be setup for play at the OVGE all on Free Play! Prices will be posted on the games for those interested in purchasing any.

Many of the vintage and used game retailers will be on hand with a large number of games available for sale. Some of the stores that will be represented are Vintage Stock, GameXchange, Trade-n-Games from Missouri and more.

Fans of retro game apparel will be happy to know that Retro Gamer Shirts will be back for their second year to show off their stuff.  You can also expect to see a large number of arcade cabinets that will all be set to free play. If there’s something you’re interested in and no one is playing on it it’s fair game. A number of different classic gaming systems such as the Atari 2600, Commodore, Intellivision, Colecovision, Dreamcast, NES, Magnavox Odyssey and much more have all been there in the past and are expected to be back again this year. Many of these systems will also be playable as well.

There will be a multimedia presentation by Jordan Hamilton, from Carthage, MO that details the history of the Nintendo Entertainment System complete with classic commercials that everyone should see. Brad Prillwitz will be showing off some homebrew games for the Colecovision as well as hosting a Pac-Man competition, complete with prizes.

It sounds like it’s going to be a pretty good event chronicling a golden age in video gaming. The entry fee is quite nice and it’s in a good area of the country. If you’re within driving distance or even want to stay a night so you can see everything there are a number of hotels in the area. Head to Tulsa this weekend and join me.

You can look for coverage of the event next week on the site.