Re: [SWCollect] PhillyClassic

2004-03-21 Thread Dan Chisarick
Yeah, I did the same thing :) Great guy. The people ahead of me were yapping away for what seemed like forever and he didn't seem to mind. He had a game there called "Saboteur". $45, signed. (c) date was 1984, so it looks like he finished his last effort that was never released. I was happ

Re: [SWCollect] PhillyClassic

2004-03-20 Thread Jim Leonard
Dan Chisarick wrote: Howard Scott Warshaw was there (wrote Yar's Revenge, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and E.T. I think) Nice to see a classic developer trek all the way over from CA. He was cool. I bought a copy of Once Upon Atari from him and he autographed it for me. -- Jim Leonard ([EMAIL PROT

Re: [SWCollect] PhillyClassic

2004-03-20 Thread Jim Leonard
From what I experienced of CGExpo, I'd recommend it highly. It was nowhere near software-based (mostly carts and standalones) but it was incredibly fun and had a lot of talent (Noland Bushnell, Intellivision team (Blue Sky Rangers), Activision programmers, etc. were speakers. Stuart Feldhamer

Re: [SWCollect] PhillyClassic

2004-03-20 Thread Dan Chisarick
I went for all of an hour. If you're into console games, specifically the 2600, its a blast. Lots more custom 2600 games (I love how perfectly they reproduce the style of the original game's artwork and manuals, etc.) A surprising amount of material (hardware, software and manuals) for creating

RE: [SWCollect] PhillyClassic

2004-03-20 Thread Stuart Feldhamer
To tell you the truth, I was not so impressed last year. The software collector's meeting was awesome, but the rest was sort of blah. In the absence of the software collectors, I see no reason to go. Stuart -Original Message- From: Dan Chisarick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, M