<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><DIV>I'll bring the Jaguar for the Battlesphere even though I won't play. I tried that at CGE and suck at it. I'll bring the 7800 and the Lynx. I'll have a color TV that belongs to one of the other ABACUS members. I'll just have to come up with something to mark my stuff. </DIV>
<DIV>I'll try to sesend the memo with the list of games. I don't think I can come up with anything else. I'll bring the 6 outlet strip of course. I can't think of anything else. <BR><BR>--- On <B>Tue, 3/2/10, Bill Kendrick <I><nbs@sonic.net></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid"><BR>From: Bill Kendrick <nbs@sonic.net><BR>Subject: Re: [atariparty] Volunteer to Bring Stuff<BR>To: "Atari Party Volunteer Coordination List" <atariparty@lists.sonic.net><BR>Date: Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 6:27 AM<BR><BR>
<DIV class=plainMail>On Mon, Mar 01, 2010 at 09:08:31PM -0800, Tony Cesnik wrote:<BR>> One of the people in my group offered to bring a TV, I could use for the <BR>> 7800. I think I'll just bring Jaguar games.<BR><BR>Ok, a little confused -- bringing a 7800 or not? :) If they can bring<BR>a TV, and you can use it with the Jaguar, that might be good.<BR><BR>I've got two Jaguars that I'm brining, and Scott LeGrand, who worked on<BR>BattleSphere, offered to bring some Jags, games, and Catbox to connect<BR>them all for multiplayer BattleSphere. I need to get him confirm whether<BR>he actually can and will. :)<BR><BR><BR>> I do have AVP, and I think I have T2K. for the Jaguar.<BR><BR>Heh, I was mostly shocked at the idea of having a Jaguar and NOT having<BR>those two games. ;)<BR><BR><BR>> Klax is for the Lynx, my mistake.<BR><BR>Ok. :) (And yeah, Klax for Lynx
is also one of the reasons to own a Lynx)<BR><BR><BR>> A six outlet strip seems useful and is very light.<BR><BR>Yes, I'm encouraging everyone to bring strips. I'll be bringing three,<BR>but I've also got enough gear to fill them up. My friend Nick said he can<BR>bring one or two spare strips. Sellam might be bringing some, too.<BR>Last year, Bob Woolley saved the day by bringing a super-long strip.<BR><BR><BR>> Does anybody have the cable, cables <BR>> to link the LYNX?<BR><BR>I have one ComLynx cable. I have two copies of a few of the multiplayer<BR>games: Battle Wheels, Championship Rally, Todd...Slimeworld, Warbirds.<BR>I need a second copy of Rampart, apparently. ;)<BR><BR><BR>> I think I have something for my Game Boy Advance. <BR>> I remember trying to link the LYNX's at one of the CGE's and that
totally <BR>> failed. The Game was too slow.<BR><BR>Since this is an "Atari" party (i.e., I'm not pulling out the stops<BR>and bringing every damned game system I and everyone else owns ;) ),<BR>I'm only bringing my GBA because I've got the "Atari Anniversary Advance"<BR>cartridge for it, which includes some old Atari arcade games.<BR><BR>Do you have something similar? (If not, no need to bring the GBA.)<BR><BR><BR>> I need to print some kind of label to <BR>> identify my stuff, without degrading <BR>> the equipment. Any suggestions?<BR><BR>Last year, we mostly kept each other's stuff out of each other's systems.<BR>(I accidentally got a couple of someone's Lynx games, and someone ended<BR>up with my
Missile Command.) This is one of the reasons (aside from<BR>showing off to the public: "look at how many games will be there!<BR>Yes, your favorite, XYZ, will be there too!") that I have the logistics<BR>spreadsheet that I'm keeping. It makes it easy to go back and say:<BR>"Ok, did anyone accidentally wander off with one of my carts?"<BR><BR><BR>> Do you have any particular method of <BR>> marking your equipment without defacing it, or having sticky labels that <BR>> won't come off?<BR><BR>I don't know, but see below...<BR><BR><BR>> It will be difficult to distinguish equipment.<BR><BR>Admittedly, last year we only had 12 game systems/computers show up, and<BR>the majority of them were owned by a pair of us. Everyone kinda had their<BR>own table, for the most part. This year, it will be a lot bigger, so<BR>comingling will no
doubt happen.<BR><BR>So it's not a bad idea. Does anyone else out here have any suggestions?<BR>I was thinking masking tape or painter's tape might be suitable.<BR><BR>(Oh, and that's another thing -- if anyone wants to stick anything to<BR>the walls, like signs, you need to use low-stick tape like masking tape!<BR>NO SCOTCH TAPE! Please don't screw me out of the $200 deposit<BR>that I've paid the City of Davis!)<BR><BR><BR><BR>> I think I'll bring Soccer Kid and that Charles Barkley Basketball<BR>> for the Jaguar. Those weren't on the list.<BR><BR>Ok, so can you give me a full list of what you can bring, including:<BR>* systems<BR>* controllers<BR>* games<BR><BR>and I'll add you to the Big List (aka my logistical spreadsheet), and<BR>then place your info on the website.<BR><BR><BR>> Is there any possibility or has anyone discussed doing some of this at
<BR>> CGExpo 2010 at the Tropicana in Las Vegas?<BR><BR>I went to CGE in 2001. I only went again when it was in the Bay Area.<BR>I was very sad to hear it moved away, but OTOH I'm running my OWN event<BR>this year and last, and there's California Extreme, and it sounds like<BR>Vintage Computer Festival will happen again this year (Sellam?), so<BR>there's enough to keep ME happy. :)<BR><BR><BR>> This is the 25th anniversary of the Atari ST.<BR><BR>Oh, that didn't occur to me. (Of course, I kind of stagnated in<BR>Atari 8-bit until I got an MSDOS piece of junk in 1991, and then<BR>a Linux box in 1998, so I know and admittedly care very little about<BR>the Atari ST.)<BR><BR><BR>> So far only 4 vendors are listed for CGExpo 2010. I realize it's<BR>> still early, but something needs to change at CGE for people to<BR>> come. Either cross
platform versions of older games, console<BR>> clones, or something unique needs to be added.<BR><BR>I saw some of this at either CGExpo and/or Calif. Extreme when I went,<BR>recently. And heck, the reason my family finally got a Wii was because<BR>New Super Mario Bros Wii was way too compelling.<BR><BR><BR>> I think you have the right idea at Atari Party. If the people at<BR>> Atari Party or CGE Expo 2010 are the same people who have spoken<BR>> before, we need to hear a new angle or a different story.<BR><BR>Well, keep in mind that Atari Party is a _totally_ different kind of event.<BR>And even this year, I'm running it differently than last...<BR><BR><BR>> I love the idea of the Pacman cake. That's the kind of thing I'm<BR>> talking about.<BR><BR>... d'oh! I wasn't planning on the Pac-Man cake or labor-intensive cookies<BR>again this
year. (I was going to feed the volunteers breakfast during<BR>setup, though :) )<BR><BR>Last year, we tried to do presentations. It ended up not working out<BR>so well (first ones ran longer than expected, people had trouble<BR>paying attention), so we actually quietly cancelled a couple of the talks.<BR><BR>The event was 3 hours, and I had all these plans on switching games<BR>around, and kind of highlighting certain titles. In the end, people<BR>often just started rummaging around for other games to play, so it<BR>became less like "36 little exhibits" (12 systems x 3 hours) and<BR>more like "12 systems + 100s of games, take your pick." So that's<BR>what I'm doing this year.<BR><BR>However, this year we're also going to try do to movies and raffle prizes<BR>(thanks to sponsors for helping with both of these!) and the event will<BR>run 5 hours longer than it did last year. I'm also bringing my collection<BR>of Atari
programming books and some old microcomputer magazines for<BR>people to poke through. (Shoot! I need to figure out where to set those up!<BR>I might need another table!!!)<BR><BR><BR>> Vendors at CGE need bundle <BR>> and merchandise more.<BR><BR>And this event is strictly no-vendors. I think one volunteer will<BR>have some copies of his game for people to buy, but (1) I didn't want<BR>this to turn into "yet another CGE" where there are tables upon tables<BR>of old games to dig through (that's fine, but it's not my PURPOSE<BR>for this event), and more importantly (2) I'm specifically doing this<BR>as a NOT-FOR-PROFIT event, and due to this, I'm paying the<BR>'resident rate' for the venue.<BR><BR><BR>> Even Atari2600.com should do that. Creativity is<BR>>
what makes the event worthwhile. I reserved the vacation time for CGE <BR>> 2010, but I haven't made any reservations. I looked at the pictures for<BR>> 2007 and was not impressed. There is a need for uniqueness, for<BR>> "coolness', a spark of energy.<BR><BR>Outside of events, what I'm discovering is that there's a flourishing<BR>development movement out there. YouTube has numeorus "works in progress"<BR>videos of Atari 8-bit games. A couple of years ago, Yoomp! and Crownland<BR>came out for the 8-bit, and totally shocked me. A few years prior to that,<BR>Castle Crisis and Beefdrop came out. And last year, Tempest Xtreem.<BR><BR>And this says nothing of all of the random 2600 games that people seem<BR>to always be working on. There seemed to be a big lull for a few years,<BR>but interest (and perhaps, thanks to the web, access to information)<BR>has
grown.<BR><BR><BR>Whew, long reply, sorry. And just a reminder, please let me know<BR>what systems, controllers & games you'll be bringing. And bring that TV!<BR><BR>Thanks!!!<BR><BR>-bill!<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>atariparty mailing list<BR><A href="http://us.mc462.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=atariparty@lists.sonic.net" ymailto="mailto:atariparty@lists.sonic.net">atariparty@lists.sonic.net</A><BR><A href="http://lists.sonic.net/mailman/listinfo/atariparty" target=_blank>http://lists.sonic.net/mailman/listinfo/atariparty</A><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></td></tr></table><br>