Cincy Classic

[Hydrobond]

I just paid 2.85.  Indiana sucks for gas prices.  

BTW, that means fill up before you hit the Dayton area.  Gas is usually cheaper out in the counrty, and there isn't any of that after you hit Dayton.

[TraderJake]

^ He Speaks the Truth

The Points of No Return (Interstate wise) are:

I-74: Brookville (last exit in IN)
I-71: N: Wilmington (Exit 50ish)
        S: Walton (The 71/75 Merge)
I-75: N: Piqua (Yes, Piqua)
        S: Walton (The 71/75 Merge)

Past those points you are entering Sprawlopolis, and are subject to the prices of sprawlopolis.

[TraderJake]

Well, it appears as though The Perl, the Evil Leon and I are going to be making an appearance around 1:30ish tomorrow. The Perl will be wearing his RF Generation hat. I'll... be accompanying the Perl. Look for us.

Don't forget to visit Jungle Jim's afterwards!

[douglie007]

ooooo I got sooo much stuff tonight
I got my Spiderman 32x lots of gen boxes and some Neo Geo stuff,  also a Vetrix system.  YEAH CINCI CLASSICS

[Tynstar]

ooooo I got sooo much stuff tonight
I got my Spiderman 32x lots of gen boxes and some Neo Geo stuff,  also a Vetrix system.  YEAH CINCI CLASSICS

Congrats!!!! Was that the last 32X game you needed?  

Does Vetrix = Vectrex?

Take some pics!!!! How big is this show?

[Sauza12]

ooooo I got sooo much stuff tonight
I got my Spiderman 32x lots of gen boxes and some Neo Geo stuff,  also a Vetrix system.  YEAH CINCI CLASSICS

Damn it!  That is an exact list of stuff that I wanted to get tomorrow!    Nice grabs!

[douglie007]

there are like 4 or 5 more Vetrix

[St0rmTK421]

Stopped by the convention for a couple of hours with TraderJake and The Evil Leon today. We met up with Den and Sauza and also found Shadytool there as well.  Had a great time looking over all the rare consoles and games and chatting it up with our fellow gamers.  And we of course went out for some famous Skyline chili afterwards.

It was great meeting up with the fellow RFG members and finally getting to talk to you all in person.  If this happens again next year, I'd definately be up for going again.  Here's a quick picture we shot of me, Den, Mike, and Dave.  Leon and Rick managed to avoid my camera.  |D

[den68]

The Cinci Classic was a great time. Sauza and I left Detroit about 7:45 and after stopping for lunch hit the show about noon. I picked up about 17 games which I'll post in the Treasures forum later. I could have bought a ton more. It was pretty cool seeing so much stuff in one place.

I also took a few pictures which I'll post tomorrow.

As Eddie mentioned and provided visual proof of Sauza and I hooked up with him, TraderJake and the Evil Leon. It was a blast meeting you guys and finally getting to put a face to all those names.

I gotta admit, having spaghetti with chili and drowning in cheese seemed a little odd at first but it was pretty damn good. I suspect if I were a Cinci boy I'd be dining at Skyline Chili quite often and most likely weigh about 400 pounds.

I got to meet several other people from here, DP and even the VGB days.

from RFG:

Sauza12 - my partner on this awesome road trip
St0rmTK421 - the great genius himself
TraderJake - doesn't like the spaghetti chili???
The Evil Leon - the name fits folks... trust me
Shadytool - gave me crap about the Lions signing John Kitna
Douglie007 - wants an RFG hat

from DP:

Big Daddy Chester
Downfall
Sniderman
CueWarrior - Sensei Fu over here
Wizdawg

and from the old VGB days

Tekken Mastress

[captain_nintendo]

Damn fellas, sounds like a blast!
One of these days I gotta make one of these events.

[TraderJake]

TraderJake - doesn't like the spaghetti chili???

Eh, I don't eat chili period. I figure if I order a small 3 way every time I go perhaps then I will be able to eat one in its entirety. At least I eat LaRosa's Calzones like they are Candy.

The classic was pretty neat to go to, and I got to see a lot of systems and games that I had never seen in Person before. I also learned that people on synthesizer boards can be really, really shitty, and I need to touch up on my Donkey Konga skills.

[den68]

yeah, Cinci Classic was the first time I ever saw a real Vectrex. seen plenty of pictures but that was the first time I was actually in the presence of one.

[Speedy_NES]

yeah, Cinci Classic was the first time I ever saw a real Vectrex. seen plenty of pictures but that was the first time I was actually in the presence of one.

I also saw one for the first time in real yesterday at the Retro Computer Dag...it was running some recently released demo I think.  Pretty cool graphics and sounds

[den68]

here's one to confirm The Evil Leon was in fact there.
he's the guy trying to look like he was not in the picture. (black jacket)

[den68]

here's a few more random shots of the show.

some home made looking Nintendo units.