He is also co-host of the "All Gen Gamers" podcast, and can be found frequently streaming obscure consoles and games on his Twitch channel." He is most notable for being one of the very first YouTubers to start doing gaming pickups, or what he calls "Games I Bought Recently," and collection overview-style videos, inspiring countless others to follow suit. Pete Dorr runs a popular YouTube channel that he's been creating gaming content on since 2008. The Nintendo Playstation will also be set up for viewing by the public in our video game museum. Dan and Terry are bringing this one-of-a-kind piece of video game history to PRGE where Ben will once again open it up to replace the CD unit and hopefully make the console fully operational! Be sure to check out Ben's panel where he will answer questions about the unit with Dan and Terry. Since then, Ben Heckendorn helped them restore the Super Nintendo part of the console, but was unable to read a game disk from the integrated CD-ROM drive. While his other main series, "The Way Games Work", explains video game technology to the layman (with equal parts Bill Nye & G4).ĭan & Terry Diebold - The game collecting community lost their s**t last year when Terry and Dan Diebold found the only known prototype "Nintendo Playstation" console packed away in a box of junk Terry had bought in an auction for $75. His flagship series, "16-Bit Gems", brings to light underappreciated classics from the 16-bit era of video gaming. Joey "Roo" DeSena - Once described as the "Alton Brown of video games" - his greatest compliment - Joey "Roo" DeSena co-founded the geek-centric website,, in 2009. He later went on to help develop the Amiga, and the USB architecture. He also wrote the game Video Olympics, a Pong collection that launched with the system. Joe Decuir was one of the original engineers at Atari, who helped design, build, and produce the Atari 2600. In his spare time he enjoys eating numerous nachos, and hanging out with an old Jersey hippie named Frank. He is the author of Ultimate Nintendo: Guide to the NES Library, runs, and conducts the live annual NES Charity Marathon benefiting children's hospitals. Pat Contri is a video game player, collector, and historian known for his web shows Pat the NES Punk, Flea Market Madness, and The Completely Unnecessary Podcast. His past credentials include being senior editor at 1UP.com, editorial director and community manager for Turner Broadcasting's GameTap games-on-demand service, and a contributing author to publications that include Edge, Wired, Nintendo Official Magazine UK and, among others. Kinsey hails from Seattle, WA and is the Public Relations manager for the Seattle Retro Gaming Expo as well as a regular contributor to the Metal Jesus Rocks YouTube channel.įrank Cifaldi is Head of Restoration at Digital Eclipse and one of gaming's leading researchers and historians. Ian, a.k.a BrutalMoose, is a very sarcastic Video Game Review show host who is a part of the video game reviewer guild "Hidden Block". Douglas is a passionate advocate for the game industry and for the preservation of the physical media format for video game distribution. His previous employers include Ubisoft and Mighty Rabbit Studios. He is known for his involvement within the gaming community, including attendance at gaming events, talking with developers anc conducting live streams. There, he and Josh Fairhurst take previously digital only games and help developers turn them into physical games. He is the producer of such games as Azure Strike Gunvolt, Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures and is probably known best for producing many titles from the Mega Man series including Mega Man Zero, Mega Man 9 and Mega Man 10.ĭouglas Bogart is the Co-Founder and 1/2 of Limited Run Games. Takuya Aizu is the CEO of game maker Inti Creates. Please visit our panel schedule for times and locations. Speakers and panels at PRGE will take place in auditoriums just outside the main show hall. We are bringing in speakers from all over the country including notable figures from the early days of the gaming industry as well as current celebrities. PRGE is proud to host over 50 hours of panel programming at the 2016 expo. is a Portland, Oregon-based 501©4 non-profit cooperative organization dedicated to creating awareness of, and appreciation for classic video and arcade games through the presentation of events and conventions that celebrate the historic contribution video games have made and continue to make in popular culture. The 11th annual Portland Retro Gaming Expo in Portland, OR.
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