That was COOL. Imagine this; a hall of 436 arcade and pinball games from different eras in the industry, all set on freeplay. I had a blast. My son, too. He came along for the ride, and even beat me in a race once on Rush 2049.

Take a look around and check out the pics. Contrary to what is seen in the pics, though, the place was packed for most of the event. You see, I pre-registered and got in a half hour early (10:30 am) before anybody else. That is when I took most of the pics. Both days, the place was packed by 1pm. Click on the thumbnails for the full-size pics. 56k beware, though. Each full-size pic is between 500-800 KB.

I also met Aaron Giles of MAME fame. Nice guy. He has his priorities in order, though I still think he's a coding genius. (BTW, don't think he's short, I'm just really tall).

I got a cool t-shirt, too.