Midwest Gaming Classic

2009 Sponsors

The GOAT Store, LLC is one of the largest classic game stores online, featuring everything from the Intellivision and 2600 to the Dreamcast and more! With over 6000 unique products in stock, if you are looking for a rare game to complete your collection or an old favorite just to play again, you can find it at the GOAT Store, LLC. They are Your One-Stop Classic Gaming Shop! The GOAT Store, LLC will also have their stock of new Dreamcast games available for play and purchase at the show.

Covering everything from video games, movies, music, books, food, and more RobotPanic.com is a comprehensive blog for geek culture and bizarre happenings as well as the home of popular video game podcasts like Drunken Gamers Radio, After Hours, and Drunken Gamers Radio UK. Visit the site for articles, podcasts, video, and more.

For over a decade, whenever gamers wanted to play the most state-of-the-art console with the best games, they have known to look for the PlayStation® logo. This year, Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc has teamed with the Midwest Gaming Classic to ensure visitors to the show truly PLAY BEYOND. One lucky gamer will walk away from the Midwest Gaming Classic with a PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system as well as the incredible game Killzone 2. On top of this, the first 1,500 visitors to the show will receive a PlayStation® t-shirt!

Recognized as the undisputed industry leader, Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. markets the PlayStation family of products and develops, publishes, markets, and distributes software for the PS one game console, the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system, the PSP system and the PS3 system for the North American market. Based in Foster City, Calif. Sony Computer Entertainment America, Inc. serves as headquarters for all North American operations and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.

8-Bit Classics online since 2004, specializes in classic video game and computer hardware and software including some unique products that you can't find anywhere else! If you are looking for classic video game or computer items at a great price, you need to bookmark 8-Bit Classics now!

AVC Online(formerly Atari Video Club) is a club for Atari fans who organize online chats, publishes the Atari Zone fanzine, runs a monthly Video Cast "AVC_Live", runs the yearly video game trade show in IL "Video Game Summit" and has been supporting the Atari Jaguar Festival since 1997. This year AVC Online will be selling a limited supply of AVC Online and Jagfest on Tour white t-shirts, displaying the Jagfest issues with new covers, and will be doing their first remote broadcast of AVC_Live from the show.

Much like the Midwest Gaming Classic itself, Die-Hard Gamer covers a wide range of both old and new video games alike through its online magazine. The site even has its own museum section filled with original, high-quality images of gaming systems, specs, and first-hand information on even the most scarce of systems.

The Fresh Coast Basketball Classic is a NCAA basketball tournament which is held yearly on Thanksgiving weekend at the US Cellular Arena in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This exceptional event is perfect for the whole family and it features two basketball games per day, halftime entertainment, a college fair and much, much more! This year, the Fresh Coast Basketball Tournament, along with 103.7 KISS FM and the Midwest Gaming Classic are going to be on hand to conduct the first ever Fresh Coast Guitar Hero Tournament!

GameRoom Magazine is the world's #1 publication for the home game room enthusiast. Featuring coverage of coin-op collectibles and the "home arcade," GameRoom features articles on pinball machines, slots, jukeboxes, and arcade games. Let us help you imagine the gameroom of your dreams!

GAMEWORKS Schaumburg is the Premier gaming facility in the country. Owned by SEGA, GameWorks has over 250 games and is a test facility for new machines in the gaming industry! This means that GameWorks has games that no one else has! The store hosts the "GameWorks Pinball Tournament of Champions", with the next tournament event being held on 5/22/09-5/24/09. GameWorks also has 2 full bars and a casual dining restaurant. Visit them online at Gameworks.com or come by "The Streets of Woodfield" in Schaumburg IL to eat and play!

The Gathering of Gamers (The GoG) was an idea that was conceived while playing video games! This unique Video Game Community is a place where people of all ages, locations, and levels of interest in video games, come to share photos, videos, stories, strategies, cheats, and anything else you want, with other friendly gamers around the world! We truly encompass the entire spectrum of gaming within this custom built social network.

The PinGame Journal is the world's foremost magazine publication on the pinball hobby! Featuring articles about new machines, old machines, designers, shows, restoration, and every other facet of the pinball hobby that you can imagine, the PinGame Journal is a magazine no pinball collector should be without! Make sure to stop by the PinGame Journal at the Midwest Gaming Classic to check out the magazine and sign up to become a subscriber!

The Sci Fi Channel, launched in 1992, is one of the premier cable channels today. Featuring original material such as BattleStar Galatica, Ghost Hunters, ECW and of course, WCG: Ultimate Gamer, the Sci Fi channel has become a great place for any lover of Sci Fi television (including horror and gamer related television!), and should be your first stop for great TV!

Six Flags Great America, located in Gurnee, IL between Chicago and Milwaukee, is one of the nation's largest and best theme parks! Packed with rides and attractions for all ages, as well as a free water park that has been called the best in the nation, Six Flags Great America truly offers visitors more flags and more fun! This year, visitors to Great America will get to ride a new coaster unlike any other that the park has added in their over 30 year history. The Dark Knight Coaster joins the amazing coaster line up at Great America that features other wildly popular rides such as Raging Bull, Superman: Ultimate Flight and Viper. Of course, there is more than just roller coasters at the park. Visitors can also see award winning shows, relax on the beautiful beaches of Hurricane Harbor or even just hang out in some of the state of the art arcades located in the park.

If you want to visit one of the true pinball playing meccas in the United States, you want to visit SS Billiards in Hopkins, Minnesota! SS Billiards is a family entertainment center featuring some of the best maintained and biggest selection of pinball tables in the entire country, as well as pool tables and video games too! Known throughout the United States for their dedication to pinball, SS Billiards is one place you don't want to miss!

Stern Pinball, Inc is the only coin-op pinball manufacturer in the world! Recent games that Stern has created have had themes such as the Sopranos, NASCAR, Harley Davidson, Elvis, the Simpsons, Lord of the Rings, Playboy, and their most recent games based on the Family Guy and Spider-Man! With deep rule sets for advanced players but yet games that are tailored so that newcomers can have a lot of fun playing them, Stern's games are hits that everyone enjoys playing!

Video Game Kingdom has a large selection of video games ranging from Atari to X-Box 360. We also have hundreds of loose manuals and boxes for NES, SNES, Sega Genesis, Nintendo 64, Playstation 2, X-Box, and other miscellaneous games. Has a large selection of dart supplies including sets, cases, flights, tips, and accessories. We specialize in arcade game restorations and custom built arcade machines. We also offer custom printed vinyl artwork for arcade machines. We Buy, Sell, and Trade arcade machines, dart boards, and pinball machines.

FM 102/1 is the only alternative music station in Milwaukee. It plays the soundtrack of Gen X and reflects new and exciting music trends. What a perfect match for Midwest Gaming Classic! Check out 102/1 a couple of weeks prior to the show for all the show details and your chance to win free tickets. FM 102/1. Independent. Alternative. Radio.

Be a hog about the rock you listen to. Be a hog about the games you play. It is all good with WHQG 102.9 FM the Hog sponsoring and promoting the Midwest Gaming Classic! Milwaukee’s most popular rock station will be promoting the Midwest Gaming Classic leading up to the event, offering chances to win tickets to the show and much more! At the show, you’ll want to make sure to join the Hog as they broadcast and take you on in games both old and new.

103.7 KISS FM has become the third radio sponsor of this years Midwest Gaming Classic! KISS FM plays the top songs of the day, as well as the great songs people remember from the past. With the morning show Wes, Rahny and Alley in the morning and great hits all day, KISS FM is where you will want to turn your dial to if you are looking for the best new songs from the best new artists!

KISS FM will be running radio advertisements before the show, and will also have a presence announced at the show itself in the future!