Midwest Gaming Classic

2009 Vendors

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!

A-1 Amusements and Vending buys, sells, repairs and restores arcade video games, pinball machines and jukeboxes of all types and ages! They also sell both new and used parts. With a knowledgable and courteous staff with many years of experience in the amusement and vending field, the name of the company is their philosophy and they truly give all of their clients "A-1 service!" This year, A-1 will be bringing games from days gone by to some newer games including titles like Space Invaders and Terminator 3! If you're looking for an arcade game or jukebox for your home, you're looking for A-1 Amusements and Vending!

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.

Longtime Milwaukee area collector with lots of games and rarities for sale from Atari to Xbox and everything in between.

BC's Pinball Amusements will be on hand displaying and selling their LED direct replacement bulbs for pinball machines! These bulbs are a perfect drop-in solution to creating a brilliant looking game that will stay cleaner, longer! LEDs are a great replacement for your old bulbs, as they have a much longer life span, can use different colors to add a unique splash to your game, and consume less electricity! If you have ever thought about upgrading your bulbs, you'll want to check out BC's Pinball Amusements!

Two long-time collectors (Carey85 and Perkar from the digitpress.com forums) looking to pare down collections. Expect a massive amount of NES games (including 40+ in boxes), as well as a healthy smattering of games (common and rare) from 2600 to ps2 and beyond.

Rob Anthony of Pinball Classics will be on hand to make those broken, non-working or partially functioning boards from your favorite pin games whole again! Or the entire game! Whether you have a little battery acid left over from a leaky battery or a board that is just a complete mystery, Rob will be on hand to diagnose and fix the problems that you have. Rob specializes in all solid state boards and will be happy to look at your board or entire machine problems, so bring them in and find out what you've been missing!

Buttons suck! ChaosReins creates special rotary controllers for the Atari Jaguar so that you don't have to use buttons for Tempest 2000. These popular controllers will once again be made available from ChaosReins and the GOAT Store, LLC at the Midwest Gaming Classic! Get control of the game today, get a ChaosReins controller!,/p>

Show organizer Dan Loosen got into pinball with the Williams System 11 series, and has now expanded his collection to games from all eras and manufacturers. While he still greatly enjoys the old system 11 games, Dan is planning on bringing parts from as early as 1948 to as recent as 2000 and beyond! Project machines, parts and more will be there, priced to move!

Local collector, Dave S, loves to come to the Midwest Gaming Classic and interact with other gamers. Focusing on pinball machines, especially those older and rare titles, Dave S brings arcade and pinball goodies from all eras, and some especially cool old stuff. You never know what you'll find in Dave's Classic Pinball Stuff!

Don Caldwell and Mark Bakula are returning to talk at the show, as well as host a table full of game room goodies! Their table will include everything from game parts to fun things to stick on your wall to make your game room unique!

Pinball collector Eric S will be bringing a huge bunch of parts that he has amassed through his years of collecting to share with other machines that will benefit from them! If you're looking for great parts for your machines, you will want to stop by Eric's booth to check out what he has!

Famicom Dojo sells retro Japanese video games and systems for the Famicom (and Disk System), PC Engine, Sega Saturn, Neo Geo, WonderSwan, Dreamcast, and others! Not sure if you'll like a game? Try before you buy! Don't speak Japanese? There are plenty of games that require minimal or no foreign language knowledge. Find great games new never knew existed, or experience old classics in an entirely new way! Additionally, watch the Famicom Dojo internet TV show on our website, which covers the history and functionality of these systems and their wonderful games.

Kristine Roper runs the website game-swag.net, a site dedicated to video game promotional items. She will be bringing a ton of promos, including but not limited to stuff like t-shirts, lanyards, posters, press kits, plushies, and lots of rare press-related items. Make sure to stop by her booth and get these fantastic items!

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.

Great Lakes Modular designs and manufactures a wide selection of electronics for pinball machines, all hand-built and tested right here in the US! They will be showcasing a number of new revolutionary products that you don't want to miss out on!

Ianoid, or Ian Baronofsky, long time video game collector, presents another booth full of classics. Classic video games, that is. Ian will have a variety of games and items for sale and trade from the stone age to the modern era. From rare to common, from heavy to handheld, expect a huge variety of games to choose from or just check out.

Jedi Master Thrash comes from the ice world of Minnesota where he distributes his empire at flea markets and e-bay. Amassing a collection of video game history, he has prepared to strike out to MGC and give bargains to your like. Games, systems, and accessories from Atari 2600, Intellivision, Atari 5200, Nintendo, Master System, TG-16, Duo, SNES, Genesis, Sega CD, 32X, 3DO, Saturn, Playstation, Dreamcast, PS2, Virtual Boy, Game Boy, Game Gear, GBA, and Lynx. Additional merchandise includes CCG, Comics, and 80's Toys.

Mad-Gear LLC will be bringing to the show a wide selection of import games from Japan. Hundreds of PC Engine, Sega Saturn and other import systems and games from the past 20 years will be available for sale. Don't miss these great items!

Pegasus Publishing is the premiere apparel vendor for gaming and SF fans. Carrying a wide selection of VideoGame, RPG Gaming, Mad Scientist and other fannish T-Shirts Pegasus has been satisfying fans since 1980. We stock shirts from S-XXXXXL (not all designs available in all sizes).

Pin Footies are a natural clear lacquered oak or cherry leg caster that provides great decorative protection for your rugs, carpets, and floors from your pinball machine feet! These hand made 3-3/4" diameter wooden discs add sophisticated style to your games where the feet meet the floor. They area also available with felt backing for tile or hardwood floors. Special show pricing will be available!

If you want to mod your pin to make it look unique and special, then Pinball Pizzazz is the vendor you're looking for! Specializing in custom shooter rods, add-ons for games, gameroom signs, unique pinball toppers, key fobs and more, Pinball Pizzazz has just what you need to make your game stand out with a little bit of extra pizzazz!

Pinball Salvage is the place to go to for all of your pinball and arcade needs! Specializing in EM pinball machines, Pinball Salvage is also happy to salvage solid state pins, arcade video machines, jukeboxes, and practically anything else that accepts a coin and plays a game! Pinball Salvage will be on hand with neon signs, countertop games and other goodies to add to your gameroom!

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!

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.

Jim Knight of Rottendog Amusements has made it his mission to supply the pinball world with newly designed, improved, and low cost replacement circuit boards as an alternative to purchasing older, used, over priced, original equipment circuit boards. All of Rottendog's boards are complete redesigns of originals, using top quality, modern parts and manufacturing methods, and they will be available for purchase at the Midwest Gaming Classic!

Songbird Productions is dedicated to the support of the Atari Jaguar and Lynx video game systems. Recent releases include Total Carnage for the Jaguar and MegaPak 1 for the Lynx. Look for some incredible deals on hard-to-find games at MGC, as well as some amazing prototype hardware and software for these classic game systems on the JagFest table!

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.

Area collector Tom Lucht will be back for the show again this year with multiple tables full of goodies! In the past, Tom has brought things like populated playfields, game exclusive parts, ramps, and much more! You never know what incredible stuff he will find to bring along to the show, so make sure to stop by his booth and check out all of the goodies for sale!

Trade-N-Games will be bringing over 1000 games and accessories including everything from Atari to new stuff. Many hard to find boxed complete NES, SNES, Atari, Colecovision, N64 and many more. This is their 4th year attending as a vendor and will have lots of great deals. Be sure to check out their site before you attend and email them with any requests.

Local collector (Goodwill Hunter on Digital Press) is selling hundreds of boxed, complete games for the 2600, Intellivision, Genesis, SNES, SegaCD, Jaguar, Saturn, PSX, Xbox and everything between. Rare and hard-to-find loose games for the 2600, INTV, 5200, Colecovision, NES, Genesis, N64 and others will also be for sale. And if he gets his act together, a few boxes of gaming magazines and handhelds may even show up.

No one works harder to bring you games in perfect condition than Universal Collectibles! With great attention to detail performed in cleaning all of their products from Atari to the Xbox 360, Universal Collectibles will give you worry free games from the past for the future. Stop at their booth and check out everything or head to their store in Germantown to find even more goodies!

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.

VideoGames Etc comes bringing, of course, Videogames and more! This great store based in the Chicago area is a collectors paradise, with games from the Odyssey2 all the way to the Playstation 3 carried in it! You won't want to miss this great booth at the event if you are looking for Videogames, Etc!

Specializing in the sale or trade of everything from video games, accessories, instruction manuals, etc. for classic systems as well as the most current. Expect to see many systems, video games, and hard to find items. Everything from Atari to Playstation, geared to both classic and modern video game enthusiasts!!

President of Wal R Us Games, UncleTusk aka Vince Clemente will be bringing tons of NES cib’s, factory sealed, and loose carts. Also available will be Custom Printed NES boxes of SMB/DH and SMB/DH/Track and plenty of information about designing and printing boxes, manuals, posters, etc. for your homebrew or repro games.

Warpzone Video Games specializes in the sale of classic games and consoles including Atari 2600, Nintendo NES, Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, Nintendo 64 and many more. They also carry a wide variety of video game related toys and collectibles including foreign and rare items.

For the past 12 years Wizzywig has been importing the best Japanese Video game character and pop culture goods to the USA. What you see is what you get, at Wizzywig.com

Robert from Zplating will be available to discuss your electroplating options as it relates to amusement restoration. Customization during restoration provides great satisfaction and aesthetic reward. He will be there to listen to your ideas and give you some useful feedback to complete your goals. Most all people involved in this domain, both professional and amateur, have budget considerations for their projects. We will be happy to give the enthusiast an idea of what it costs. Zplating will also have a small number of parts available that represent the quality of our work.

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2009 Vendors