Midwest Gaming Classic

2010 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!

Anime Fan Zone specializes in Japanese Anime and Gaming collectibles, arcade video games and other similar fan-dom. With an extensive line of merchandise, we travel all across the country selling at Conventions, sell online and will be opening a retail store in Milwaukee very soon. We also offer arcade repair service, with years of service as an Arcade Tech and Manager, offering free estimates and home service. Our arcade games are kept in top working condition and have been featured at both Anime Milwaukee and Anime Central. We offer unique games such as Dance Dance Revolution, Pop'n Music, Initial D Racing and more!

Arcade Adventures, Inc. is who you want to talk with whether you are interested in buying, selling or repairing your arcade video and pinball machines! Located in Crystal Lake, Illinois, Arcade Adventures, Inc is a company run by collectors who find the best new and used equipment to sell to other collectors. If you want a great arcade video or pinball machine for your home game room, you want to talk with Arcade Adventures, Inc!

Arcadecomponents.com supplies components and kits world wide to keep old school game consoles, computers, and arcade games running. We also do repairs and modifications on those systems for customers across the United States and Canada. We will be bringing refurbished arcade game boards, modified old school game consoles, custom ICs and hybrids, IC chips, cap kits, and system modification kits to the show.

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

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. And new this year, Rob will have many parts on hand for these games too! 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!

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! And it isn't just pinball machines, but there will also be video game boards there too! No matter what you want -- Project machines, parts, game boards, 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! Look for them near the inflatable Godzilla.

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!

A seller and collector of games and member of the Digital Press forums, Matt (Matt-El) of "Games 'n Stuff" has a range of items that feature many different gaming related items including books, accessories and more. Having set up at our first show at the Olympia Resort and Spa, Games 'n Stuff is looking to purge many collection items. Altogether, an experienced seller who wants to make sure you are pleased with the great items and the great deals.

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!

If you're looking to get a good quality pinball machine for your gameroom, you'll definitely want to check out Gavin's Game Service. Gavin brings a bunch of awesome titles to the show, ready to put into your home game room!

Geek.Kon is an annual convention in Madison, WI to celebrate video gaming, anime, science fiction, tabletop gaming and all things geeky. This year the convention will take place Sept. 3-5 and will feature a wide variety of programming, guests, panels, vendors, and even a 10,000 square foot video game room! Visit the table to find out more, get a flyer, and pre-register for Geek.Kon at the special event price of $20 for the weekend.

Glitch Gaming Apparel is the premier brand for video game t-shirts and apparel. The Glitch brand has been created specifically for the gaming community and develops the coolest gaming apparel on the planet including Left 4 Dead 2, Killing Floor and Global Agenda gaming apparel.

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 innovative products for pinball machines, from ball trough boards to game specific electronics and parts.

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.

ITT Educational Services, Inc. is a leading private college system focused on technology-oriented programs of study. It operates over 105 ITT Technical Institutes in 37 states which predominantly provide career-focused, degree programs to approximately 70,000 students. Headquartered in Carmel, Indiana, it has been actively involved in the higher education community in the United States since 1969.

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.

Local collector Kevin enjoys all things arcade! Stop by his booth to find parts for all the things that he enjoys, from PCBs to some great arcade video games, to parts for repairing your arcade video or pinball, to playfields for some of the greatest pinball machines ever made! If you're looking for parts for the arcade stuff you enjoy, Kevin is your man!

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!

Opcode Games is committed to keeping your ColecoVision console alive by offering you brand new ColecoVision games to play! Each release includes a commercial-looking box and manual. Opcode Games is proud to call themselves perfectionists and they will be bringing their full catalog of ColecoVision games to the show, including the fan favorite Pac-Man Collection, and offering the first public demonstration of the upcoming ColecoVision Memory Module and many of exclusive games created for it. Make sure to stop by and check out the latest in ColecoVision gaming.

Panini America, Inc is your leading trading card manufacturer! With tons of great sets and series and the only license to print cards for the NBA, Panini America has products to satisfy the biggest card collectors as well as the brand new trading card fans. Don't miss Adrenalyn XL, the new trading card game from Panini which allows you to play with your favorite stars online against friends or foes! For great cards, Panini is the only name you need to know!

Paul Reno and Home GameRoom Supply is the name you need to know if you are looking to supply your home gameroom with pinball machines, arcade video games, or other amusement devices! Specializing in pinball, Home GameRoom Supply features an always changing selection of the greatest games, reconditioned and ready to move into your home! If you are ready to buy a new machine for your home gameroom, call home gameroom supply at 262-835-2892 for an up-to-date list of machines they have available!

If It Makes Sound, Polk Audio Makes It Sound Better!

For almost forty years, Polk Audio has surfed the edge of innovation to bring you excellent sound at a reasonable price. Their award-winning products are designed to fit both your life and your style: play your iPod by your bedside, frag zombies in your den, revel in the warmth of vinyl recordings in your living room or enjoy the cinema impact of digital technology in your home theater. Check out the new HitMaster(tm) Gaming Stage Monitor at this year's Midwest Gaming Classic. From Polk Audio, The Speaker Specialists.

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 RobotPanic.Com site for articles, podcasts, video, andso much 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!

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 on Main street in Germantown, WI to find even more goodies!

Videogames Then & Now is retail store just outside of Chicago in Norridge IL. We buy, sell, and REPAIR games and consoles for just about every system ever made. We'll have a wide assortment of games and consoles available at MGC this year from PS2's to iPods to multi-carts to Xbox 360's. Something for every gamer!

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.

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