Legendary Video Game Stars from the Early 1980s Gather in Texas for Convention

A video game convention of superstars who were prominent back in the early 1980s is scheduled for Humble, TX, the weekend of December 2-4, 2005

Humble, TX (PRWEB) November 22, 2005 -- A video game convention of superstars who were prominent back in the early 1980s is scheduled for Humble, TX, the weekend of December 2-4, 2005.

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Among the dozens of visiting celebrities is Abdner Ashamn of Brooklyn, who is world famous as the record holder on Ms. Pac-Man and Robotron. Also, coming from San Jose, California is Mike Klug, a legendary competitor and former world record holder on Atari’s Pole Position. And Greg Sakundiak of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, who held many world records on classic arcade games during the 80s but retired from gaming to pursue a career in professional arm wrestling.

Created by Callan Hendricks and Dwayne Richard, proprietors of Totally Amused, a Humble firm that specializes in selling and repairing classic video games from the 1978-1986 era, the event will allow the public to play nearly 100 classic video games while noted gaming celebrities demonstrate gaming tips and tell stories from the “arcade era” of the early 1980s.

Called the "Legends of the Golden Age: A Tribal Gathering of the Greatest Video Game Superstars of the 1980s," the event will feature high-score contests on dozens of games, allowing players to potentially win listings in Twin Galaxies’ Official Video Game & Pinball Book of world Records, the industry’s official record book.

Walter Day, editor of the record book, will be at the event to conduct the contests and verify the high scores for the record book. Not only will there be two national events on classic games like Turbo-Sub and Aztarac, but the highlight of the weekend will be two additional arcade contests featuring two of the top arcade games currently in the nation’s arcades.

Promoted as The Houston Arcade Championships, this additional tournament features Target: Terror and The Fast and the Furious, both games manufactured by Raw Thrills, Inc., a Chicago-based company that was founded by Eugene Jarvis, the creator of the legendary Stargate and Robotron video games. These two modern games have been donated to the activities courtesy of Betson Enterprises, a national coin-op vending company with offices throughout the nation, including the Dallas-Houston area.

The event site is in the showroom of Totally Amused, at the Humble Plaza Shopping Center, 19333 Hwy 59 N, Humble TX, 77338. Information can be obtained by calling 832-347-6570

Admission for the three-day event is $20 per day or $45 for the entire weekend. The games will be set on free play and the general admission fee covers automatic enrollment in all contests.

And, the best thing for serious gamers is that the showroom stays open all three days from 10:00 AM until 2:00 AM the next night, allowing unlimited video game play.

“I wouldn’t miss this for anything,” says Richard, who has been helping Hendricks organize the event. Dwayne Richard is one of the legendary stars that will be on display, showing off his skills on more than a dozen games. “When the contests start,” warns Richard, who won the world championships in 1986 and 2003, “I’ll have to be in top form because many legendary ‘gunslingers’ are coming to town to prove that they are still the ‘fastest guns.’”

For more information, contact Callan Hendricks at 832-347-6570 or Walter Day at Twin Galaxies at 641-472-1949. Or go to http://www.vidpin.com.

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