Midwest Gaming Classic

And the homebrew indie game for Dreamcast, Driving Strikers, is a game that was uh released in the uk um and and i think they have so i have in the us too but um it's a game that i voiced so i was like oh it's cool i could just bring that to conventions and be like hey here here's me that's cool when i got that i tested it i was like oh that's pretty cool i shoved in the back of my closet completely forgot about i saw that again i was like oh yeah that thing i was like i have no idea what it's it's I would have never have thought of a thing like that.

And Midwest Gaming Classic, which happens in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, they have a whole room dedicated to people who make their own portable Nintendo 64 consoles.

Or one person made what they called the Genesis 4, which was a Genesis arcade cabinet.

It was a full-size arcade cabinet with a Genesis cartridge slot right in the middle to play games on Sega Genesis or Mega Drive.

I'm just curious.

I'm just curious about it.

Next time I'm at Midwest Gaming Classic, I'll have a look in that room.

I do every year.

Uh, except to John.

I remember your name and face, but partly because, you know, we've been communicating for a while, and I, uh, hung out with you for a bit at Midwest Gaming Classic.

Isn't the SCAT this-

No.

That wa- that was fun.

There was a lot of, lot of great people I got to meet.

Uh, did I mention that I went to Midwest Gaming Classic [laughs] last episode? I don't remember-

Who knows? It's been so long

I think maybe we should consider the, oh gosh, what is it? Midwest.

Yeah, we should consider the Midwest Gaming Classic this year.

Let's apply.

Everyone come out and hang.

And this one is done by my buddy Jeff Spelt, he says the correct way with a G, from Guinea Pig Games.

And we saw him in Midwest Gaming Classic.

He was in the middle of the convention.

Really awesome dude.

Which I played it, the cartridge on the Mr.

So I didn't need the ROM.

um what's cool about that though is that tiger chainsaw um i knew him from midwest gaming classic he was actually a moderator for a panel i did when i was running premium edition games so i was with tristan we were doing like almost like it was i i think it was still the the premium playcast or whatever but we were doing midwest gaming classic and tiger chainsaw was our moderator That's so cool.

And now he makes games.

I did not.

I have an NES homebrew that came in from a guy that we hung out with and met and interviewed in Midwest Gaming Classic.

So I got that in intent.

So that'll be for next.

Dude, Maiden in the Dark is crazy because the publisher, I don't know if he's a developer, is Tiger Chainsaw Studios.

Why that's insane is that Tiger Chainsaw was a YouTuber.

He had hosted or moderated a panel of Midwest Gaming Classic when I was running Premium Edition Games.

Oh, wow.

That was embarrassing.

Yes, Midwest Gaming Classic.

I wouldn't have come up

with it if I was trying to think of it, as long as you couldn't, that I was able to.

already thinking about it.

I got a thing for the Midwest Gaming Classic in Milwaukee, which is, at least to my knowledge, and I think the majority opinion, the best retro game show in the Midwest area.

So that's next year in April, and I will probably go to that again.

Last year was my first time, and it was amazing.

If you want a good game convention for video games, Kevin, I don't know if you go to many of these.

My personal favorite in the country is the Midwest Gaming Classic, which happens in March or April every year in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Back when I used to live in Wisconsin, I would go there and I would pay whatever the ticket price was and I'd get in and they would have literally hundreds of pinball machines that you get to play for unlimited all weekend for free.

They had computer and console museums where you could just play all the classic and rare also video games you wanted for free all weekend long.

You do need it.

Now, the other piece is that anything that I have a story or collection with is 100% stained, whether it's something of Kyle's that I have a story with or something I got at Midwest Gaming Classic that got signed by the developer or at the Video Game Summit getting David Crane's game from him.

Those are things that I will hold on to.

Of course.