FreePlay Florida

[zapiy]

Looks fantastic and much like the events we have over here.

[TrekMD]

[align=center:1fr4etd5][size=120]Thought I'd give this thread a bump as the 2015 FreePlay Florida event is getting closer.  I'll be attending and meeting up with a few folks and programmers.  There will be some games released at the event as well for the Atari consoles.  [/size]



[size=180]FreePlay Florida 2015 Site[/size][/align:1fr4etd5]

[zapiy]

Looking forward to your thoughts and what news comes from the event.

[TrekMD]

Absolutely!  And I'll be creating an online photo book as well. 

[TrekMD]

This event is this weekend.  Looking forward to it. 

[Shadowrunner]

Cool! Looking forward to the photos

[TrekMD]

Well, I got back from FreePlay Florida!  The event was really cool and I spent most of yesterday playing all sorts of pinball tables and video games.  Here is a list some of the games I enjoyed:

Pinball - Avatar,  STTNG, Game oo Thrones, Flash Gordon, Transformers, Star Wars, Full Throttle, Big Juicy Melons, Independence Day,  Demolition Man,  Judge Dredd, 300, & Fire.

Arcade - Tutakham, Pac-Man, Circus Charlie, Wizard of Wor, Berzerk, Mr. Do, Gyruss, Blasteroids, Major Havoc, Pac-Mania, and Gauntlet II.

Console - Mr. Do! & Donkey Kong (for ColecoVision)

I've made an online album with pictures.  I got to meet Gary Stern, from Stern Pinball and got a picture with him (last one in the album.  You can check my pictures of the event here:  FreePlay Florida 2015

[Shadowrunner]

That is a lot of pinball tables, great pictures! Looks like you had fun

[TrekMD]

I sure did!  I was quite impressed with the digital tables they had there as well.  Those are awesome as you can play many tables and they do have ways to give you physical feedback.  I'll be posting more about that later.

[Saturn]

OMG, that looks amazing :13: Did you play it or was it a display? (didn't see it in the arcade list of your post)
Anyway, great score meeting Mr. Stern. Would like to have an autograph from him someday
Looked like a blast.

[TrekMD]

It sounded like a loud room in there!  It was hard to make out the sounds of most of the machines when the room was really crowded and everyone was playing.  Early in the day and late in the evening it was better as there were fewer people playing and you could hear the sounds the machines made.  There were exceptions, though, like R2-D2's shrieks from the pinball machine.  There was no missing that! 

The Joust machine was an emulator and it kept on crashing, so I never played it.  People tried but the game would crash in the middle of it.  So, I just posed for pictures. LOL

[zapiy]

Awesome stuff fella. I love events like these. Did you pick anything up? You should try and get contact details for interviews.

[TrekMD]

I got a couple of 2600 games as one of the programmers from Atari Age was there selling games.