“R3PLAY ARCADE, RETRO & VIDEO GAMING EVENT SEGA BOOTH REPORT”
Here’s a report on a gaming event. Yes really. And no, not by us. The photographs were taken on a mobile phone so it’s kind of hard to understand what’s really happening, but he put the effort in so ought to be rewarded.
In summary – he expected way too much from a fan-organised retro event.
OPENING PREAMBLE:
“When I heard SEGA would have an exhibit stand at R3PLAY Arcade, Retro & Videogaming event I could only think of one place to send a review of it. However they declined and gave me a link to your site instead. The event is held in Blackpool, sometimes referred to as the UK’s version of ‘Las Vegas’ (If Las Vegas was hit by an earthquake, then a missile strike and all the refugees had to wear tracksuits it’s a fair comparison).
“All pictures taken on my shitty old Samsung phone.”
“According to the floor plan this is the SEGA booth. Times must be tough when you can’t even afford a sign, so instead it’s a poster of Sonic 4 and a flipchart using at least 2 COLOURS to advertise its wares.”
“Such savvy marketing manages to attract five people, however three of them just wanted directions to the Nintendo exhibit.”
“Behold a poorly arranged row of LCD TVs displaying: Xbox Live Trial version of Crazy Taxi (all the pop-up of the DC version but none of the music, later changed to Afterburner), Virtua Fighter 5, two Sega All Star Racings, Mega Drive Version of Virtua Fighter 2 (WTF?!?!), Sonic Episode 1 Xbox Live Trial version. So no Vanquish, Virtual On Force, Sonic Colours, Sonic Free Riders. Just a bunch of old games. Thanks SEGA!”
“SEGA held a competition for you to win every game they release on Xbox, PS3 and PC in 2010! Just get the fastest speedrun on the 1st level of the trail version of Sonic 4. This guy really wants the Mega Drive collection Vol.2 on PC, look at him go! On a positive note there was a Cosmic Smash arcade cabinet on freeplay to remind me of SEGA’s glory days and Xbox 1 LAN multiplayer OutRun setup (None of this setup by SEGA)” – Warp Warp.
filed in "NEWS", GONZO FIELD REPORTS on Nov.11, 2010
November 11th, 2010 on 2:19 pm
Zorg, read your hotmail emails please.
November 15th, 2010 on 3:25 pm
I was there, I saw it all and it was a little pants what’s worried me most is I didn’t think to take a picture and send it to zorg, im a bad solider and must be punished
November 16th, 2010 on 2:11 pm
Were any women in attendance? I’m guessing not, unless you count the women who turned up later to collect their manchild-husbands when it was all over.
Or women who used to be men.
Future updates of this sort need to concentrate on this sort of detail. And also need to take a proper camera, rather than just a mobile. It’s not like a trade show, I’m sure anyone at one of these events would love to have their pictures taken if they knew it was for UK:R.
Maybe some sort of UK:R official reporter badge should be designed that anyone can print out and take along with them when they go out to one of these things? Or down the shops or anywhere outside the front door for that matter, just to give people fair warning.
November 16th, 2010 on 2:12 pm
I accidentally spelt ‘Trade show’ as ‘Tard eshow’ back there.
But then I corrected it.
But then I told you all about it.
November 17th, 2010 on 1:43 am
Instead of buying this shit, unlicensed copy of CT on XBLA, I’ll buy a copy of CT3 and play it on the Xbox downstairs. Keep the Offspring & Bad Religion soundtrack, but most importantly, keep the Pizza Huts and KFCs. Yay for the ‘corporate whore juggernaut’.
November 17th, 2010 on 1:53 am
On the subject of Crazy Taxi, does anyone have an MP3 copy of the ‘Crazy Taxi’ cover of the Osmond’s Crazy Horses? It was on a stand-up arcade machine I once drooled over on Paignton Pier before it launched on the DC. As you can well imagine, it was an awesome cover version.
November 17th, 2010 on 11:14 am
There were women there, some nice ones too from Kick energy drink, but alas I didnt take any pictures and my phone has such a crappy camera i dont bother.