Houston Arcade Expo Returns for 2015
200+ Pinball, Arcade & Consoles on free play!
Pinball, Arcade and Console Tournaments
Fantastic line-up of speakers share their stories!
Free
Arcade Theme Cosplay Costume Contest
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Musical GuestsThe Houston Area Arcade Group (HAAG) is holding their 14th Annual Arcade Expo on November 13th & 14th at the Houston Northwest Crowne Plaza at Pinemont and Hwy 290.
There will be over 200 classic and current coin-op pinball machines, video arcade games, penny arcades, and console video games ready for attendees to play on free play or buy them for their home.
There will be Tournaments, events, music and workshops to keep the young and young at heart entertained.
Famed pinball Designer Joe Balcer has designed some killer machines including Wizard of Oz, Simpsons Pinball Party, Star Ship Troopers, Star Wars Trilogy and many more. Super cool guy and he likes Cigars!
is considered the Patron Saint of the Video Game Age and is the founder of Twin Galaxies
an avid game fan and director of hit arcade documentary Man vs Snake, he has also worked on TV shows such as Battle-star Galactica, Westworld, Eureka and other show for the SyFy Channel. He is also a member of the Directors Guild of America.
one of the legends of the “Golden Age of Arcades” who pioneered the birth of competitive gaming.
Multimorphic
The P3 is a modular, multi-game, pinball platform that merges the physical gameplay with interactive art, modular shots, and customizable cabinet.
Former Williams Programmer talks about Atari VCS system, Joust, Bubbles, Splat!, Sinistar, Joust Pinball and more.
Entire Cast of Pinballers talk about their pinball reality TV show experience and what is the future of pinball collecting.
Tv Show Trailer
A gamer since 1974 and a professional writer since 1997, Brett will do a Q&A session on his game related books with help from Walter Day and will also be selling video game cartridges, discs, T-shirts, and related items.
Started collecting around 1999 and finding machines in need of restoration. Providing trick and tips on what i use to restore broken worn down machines. Providing info on where you can get materials need to bring you machine back to life.
Founder of the Lone Star Pinball Museum, Dan has one of the largest collections of pre-DMD pinball’s in the USA. Dan had consulted on many pinball book’s, and pictures of his machines have help chronolog the history of pinball.
is an actor, filmmaker and video game collector from Houston. Joe will be presenting his film Conjoined and showing the Atari 2600 game based on the movie.
of SpiceWare, Home Brew Programmer and visionary is responsible for the excellent remake of Atari’s 2600 ‘Warlords’ known as ‘Medieval Mayhem’, the VCS game ‘Stay Frosty’ and ported the popular Stella emulator to the OS/2.
Publisher of the Pingame Journal magazine Jim will presented a series of video clips in his Pinball in the Media series
Houston Arcade & Pinball Expo added an event.
2016 Houston Arcade Expo
November 11, 2016, 12:00pm - November 12, 2016, 2:00am
Houston Arcade & Pinball Expo
11/11 & 11/12 at the Houston North West Crowne plaza on 290! There will be over 200 classic and current coin-op pinball machines, video arcade games, penny arcades, and console video games ready for attendees to play on free play or buy them for their home. This will be our 15th Year! There will be Tournaments, events, music and workshops to keep the young and young at heart entertained. see www.arcadecenter.com/ for more details
April 16th check out the swap meet!
Coin Op Swap Meet
April 16, 2016, 3:00pm
The Game Preserve
Bring out any and all arcade, pinball, console games to buy, sell, and trade. Working games, projects, parts, and accessories are all welcome. The swap meet is free and will be held in The Game Preserve parking lot. $5 off Game Preserve arcade admission to those that bring items to sell and trade. Swap meet starts at 10:00 and arcade will open at 11:00.