MAGFest, Inc

This is a draft version of the program for MAGFest 1. The program includes a tentative event schedule and various placeholder elements, such as spaces for ads, and unfinalized copy that refers to the unnamed mascot for MAGFest 1 as simply "mascot."

This program was distributed to attendees at the first MAGFest event, held at the Holiday Inn Tanglewood in Roanoke, VA in September 2002.

The first MAGFest event in September 2002 originated as Omakecon, a video game-focused anime convention founded by members of the video game and anime communities in Roanoke, VA. Due to an organizational dispute, Omakecon was never held. Joseph Yamine, an organizer for the event and the owner of the Roanoke video game store Captain Gamestation, relaunched Omakecon as a video game event called the Mid-Atlantic Gaming Festival.

MAGFest (Music and Gaming Festival) is a series of community-run video game event with a focus on video game music and gaming culture. The events, run by the non-profit organization MAGFest, Inc., began in 2002 as the Mid-Atlantic Gaming Festival in Roanoke, Virginia. Since then, the organization has expanded to run multiple events and game concert series throughout the United States.

These photographs were taken at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in 2002. Although MAGFest did not have an official presence at the event, Joseph Yamine, who ran the game store Captain Gamestation and founded MAGFest, attempted to promote the event on the show floor. Yamine spoke with people including Working Designs president Victor Ireland, whose company became a sponsor the first MAGFest event.

This photograph shows the promotional booth for MAGFest at the Baltimore-area anime convention Otakon 2002.

This flyer for MAGFest (seen here as the Mid Atlantic Gamers Festival) was distributed at the anime convention Otakon 2001.