MAGFest founding and MAGFest 1 event ephemera, 2000–2002
Scope and Contents
This collection contains items related to the founding of Omakecon and the promotion of the first MAGFest event. This includes materials related to other events and groups, particularly anime and gaming events in the Virginia area where the MAGFest community was first organized.
Dates
- Publication: 2000–2002
Creator
- MAGFest, Inc (Publisher, Organization)
- Joseph Yamine (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
MAGFest, Inc. and Joseph Yamine have given the Video Game History Foundation permission to make their materials viewable and downloadable in our digital archive for research and educational purposes. This does not apply to materials in this collection produced by other organizations or individuals.
Conditions Governing Use
MAGFest, Inc. and Joseph Yamine have given the Video Game History Foundation permission to allow researchers to reproduce their materials in this collection for research and educational purposes, including publication, with attribution to the Video Game History Foundation and the item's respective donor. These permissions do not apply to materials in this collection produced by other organizations or individuals. The intellectual properties of all materials in this collection remain with their respective owners.
Full Extent
From the Collection: 11 Items
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
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.
Appraisal
Items not directly related to MAGFest may be included in this collection if they provide context for other materials in the collection.
For example, this collection includes programs for the anime convention Otakon, which is where MAGFest was first publicly promoted. These items were donated along with a copy of the MAGFest flyer that was distributed with the event. Although the Otakon programs do not directly mention MAGFest, all three items were kept together to retain their context.
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
Repository Details
Part of the Video Game History Foundation Library Repository