Events, conferences, and trade shows
Found in 292 Collections and/or Records:
Kojima Productions, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots publicity booklet, Tokyo Game Show 2007, September 20–23, 2007
This is a collection of folders and catalogs that video game publishers used to advertise their games. Based on the included information, it is unclear if these were intended for retailers or the press, possibly both, since they contain information about product ordering as well as general press releases. Unless otherwise noted, the original provenance of these folders is unclear.
Kojima Productions Presents M4 Show Maybe?, May 10–12, 2006
Lennox Lewis 1993 WBC World Heavyweight Title fight ephemera, 1993
LJN "Enteractive Video Games" publicity folder, Summer CES 1988, June 4–7, 1988
This is a collection of folders and catalogs that video game publishers used to advertise their games. Based on the included information, it is unclear if these were intended for retailers or the press, possibly both, since they contain information about product ordering as well as general press releases. Unless otherwise noted, the original provenance of these folders is unclear.
LJN "Enteractive Video Games" publicity folder, Winter CES 1989, January 7–10, 1989
This is a collection of folders and catalogs that video game publishers used to advertise their games. Based on the included information, it is unclear if these were intended for retailers or the press, possibly both, since they contain information about product ordering as well as general press releases. Unless otherwise noted, the original provenance of these folders is unclear.
MAGFest 1 "Instruction Manual / Program Book" draft, circa 2002
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."
MAGFest 1 Program Book, September 27–29, 2002
This program was distributed to attendees at the first MAGFest event, held at the Holiday Inn Tanglewood in Roanoke, VA in September 2002.
MAGFest 1 staff badge, September 27–29, 2002
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.
MAGFest founding and MAGFest 1 event ephemera, 2000–2002
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 guidebooks, promotional material, and ephemera
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.