Aviator Sports Posted January 5, 2018 Report Share Posted January 5, 2018 (edited) Aviator Sports and Events Center, New York’s largest Sports and Events venue, is hosting a retro video game tournament focusing on sports classics on February 17th, 2018. There will be five 32 person tournaments where competitors will play classic retro sports games and win hundreds of dollars worth of prizes! Games include NHL '94, NBA Jam, MLB Slugfest, WWF No Mercy and NFL Blitz, At the Buy/Sell/Trade Expo portion of the event meet vendors and other retro gamers. Check out your favorite shops and find some new ones as well! You can buy, sell or trade for games, systems, parts, and other pop culture and sports memorabilia. The event will also be hosting a silent auction, which will feature incredible items such as Stan Lee autographs, Star Wars actors autographs, New York Sports memorabilia and more! (Subject to change) There will be a panel featuring Patrick Hickey Jr. author of The Minds Behind The Games and Leonard Herman, The Game Scholar, who is regarded as one of the earliest and most respected videogame historians. Leonard is the author of Phoenix: The Fall & Rise of Home Videogames. Learn more about Patrick Hickey Jr.’s book here! One of the tournaments will be NHL '94 - 32 Person tournament Price: Kid $5 Tournament entry $20 Regular admission to expo: $10 With the link below or the code "NHL94Forum" save 20% off early bird tickets. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/aviators-retro-video-game-tournament-and-expo-tickets-39330643012?discount=NHL94Forum Tournament Sponsors Retro Games & Toys of LI Gaming Battle Network Battle Club Pro Wrestling Prize Sponsors Gotham City Games Glossed Over Tournament Participant Raffle Sponsor Long Island Retro Gaming Expo Edited January 6, 2018 by Aviator Sports 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aviator Sports and Events Center, New York’s largest Sports and Events venue, is hosting a retro video game tournament focusing on sports classics on February 17th, 2018. There will be five 32 person tournaments where competitors will play classic retro sports games and win hundreds of dollars worth of prizes! Games include NHL '94, NBA Jam, MLB Slugfest, WWF No Mercy and NFL Blitz, At the Buy/Sell/Trade Expo portion of the event meet vendors and other retro gamers. Check out your favorite shops and find some new ones as well! You can buy, sell or trade for games, systems, parts, and other pop culture and sports memorabilia. The event will also be hosting a silent auction, which will feature incredible items such as Stan Lee autographs, Star Wars actors autographs, New York Sports memorabilia and more! (Subject to change) There will be a panel featuring Patrick Hickey Jr. author of The Minds Behind The Games and Leonard Herman, The Game Scholar, who is regarded as one of the earliest and most respected videogame historians. Leonard is the author of Phoenix: The Fall & Rise of Home Videogames. Learn more about Patrick Hickey Jr.’s book here! One of the tournaments will be NHL '94 - 32 Person tournament Price: Kid $5 Tournament entry $20 Regular admission to expo: $10 With the link below or the code "NHL94Forum" save 20% off early bird tickets. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/aviators-retro-video-game-tournament-and-expo-tickets-39330643012?discount=NHL94Forum Tournament Sponsors Retro Games & Toys of LI Gaming Battle Network Battle Club Pro Wrestling Prize Sponsors Gotham City Games Glossed Over Tournament Participant Raffle Sponsor Long Island Retro Gaming Expo
smozoma Posted January 5, 2018 Report Share Posted January 5, 2018 Cool (and thanks for using the correct title format!) Maybe a silly question but just to be sure... is NHL'94 one of the games that will be played? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aviator Sports Posted January 5, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2018 Thanks! Super stoked to be hosting the event. Sorry we didn't make it clear. NHL'94 will be one of the games played. Arda Ocal will be commentating the NHL '94 tournament. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aviator Sports Posted January 5, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2018 38 minutes ago, smozoma said: Cool (and thanks for using the correct title format!) Maybe a silly question but just to be sure... is NHL'94 one of the games that will be played? Thanks! Super stoked to be hosting the event. Sorry we didn't make it clear. NHL'94 will be one of the games played. Arda Ocal will be commentating the NHL '94 tournament. We've updated the original post to make it clear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smozoma Posted January 5, 2018 Report Share Posted January 5, 2018 I will assume this is in Feb 2018 not 2017! (updated title) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aviator Sports Posted January 5, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2018 1 hour ago, smozoma said: I will assume this is in Feb 2018 not 2017! (updated title) Ha! Sorry about that, still getting used to the new year:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edge of '94 Midwest Posted January 5, 2018 Report Share Posted January 5, 2018 Arda is announcing our February tournament, and he's done Vegas. Man, he's certainly the voice of NHL94. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake Posted January 6, 2018 Report Share Posted January 6, 2018 5 hours ago, King of 94' WI said: Arda is announcing our February tournament, and he's done Vegas. Man, he's certainly the voice of NHL94. The Bob Cole in the '94 community Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jer_33 Posted January 6, 2018 Report Share Posted January 6, 2018 I'd like to add this tournament to the quarterly newsletter, are tournaments on all systems, SNES, Genesis? Is there a way for people to sign-up before the tournament date? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aviator Sports Posted January 6, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2018 (edited) 52 minutes ago, jer_33 said: I'd like to add this tournament to the quarterly newsletter, are tournaments on all systems, SNES, Genesis? Is there a way for people to sign-up before the tournament date? Thanks for sharing! Below is the all the tournaments and consoles. We currently have early bird tickets on sale (I'm going to update the original post). I created a special link and discount code for NHL '94 Forum. With the link below or the code "NHL94Forum" newsletter readers can save 20% off early bird tickets. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/aviators-retro-video-game-tournament-and-expo-tickets-39330643012?discount=NHL94Forum NHL '94 is on Genesis NBA Jam - SNES or Genesis MLB Slugfest - PS2 WWF No Mercy - Nintendo 64 NFL Blitz - Nintendo 64 Edited January 6, 2018 by Aviator Sports Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbettkb Posted January 31, 2018 Report Share Posted January 31, 2018 im in. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jer_33 Posted February 8, 2018 Report Share Posted February 8, 2018 I found the perfect controller for this tournament location. (For the price, it might be worth it just for the Genesis->SNES adapter included) https://www.ebay.com/itm/Beeshu-JET-FIGHTER-CONTROLLER-For-Super-Nintendo-Sega-Genesis-w-SNES-adapter/222828101590?hash=item33e196ffd6:g:2yUAAOSws0Jaem40 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan Posted February 15, 2018 Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 Anyone else going to this aside from corbettkb? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingraph Posted February 15, 2018 Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 29 minutes ago, Evan said: Anyone else going to this aside from corbettkb? I think I'm going -- 90/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aviator Sports Posted February 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 Just a heads up to anyone coming that the rules were adapted from NHL '94 (credit given on the rule sheets). Current plan is for it to either be 32 person single elimination or 16 person double elimination, it all depend on day of signups. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupz27 Posted February 16, 2018 Report Share Posted February 16, 2018 If it wasn't the same day as my son's bday party I'd try to get there, but just bad timing. Hope it runs well, and everyone has a good time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbettkb Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 On 1/6/2018 at 3:11 PM, Aviator Sports said: NHL '94 is on Genesis This sucks. They are saying this is an SNES tournament now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smozoma Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 1 hour ago, corbettkb said: This sucks. They are saying this is an SNES tournament now. On the plus side... Good practice for green bay? Super weird that they'd mess up which console it is though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbettkb Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 True. I win that s**t. I think there were only 8 people so I’m not sure how impressive that was. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbettkb Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 (edited) Welp, thank you to the Aviator's Retro Video Game Tournament and Expo... Edited February 17, 2018 by corbettkb 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbettkb Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 The setup... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbettkb Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 (edited) One more pic, this is kinda the whole room of the gaming expo.... Edited February 17, 2018 by corbettkb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingraph Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 Congratulations @corbettkb, sorry that it was SNES. I wasn't able to commit to the day, but I look forward to squaring off next week in GB! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halifax Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 congrats @corbettkb! big win bud! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aviator Sports Posted February 20, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2018 On 2/17/2018 at 11:43 AM, corbettkb said: This sucks. They are saying this is an SNES tournament now. Sorry about that, in our communication with the sponsor we talked to them about Genesis. They weren't able to attend so when the dropped off the tournament supplies it was SNES. Live and Learn. Won't happen again. - Eliot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbettkb Posted February 20, 2018 Report Share Posted February 20, 2018 1 hour ago, Aviator Sports said: Sorry about that, in our communication with the sponsor we talked to them about Genesis. They weren't able to attend so when the dropped off the tournament supplies it was SNES. Live and Learn. Won't happen again. - Eliot Allgood. Always appreciate the effort of putting these on, Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan Posted February 23, 2018 Report Share Posted February 23, 2018 Congrats corbett! What a turn of events. I was considering going but wasn't able to commit the day similar to Raph. Nice prize. Eliot, do you think this expo/tournament will happen again? If so, let us know early on. I could probably help out with the next one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aviator Sports Posted February 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2018 21 hours ago, Evan said: Congrats corbett! What a turn of events. I was considering going but wasn't able to commit the day similar to Raph. Nice prize. Eliot, do you think this expo/tournament will happen again? If so, let us know early on. I could probably help out with the next one. Hey Evan, the tournament will definitely happen again and NHL '94 will be the returning sports game. Once we settle on a date I'll definitely reach out. Thanks! - Eliot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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