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Suggestion for next year!

Farout FoolioFarout Foolio Registered User regular
edited September 2006 in PAX Archive
Those of you who were in the PA panel 2 might recall that someone (me)
asked Tycho about the possibility of using a room next year to screen old-school gamer cartoons, to which he seemes fairly enthusiastic. I've sent him an e-mail about it and hopefully he's not too inundated with them already to reply. In the meantime, what do you guys think? I can only think of four shows:
-The Super Mario Brothers Super Show
-The Legend of Zelda
-Sonic the Hedgehog (Old '93 version, not this Sonic X crap)
-Captain N: The Game Master

Now, I own actual liscenced DVD copies of Super Mario and Sonic, but I cannot find for the life of me anything legit for Zelda or Captain N. Heck, I can't find more than a coupld Captain N episodes, and the quality is terrible.
Anything I'm missing here? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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  • LegacyLegacy Stuck Somewhere In Cyberspace The Grid(Seattle)Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2006
    http://www.deepdiscountdvd.com/dvd.cfm?itemID=SON034819

    That's Zelda. I dunno if Captain N is out or is coming out.

    Don't forget about Mega Man.

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  • AndwarfAndwarf Registered User regular
    edited August 2006
    Pacman had his own show as well: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083461/

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  • wenchkillawenchkilla Registered User regular
    edited August 2006
    Farout Foolio wrote:
    -Sonic the Hedgehog (Old '93 version, not this Sonic X crap)

    Now THAT, good sir, I would stand in line for :-)

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  • CosmosGoddessCosmosGoddess Registered User regular
    edited August 2006
    I have the entire Zelda animated series on DVD.

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  • ItsatrapItsatrap Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    edited August 2006
    These are ostensibly skirting the edge of gamerdom, but there was also that horrible Rubik's Cube cartoon, as well as the much-more-tolerable D&D cartoon series. Uh, on second thought, ixnay on the Rubik's Cube series--I'm now actively trying to repress those memories.

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  • LegacyLegacy Stuck Somewhere In Cyberspace The Grid(Seattle)Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2006
    I have a DVD of I Love Bees, if anyone wanted to throw that on.

    It is quite awesome, but is a listening thing, not a watching thing. Dunno if that'd work.

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  • Bionic MonkeyBionic Monkey Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2006
    Yes, Zelda is out on DVD. I'd swear the first season of Captain N was coming out too, but all I can find is this, which only has four episodes. Honestly though, if you remember Captain N accurately, four episodes is about all you'll be able to stand.

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  • BjamBjam Registered User regular
    edited August 2006
    This would be a good idea for a 'rest' room. I'm sure that a dark, quiet, cool place with a bunch of beanbags would be a good idea for escaping the craziness of a con. And a roomful of sleepy gamers all curled up on beanbags in the light of an old school cartoon would be the most adorable photo.

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  • Farout FoolioFarout Foolio Registered User regular
    edited August 2006
    Replies! Awesome!
    Yes, a 'mellowness' room would be a great idea, and if it had Zelda playing in the background, all the better, right?
    And yes, Monkey, looking back, I remember Captain N being fairly....terrible.
    And Cosmos, if you're willing to bring Zelda, that would be uber-cool. :D

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  • AndwarfAndwarf Registered User regular
    edited August 2006
    If someone could grab a full-length version of that kid's high school play rendition of Monkey Island (I've seen it up on google-video), that'd be neat as well. It's decently entertaining.

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  • WazWaz Registered User regular
    edited August 2006
    I think it would be great if there was more of an opportunity to play older systems. I know they had one SNES set up near the Bawls booth, but other than that it was mostly the new-gen systems. Maybe a Bring Your Own Classic Console room?

    There should also be some sort of organized swap meet thing, where you can bring and trade paraphernalia.

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  • MukaikuboMukaikubo Registered User regular
    edited August 2006
    Legacy wrote:
    I have a DVD of I Love Bees, if anyone wanted to throw that on.

    It is quite awesome, but is a listening thing, not a watching thing. Dunno if that'd work.

    Isn't it like 15 hours long?

    Don't get me wrong, I would attend a marathon vigil sounding of the ILB soundtrack in black shirt with fist held high, POSSIBLY pouring out a forty for [spoiler:2a1191884b]J J[/spoiler:2a1191884b], but that seems excessive.

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  • CymoroCymoro Registered User regular
    edited August 2006
    Ouendan Tournament.

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  • LegacyLegacy Stuck Somewhere In Cyberspace The Grid(Seattle)Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2006
    Mukaikubo wrote:
    Legacy wrote:
    I have a DVD of I Love Bees, if anyone wanted to throw that on.

    It is quite awesome, but is a listening thing, not a watching thing. Dunno if that'd work.

    Isn't it like 15 hours long?

    Don't get me wrong, I would attend a marathon vigil sounding of the ILB soundtrack in black shirt with fist held high, POSSIBLY pouring out a forty for [spoiler:384724af7e]J J[/spoiler:384724af7e], but that seems excessive.

    It's like...5 hours long.

    Maybe like...2.5 hours each night? :D

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  • DogDog Registered User, Administrator, Vanilla Staff admin
    edited August 2006
    I remember at Sakura-Con, we couldn't play any and everything we wanted, because of licensing issues. But what we did get permission to play, we ripped and converted. which i assume is okay because we had permission from the copyright owners.

    So someone would have to talk to Nintendo and Sega, as well as probly whoever published the show, or made the dvds, or whatever...

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  • Farout FoolioFarout Foolio Registered User regular
    edited August 2006
    Excellent suggestion Waz!
    I would totally bring my snes, genesis, nes or hell, even my old master system to play some Zaxxon or Double dragon!
    I haven't gotten a reply from Tycho yet, (I'm not fussy, we have a year or so) but yes, getting permission is going to be our biggest hurdle. I'll get on that and see what I come up with. Since Nintendo now owns Sega, would that mean they own the rights to all the Sonic, Mario, Link AND Captain N shows?

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  • MisteriosoMisterioso Registered User regular
    edited August 2006
    I would highly suggest getting Axe or Tag body spray to be a sponsor. I mean seriously...I think I lost a lot of brain cells huffing farts and BO all day long in the tabletop room. That just can't be good for you.

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  • DocDoc Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2006
    Misterioso wrote:
    I would highly suggest getting Axe or Tag body spray to be a sponsor. I mean seriously...I think I lost a lot of brain cells huffing farts and BO all day long in the tabletop room. That just can't be good for you.

    I believe that they were thinking about that at one point. However, having spray products in that environment would not be a good idea.

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  • RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited August 2006
    Doc wrote:
    Misterioso wrote:
    I would highly suggest getting Axe or Tag body spray to be a sponsor. I mean seriously...I think I lost a lot of brain cells huffing farts and BO all day long in the tabletop room. That just can't be good for you.

    I believe that they were thinking about that at one point. However, having spray products in that environment would not be a good idea.

    I'd rather smell twenty thousand rotten asses all day than a convention center filled with that horrible shit.

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  • MisteriosoMisterioso Registered User regular
    edited August 2006
    I believe that they were thinking about that at one point. However, having spray products in that environment would not be a good idea.

    You do have a valid point.....

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  • LegacyLegacy Stuck Somewhere In Cyberspace The Grid(Seattle)Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2006
    Misterioso wrote:
    I believe that they were thinking about that at one point. However, having spray products in that environment would not be a good idea.

    You do have a valid point.....

    That's why you get them to sponsor and have them give the small bottles of the solids. :P

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  • Bionic MonkeyBionic Monkey Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2006
    Farout Foolio wrote:
    Since Nintendo now owns Sega, would that mean they own the rights to all the Sonic, Mario, Link AND Captain N shows?

    Uh....?

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  • TGC BitterSweetTGC BitterSweet Registered User new member
    edited September 2006
    what i would love to see next year is for the Console Tournaments, have Call Of Duty 2, BattleField 2: Modern Combat, and to keep Halo 2.

    That's all i suggest, otherwise it was an awesome experience.

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