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Contact Person:  Dan Iacovelli
Organization:  Video Game Summit
Telephone Number:  (708) 688-4561
Email Address:  dan@videogamesummit.net
Web site Address:   http://videogamesummit.net

Video Game Summit Celebrates Atari in style

Chicago, Illinois –07/15/17 – The Video Game Summit staff is proud to
announce that we will be celebrating all things Atari this with our 
2 main Atari events,  Atari Jaguar Fest On Tour and our Harmony 
Games high score contest, and return of AtariMania.
 

Brief history on AtariMania for those who don't know: back in 2013
Daniel Iacovelli, AVC Online Chairperson and Video Game Summit 
Promoter and Paul Zimmerman, Video Game Summit Staffer decided
 to hold a stand alone event at Galloping Ghost Arcade
 not only help promote VGS but to celebrate Atari.


AtariMania itself was continuing at the arcade til 2015,
when it was decided to go on hiatus due to arcade being 
remolded, while it was loosely represented at VGS afterwords.

Paul's decision to bring back  AtariMania as part of the 
show this year is  to help celebrate the 40th anniversary 
Atari 2600 which debuted on September 11th,1977 with Combat 
as its pack in game.

He will be featuring the Atari Flashback portable that will be 
set with the majority of the 2600 games from the past to play as 
well as the Atari Flashback 2 that will have Combat tournament for 
people to play which promises to have some great prizes and a award 
certificate for first place winner. 
Besides that he will also have other Atari memorabilia and few
 surprises plus Trading cards from the Walter Day collection. 
You can see AtariMnaia at booth #20


While at the show don't forget to check out the Game Area
where other aspects of AtariMania will be represented: 

Stop by Atari Jaguar Festival (Atari Jagfest AKA Atari Jaguar Fest On Tour) 
table and celebrate the 20th anniversary of the first show which was held on 
July 19th,1997 held in Rosemont,IL,where you  can see and play some popular 
and possibly rare games for the Jaguar.(we will also have special raffle 
like before just for Jagfest with a Jagfest Tour Shirt and 
Jagfest 10th anniversary poster as prizes.)
 

Our Annual Harmony Games High Score contest that focuses on the homebrew scene 
of the 2600 returns for another year being played on the 7800 using Edladdin
 controller's Seagull Adapter's  that uses the Sega Genesis controller's. 
The game used this year is Donkey Kong V.(this will also be played online as 
well at Atariage forum and our own forum at http://avconline.freeforums.net  
(both under the Harmony Games topic) First place and second place winners 
get award certificates at the show only. We will also have selected 7800 games 
to play during down time of the tournament(as well a huge selection of homebrew 
games for the 2600). For those who want play 2600 games on actual system we will 
also have a 2600 system with a wide selection of games to play as well.

  


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