Hundreds of classic home video game fans from around the Northwest and beyond will converge on Portland this September 20 for the Fourth Annual Portland Retro Gaming Expo (PRGE). The Expo will feature a large area of free-play video game consoles, a classic video game “museum”, common areas for socializing and competitive gaming, organized tournaments and plenty of classic video games for sale from our many vendors. Additionally, the expo will include contests, door prizes and a performance from Seattle chiptune artist, Leeni.

Several developers in attendance will be releasing new homebrew and authorized-reproduction games at the Expo including Chunkout 2600 for the Atari VCS. Homebrews are newly released games for play on classic video game consoles.The classic video gaming hobby is most closely associated with home consoles like the Atari 2600/5200/7800, Nintendo NES and SNES systems, Sega Master System/Genesis and other game systems released in the 1980s and early 1990s. Expo attendees can expect to see and play these and even rarer systems at the Expo.

Doors open at 9:00 AM for presale ticket holders and 10:00 AM for admissions purchased the day of the show at the Crowne Plaza Hotel near downtown in Portland’s Lloyd District. Admission is $10 for adults and children over 10 or $30 for a family pass good for up to five people. Children 10 and under admitted free with paid adult admission. Presale tickets are available at RetroGamingExpo.com or Video Game Wizards game store at 9712 SE Foster Road in Portland.
There will be a PRGE pre-show party at Ground Kontrol Classic Arcade on 511 NE Couch St.
starting at 7:00 PM on Saturday, September 19.

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