2019 GalaxyCon July 25th-28th
Raleigh Supercon now called GalaxyCon is returning to the Raleigh Convention Center for its 3rd year (July25th-28th 2019), after a very successful launch in 2017 where they entertained 30,000 attendees with top celebrities and over 300 hours of programming. 2018 attendance was 42,000. The NES Page will be covering this event again this year. We are so excited to bringRead More …
Nintendo Gameplay Counselor Basketball Team
Nintendo Game Play Counselors had an internal basketball team! An NES insider @archon1981 shared his story with us. Stephan Reese, aka @archon1981 an avid NES collector, and NES historian has recreated a GPC (Game Play Counselor) desk as it was in 1992 for an exhibit he’s doing at the famous Portland Retro Gaming Expo on October 18th-20th 2019. Stephan obtainedRead More …
2019 NESMaker Byte-Off
[Updated 6/20/2019] – See the video award show of all the finalists and winners of the 2019 Byte-Off competition below. Joe Granato and the team at NESMaker are hosting the first official game design competition called Byte-Off! The competition is open to all skill levels of game design. The designers will have to create their very own NES game usingRead More …
Raleigh Retro Gamers Meetup
Raleigh Retro Gamers is a group of retro gaming enthusiasts, collectors, and gamers. We have organized a Game Night Meetup so we can all get together for a night of retro gaming fun. The Game Night Meetups are for everyone, not just RRG members. We will have 100’s of retro games available for buy/sell/trade. Our events will usually feature aRead More …
Break the Con Down: Playthrough Gaming Convention
Break the Con Down: Playthrough Convention Convention season is upon us! If you’re like me, you go to a few conventions a year and are always on the lookout to add more to the rotation and want to know which ones to avoid. It’s always the worst to travel out of the way, to attend a convention, only to findRead More …
Convention Do’s and Dont’s
With convention season around the corner, I wanted to take a break from my usual style of articles here on The NES Page and share some tips for all these upcoming video game conventions! So, without further ado, here are some Do’s and Dont’s for convention attending! These aren’t hard and fast rules, just some tips from my personal experienceRead More …