New for 2010, want to play games against each other in ways you never expected? You won’t want to miss this room! Have you ever wanted to take on nine other people in a frantic-paced game of Bomberman?  Or take on two Xbox consoles against one another hooked up via an ethernet cable?  Or maybe just check out a four player NES title?  Then you won’t want to miss this incredible addition to the Classic Gaming and Computing area in 2010 — the Versus Room! Electronic games have always been better when there are more people playing them.  Many pinball machines even sported the slogan that ‘It is more fun to compete!’  But sometimes, it seems that most home game consoles until recently weren’t made to support more than two people at a time.  It wasn’t until the N64 was released in 1996 that the United States had a console that supported four players at once out of the box. What this means is that many gamers missed some of the most impressive multiplayer games, since often the adapters to run these games were expensive or rare or both.  Even the Atari 2600 sported four player simultanious games, and you’ll get a chance to check some of these awesome titles out in the Versus Room in 2010! But that isn’t all — after the N64, console manufacturers really took gaming in a different direction.  Many consoles including the Playstation and Xbox allowed gamers to hook them up using system links of various types to play games versus one another literally using two consoles side by side.  Between the cost of purchasing a second system, system link cable, and two copies of the game you wanted to play, these games were pretty rare to play in this format too…  but you’ll also get a chance to check out some of these awesome titles in the Versus Room for 2010! The Versus Room is just one more addition to the amazing line up of interactive displays for the 2010 Midwest Gaming Classic!  The Midwest Gaming Classic puts a premium on ensuring the gamer actually gets to game while he or she is at the show, and the addition of this hugely competitive room will only further that ability.  You won’t want to miss the Versus Room or anything else at the 2010 Midwest Gaming Classic!

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Take on your friends in the Versus Room

You have until March 10th to pre-order your tickets to get all the goodies that go with that! If you’re planning on coming to the Midwest Gaming Classic and you haven’t yet pre-ordered tickets, you only have about 10 more days before pre-order tickets will cease to be on sale!  You can still purchase tickets at the door of course, but to guarantee yourself a goodie bag and receive a $5.00 discount off the cost of a two-day ticket, you’ll want to pre-order now! Pre-sale ticket sales have been the strongest ever for a Midwest Gaming Classic, selling so many tickets that many of the 1000 goodie bags being made for the show will already be spoken for before any tickets go on sale Saturday morning.  Also, we are even closer to running out of the limited free year-long memberships with the ECA for people who pre-order! To pre-order your tickets for the Midwest Gaming Classic before time runs out, visit the official Ticket Pre-Sale page at the Midwest Gaming Classic site here:http://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/tickets/ Registration for Friday Night Clock Chaos will continue beyond the close of the pre-order tickets.  If you wish to register for this incredible pinball tournament held the night before the show, or to find out more information, visit the Clock Chaos page here: Last Days to Pre-Order Tickets

Dennis Nordman, John Trudeau, Mark Bakula and Don Caldwell are ready to speak about the silver ball! The Midwest Gaming Classic is always a great place to hear speakers talk about classic topics.  Whether it is talking about how electronic gaming started or what it is like today, speakers at the Midwest Gaming Classic are always a highlight of the weekend.

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Pinball Speakers Announced

The Midwest Pinball Championship, one of the largest pinball tournaments in the world, will be returning to the Midwest Gaming Classic in 2010 to crown it’s fifth champion! The Midwest Pinball Championship, one of the largest pinball tournaments in the world, will be returning to the Midwest Gaming Classic in 2010 to crown it’s fifth champion! This year, the show will crown it’s fifth champion and the competition will be intense, as players from around the world compete to take the crown of best player in the Midwest! For 2010, the tournament introduces a C division to play allowing those who have never participated in a pinball tournament before to have a single chance to play a game and walk away with a trophy…  while also potentially winning themselves tournament bucks to compete in the full Midwest Pinball Championship tournament! Also new for 2010, the Midwest Pinball Championship will pay out more places than ever before!  In 2009, the tournament awarded a total of eight prizes.  For 2010, that has been expanded to 17 prizes between A and B division with a combined $2000+ dollars in prize money up for grabs! Along with the regular MPC tournament, the popular Women’s and Children’s divisions will make their return in 2010, giving the chance for women to compete against other women to find out who is best, and children to get a taste of what it is like to play in the full tournament! With lots more surprise announcements planned for these tournaments, the Midwest Pinball Championship will continue to a marquee, can’t-miss pinball tournament for players from around the world!  If you think that your skills will be the best, you won’t want to miss this incredible tournament at the Midwest Gaming Classic! The Midwest Gaming Classic, the trade show where gamers rule, is an annual event that has been held since 2001.

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2010 Midwest Pinball Championship Announced

Think you are good at this modern classic?  The Midwest Gaming Classic is teaming up with 102.9 the Hog to bring you a brand new tournament! Do you think that you are good at New Super Mario Bros. Wii?  Then you won’t want to miss this amazing tournament at the show!  The Midwest Gaming Classic is teaming up with 102.9 the Hog to create this new spectacular tournament, where gamers will have to see exactly how good they are with their skills in New Super Mario Bros

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New Super Mario Bros. Wii Tournament Announced