July 12, 2025
2025 Video Game Summit Extreme Admission
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July 12, 2025
Only for Extreme Ticket Holders
2025 Video Game Summit
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July 12, 2025
AVC Games High Score Contest:Arcade Challenge: Spiders Arcade
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July 12, 2025
AVC Games the online version now includes 7800 games
This year we continuing the tradition of using Champ Games ports for VGS 2025, this year the Arcade Challenge game is Spiders Arcade (port of Spiders)
The Rules: set at 1 player and ends at after 8 rounds, best score wins a Award Certificate and a code for download a copy of the full game from Champ Games.
Tournament hours is from 10am to 4pm at the Game Area winners must be present at 4pm we will announce the winners.
Future of Physical Game Collecting Panel
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July 12, 2025
Come and see Jeff Wittenhagen, video game author talk about future of collecting physical video games
PAUL ZIMMERMAN’S ATARIMANIA: KABOOM! 44 Year Anniversary
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July 12, 2025
Set a high score on Kaboom! by Activision for the Atari 2600. Grand prize is Casey’s Gold for Atari 2600, donated by the game designer Dan Kitchen!
The tournament is FREE to enter with your paid Video Game Summit admission and gamers of all skill and experience levels are encouraged to participate.
You can play as many times as you want with your highest score standing. Player must alternate turns with other players.
If you want to compete, notify Paul Zimmerman at his booth – first row from the entrance next to Audacity booth. Grand prize will be given at 5pm. The winner must be in attendance to receive the prize.
Thanks and good luck!!
Paul “world champion, video game trading card #1” Zimmerman
Why Gamestop isnt as bad Panel
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July 12, 2025
Come and see podcaster Mr.Wrightway – Podcaster / Retro Game Enthusiast Talk about why GameStop isn’t as bad as you THINK
How to Sell 35,000 Arcade Video Games and Pinball Machines Panel
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July 12, 2025
Come and see Todd Tuckey Talk about History of TNT Amusements, starting in 1979, and 46 years later, our company of men and women continue to sell and ship machines both locally and anywhere in the world.
We also were the first to offer a flat rate PRIVATE rental of an arcade full of machines to play on free play. Learn the history and how we did it…and then maybe YOU will want to try it too!
Gottlieb Video Game History Panel
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July 12, 2025
Come and see, Warren Davis and Jeff Lee,Q*Bert Designer’s Talk about the History of Gottlieb Video Games
From Pitfall to Caseys Gold Designing new retro games for Atari 2600 Panel
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July 12, 2025
Come and see Activision/Audacity Programmers (Dan and Garry Kitchen and David Crane) Talk about designing new retro games for Atari 2600
A peek behind the curtain at Bally/Midway Panel
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July 12, 2025
Come See Paul Niemeyer, Mortal Kombat Artist and Doug Waston,Pinball artist at Gottlieb and Midway, Talk about stories and amusing anecdotes of the incredibly talented, and colorful, denizens of the legendary Bally/Midway Art Drpartment during the golden age of video gaming 1982-1984.