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2023 Long Island Retro Gaming expo recap: touring the expo September 1, 2023

Posted by Mike C. in Aviation, Computer, Education, History, Personal, Photography, Technology, Travel, TV, Video, Video Games, Weather.
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If you haven’t viewed the first recap post yet, click here. Skip ahead to the third recap here.

Now that you’ve seen the panels, why not tour the rest of this year’s Long Island Retro Gaming Expo at the Cradle of Aviation Museum?

Before we do that, while editing on the Monday after (August 14), I noticed a familiar face in the bottom right of this Saturday (August 12) photo in the vendor marketplace:

What?! Clint Basinger (LGR) was there?! According to his Twitter activity, yes.

I was kicking myself for not knowing he’d be there, but John Riggs and LI Retro staff member Ryan Shapiro told me on Facebook that Clint was there as a paid attendee, not a guest. In their words:

He visited the show but did not host a panel. I was very excited to see him there.

Ryan Shapiro

I didn’t know he was gonna be there, either. There were quite a few YouTube people that weren’t on the list but showed up to hang out. Tells you how awesome the show is.

John Riggs

Hear hear, John. While I missed Clint in the moment, I did notice Justin Silverman walking along a separate row of vendors. I’d have said hello if we crossed paths.

Here is the latest LGR video:

The walking photo tour begins in earnest with a “good retro morning” greeting:

Most photos were taken on Saturday, but a small amount are from Sunday (August 13). (You’ll know by the filename.)

Vendor Marketplace:

I thought of Japanese Ammo with Misa as I passed this vendor’s Pokémon figurines.
Consoles and PCs were available from vendors

EON Gaming:

The rest of the first floor:

This TV cycled through WS4000 simulator flavors to show weather conditions in several video game locations.
The music was from actual Weather Channel local forecast recordings on the tribute site TWC Classics…
…but Dan Chandler’s recreated narration was enabled.
Speaking of Pokémon, here’s the Pokélab.
The next four photos were actual museum exhibits, unrelated to LI Retro.
After taking this, I sat down in the right window seat. It was as close as I’ve been to air travel since March 2019.
Back to LI Retro exhibits.

Second floor:

The second floor had its own Game Boy Selfie Station.
Once again, I present the not-rare Black Tiger.

The third floor was Tetris-themed:

I’ve been a fan of Tetris ever since playing the Game Boy version as a kid. I have that and 21 other variations of Tetris in my collection. This includes Tetris & Dr. Mario and Puyo Puyo Tetris. I also have the three ports of Tetris 2. The sequel gets a bad rap, but I enjoy it.

Anyway, that’s the end of the photo tour. Click here for my third recap post with a conclusion and pickups photos.

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