MINNESOTA MEGA-GATHERING: 11/23/02

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Location:

Party Room

Criterionradiohead's Apartment Building

St. Paul, MN

 

The Main Set-Up

Neo Geo(s), X-Box(s), Sega Genesis, SNES, 2 Sony Wegas (one 36-inch), plenty of chairs and couches = good times

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[L to R]  GregN., CriterionRadioHead, Bobak!, and Verbatum demonstrate:

"What the Neo sees when it looks at you"

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"The Breakfast (Lunch and Dinner) of Champions"*

*Gamer food is not endorsed by the Surgeon General

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Spike, CriterionRadioHead, and Verbatum back from a drink run

The Drinks of Choice

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Michelle (Criterionradiohead's g/f) plays Giga Wing 2 on the alternative rig:

Game Cube, Dreamcast, Playstation 2

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Kicking back early on...

[L to R] Verbatum, katraqueyos (from SRK.com), GregN., Shadowland, Spike, and Shadowland's friend Bob

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Shadowland demonstrates his latest acquisition

Steel Battalion (X-Box)

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Hail to the Host: CriterionRadioHead points the way

With Michelle, THEMAN (behind arm), and an obscured naitram

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CriterionRadioHead and Michelle play while THEMAN looks on

(they're playing Super Puzzle Fighter on DC)

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Someone in this group is playing Steel Battalions, try and guess which one:

(Hint: It's Nick Goracke)

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katraqueyos and Spike duke it out on KOF '98

SRK.com v. NG.com

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Verbatum and GregN. take on Bare Knuckles 2 (Streets of Rage 2 in the US)

on Verbatum's  fully modded Mega Drive (Genesis in US)

Verbatum also brought Bare Knuckles 3, which included an intro not in the US version, as well as a very, very disturbing sub-boss who was axed:

see him HERE and HERE

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Hitting the classics:

Final Fight

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 Spike watches Verbatum play Musha (Genesis)

naitram had just arrived (he's standing in back)

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Teaching Steel Battalion

Professor Shadowland and Nick Goracke

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 Shadowland and GregN. get ready for Alien v. Predator

Nick Goracke looks on

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 Shadowland: "What is Bobak doing?"

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Magical Drop 3 (or how I learned to stop worrying and love puzzle games other than Tetris)...

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...We had a Mini-Tournament.  Bobak! took on all comers...

(here seen taking on Michelle)

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...People tried to defeat Bobak!...

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...but he went on a 35-1 run...

Here we see the agony of defeat.

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Bobak! and GregN. play it out

Magical Drop 3

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Michelle and  GregN. square off

Magical Drop 3

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THEMAN, taking a break from life's stresses:

Give him props, he's nearly done with Law School!

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Shadowland and Verbatum play the X-Box

True enthusiasts keep fluent in all gaming arts

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[L to R] Michelle, GregN., Nick Goracke, Shadowland, Verbatum, CriterionRadioHead on Side A

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[L to R]  naitram, THEMAN, Spike, and katraqueyos on Side B

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