H. A. A. G. 2019 expo

H. A. A. G. 2019 expo
Promo flier
Definition	Gaming expo
Location	Houston, Texas, U. S. A.
Started	2002
Dates	November 15-16, 2019
Vectrex role	Several Vectrexes were present at the show.

Background

The Houston Area Arcade Group, or H. A. A. G., is an annual gaming expo based in Houston, Texas, U. S. A. and was founded by Keith Christensen. Its first show was on May 25th, 2002 at the local Fitzgerald’s music club. 52 arcade and pinball games were slated to appear, all set on free play (after an attendant paid an admission fee), along with a Tron and a pinball contest were also held. People could also buy, sell and/or trade games, along with tips at a gaming clinic were held.

The show has since grown to having up to (or over) 400 standalone arcade and pinball games, along with guest speakers brought in for lectures, more contests/door prizes were included, an extra day was added to the shows, miscellaneous entertainment machines have since been brought in (such as slot machines, music videos, concerts and movie screenings were ran, many vendors have also been added along the years and kickoff parties have been held elsewhere before an expo.

Starting with the November, 2008 show, home gaming consoles were added to the lineup. The Vectrex has been present at several expos since, including the 2019 show.

2019 expo

This expo was held on November 15 - 16 at the Marriott Westchase hotel in Houston.

more to be added

Vectrex appearance

The local to Houston Guru Guys brought in several Vectrexes. Included with the setup was a VecMulti loaded with games, copies of Vector Pilot and Vector Patrol and one of the Vectrexes was adorned with a Vectrexians Vectrex Wrap.

Gallery (Vectrex and vector arcade cousins)

Two Vectrexes along with a 3D0 console (right)

Two Vectrexes with a Sega Saturn console (left)

(Slightly different angle, but with a Sega Genesis/32X/CD Player [at left])

A Vectrex with Vector Patrol, Vector Pilot and a VecMulti

Vector arcade cousin Asteroids Deluxe

Vector arcade cousin Star Trek with Pac-Man

Vector arcade cousin Star Wars (at left) with Quantum (right)

(coin-operated video games)

Two beat 'em ups

Several coin-ops

(pinball)

Several pinballs

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Two conjoined Heads Up machines

Homebrew Polynesia pinball game

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Two Data East Star Wars and The Munsters

(computers and consoles)

From left to right, a PS2, Atari 800XL and Commodore 64 computer

Three eMAC G4 computers awaiting players for a deathmatch

(miscellaneous gaming)

Two bartop MAME units

Bowl Master game

Mechanical Ice Cold Beer (left) with Ms. Pac-Man

A Megatouch console (left) with an Intellivision and Sega Genesis

Two Pandora Box devices running thousands of arcade ROMs

A PlayStation 2 (left) with an Atari 800XL and Commodore 64 computer

Sign announcing the pinball tournament

(miscellaneous/related)

Video game author Brett Weiss at his booth

Video game programmer Eugene Jarvis speaking

The Game Czar’s booth

Band Consortium of Genius performing

Loaded Popcorn performing

Most members of Radio Cult preparing for their show

Several Star Wars Stormtroopers from the local 501st Legion

A to scale reproduction of a Colonial Viper from the original Battlestar Galactica tv series

Front shot of the Viper

A H. A. A. G. lanyard/weekend pass (left) with promotional "light saber"

Trivia

• Mention Vectrex games/clones
• Thousands of games due to multis, MAMES, Pandoras Boxes, etc.

Links

Official site