Articles by Pat Milligan

RetroGameCon 5 Cosplay Contest Info! Cosplay will be a main attraction at RGC, and our contest is loaded with over $1000 in prizes! The Cosplay Contest will feature both Adults (SATURDAY 11/18) and Kids (SUNDAY 11/19, 16 and under). The Adults contest has two sub-categories: [Read More]

RetroGameCon 5 SPECIAL GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT! Well, we already sort of announced it, but if you missed the news, we’re glad to let you know that Pat Contri, aka Pat the NES Punk, host of the Completely Unnecessary Podcast, producer of The Video Game Years, and author/creator of [Read More]

RetroGameCon 5 Keynote Presentation Announcement! Join us on day 1 (Saturday, November 18th) at 2:00PM in Panel Room A downstairs as RGC 5 special guests David Crane & Garry Kitchen present a retrospective of their experiences as programmers and entrepreneurs in the early video game industry! [Read More]

In case you didn’t hear yet… We’re pleased to announce that Classic Trilogy Tattoos will be coming to RGC 5! Classic Trilogy, operated by Syracuse’s own Thom Bulman, is a premiere local tattoo shop specializing in creating geeky video game, comic book, and pop culture art through the [Read More]

VIP After Party Announcement! This year’s VIP & Staff after party will take place at The Mission Restaurant at 304 East Onondaga Street, Syracuse. This post-show event is for staff, special guests, and VIP ticket holders AGES 21+ only and takes place on Saturday, November [Read More]

RetroGameCon 5 has a great line-up of special guests, musicians, and cosplayers for 2017! Join us on Saturday, November 18th and Sunday, November 19th and meet two legends of the gaming industry, David Crane & Garry Kitchen! Also joining us is actor Nadia Verrucci, the voice of Juno from [Read More]

RetroGameCon 5 SPECIAL GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT! David Crane is a legendary game designer and programmer who created several mega-hits for the Atari 2600, including Pitfall!, the second best-selling game on the Atari behind Pac-Man! Pitfall sold over 4 million copies in the 1980s and was a breakthrough [Read More]

RetroGameCon 5 vendor/exhibitor spaces are sold out! We have an incredibly diverse and awesome bunch of folks signed up for this year’s marketplace and can’t wait to show you all of our great vendors, exhibitors, and artists on November 18th & 19th!   VENDORS: you [Read More]

Attention, potential RetroGameCon Vendors! Artist spots are sold out for this year, although you can still apply to be placed on our waiting list. We are still seeking a few indie board game / video game companies and used video game vendors to round out this year’s amazing marketplace. [Read More]