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Nolan falls asleep playing Retrogen

Nolan can has Retrogen with headphones.

Nolan loves Sonic candy sunday

Nolan went to a burfday party at the dinosaur park. He got to experience a turtle pond and geese and Wild Cherry Pepsi!

Nolan plays Super Mario Bros. and Duck Hunt:

Granny’s birthday was earlier this week, but Daddy has no vacation days left, so Nolan Paid her a visit instead.

First a birthday hug…

Then a birthday make out session…

Then after Daddy got out of work Granny had her birthday feast at Silverado.  There comes a point in time in someone’s 85 years that you stop wanting possessions as a birthday gift.  Instead you start to appreciate experiences more.  What better birthday feast experience than the Silverado Steakhouse?  Sure… Granny could have eaten at some cut rate place like the Olive Garden and forced to pick from a lunch, or ’senior’s/kids’ menu which is fine if you want to take someone out to eat on Flag Day.

Granny enjoyed Salmon, with vegetables, grilled mushrooms and onions, asparagus with hollandaise, salad, bread, and more.  It was like a party in her mouth and everyone was invited.  No screaming children, or primadonna’s, just good food and family.

Nolan experiences Fantasia on SEGA Genesis.

Nolan wants to go to Disneyland after finding his Mouse Glasses, but he can’t because Daddy has no vacation days

Today was the Classic Gaming Expo 2010, held here in Las Vegas, NV at the Tropicana Hotel and Casino.

Instead of doing something lame like a Renaissance Faire, or Photoshopping something stupid, Daddy went to the Expo.  Let’s learn the facts:

The Expo opened at 9:00, and there were vendors and a museum. Below is a prototype PlayStation controller.  Daddy explained to me that once upon a time SONY and Nintendo had a really cool deal to release a CD peripheral for the Super Nintendo.  The story from here forward is unclear, but it is believed that Nintendo backed out of the deal, and SONY (before SCEI was formed) decided not to waste their development investment in the CD peripheral and modified it and upgraded it to what is now known as The PlayStation.  At the time Nintendo owned the Patent on the D-PAD, this one is slightly modified – probably to avoid a lawsuit, but doesnt’ resemble the D-PAD on the final revision of the SCPH-1010 (PS1 Controller).

These are PlayStation debug kits for developers to test their games ‘in the real world’.  At work, Daddy no longer supports the original PlayStation, and defers callers to the PlayStation.Com website for assistance.  There is really no reason to support this product any more and people who have issues can easily find replacements cheap on eBay and in thrift stores.  Too bad Daddy can’t find a developers PS1 in a thrift store.

This ’semi-pornographic’ art comes from the bezel artwork on the Scramble arcade game.  I don’t know what ‘pornographic’ means, and when I asked Daddy he rolled his eyes and said ‘nevermind.’   That word must mean ‘take out the trash’ or ’stop snoring’.

There were several arcade games at the Expo, but no PacMan, or original Donkey Kong.  Technically with Daddy’s 60-in-1 he has more arcade games than the expo.

A Donkey Kong Junior. Right on!  Daddy says that this game in particular has some of the best bezel art

What’s the fun of going to a Classic Gaming Expo without bring home treasures? Daddy picked up (from left to right, top to bottom)  Mega Man, Space Invader, BurgerTime, I Love SEGA (which Daddy used to work for), Popeye (which is Daddy’s favorite cartoon and continues to work on the worlds record), and Mario.

Daddy took time to buy me some treasures as well since he won’t let me play with badges that have sharp pins… Roadblasters for NES, Willow for NES, Fatal Fury for Genesis (which Daddy continues to hold the unrecognized World Record for on the SNK Collection for Wii and PS2), and Quartet and Rastan for SEGA Master System.  Daddy still holds the unrecognized record for Rastan (Taito Legends Vol. 1 for PS2).

And ‘The official Nintendo Player’s Guide’ which Daddy owned once upon a time.

All in all Daddy had fun.  It was a memorable event where people introduced themselves, and they introduced others.  Kinda like how a family event should be.

Nolan gets ready to watch his favvorite movie… Iron Giant. Or as he calls it ‘robot’.