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History of video games, Game conventions

Foundational developments

A Cincinnati, Ohio duo debuts the first known modern cosplay in 1908.[1][2] Near the end of the century, cosplay would become a staple at a number of events, including gaming conventions.

The first Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in 1967 employs women as "CES Guides", with this position later being recognized as the origin of the controversial "Booth Babe" of later conventions.[3][4]

The first ACM SIGGRAPH (Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics) convention is held in Boulder, Colorado in 1974 to focus on computer graphics technology.[5] Though computer graphics work would have an indirect effect on the gaming market, SIGGRAPH would later take more direct involvement in the gaming industry with dedicated symposiums on video games.[6]

On December 21st, 1975 the first Comic Market (Comiket) is held at the Fire Defense Building in Tokyo, Japan to celebrate manga and to a lesser extent anime / Japanimation.[7][8] While not a gaming convention per say, a number of important series saw their first releases at future Comikets, such as Comiket 52 in 1997 which saw the first Touhou game releases sold at a booth manned by Zun.[9]

CES 1979 showcased a number of Atari computers.[10] The Emerson Arcadia 2001 is debuted at CES 1982,[11] and the Nintendo Entertainment System sees its North American Debut at CES 1985.[10]

(Image: August Olson, Public domain)

A Mister Skygak cosplay from 1912.

1982 Consumer Electronics Show - Atari CES Chicago (4507220751)

(Image: Alan Light, CC BY 2.0)

Atari at CES 1982. A line of CRT displays show Atari games to onlookers.

First video game focused conventions

25 developers meet at a house in 1988 for the first Game Developer Conference (GDC).[12]

The first Nintendo Spaceworld convention is held in 1989.[13]

1990's

The first Assembly demoparty is held in 1992.[14]

Supergames was a major industry event in Paris - 1993.[15]

The first Electronics Entertainment Expo (E3) is held in 1995.[16]

The first Tokyo Game Show is held at Big Sight in Tokyo Japan in August of 1996.[17][18]

2000's

The first MAGFest (then known as the Mid-Atlantic Gaming Festival) is held in September 2002.[19]

The first Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) is held in 2004.[20]

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(Image: Kobak, CC BY-SA 3.0)

Comiket 62 in August of 2002.

Outside of Game Developers Conference 2004

(Image: David Corcoran from Dublin, Ireland, CC BY 2.0)

GDC 2004.

(Image: ZeroOne, CC BY-SA 2.0)

Assembly 2004 demoscene convention in Finland.

(Image: Rex Sorgatz (fimoculous), CC BY 2.0)

Cosplay at PAX 2006.

Pro costumes

(Image: Jlahorn, CC BY 3.0)

Cosplay at BlizzCon 2009.

2010's

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(Image: Kevin Chang, CC BY-SA 3.0)

The StarCraft 2 stage at BlizzCon 2014.

Fortnite cosplay at E3 2018

(Image: Sergey Galyonkin from Raleigh, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0)

Cosplay at E3 2018. Cosplay was a popular activity at gaming conventions from the 2000's onwards.

2020's

Chipspace (MAGFest 2020)

(Image: DevonneTourre, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Chipspace chiptune area at MAGFest 2020

Crazy Taxi TMG 2023

(Image: St. Jimmy Jammy, CC BY-SA 4.0)

People in a Crazy Taxi car at TooManyGames 2023

MAGFest 2023 Arcade

(Image: St. Jimmy Jammy, CC BY-SA 4.0)

The arcade at MAGFest 2023

References

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