ON THE SHELVES

In 2017, Coleco held the first Coleco Retro Gaming & Collectibles Expo featuring exhibitors with retro & modern games, toys, comics, merchandise, and collectibles. The event featured cosplayers with a cash prize competition and a free arcade play room with dozens of vintage stand up arcade games. A variety of panelists were featured including Tyler Bushnell- developer of Polycade and son of Atari founder, Joe Delbeato- legendary comic artist (Marvel, GIJOE, Coleco), Tim Clarke- co-creater of Sectaurs and designer of Muppets and Boglins, Tim Lapetino of “Art of Atari”, Jeffrey Wittenhagen of “NES Games You (Probably) Haven’t Played”, Patrick Hickey of “The Minds Behind the Games”, Antoine Clerc- Renaud of “Coleco – The Complete History” and Leonard Herman of Phoenix: The Fall & Rise of Videogames.