California Extreme 2007 is Gearing Up

This article comes from Highwaygames.com

California Extreme, the pinball and classic video games show held at the San Jose Convention Center, is gearing up for our 11th annual show. It will be held on August 11 - 12, 2007 at Parkside Hall. Some of the plans for this year include:

– Lots of games to play! Last year there were more than 400 games all set on free play, everything from the favorites like PacMan, Asteroids, Twilight Zone, and Funhouse to rarer games that you just don't see everyday like Quantum, Journey, Fathom and Pinball Magic. And don't forget the smattering of "other" games like the unmissable Ringer, Cosmo Gang, Panic Park and Prop Cycle. Every year we also have a huge selection of rare, prototype, and one-of-a-kind games on both sides. Last year's rare pins included Big Bang Bar, Kingpin, Spectrum, and Orbitor 1; last year's videos included Freeze, Akka Arrh, Marble Man (Marble Madness 2), 6 linked Rush 2049 Tournament Editions, Inferno, and Primal Rage II.

Win prizes! As always, you could win a full-sized pinball or video game in our raffle. Or, enter our pinball tournament and play with the best in our A Division, or for fun and prizes in B Division in three different eras.

Speakers - as always, we'll have a full schedule of speakers on both the pin and video side, including many of the big names behind the biggest games. Past speakers have included Atari video alumni like Mike Albaugh, Ed Logg, Al Alcorn, Owen Rubin, video game designer Eugene Jarvis and pinball legend Steve Ritchie. The always popular "How to Play Pinball" seminars will definitely be back as well as other popular seminars. New seminars like Pinball Maintenance 101 and the Super Tech Summit will be added. Look for more speaker announcements soon.

New this year – the Arcade Trivia Challenge contest! Come and test your arcade knowledge and win prizes!

We're planning for our big show, and, we want to get your help! Here are some ways you can help us make this a great show:

All information including how to get free admission is at the official website Caextreme.org.