These are organized by the order I visited them. Right at the entrance to the gaming area was a station teaching how to repair controllers.

Next was a vendor selling tiny arcade cabinets. They are taller than the My Arcade series you're probably familiar with. The controllers felt smaller though.

Tiny Dragon's Lair looked impressive but was difficult to play.

I did not even attempt tiny Space Ace.

Next to the tiny cabinets was Faceball for the Game Boy.

Faceball supports 16 players which they demonstrated by connecting 16 GameCubes with Game Boy Players. I admire the effort that goes into something like this.

There have been displays like this every year (or most). I think this one was new.

This one I definitely don't recall seeing before.

I think that Atari 5200 case would made a great airplane carry-on.

A working Arcadia 2001 is a staple of the show and always fun to try.

The Sea Dragon game was alright, it's a shooter which isn't obvious from the title screen.

The color palette on this version of Choplifter is wild.

Mario Bros on the Atari 7800. This is a good version of the game.

Extremely necessary post-it note I'm afraid.

I think the Sega CD system is always running Silpheed. It's a visually impressive game that anyone can pickup right away so I get it.

I attempted to play Wizard of Oz pinball but the ball got hopelessly stuck.

I have another photo of this Donkey Kong somewhere else on this site. Not this exact doll, another one that I spotted in a non-gaming venue. Happy hunting.

When these cups were made I didn't live in a town with a 7-11. Let's say 50/50 shot I'd own several today if I did.

This sort of tasted like Apple Jacks if I recall correctly.

I don't think I've seen an Inferno cabinet at a previous show. This is a difficult game. The control scheme is ambitious and maybe I can't handle it.

There are always a few pinball games you couldn't make today there.

My photo does not do this game justice at all. The top mechanical part is so cool looking in real life.

Judge Dredd pinball, it's on the difficult side.

I guess I went to the vendor area next. Here's the going rate for boxed Intellivision games.

Someone selling bedazzeled Funko Pops. Why not.

These probably aren't licensed stickers, just a hunch.

I don't know if there were more card vendors this year than last, but there were a lot.

Mario Kart toy with Sub Zero figure and a hat for scale.

I have a lot of Pac Man glasses but not this one.. wait, 85? What's the deal with this one? 1985 is a little too late for new Pac Man merchandise. Hmm, I suppose 1985 is also ~15 years too early for new Pac Man merchandise.

This is the first time I recall a vendor selling (only) anime and game soundtracks.

Here are some I would normally buy, except they were $120 for double CDs and $60 for the single one.

Some more boxed games since people like pictures of those.

Eeeep on this price.

Import games were plentiful again this year.

Giant Mario doll with no other comments.

A couple rare boxed NES games.

Some Final Fantasy pins, black mage was already sold old.

Crazy times.

I bought one of these despite already owning too many glasses.

In case you're curious, a lot of these weird angle photos are due to glare. If I knew what I was doing I'd figure something else out.

See what I mean about glare?

I didn't realize Game Sharks, a staple of Toys 'R Us going out of business sales, were a hot commodity.

Import N64 game prices seemed a little higher than usual. These are all common games.

I think you can buy both of these at Target right now. Maybe I shouldn't let people on to this but the little glass case in the gaming section of every Target is filled with "rare" Amiibos. Maybe scalpers haven't figured that out yet?

These are 3D printed license plate frames. Very tempting but I don't know if they would survive one Chicago winter.

OK then.

SnoCross for $600, whatever.

This was gone quickly, glad I got a picture first. It was tempting but I don't have a place for it and I'm sure they will make more.

These are extremely common boxed games, I have both and wasn't even looking for them. The prices were kind of nuts.

Very impressive Final Fantasy VI bead art.

Great game selection at this table.

Vendor with a good assortment of boxed toys.

I just liked the cartridge stands.

There were two vendors with a rack of old TVs like this. I didn't get a photo of the other one.

Homebrew game Over Obj for NES.

My favorite thing this year was a smaller room that recreated a World of Nintendo location. I only got one picture because it was too crowded.

Nice little Street Fighter II setup here. 6 button controllers, fun looking screen, it's perfect.

Is this the first time Katamari Damacy was setup to play? I think it was.

You will pretty much always find Pitfall! hooked-up somewhere at the show.

This is another returning item. The Virtual Boy is OK to try in small doses.

I never get all the hate on the Ouya. They delivered exactly what they promised and it's still a good way to play Android games.

Revenge of DoH cabinet, this is a little too difficult for me.

The ICONtroller is the exact same price it was in 1987. OK, technically one cent more. Just saving myself an email.

Yeah, me neither.

As is the case, there were several new pinball games there. It was generally a good wait to play one.

On the flip-side, older pinball games were almost untouched. It was a good year for trying some of these.

I don't know what I was thinking when I snapped this.

Game Gear games are kind of uncommon in the vendor area. They're not expense, you just don't see that many. Maybe there aren't a lot of potential buyers.

This was really tempting. The price is crazy but I'll never see one in this condition again.

These looked really nice.

This was actually half-off the sticker price which is worth it. I ranked this as the best home port of Mortal Kombat.

On the way out I caught a glimpse of an escape room. I don't know if you were supposed to be able to look inside. Well I did and here's what it looked like.