History of video games/Game conventions

__NOTOC__ Foundational developments A Cincinnati, Ohio duo debuts the first known modern cosplay in 1908.Was Mr. Skygack the First Alien Character in Comics? https://io9.gizmodo.com/was-mr-skygack-the-first-alien-character-in-comics-453576089 io9 10 December 2020 en-usCosplay Is Over 100 Years Old https://cosplay.kotaku.com/cosplay-is-over-100-years-old-1777013405 Cosplay 10 December 2020 en-us 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.Greenfield Rebecca A Brief History of CES Booth Babes https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/01/ces-booth-babes-history/319817/ The Atlantic 10 December 2020 en 7 January 2013June Laura Incredible photos from the CES vault: 1967 to 2014 https://www.theverge.com/2013/1/4/3828848/ces-photo-history The Verge 10 December 2020 4 January 2013 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.History of the Organization https://www.siggraph.org/about/history/ ACM SIGGRAPH 10 December 2020 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.Proceedings of the 5th ACM SIGGRAPH Symposium on Video Games - Sandbox '10 https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/1836135 ACM Press 10 December 2020 en 10.1145/1836135 2010 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.Brief History of Comiket ComiPress https://www.comipress.com/article/2008/08/03/3636.html www.comipress.com 10 December 2020Comic Market 1975 Information https://animecons.com/events/info/3047/comic-market-1975 AnimeCons.com 10 December 2020 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.Wang Nathan Touhou Project: The Power of Niche Media https://medium.com/@nxwang/touhou-project-the-power-of-niche-media-25d698602889 Medium 10 December 2020 en 1 February 2019 CES 1979 showcased a number of Atari computers.Revisiting the defining moments of CES history https://www.engadget.com/2018-01-05-new-tech-at-ces-history.html Engadget 10 December 2020 en The Emerson Arcadia 2001 is debuted at CES 1982,Arcadia 2001 https://thedoteaters.com/?bitstory=console/arcadia-2001 The Dot Eaters 10 December 2020 and the Nintendo Entertainment System sees its North American Debut at CES 1985. First video game focused conventions 25 developers meet at a house in 1988 for the first Game Developer Conference (GDC).About GDC https://gdconf.com/about-gdc Game Developers Conference 10 December 2020 26 July 2018 The first Nintendo Spaceworld convention is held in 1989.Paper Mario's Roots As A Super Mario RPG Sequel https://www.thegamer.com/paper-mario-super-mario-rpg-sequel/ TheGamer 10 December 2020 31 July 2020 1990's The first Assembly demoparty is held in 1992.Reimer Jeremy A history of the Amiga, part 8: The demo scene https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/04/a-history-of-the-amiga-part-9-the-demo-scene/2/ Ars Technica 10 December 2020 en-us 29 April 2013 Supergames was a major industry event in Paris - 1993.Le Salon international de la " High Tech " de loisirs La console de jeux vidéo cède le pas à la machine multimédia https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1993/11/30/le-salon-international-de-la-high-tech-de-loisirs-la-console-de-jeux-video-cede-le-pas-a-la-machine-multimedia_3967984_1819218.html 22 September 2021 Le Monde.fr 30 November 1993 fr The first Electronics Entertainment Expo (E3) is held in 1995.Campbell Colin The story of the first E3 https://www.polygon.com/features/2019/6/7/18653968/e3-history-1995-sega-saturn-nintendo-64-playstation-launch 10 December 2020 Polygon 7 June 2019 en The first Tokyo Game Show is held at Big Sight in Tokyo Japan in August of 1996.Tokyo Game Show 1996 https://segaretro.org/Tokyo_Game_Show_1996 Sega Retro 10 December 2020 en 2 November 2020TOKYO GAME SHOW2005 Release https://expo.nikkeibp.co.jp/tgs/2005a/english/release0804.html expo.nikkeibp.co.jp 10 December 2020 2000's The first MAGFest (then known as the Mid-Atlantic Gaming Festival) is held in September 2002.https://super.magfest.org/what-is-magfest What is MAGFest? - Super Magfest magfest.org May 9, 2023 MAGFest started in 2002, originally under the name "Mid-Atlantic Gaming Festival." The first Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) is held in 2004.History https://www.paxsite.com/history www.paxsite.com 10 December 2020 2010's 2020's References Gaming convention 25%