OCTOBER 9–11, 2026

PORTLAND RETRO
GAMING EXPO

Arkade's first expo, with the arcade controller we built for it and free play on every machine. Three days, in the order they happened.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9

Albert behind a black table set with arcade controllers and iPads, under a banner that reads Arkade by idessa, scan to play.
Our booth on the first day: Arkade on its own controller, and free play on every machine.
The silver Arkade controller with a white ball-top joystick, on a display table next to a wood-grain Atari 2600A and a boxed Atari joystick.
Our controller beside an Atari 2600A.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10

Albert, wearing an Apple Vision Pro, at a table where Nolan Bushnell sits with the Arkade controller in front of him, a crowd looking on.
Showing Nolan Bushnell, who co-founded Atari, Arkade on Apple Vision Pro.
Albert in an Apple Vision Pro, hands up mid-game, beside Nolan Bushnell at his table.
Arkade in the headset.
Nolan Bushnell and Albert side by side at a table, smiling, the Arkade controller in front of them and the Vision Pro in Albert's hand.
With Nolan Bushnell.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11

The Arkade controller: a ribbed silver top with a yellow ball-top joystick and a white button, on a black base with a copper stripe.
The controller we built for the expo.
The copper plate of an Arkade controller, signed in black marker four times.
Signed by Nolan Bushnell (Atari), David Crane (Pitfall!), Garry Kitchen (Keystone Kapers) and Jay Smith (Vectrex).
Jay Smith, in a Vectrex cap, holding the Arkade controller beside Albert at his signing table, behind a card that reads Jay Smith.
With Jay Smith, who created the Vectrex.