Provide list of Video Game Industry Trade Shows and Events for 2003
with web addresses.  PLEASE DO NOT include shows/events that involve
PC/Mac gaming only.

Hello!

Here are the shows I have found for 2003 that involve video games and
have announced dates.

Since you did not specify coin-op versus home games, or US shows
versus international, I have included
as many as I can find.  

IMA 2003 
http://www.ima-messe.de/
Jan 14-17, 2003, Nurnberg Germany
German coin-operated trade industry show.

ATEI 2003
http://www.atei.co.uk/
Jan 21-23, 2003, Earl's Court Exhibition Center, London England
"The World's Biggest Showcase for the Electronic Amusement and
Coin-Operated Trade Industries"

AOU 2003
http://www.aou.or.jp/
Feb 21-22, 2003, Chiba, Japan
Japanese coin-operated industry show.

GDC 2003 (Game Developer's Conference)
http://www.gdconf.com/
March 4-8, 2003, San Jose California
Large conference for videogame developers and producers.  Expo hall
includes platforms, services, and tools for videogame development.

CeBit 2003
http://www.cebit.de/
March 12-19, 2003, Hannover Germany
Large German Information Technology show, Sony and Microsoft have
exhibited at this show in years past.

ENADA Spring 2003
http://www.enadaprimavera.it/
March 20-23, 2003, Rimini Italy
Italian coin-operated amusement trade show.

Theme Parks and Fun Centers Show 2003
http://www.iecdubai.com/themeparksdubai/
April 20-22, 2003, Dubai International Convention Centre, UAE
Covers coin-operated amusement and theme parks for the Middle East and
Arab nations.

E3 Expo 2003 (Electronic Entertainment Expo)
http://www.e3expo.com/
May 13-15, 2003, LA Convention Center, Los Angeles California
Foremost American show for home videogames, consoles, and PC/Mac
titles.

World of Entertainment Show
http://www.svetzabavy.cz/
May 13-15th, 2003, Industrial Palace, Prague, Czechslovakia
Coin-operated amusement show for the Czech Republic

ASI 2003 (Amusement Showcase International)
http://www.asi-show.com/
March 25-27, 2003, Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas NV
This show covers the coin-operated game industry, no console or PC
games.  Major spring show for the American coin-operated game
business.

Nightclub and Bar Show 2003
http://www.nightclub.com/
March 25-27, 2003, Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas NV
This show runs concurrent with ASI, some video game companies show in
both halls because in years past the N&BC attendees have not been
allowed reciprocal passage into ASI.  This may change in 2003.

Milia 2003
http://www.milia.com
March 26-28 2003, Cannes France
European "interactive enterainment" industry, covers home games and PC
titles, as well as other media such as DVD, satellite television, and
mobile apps.

AAE 2003 
http://www.aae-expo.com/
July 16-18, 2003, Singapore Convention & Exhibition Center, Singapore
"Co-Sponsored by AAMA and the International Association of Amusement
Parks and Attractions, (IAAPA), AAE rates as the number one amusement
showcase in Southeast Asia."

EXIME 2003
http://www.eximeshow.com/
August 6-7, 2003, World Trade Centre, Mexico City, Mexico
Coin-operated amusement show for Mexico and Central America

ECTS 2003
http://www.ects.com/
August 29-31, Earl's Court Exhibition Center, London England
Major european trade show for home videogames and consoles

GDC Europe 2003
http://www.gdc-europe.com/
August 29-31, Earl's Court Exhibition Center, London England
Game developer's conference, runs concurrent with ECTS 2003

Classic Gaming Expo 2003
http://www.cgexpo.com/
August 2003, date TBA, Las Vegas Nevada
Gathering for fans and collectors of old videogame consoles and games.
 "Retrogaming" at it's finest!

California Extreme 2003
http://www.caextreme.org/
September 2003, Location and date TBA
"California Extreme is the 'Classic Arcade Games Show'. In a nutshell,
it's an annual celebration of coin operated pinball machines, video
games and other novelties you once found in game arcades."

AMOA 2003 (Amusement and Music Operators Association)
http://www.amoashow.com/
September 17-19, 2003, Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas NV
This show covers ths coin-operated game industry, no console or PC
games.  Major fall show for the American coin-operated game industry.

Tokyo Game Show 2003 
http://tgs.cesa.or.jp/english/
September 20-22, 2003, Tokyo Japan
Major japanese trade show for home videogame consoles and games
(This date may be incorrect, I found the date on Sony's website at
http://www.sceh.com.tw/event/entry.html?event_id=150
but the 2003 dates are the same, which makes me think the date is not
correct)

JAMMA 2003 (Japan Amusement Machine Manufacturers Association)
http://www.jamma.or.jp/
2003 date to be announced, 2002 show ran from September 19th to 21st.
HUGE show for Japanese video game market.  Some home console software
shown here as well

FER-Interazar 2003
http://www.ferinterazar.com/
October 1-3, 2003, Juan Carlos (I) Exhibition Centre, Madrid Spain
Spanish amusement industry show

ENADA Fall 2003
http://www.sapar.it/indice.htm
Oct 9-11, 2003, Rome Italy
Italian amusement show, may cover home games and consoles as well

Preview 2003
http://www.preview-uk.com/
October 9-10th, 2003, Novotel London West, London England
UK Coin-operated game business

Forbes 2003
http://www.forbes.cz/gabby/index.htm
October 2003 (date TBA), Prague, Czech Republic
Eastern European game business, coin-operated amusements

IAAPA 2003 (Int'l Assoc of Amusement Parks and Attractions)
http://www.iaapa.org/
2003 date to be announced, 2002 show takes place November 18th-23rd
This show covers the amusement park business, but some video game
manufacturers have been showing up to this one.

EELEX 2003 (Eastern European Leisure Exposition)
http://www.eelex.net
2003 date to be announced, 2002 show takes place in December
Expocentre Moscow, Moscow Russia



To find these dates, I started with some of the industry links that I
know of and use regularly (such as playmeter.com and laigames.com),
then followed links and hints from there:

Sources:
http://www.playmeter.com/1002calendar.htm
http://www.ampress.co.jp/showdate.htm
http://www.pinballnews.btinternet.co.uk/diary/
http://www.taiwanslot.com.tw/eng/gti/gti-showdata.htm
http://www.laigames.com/indnews/events/i_2003.html
http://www.atronic.com/News/Show_Info/Calendar_2003
Google Search "game trade show"
Google Search "european game show"
http://216.239.53.100/search?q=cache:U1xLA7EeyYUC:www.planetgamecube.com/event.cfm+nintendo+space+world+2003&hl=en&ie=UTF-8


I hope this list is a good start for you, thanks for using Google
Answers!

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Request for Answer Clarification by priest-ga on 08 Nov 2002 05:43 PST

Thanks for the list.  I was specifically looking for shows that deal
with Xbox, PS2 and Game Cube and GBA.  The coin op info was not
needed, but a good assumption :)

Peace

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Clarification of Answer by koz-ga on 08 Nov 2002 06:28 PST

Okay, I kind of had a feeling you were asking about home games and
consoles only, but I just wanted to cover my bases.  The following
shows are the primary ones that deal with Xbox, GameCube, PS1/2, and
GB/GBC/GBA:

AOU, GDC, CeBit, E3, ECTS, GDC Europe, and the Tokyo Game Show.

You may also want to know that Nintendo, Namco, and Sega are working
together on a hardware system called TriForce.  It's essentially
GameCube hardware that is being modified slightly to work in a coin-op
environment.  The idea is to open the arcade market to GC developers,
so in a sense the coin-op trade shows might still be of interest to
you.

Some Triforce information, if you're curious:

http://www.gamespotasia.com/printfriendly/?AT=2000028122-30071064
http://cube.ign.com/articles/324/324779p1.html

Microsoft is also pushing, although somewhat weakly, to get the
coin-op market to accept Xbox as a platform.  It was also rumored a
while back that Sega and Microsoft were collaborating on Xbox-based
arcade hardware:

http://xbox.ign.com/articles/099/099035p1.html

Thanks for the opportunity to clarify my answer.

fantastic turnaround time!!!  comprehensive answer.

I put the wrong date for ECTS (http://www.ects.com), it takes place
August 28th-30th in 2003.