The 2nd Annual D-L-P Gathering at Classic Gaming Expo 2001
Las Vegas, Nevada - August 11 & 12, 2001

Classic Gaming Expo 2001 was once again held at the Plaza Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Dragon's Lair creators, Don Bluth, Gary Goldman, John Pomeroy, and Rick Dyer were on-hand for a keynote presentation and the first public showing of the upcoming game, Dragon's Lair 3D. Jeff Kinder, Dave Hallock, Jim Bickmann, and Steve Hertz were invited to the CGE Awards Dinner/Ceremony on Friday night. At this event, Jeff and Dave presented Achievement Awards to the creators of Dragon's Lair on behalf of CGE. On Saturday, the keynote presentation exceeded everyone's expectations. It was the first time in over 18 years that the four men responsible for the creation of Dragon's Lair were all together in the same room. Jeff Kinder and Dave Hallock moderated the keynote presentation while Don, Gary, John, and Rick reminisced about the creation of Dragon's Lair and Space Ace, talked a little about the new Dragon's Lair 3D game, and showed storyboards in the planning of a feature film for Dragon's Lair. Later, the guys stuck around for the rest of the afternoon signing autographs and taking pictures.

Steven Hertz brought quite a few of his laserdisc games from his collection, and Damon Claussen of Blast from the Past Amusements brought a few laserdisc games as well.
Below are a few pictures from CGE 2001.

JEFF KINDER'S PICTURES

Steve's games are unloaded	A pile of laserdisc players	The games are set in place	Blast from the Past's games
Blast from the Past's games	Dave assembling the Achievement Awards that he and Jeff built	The Achievement Awards given to Don, Gary, John, and Rick	Dave Hallock and Jeff Kinder at the awards ceremony
The men accept their award		Jeff Kinder with the four creators	This one was Don's idea :)
The Keynote Presentation	Don Bluth and John Pomeroy talking to Jeff Kulczycki	Kris Sandrick, Morgan Beckman, BZ, and Anthony Gallagher	Jim Bickmann and chip Sbrogna
Mitch Schleis and Anthony Gallagher	Steve Hertz, Mark Kaz, and Dave Hallock	Matt Ownby on Super Don Quix-ote	Tony M. Victorino and Dave Hallock
Morgan and BZ	Dave Hallock	Damon Claussen and Stephen Beall of Blast from the Past	Leslie Collins playing Bega's Battle

WARREN ONDRAS' PICTURES

The autograph line got pretty long	The awards on display at the autograph session	A closer look at the awards	The guys taking a break
Steve's games in action	Matt on Thayer's Quest with the CNN mic over his shoulder :)	Tony M. Victorino	Rick Dyer speaking at the keynote
Rob DiNapoli setting up shop in Matt's Room	Rob and chip in line at the autograph booth	Leslie Collins, Jeff Kinder, and Bobby Mixon	Mitch with the cool Dragon's Lair II T-Shirt
Matt talking with John Pomeroy at the autograph booth	Matt playing Thayer's Quest with chip and Morgan watching	The D-L-P Community heads out for some lunch
Don draws Dirk for Steve Hertz

BONUS VIDEO: See Don Bluth in action! Watch as he draws the above sketch of Dirk.

ROB DINAPOLI'S PICTURES

Gary Goldman, Don Bluth, and Rick Dyer	Don Bluth	John Pomeroy	Rick Dyer
Leslie Collins talking with Jeff Kinder	Mark Kaz and his daughter	Leslie Collins on his favorite game, Cobra Command	Matt Ownby and Jim Bickmann
Rob DiNapoli and Jeff Kulczycki	Matt Ownby chatting with Leslie Collins	The creators get a pic with Steve Hertz in front of his games.
Back Row (From Left): Brad Oldham, Anthony Gallagher, Dave Hallock, Bobby Mixon, Jeff Kinder, Steve Hertz, Matt Ownby, chip Sbrogna, BZ, Jeff Kulczycki Front Row: Mitch Schleis, Warren Ondras, Jim Bickmann, Rob DiNapoli, Kris Sandrick Camera Shy: Morgan Beckman

DAMON CLAUSSEN'S PICTURES

Damon and Steve's Blast from the Past booth		Some of their games	More games
Damon's autographed Dragon's Lair disc	Damon's autographed Space Ace disc	Damon's autographed Dragon's Lair marquee	Damon's autographed Space Ace marquee
More games including Cobra Command	Game players in action
	Leslie playing his favorite, Cobra Command