What you missed at EGE Cape Town Day 1 [Gallery]

It’s Cape Town’s first real gaming and electronics expo, and people are pretty damn excited. Social media has been buzzing with those too busy to make their way to rAge every year, and those who haven’t really had a taste of gaming on a grand scale before.

The Electronic Gaming Expo, or EGE, took place this weekend, and Gearburn was there to capture the first day in all its nervous splendour.

Some of the more intriguing stands was the Frontosa SA booth dominating the front of the CTICC’s Hall 4, the Make Games SA booth, which was showing off locally made titles like Desktop Dungeons, Cadence and BroForce, just to name a few.

The Oculus Rift DK1 also got a run out, and proved to be the most popular booth on Friday, while the Intel and Rectron Hackathon allowed attendees to try their hand at Intel’s Edison and Galileo developer kits.

And of course, if you’re a board games aficianado, the centre of the Expo was completely dedicated to board games, from The Big Bang Theory-themed Cluedo, to greats like Machi Koro.

But words can only do so much. Have a look at the extensive gallery below.

EGE 2015 Day 1: what you missed
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PlayStation had a large area of expo dedicated to its large array of titles.

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There was also a PS Vita booth, complete with plushy ottomans.

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The rest and relax area. A nice touch.

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If you love board games, you wouldn't be disappointed.

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The Oculus Rift DK1 had a run out, and proved to be one of the more popular attractions.

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The MSI gaming dragon.

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DriveClub fan? You'd love these PlayStation driving cocoons, although they were only running Gran Turismo. Hmph.

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Learn how to play one of Cape Town's famous international games -- Desktop Dungeons.

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Cadence was also at hand, another game developed by locals.

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A group of attendees enjoying a go at BroForce.

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Who said you need more than one controller for multiplayer?

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BroForce and the rig it was buzzing along on. At the Make Games SA stand.

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The Oculus Rift DK1 is a fairly large piece of kit.

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WD and Frontosa had a few of these guys lying around.

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Intel and Rectron partnered to bring its Hackathon to the Expo. Learn how to use an Edison or Galileo board here.

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There she is -- the tiny Intel Edison.

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If you love figurines, EGE is definitely the place to be.

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AntMan... trapped in a box.

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Seriously though, this Oculus line was long!

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Interesting mash up?

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Arcade lovers were taken care of too.

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Friends of Design had a booth too, if you fancy yourself a future graphic or game designer.

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MSI's booth was filled with gorgeous hardware.

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That's one pretty awesome keyboard.

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Another MSI glory shot.

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The MSI GT80 Titan took centre stage too, fresh from its CES 2015 debut.

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It's the world's first laptop with a full mechanical keyboard, and boasts two Nvidia 980Ms in SLI.

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Desktop Dungeons drew quite a few spectators and players.

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A few cosplayers made an appearance before Saturday's big competition.

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WD made sure to give a few shirts out.

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Remember this gem?

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Some of D-Link's crazy networking hardware was on display at Frontosa's booth.

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One of the Corsair machines running The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, packed with 16GB of RAM and a GTX 970.

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