Panda: battle circuit is zany fun, but since we are planning to have so many ppl (early estimates are about 10-12 ppl + me and wife) I'd say beat em ups might hog too much play time.
Just give me a list of what to bring. I have every game you have mentioned so far in this thread. lol. Tell me which CPS3 games you want to play also and I will preload the games on the pcbs before the event. Just want to make sure, do we have enough CPS2 kick harnesses for the event as we stand now or do we need to acquire some more?
I have almost every CPS2 game and of course every CPS3. Some CPS1 such as Punisher and SNSM. I'm sure I could bring a few HSF2:AE or ST pcbs. And I could maybe bring my Lindbergh and give you guys a demonstration of our multi kit.
Jojo's bizarre is silly and should go over well. Third strike is always a safe bet. If had to pick one of those, I'd say just third strike. I would like to get a few rounds of pocket fighter in too if you don't mind bringing it, and anything else you feel like.
for cps2 I have 2 A-boards and 2 kick harnesses on hand.
edit: just want to reiterate, I apologize that this is mostly fighter centric, because of the the amount of ppl needed for the tournament, I figure it'd just be easier to keep it mostly fighting games for everyone to play. there will be 2 available pvms, which I can always put a 360 or pc engine on if anyone wants some shmups. and if we do this again with a smaller group, I think a wider variety of games would be just fine.