[game_preservation] Marvin's

[Andrew Armstrong]

I'll check it out, thanks :) I need to investigate other museums and 
galleries in San Francisco before I go.

Andrew

O'Donnell, Dean M wrote:

> For those going to GDC, the Musee Mecanique at Pier 45 on Fisherman's Wharf is well worth the trip out of the convention center.

>

> http://www.museemechanique.org/

>

> Dean

> ________________________________________

> From: game_preservation-bounces at igda.org [game_preservation-bounces at igda.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Armstrong [andrew at aarmstrong.org]

> Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 4:31 AM

> To: melanie.swalwell at flinders.edu.au; IGDA Game Preservation SIG

> Subject: Re: [game_preservation] Marvin's

>

> Not been there no, I will eventually get around to contacting him about

> his museum - along with the other museums we know about, since he hosts

> everything from these mechanical items up to present day stuff, pretty

> amazing.

>

> Andrew

>

> Melanie Swalwell wrote:

>   

>> This is an amazing website. A great find: it has heaps of info on

>> electro mechanical arcade games --

>> http://marvin3m.com/arcade/index.htm -- including got posters, photos,

>> manufacturers' info, etc. Most helpful for my current project: an

>> exhibition of documentary photos taken in arcades (or other spaces

>> with arcade machines) in the 1970s and 80s in New Zealand. Many are at

>> the crossover of electro-mechanical to video. I will let the list know

>> when it's online (due to launch next month).

>>

>> Has anyone been to Marvin's and played the games?

>>

>> You just gotta love collectors!

>>

>> Melanie

>>

>>

>> Andrew Armstrong wrote:

>>     

>>> Interesting stuff, an early (or the first?) light gun game:

>>>

>>> http://marvin3m.com/arcade/rayolit.htm

>>>

>>> I should post this in the blog perhaps, but I think it's not a

>>> videogame as such, although it is a game!

>>>

>>> Andrew

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