<div dir="ltr">Right now, I'm digging through some ancient games magazines to find relevant news articles for the Metroid Database (currently looking for old Famitsu's!). Here is one article from Gmae PLayers 034 (November 1993),
page 24 that might be of interest:<br>
<br>"Video Games a Work of Art<br><br>"Hot circuits: A Video Arcade,"
an exhibit that recently completed a ten-city U.S. tour, is now on
display in the American Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, NY
through May 1, 1994. The AMMI is the only museum in the country devoted
exclusively to motion pictures, television, and video.<br>
The hand-on exhibition - the first museum retrospective of the video
game - features everything from the first commercial arcade game,
1971's Computer Space to classics such as Pong, Space Invaders,
Pac-Man, and Donkey Kong. Nearly all the 30 games in the exhibition are
operable. Cutting-edge developments are also highlighted, such as 3DO,
virtual reality devices, the Activator, and interactive game networks.<br>
Most of the machines are part of the AMMI's permanent collection.
Curators who put together the exhibit, however, say that many classic
games are near extinction. "We found ourselves not just mounting an
exhibit, but conducting a conservation effort, saving games from
oblivion," says museum director Rochelle Slovin.<br>
New games will be added throughout the exhibition, and in December,
"The Imagination Network," a cyberspace theme park, will be added. In
addition, visitors get a sneak peak at The Sega Channel this spring."<br>
<br>Anyone know Rochelle? She sounds a tad bit ahead of her time... Too bad nobody was thinking about this in detail 15 years ago!<br><br>Devin<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>The sleep of Reason produces monsters.<br><br>"Until next time..."<br>
Captain Commando<br>
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