Hands-on history of videogames coming to London's Science Museum
POSTED 06 Jul 2016 . BY Tom Anstey
Power UP offers a hand-on look at the 40-year history of videogames Credit: Science Museum
London’s Science Museum is to debut a new exhibition dedicated to 40 years of videogaming history.
Opening 22 July and running until 7 August, Power UP will take a look at 160 different gaming platforms, stretching back to the Magnavox Odyssey and ZX Spectrum, all the way up to the likes of the Playstation 4 and Xbox One.
The hands-on event will include games throughout the decades loaded up and ready to play, including titles such as Pong, Pacman, games from the Lego franchise and Halo, with the room split up into zones such as Atari, SEGA, Playstation and Nintendo.
Additionally, there will be a number of programmable computers from the 1980s, with education games installed for visitors to tryout, demonstrating how far the videogame industry has come over the past four decades.
“With classic games both old and new on offer, there's something to suit beginners and experts, competitive parents, multiplayers, retro fans and everybody else in between,” said a statement. “If you're a gamer girl or boy, get ready to give your thumbs the workout of a lifetime and enjoy a museum experience like no other.”
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Hands-on history of videogames coming to London's Science Museum
POSTED 06 Jul 2016 . BY Tom Anstey
Power UP offers a hand-on look at the 40-year history of videogames Credit: Science Museum
London’s Science Museum is to debut a new exhibition dedicated to 40 years of videogaming history.
Opening 22 July and running until 7 August, Power UP will take a look at 160 different gaming platforms, stretching back to the Magnavox Odyssey and ZX Spectrum, all the way up to the likes of the Playstation 4 and Xbox One.
The hands-on event will include games throughout the decades loaded up and ready to play, including titles such as Pong, Pacman, games from the Lego franchise and Halo, with the room split up into zones such as Atari, SEGA, Playstation and Nintendo.
Additionally, there will be a number of programmable computers from the 1980s, with education games installed for visitors to tryout, demonstrating how far the videogame industry has come over the past four decades.
“With classic games both old and new on offer, there's something to suit beginners and experts, competitive parents, multiplayers, retro fans and everybody else in between,” said a statement. “If you're a gamer girl or boy, get ready to give your thumbs the workout of a lifetime and enjoy a museum experience like no other.”
Dragon Quest museum coming to Tokyo POSTED 19 Feb 2016. BY Tom Anstey A museum dedicated to videogame series Dragon Quest is coming to Tokyo, Japan,
commemorating the 30th anniversary of the game’s release.
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park division at Ubisoft, on the videogame
developer’s futuristic theme park
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saw a huge increase in visitor numbers during 2023 – the coronation year of King Charles III.
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England is funding 56 creative projects that honour the heritage of working-class England.
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