Game On for London
The show filled with decades of gaming history returns to the capital, courtesy of Nintendo.
If you enjoy videogames, and if you're reading this there's a fair chance you do, you'll want to arrange a trip to the Science Museum in London. Starting 21 October, the Game On exhibit is coming back to London, courtesy of Nintendo.
Nintendo's David Yarnton announced backing forthe show earlier this year
The exhibit, which had a run at the Barbican in London last year before it starting touring the globe, returns to the city with its wealth of video game history in toe.
"Game On traces the science behind the dramatic developments in computer game production over the last thirty years and tackles some of the serious issues behind this huge multi billion pound industry," reckons museum program director Gaetan Lee.
Among the classic hardware on show will be the PDP-1, an age-old mainframe computer that ran the very first game, Space War, and also classic arcade games such as Space Invaders, Pac-Man and Asteroids.
The museum has also commissioned original pieces Nottingham native Jon Burgerman, including a visual timeline of the history of games.
Interested? You can check out www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/gameon for more info on the exhibit.
Alex Wollenschlaeger
Editor, Kikizo Games
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