Generation Games Exhibition Is A Retro Blast
Having watched Steven Spielberg's excellent version of Ernest Cline's Ready Player One and now having the movie available for home viewing, I can't help but feel in a bit of a retro gaming mood. Actually, that's a lie as I'm always in a mood for retro gaming. I just wanted an excuse to post this here and make it kind of relevant.
This exhibition which is a partnership between Torfaen Museum (Pontypool) and the National Waterfront Museum (Swansea) is laid out so you can follow the history of the game consoles. From Pong to Atari and more stranger consoles such as the awful ActionMax which connected to your video player. No matter what you did, the video on screen would play regardless with only a red light flashing as interaction to you hitting something or not. How video games have changed.
Some of the consoles were hands-on and allowed you to play one of the games from a previous generation. Klax on the failed Amstrad GX4000 game console, Pac-man on the Atari or come bang up to date and experience flying as a bird on a PS4 VR headset. What a surreal but relaxing experience.
As a collector myself the best bit for me was each item on display had the original box on top of the display unit for you to look at. A nice touch. I created a video which you can watch below and just listen to all those retro sounds in the background. The loud beep you can hear is from the tennis game on the Binatone TV Master. Also listen out for the familiar "Seeegggaaa" jingle playing on a Mega Drive (Sega Genesis.)
The exhibition is on until 28th October and costs just £4 to experience kilobytes of retro goodness.
by Rob Wainfur
Rob is a geek who loves all things retro. Feel free to send him photos of your retro collection and he will post them on our social media pages. You can also contact him at @welshslider on Twitter.
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