Hyperboy Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/225450/Atari_games_from_that_landfill_are_headed_to_museums__and_eBay.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Phruby Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 I'm going to have to bury my E.T. cart in the backyard for a week or two and print me up a certificate of authenticity. I can make a killing on ebay!!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 These museums are so full of shit. They have no idea how to do a proper videogames exhibit. All high and mighty, fuck you!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatPix Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 They did a pretty good job at the "Retro Game Story" at the Grand Palais... but it was temporary and made by a club, not the museum itself. One can still hope the money from those carts will be used for digging more and maybe recover more than unsold stocks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiddlepaddle Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 I'll be interested to see how many people are willing to pay a premium for these games (not me). My guess? maybe a hundred or two... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 Well, yes, it's done by a club. And a band of enthusiasts would have a better idea of how a games display should be set up as opposed to some old gasser in stuffy smithsonian academic setting. I'm just appalled at what I read the other day. I still say the best "museums" will be extensive collections. Emulated or Real. Preferably a combination of the two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatPix Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 And what did you read about? Here where I live, temporary exhibitions and "popular" museum are growing; unlike more academic museums, they are meant to be entertaining, with more visual things, targeted to everyday's life items you'll never see in the Louvre or at the Hermitage. So, a permanent museum of video gaming, with working machines you can play (even if it's through emulation - I believe that's what they did at the Game Story for some systems - wiring the old controllers to a PC and output the display on a cathodic TV) it can exist. And the Smithsonian can go their own way too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seob Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 Here in the Netherlands there is a dedicated games museum run by 2 collectors. And from what i here it's pretty big. Have to go there someday to see for myself. Http://www.spelcomputermuseum.nl 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 These museums are so full of shit. They have no idea how to do a proper videogames exhibit. All high and mighty, fuck you!!! Don't hold back, Keatah. Tell us how you really feel about those museums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 I'll be interested to see how many people are willing to pay a premium for these games (not me). My guess? maybe a hundred or two... I'm gonna try to be in on the action buying one of these carts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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