OscarGungan Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 I'm asking this for a friend essentially. If there was an ideal video game museum and archive venue, what would it feature? What would it need to be a unique venue for gaming history and archival purposes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhd Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 I would first ask if there is even a need for yet another such facility? I understand that several such museums and archives currently exist (albeit all located in the United States; I would love to see a specialized Canadian institution*). How can you persuade donors to give money, artifacts, and/or records to a new facility rather than one that is well established? Is it feasible to acquire (and maintain) a sufficiently large collection of hardware and other artifacts to attract an audience? How much historically valuable material still remains outside of institutions or private collections? *Both the University of Waterloo and the University of Calgary maintain teaching collections of video games and related material, and there used to be a privately operated museum located in Ontario. In terms of specific resources for this proposed institution, I would love to see the archival records of Bioware (from back when it was still an independent studio) preserved. A print library of gaming magazines (not just digital scans) would be a worthy inclusion. I would also like to be able to play an original Space Duel arcade machine again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 I'm asking this for a friend essentially. If there was an ideal video game museum and archive venue, what would it feature? What would it need to be a unique venue for gaming history and archival purposes? I would first ask if there is even a need for yet another such facility? Yeah location would help. ACAM already exists for people to donate machines and other "artifacts." Tell your friend to amass a large collection of popular and RARE arcade games and pinball machines and sell beer. People are going nuts for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OscarGungan Posted October 12, 2018 Author Share Posted October 12, 2018 If it was to happen it would be in California. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebulon Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 Probably stuff with control interfaces that you can't get on home systems or emulators. Games like Paperboy, Star Wars (vector), Super Hang-On, Subroc 3D, Battlezone, 4-player Eliminator, Spy Hunter, Discs of TRON, etc.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 Instant access to thousands of genres and billions of games. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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