Chuck D. Head Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 (edited) OMSI, the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry has an exhibit going on the history of video games: <<Click Here>> any locals want to plan an AtariAge meetup to check it out? Museum admission is $12 or $9 for youth and they usually have more to look at than you can shake a stick at, unless you go there a lot. Edited July 22, 2011 by Chuck D. Head Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desiv Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 I'll see if I can talk the wife into it.. Thanx for the heads up!! desiv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 (edited) Wow, and they can't even spell Pac-Man right. Edited July 23, 2011 by high voltage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desfeek Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 I've been. It's pretty decent, however LOTS of hardware (which is almost all playable, a plus) was broken. I would say 40% of what I tried was faulty in some way. A shame, because they have some really awesome displays. Most notable are: Lots of Parappa the Rapper merch, US, UK, Japan all represented Freeplay Arcade - DK, Missile Command, Galaga, the usual suspects, Vectorbeam's SPACE WAR Playable Famicom 3D Glasses, Neo Geo AES, Jaguar, Japanese Turbografx-16 and Dreamcast games 10 Player Saturn Bomberman - this was awesome to have 9 other people to play with for once Computer Space, the one player and two player models on display (no touching!). The two player model was turned on Original Miyamoto 'Jumpman' sketches +tons more I had fun, well worth a day and $12. Anyone from the Portland/Metro area should check this out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowCoder Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Commenting on the comment that things are broken .... On top of the age of the displays, exhibits of his type are moved around quite a bit. They are jostled while in the exhibits, and in the vehicles during transport, lets not talk about what the visitors subject them to. All in all, a pretty rough life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desfeek Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 I'm not questioning that at all. Lots of screaming children with no regard for history, value, or preservation - no good for our classic machines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Cough, I mentioned this about a few weeks ago. Nobody really cared: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desiv Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Cough, I mentioned this about a few weeks ago. Nobody really cared: In my best Luke Skywalker voice: "I care"... Seriously, sorry I missed that... desiv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drixxel Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 It was my first time in Portland about a month ago and I visited the OMSI, this would have been a sweet exhibit had only the timing been more fortunate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck D. Head Posted July 27, 2011 Author Share Posted July 27, 2011 Cough, I mentioned this about a few weeks ago. Nobody really cared: I was off the grid then I guess. I cared enough to post it and you were the first one I thought of when posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toymailman Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Rick Weis and I each live in Vancouver (just north of Portland) and went there on Saturday. I thought it was really cool. I did not see any Intellivision, ColecoVision, Odyssey2, or any more obscure pre-crash systems, but there were several 2600 displays that were playable. There were also arcades, pinballs, and consoles through the most recent generation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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