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MEGA exhibiting on holy ground
An ancient church has been the exhibition space for the “LOOK & FEEL” exhibition. In addition to our T42 setups MEGA was displaying the complete collection of GAME&WATCH plus a series of rare ULTIMAs, ranging from “ULTIMA I – The First Age Of Darkness” from to 1981 “ULTIMA IX – Ascension” from 1999. A truly appropriate location for those legendary games.
All roads lead to Rome
The opening of VIGAMUS – Video Game Museum of Rome was a great success! Around 1800 visitors arrived within the 1st two days. Several hundreds of them played T42 – Tennis for Two and T42kinect. MEGA is proud to have a permanent exhibition and to have found great new friends in Rome! More details about the grand opening of VIGAMUS here.
MEGA and VIGAMUS sign cooperation contract
A cooperation of MEGA – Museum of Electronic Games & Art – and ViGaMus – Video Game Museum of Rome, has been started. This cooperation is an important step towards social acceptance of videogames. Insuring the accessiblity and research of electronic games and art this partnership is a great milestone of european preservation efforts. From October 20th MEGA is displaying over 150 pieces of classic gaming gear at ViGaMus’ main exhibition.
Tennis For Two with New Media @ gamescom 2012
Numerous interested vistors experienced Tennis For Two with New Media at gamescom 2012 in Cologne and were impressed by fun gameplay as well as the fascination for the history of electronic game development.