About this exhibition
In the early 1970's a new form of home entertainment appeared. For the first time, people could not only watch their televisions, they could interact with them! The home video games console was born.
Pong to Playstation (working title) is a hands-on exhibition charting the history of the computer games console. From the earliest black and white TV-tennis games, through the appearance of the first cartridge based consoles and the rise of the games industry giants, this exhibition offers a nostalgic tour of an industry from its infancy to the multi billion dollar business it is today.
Pong to Playstation (working title) also explores the games, game characters, developers and players that have been so influential in the past 35 years.
With over one hundred artefacts on show there is plenty of opportunity to reminisce, all the gaming greats are there including Atari, Nintendo, Sega, Sony and Microsoft. Games include Space Invaders, Pacman, Super Mario, Zelda and Tomb Raider.
For the real specialist there is an original first edition Odyssey by Magnavox, complete with all its accessories. Launched in 1972, the Odyssey was the world's first home video game system and the example on display is the oldest example on show.
Content
The content of the exhibition will be displayed in Perspex units to keep damage to a minimum.
Examples of the content include:
Magnavox Odyssey, Atari Pong, Binatone TV6, Termbray TV Games, Atari 2600, Nintendo Famicom, Mattel Intellivision, Colecovision, Philips Videopac G7000, Vectrex, Nintendo NES, NES Powerglove, Sega Master System 1, NES U-Force controller, Nintendo ROB robot, Nes LaserScope, Atari 7800, Sega Master System II, Nintendo SNES, Amstrad GX4000, Sega Megadrive, Atari Jaguar, Neo Geo, Sega Mega CD, Phillips CD-I, Commodore 64GS, Sega Saturn, Neo Geo, Sony Playstation, Nintendo N64, Sega Dreamcast, Panasonic 3DO, Microsoft Xbox, Nintendo Gamecube, Sony Playstation II, Nintendo Wii
Target Audience
Children of all ages, even big kids
Family
Specialists
Exhibition size
150 - 200 square metres. This will be a flexible fit exhibition and the size may be increased or decreased, if necessary.
Possible Venues and Tour Potential
We envisage the tour lasting two years and visiting six venues in the UK, each venue hosting the exhibition for three months the tour could be extended after this dependent on the state of the exhibitry and equipment.
Proposed Timeline
Venue 1 January 2009 to April 2009
Venue 2 April 2009 to July 2009
Venue 3 July 2009 to October 2009
Venue 4 October 2009 to January 2010
Venue 5 January 2010 to April 2010
Venue 6 April 2010 to July 2010
Other dates available too - please call us to discuss.
Hire fees
Available on demand
Contact details
Sara Glenn
e. Sara@expositionis.com
t. 07764 683301
Catherine Roberts
e. Catherine@expositionis.com
t. 07747 606196