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    GAME ON

    28
    أيار / مايو 2003
    24
    Aug 2003
    - De geschiedenis, cultuur en<br>toekomst van videogames

    GAME ON is de eerste grote tentoonstelling op het vasteland van Europa over games voor spelcomputers.
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  • Dancing Stage, Konami, 1999

    Dance till you drop

    In 1999 Konami released the first "Dancing Stage" in Europe. In Japan, where the game had been introduced a year earlier, it went by the name of "Dance Dance Revolution". Since then, clones have been...

  • stARTup Inspiration

    Bijeenkomst voor creatieve starters

    Creatieve ondernemers blinken uit in het bedenken van creatieve, originele ideeën, maar hebben regelmatig ondernemersvragen. Hoe vind je een geschikte bedrijfslocatie en de financiering om te starten?

  • Puckman, Namco, 1979

    Japanse versie van Pac-Man

    Voor westerse gamers klinkt Puckman als een goedkope rip off uit Azië, zoals Laboste, Addadis of Mike. Puckman is echter de originele Japanse versie van Pac-Man, het spel waar ook nu nog de meeste...

  • Atari Tournament Table, 1978

    One of the first multiplayer arcade games

    The Tournament Table is basically a multigame arcade with several Pong variations. After inserting a coin, the player is prompted to choose one of the several games available. Breakout, Soccer (2...

  • Share Prize 2008 - Jury Statement

    English version below ** SHARE PRIZE 2008: dichiarazione della giuria Bruce Sterling, Presidente della Giuria , scrittore, giornalista, critico di arte e design, Austin. Piero Gilardi, artista

  • Up Scope, Grand Products, 1986

    Shooting torpedoes

    Similar to the Jet Rocket from 1970, this arcade game immediately stands out. No big screen or joystick but a small window and two handles mounted on a periscope. The mission can't be more simple:...

  • The Future Reviewed

    Ars Electronica Review

    The Ars Electronica has been committed to the future for 25 years. According to themselves, in that time it has grown to be the largest and most prominent but paradoxically also the oldest festival...

  • Badlands, Konami, 1984

    Avontuur in het Wilde Westen

    Een game die speelt als een tekenfilm, een avontuur in het Wilde Westen waarbij heel veel verschillende vijanden moeten worden afgeknald. Klinkt als: Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption maar toen tieners...

  • (Un)limited Design

    Premsela Forum

    Open design is een opkomende manier van werken die het gehele designproces beslaat: ontwerpen, maken, productie, distributie en consumptie. In het Premsela Forum: (Un)limited Design staat de vraag...

  • Galaga, Namco, 1981

    Evil comes from above

    The shooter Galaga is a successor of Galaxian. The player's spaceship moves from left to right at the bottom of the screen. Just like in Space Invaders, evil comes from above: the extraterrestrial...
  • 1 Jan 2004

    Steve Jackson

    Game Designer and Writer

    Graduated from Rice University in Houston. While there, he spent most of his time playing wargames and working on the student paper, the Thresher.
  • 1 Jan 2004

    Game Design Presentation

    Always in control, different aspects of game design and research

    Mediamatic organises a presentation by game designers. They will present concepts and prototypes of digital and non-digital games. At the end of the presentation it’ s possible to try a playable demo.

  • HackersNL

    een avond rondom technologie

    Onder de naam HackersNL is er elke laatste donderdag van de maand een informele bijeenkomst voor techneuten, nerds en aanverwanten in hartje Utrecht. Op donderdag 29 september vindt de tweede avond...

  • Time Pilot, Konami, 1982

    Time Pilot is an addicting shoot ‘em up

    What's in a name? In Time Pilot the player shoots his way through several time lines. From biplanes from the 1910s to the next millennium's UFOs: Time Pilot is a highly addicting shoot 'em up (also:...

  • Jet Rocket, Sega, 1970

    Arcade flight simulator and the gem of our collection

    Jet Rocket, released by SEGA in 1970, is a flight simulator that makes use of visual techniques which were also used for military flight simulators. By playing with a real controller stick in a...

  • Breakout, Atari, 1976

    From the founders of Apple

    Pong's success made Atari long for more. Al Alcorn was invited to become project manager, and he subsequently asked Steve Jobs to develop a prototype for a one-player version of Pong. Jobs was...

  • E-culture Fair 2010

    De E-culture Fair is een spannende combinatie van een tentoonstelling, live presentaties, demo's, workshops en een open art lab op 23, 24 en 25 augustus in, op en naast de U-Turm in Dortmund. De 3e...
  • Persbericht Bas van den Broeke

    Arcade

    Drie maanden gamen bij Mediamatic

    7 december 2010, Amsterdam - Arcade is een groeiende collectie oude en nieuwe games en installaties. De tentoonstellingsruimte van Mediamatic wordt voor drie maanden omgebouwd tot arcadehal. Kom...

  • Donkey Kong Jr.

    Nintendo, 1982

    Nadat de Italiaanse loodgieter in 1981 Donkey Kong had overwonnen en hiervoor zijn liefje terug kreeg bleek een jaar later wat er met de Gorilla uit het spel was gebeurd. Donkey Kong werd in een kooi...

  • Manic Monday

    Nieuwe Media

    Iedere maandag #ManicMonday: co-working en ontmoetingen met uitzicht op de Neude! Doe jij iets met nieuwe media of daaraan verwant, en wil je graag je netwerk uitbreiden? Of zoek je simpelweg...
  • book: Joost Raessens, Jeffrey Goldstein 1 Jun 2005

    Handbook of Computer Game Studies

    New media students, teachers, and professionals have long needed a comprehensive scholarly treatment of digital games that deals with the history, design, reception, and aesthetics of games along...

  • Gotcha, Atari, 1973

    The only working version open to the public in the world

    Gotcha is a 1973 arcade game manufactured by Atari Inc. It was Atari's fourth game after Pong, Space Race and Pong Doubles. This was the first maze arcade game, as well as the very first video game...

  • Arcade Collection

    Arcade is an expanding collection of games

    Arcade will grow into a collection of interactive installations, video arcade machines, all-generation consoles, handhelds and mobile games. The opening of Level 3: Consoles is on January 22nd.
  • 1 Jan 1992

    Mortal Kombat, Midway, 1992

    So real it hurts!

    The flyer for Mortal Kombat sported the daunting but promising text “So real it hurts!” The digital graphics combined with the rampant, bloody scenes turned Mortal Kombat into one of the most popular...

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