COVER STORY
Video Game Revolution: From Pong to Esports A new exhibit now on display at MOSI by MOSI staff, photos by Howie Mac Photo
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“The exhibit is going to truly bring generations together. From the 80’s style arcade games and then modern-day esports everyone is going to have great time” -Rob Lamke, COO of MOSI
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Over the past 60 years, video games have captured our hearts and imaginations as an exciting medium filled with countless adventures. From computer to console to smartphone, video gaming continues to push the frontiers of technology and storytelling into new and exciting territories. Experience the fun of play, the reward of design and the thrill of esports in this celebration of video gaming in our lives.
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STA R T LEVEL I – BIRTH OF VIDEO GAMES This level looks like a video game prototyping lab. Chalkboard drawings, circuit diagrams and brainstormed ideas depict the behind the scenes thinking of early gaming pioneers.
WHEN PONG BLEW PEOPLE’S MINDS This level features image slide shows of early video games as they were being developed in computer labs.
CATHODE-RAY TUBE AMUSEMENT DEVICE
MAP OUT YOUR JOURNEY THROUGH THE HISTORY OF GAMING: START - TIME TUNNEL LED lighting, colorful conduit and exposed electronics gives visitors the impression that they are entering a jury-rigged time portal. The largescreen TV screen runs a video montage that gives the impression of traveling back in time through video game history. Guests are dubbed time travelers as they explore the exhibition.
LEVEL II - ATTACK OF THE ARCADE This level looks like an arcade from the 80s with neon graphics illuminated by black lights and period movie posters.
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LEVEL III - THE RISE OF HOME GAMING Time travelers arriving in this level find themselves in a 90s-style rec room featuring mismatched furniture centered on the home arcade.
POKÉMON AND GOOBAS INVADE THE HOME VIDEO KIOSK Video montage of 90s video game commercials, game trivia, characters, gameplay and fun are displayed on a stylized TV.
WRECK ROOM
A fully working version of the earliest known electronic game that featured a display will allow guests to play the game on a screen as well as see the game as it was played on an oscilloscope.
“TAITO” TABLE
MULTIPLAYER SPACE INVADERS
Video montage of amazing trivia, gameplay videos, news and fun stuff from the 80s take visitors back to the arcade era.
An exciting collection of memorabilia of gaming consoles, games and gaming accessories highlight the nostalgia and battlefield tales from the first console wars.
ARCADE MACHINE MADNESS
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Marvel at hundreds of classic arcade machines minus the hunger for quarters.
Gamers will get a humorous look at the differences between the video game box art and the actual games on a video kiosk.
Four players battle to save the planet from an alien invasion.
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Based on the original cocktail-style arcade table, players experience playing Centipede created by Carol Shaw.
MISSILE COMMAND CHAIR Players laser-blast missiles raining down on their cities using touchscreen tech.
WHEN PAC-MAN FEVER WAS A THING
Travelers are invited to play an overload of classic home video games in this stylized rec room from the past.
REC ROOM RELICS
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