I've been asked to write a document for a major games exhibition that will happen in 2011 looking at the past, culture and future of gaming, basically I get to do most of the major planning for it I'll post more details when I know it's happening, but it's likely to go to Australia, America, South America, Asia (China and Korea) and Europe. However as I know despite what planning I do, I am going to get some gamers whinge that Game X or Console Y or something isn't in the exhibition, so I'd thought I would ask you guys on what you would would expect or like to see in such an exhibition? If you list something then say why you would expect it. Everything will be running on real hardware where physically possible (so running Space War on a real PDP-1 isn't likely to happen), but it should be replacable easily, so it's unlikely I am going to be running an RDI Halcyon system. My budget for systems / games isn't a great deal, it's still a healthy sum but I have to buy a wide range of things with it... The show is aimed at the general public and be focused at a worldwide audience too. I've already written 50 odd pages so far, so I am not asking you to do my work for me, just more you have a chance to contribute or forever hold your peace. :thumbsup:
So next to diferent Versions of well known consoles (NES / Famicom / Dendy. Mega Drive / Genesis etc). Show some rare devices which did something groundbreaking / extraorinary (The Oddesey, first Console, Mega Drive with Mega CD and 32X, most addons) If possible, show some weird, common and rare accessories, may need an old television (like 3D glasses, lightguns, R.O.B.). could even show how NTSC was used for different colours (or even some old computer games with those EGA graphiccards) Arcade Cabinets of well known games (like Pac Man or Street Fighter II). To throw some names in: CDi with bad Mario games Apple Pippin (the tried, didn't they) Amiga CD32 XBOX with Steel Battallion and of course the standard contestants: NES, SNES; N64, GC, Wii 2600, 800, Jaguar SMS, MD, Saturn, DC PSX, PS2, PS3 XBOX, 360 those video machines and vision marketing (intellivision, collecovision, etc) If possible, show some differences of US, Japanese and PAL-Software (PAL vs- NTSC timing, censorship, difficulty, marketing) hope I could help PS: Show a PC Engine and a Wondermega
Hello there. I would expect Mario 64 to be in the exibit for 1 because it was an N64 release title and it set a benchmark for all 3D platformers for years to come and even to this day it is seldom surpassed. Also I think it marked the beginning of the true 3D video game for Nintendo and helped show everyone that they were still a powerhouse. Zelda Ocarina of Time gets my second vote but as I don't want to type about how much I love this game(and belive me I do) I will just give one simple reason, some 11 Years and 48 days after its initial release there are still thousands of people pouring over and examining and retexturing and even trying to dig up remnants of the game that was supposedly developed for the ill fated 64DD.
I think it would be interesting to see how many things got recycled over the years. e.g. Music games: Today we have Guitar Hero, Rockband and many more. A casual gamer doesn't know that we had similar games, like Beatmania, Guitar Freaks and so on, 10 years ago. e.g. Virtual Reality: The Master System and the Famicom had 3D glasses and Nintendo even made their own 3D System, the Virtual Boy. Now in 2010 at the CES everyone talks about 3D - but we had it already over 20 years ago. e.g. Online Gaming: The first online games were released for the C64. You had to use your phone and an acoustic coupler to play online. Nowadays we have WoW, Xbox Live and so on.
if its also about "Culture", as you say, you could also show some Homebrew Developments. There is lots of stuff from complete games to things like demos from the Demoscene, Music Disks, etc.
Systems I would like to see presented there, although I know that some of them are a lot I'm demanding there. Pioneer PCE combination, playing an LD-ROM2 game to represent the media's importance for the gaming market Pippin Atmark, definitely A corner for vintage PC's (Commodore 64, Amiga, X68000, MSX, PC-88 & 98, Spectrum, Sinclair) A full setup of Famicom (maybe even the square button ver.)+Disk System+ 3D goggles+Gun+fitness mat+Rob+piano (the disk system game, not Miracle) I am always a tad disappointed when I see the Famicom being displayed a the ultra retro item, but actually there were so many other FC accessories that broke the ice for many of nowadays achievements. Put Takeshi no Chousenjou in there for a brief demonstration of reasonable usage of the FC microphone. The arcade scene deserves to be splitted in different time periods. The US citizens will remember a very vivid early 80's with Pacman, DigDug, Frogger and Space Paranoids, that deserves attention as well as the JPN arcade scene from nowadays, including Cave shooters, taito x-2 and everything. Don't forget the great era of Toaplan, Capcom and Konami dominating the market during the late 80's and early 90's. I'd love to see something like that. And if you could get an original "Computer Space" or "Pong" cabinet, that would be great!
Thanks for the replies, most of what has been mention is already in my notes but I will respond to some of the suggestions. :nod: Most consoles do look exactly the same with a few minor changes, only the NES / Famicom look very different so I am going to pass on this one. The Magnavox Odyssey will be there, thinking about the Megadrive, Mega CD and 32X as it is a interesting set up but again need to see if I have space. Hard to really show properly and I not sure if it would be that interesting to the average person. I think not... The CD32 is also one I am not going to attempt to get but the Amiga will be there as will the Apple Pippin / Bandai @mark.
Bonk (HuCard) and Lords of Thunder (CD). I know Lords of thunder eventually got ported to Sega CD, but it was quite the benchmark game when it hit the PCE CD. They are also two games that both Japanese and American gamers should know. Dracula-X is very easy to pick up and play as well, so long as you've already passed the intro cinema, so I'd consider that a must-have, especially if you're showing this outside Japan. Like it or not, Dracula-X is one of the PCE big name titles that every English speaking gamer is going to know about. Make sure you get Dreamcast Linux as well as the homebrew DC game Drill (shooter that looks quite professional). Also, for homebrew, XMBC on the Xbox is a must have. -hl718
