Hi All,
Me and the missus visited this between Christmas and New Year in Paris. It's like Game On (for those who are old enough to remember that) but with an emphasis on the consoles and PC gaming.
http://www.rmn.fr/english/les-musees-et-leurs-expositions-238/museums-paris/expositions-340/game-story-a-history-of-video
The graphic on that page is actually a representation of the Grand Palais, where the exhibition is.
Most of the old consoles they had there were emulated, with the originals in glass cases. They had a (non-functional) Pong cab and a Space Invaders Deluxe, and also a cocktail cab running Pong. It total they have 80-something exhiibits.
They had a lot of extra accessories and other crap around the consoles and games from the time that was quite interesting, and I learned quite a bit about things. They also tried to link the design of gaming items with other things of the time that had a similar space-age design, to show where some of the ideas might gave come from. Much of the descriptive text is in English, but if you can read French then you're fully sorted.
We didn't go to Paris especially for this, we just happened to be there and spotted it on a tube station billboard. Because we didn't have tickets it took 2 HOURS queueing to get in. There were only about 50 people queueing in front of us, but we were all overtaken by time-slot ticket holders, so they were only allowing about 20 people in per 30 minutes.
Once in, it was comfortable, and you could see to exhibits at your leisure.
If you're in Paris, and you book a few days in advance, it's well worth a look.
D-T
Me and the missus visited this between Christmas and New Year in Paris. It's like Game On (for those who are old enough to remember that) but with an emphasis on the consoles and PC gaming.
http://www.rmn.fr/english/les-musees-et-leurs-expositions-238/museums-paris/expositions-340/game-story-a-history-of-video
The graphic on that page is actually a representation of the Grand Palais, where the exhibition is.
Most of the old consoles they had there were emulated, with the originals in glass cases. They had a (non-functional) Pong cab and a Space Invaders Deluxe, and also a cocktail cab running Pong. It total they have 80-something exhiibits.
They had a lot of extra accessories and other crap around the consoles and games from the time that was quite interesting, and I learned quite a bit about things. They also tried to link the design of gaming items with other things of the time that had a similar space-age design, to show where some of the ideas might gave come from. Much of the descriptive text is in English, but if you can read French then you're fully sorted.
We didn't go to Paris especially for this, we just happened to be there and spotted it on a tube station billboard. Because we didn't have tickets it took 2 HOURS queueing to get in. There were only about 50 people queueing in front of us, but we were all overtaken by time-slot ticket holders, so they were only allowing about 20 people in per 30 minutes.
Once in, it was comfortable, and you could see to exhibits at your leisure.
If you're in Paris, and you book a few days in advance, it's well worth a look.
D-T
