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I was directed to this forum by Steve Clark, in a conversation about histories of arcade games in the UK and he mentioned what a lovely bunch of people you all are.
I've come here to ask for some help, so rather than start a new thread I thought I would do this in the introductions...
I currently research videogames, and at the moment I'm writing a paper about arcade machines and players link to some of the photograph collections that have started to appear over the years e.g. http://www.stanford.edu/group/htgg/cgi-bin/drupal/?q=node/1151 and http://www.maharagallery.org.nz/MoreThanACraze/index.php
Anyway - this got me thinking about this histories of UK arcade gaming (as I was bought up playing on table top arcades in the local pub), and I've found it difficult to find any literature about arcades specifically in the UK (there's quite a bit about the USA/Japan). So....I was wondering, if any of you would be willing to help me? The things I'd really like, if possible, are:
- any books/newspaper articles/magazine clippings you may know of about arcade gaming in the UK - from the 1980s (or before)...I'm interested more in when it came about as linked to the rise in arcades in the USA....but similarly if you know when particular arcades shut down in your area/places stopped having them for people to play that would be really useful
- any photographs you might have of you/others playing arcades in places around the UK during the 1980s (I realise these will be printed photographs but I would be happy to scan them and give you back the originals/let you have digital copies)
- any memories you have of those times that you'd be wiling to share for use in my research...e.g. what games you played, where you played them, who else played, competitions, etc...
I know that's a big ask for someone new to the forum...and apologies if there is a thread similar to this (feel free to point me in that direction!)
Thanks!
I was directed to this forum by Steve Clark, in a conversation about histories of arcade games in the UK and he mentioned what a lovely bunch of people you all are.
I've come here to ask for some help, so rather than start a new thread I thought I would do this in the introductions...
I currently research videogames, and at the moment I'm writing a paper about arcade machines and players link to some of the photograph collections that have started to appear over the years e.g. http://www.stanford.edu/group/htgg/cgi-bin/drupal/?q=node/1151 and http://www.maharagallery.org.nz/MoreThanACraze/index.php
Anyway - this got me thinking about this histories of UK arcade gaming (as I was bought up playing on table top arcades in the local pub), and I've found it difficult to find any literature about arcades specifically in the UK (there's quite a bit about the USA/Japan). So....I was wondering, if any of you would be willing to help me? The things I'd really like, if possible, are:
- any books/newspaper articles/magazine clippings you may know of about arcade gaming in the UK - from the 1980s (or before)...I'm interested more in when it came about as linked to the rise in arcades in the USA....but similarly if you know when particular arcades shut down in your area/places stopped having them for people to play that would be really useful
- any photographs you might have of you/others playing arcades in places around the UK during the 1980s (I realise these will be printed photographs but I would be happy to scan them and give you back the originals/let you have digital copies)
- any memories you have of those times that you'd be wiling to share for use in my research...e.g. what games you played, where you played them, who else played, competitions, etc...
I know that's a big ask for someone new to the forum...and apologies if there is a thread similar to this (feel free to point me in that direction!)
Thanks!
