Yesterday Bernard and I went to the Powerhouse museum to see this:
Overall I thought it was a good, but not great exhibit. It focuses on individuals (rather than genres or eras) and showcases many playable games from creators like Ed Logg, Hideo Kojima, Yuji Naka or Chris Metzen.
We were most interested in the retro room:
There were about 20 games on free play, including classics (Pac Man, Asteroids) and obscure examples (Reactor, Ripoff, Bee Gee). Ultimately we settled comfortably in front of Defender and Robotron, playing each for about an hour.
After twenty+ games, I was happy dominating the high score chart (#4 overall!) on Robotron even though the firing joystick was a bit wonky. Bernard wrestled with Defender (the hardest game of all time after Defender 2) and ended up with a top score over 8,000.
That’s me having a gander at Ultima Underworld, a real blast from my past!
After the game exhibit, we headed to the ABC building for the Doctor Who mini-exhibit:
We posed with out favourites:
The game mania continued later that night, with the start of our ‘Dreamgear’ (a $5 plug-and-play TV game) tournament:
We played half the games on the unit, and will finish tonight. Stay tuned!