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  • Image: Lilian Stolk

    Gymmen in de Schommelclub

    In de nieuwe Schommelclub op het Oostenburgereiland.
  • Boredom
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  • NBA Jam, Midway games, 1993

    NBA Jam changed the face of basketbal forever.

    Until NBA Jam was released, basketball games were really only for the true enthusiast. After all, everything you could do on screen, you could do in real life as well. However, after 1993 basketball...

  • Hyper Sports, Konami, 1984

    Olympic athlete of stature

    Pushing buttons or rolling the trackball as quick as possible, in Hyper Sports (the follow-up of the slightly more popular Track & Field) the player slips into a high class olympic athlete. On this...

  • "That is SO pre hypertext..."

    VJ culture in the Netherlands

    If one would look at VJ culture in just any club or festival in the Netherlands, one could conclude that there is no real thriving culture that goes paired with the jerky and repetitive images that...

  • ikRun

    show off your stylish finish photos

    ikTAG START > RUN RUN RUN > ikTAG FINISH PHOTO > WIN

  • Pole Postion, Atari, 1982

    Memorabele racer

    Begin jaren tachtig van de vorige eeuw leek het wel alsof in alle Europese badplaatsen Pole Position kasten waren geplaatst. Duizenden zongebruinde kids lieten hun dagelijkse ijsje schieten om nog...

  • Celebrating Spit

    dribble, slobber, sputum, drool...

    A weapon, a balm and a data bank, when used respectfully saliva brings us passion and healing. 

  • MB Vectrex, 1982

    Game: Mine Storm

    The Vectrex is a real collectors item. It consists of a mini arcade cabinet-like screen and a rectangular console that could be stored away inside the cabinet. The first ones were produced by General...

  • Sega Master System, 1986

    Game: Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker

    The Sega Master System (SMS) is an 8-bit video game console released by Sega. Worldwide thirteen million copies of this machine have been sold. It's based on the SG-1000 Mark III (1985). The SMS...

  • Sur Place

    Exhibition on Urban Bike Culture

    Bring your bike for a ride through Mediamatic Bank and discover the rich culture that grew around a simple vehicle: the fixed gear bike. Sportsmen, riders, messengers, collectors, artists and other...

  • Time Crisis, Namco, 1996

    De tijd tikt door

    In Time Crisis schiet de speler met een light gun op het beeldscherm. De kast heeft ook een pedaal waarmee kan worden herladen en dekking gezocht. Net als bij Virtua Cop en The House of the Dead...

  • Freedent(al) Teeth

    Impersonating reality.

    The plastic chewing gum blister -containing 2 parallel rows in which rectangular chewing gums are individually packed- is probably the most common packaging. This specific packaging evoked an...

  • Ik hou van vieren

  • Virtua Fighter, Sega, 1993

    Eerste vechtspel dat gebruik maakte van volledige 3D polygon graphics

    Na het succes en de ophef rondom Mortal Kombat moeten de mensen bij Sega gedacht hebben dat ook zij snel een nieuw vechtspel op de markt moest brengen. In 1993 stonden de Mortal Kombat en Virtua...

  • Commodore 64, 1982

    Game: Jupiter Lander

    With a 30% to 40% market share, the C64 is one of the most successful games of its time. It's not surprising that, at 17 million sold units, it still tops the list of best selling PC's ever.
  • De Player

    Secret Mommy + Filastine

    Breakcore and electronica from North America.

    Filastine, who, amongst a myriad of other genres, also considers himself to be part of the Bacteria movement. MC Subzero Permafrost and butoh artist d.k. will accompany him in performance.

  • Playstation 3 (3D), 2006

    Game: Motorstorm Drift 3D

    The PlayStation 3 is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation series. Thanks to a nice firmware...

  • Interview Kael T Block

    On XX Boys and more

    Mediamatic's exhibition Kiki on Steroids! presents Kael T Block's project XX Boys, a collection of photographs of transboys. Rooted in his own experience as a transboy or 'FtM' (Female to Male), the...

  • SNK Neo Geo, 1990

    Game: Baseball Stars Professional

    The Neo Geo was a video arcade machine and 16-bit video game console released by the Japanese company SNK. When it first hit the American market it was priced at a staggering $649.99. Proud owners...

  • Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES), 1991

    Game: Super Mario World

    The Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) is a 16-bit video game console. It was first released in 1990, and was Nintendo's second home console, following the NES. The SNES controller featured...

  • Room Racers, 2010

    Game: interactive virtual racing

    Create your own racing track by placing real, 3D, tangible stuff on the exhibition floor. Race with up to four virtual cars around whatever you can find in the exhibition space. This game was...

  • Atari Jaguar, 1993

    Game: DOOM

    The Jaguar is a 64-bit video game console, released in 1993 by Atari. Although it wasn't a big success (only 80 games were released for this little machine), it's important in that it was Atari's...

  • Wearable Fluids: Turning the Body Inside Out

    Body Fluids by Zane Cerpina

    What if you were able to wear some of your most intimate bodily fluids, such as menstrual blood, breast milk or semen, as jewellery? Visual artist Zane Cerpina created a collection of jewellery made...

  • Philips Videopac G7000, 1978

    Game: Flipper

    The Videopac G7000 was one of Atari 2600's biggest rivals. It was the only video game console to have a built-in keyboard. Its successor, the G7200, would feature a built-in black and white screen.
  • Mediamatic Magazine Vol. 7#1 Geert Lovink 1 Jan 1992

    Rheingold

    Howard Rheingold, Virtual Reality, Secker & Warburg, 1991

    The second half of the memorable year 1989 saw not only the 'velvet revolution' that swept Eastern Europe, but also the presentation of virtual reality to the world. Two developments that will occupy...

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