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  • Daniël van Gils

    is an independent game designer & developer

    DANIEL VAN GILS (NL) is an independent gamedesigner & developer. Since 1997 he has been working in the field of interactive media, thus accomplishing a vast experience in the field of game...
  • Electronic
  • Hacking
  • engines
  • rfid
  • computer
  • hardware
  • newmedia
  • Spelletjes
  • Dance
  • gamedeveopment
  • gamedesign
  • visuals
  • performance
  • interactive
  • machinima
  • Engines
  • Computer
  • New media
  • Dance
  • Hardware
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  • Dancing Stage, Konami, 1999

    Dance till you drop

    In 1999 Konami released the first "Dancing Stage" in Europe. In Japan, where the game had been introduced a year earlier, it went by the name of "Dance Dance Revolution". Since then, clones have been...

  • Arduino Forum

    Arduino forum and discussion platform

    This forum is created to see what happened after the Arduino Basic workshops. It's also intended to investigate if an intermediate or advanced Arduino workshop is wanted, and what you specifically...

  • Daytona USA, SEGA, 1994

    Popular racing game

    The high quality of the graphics and the possibility to set up eight machines next to each other makes Daytona USA the most profit-generating coin-op worldwide. The player sits in a tub-like seat in...

  • Jet Rocket, Sega, 1970

    Arcade flight simulator and the gem of our collection

    Jet Rocket, released by SEGA in 1970, is a flight simulator that makes use of visual techniques which were also used for military flight simulators. By playing with a real controller stick in a...
  • 1 Jan 1992

    Mortal Kombat, Midway, 1992

    So real it hurts!

    The flyer for Mortal Kombat sported the daunting but promising text “So real it hurts!” The digital graphics combined with the rampant, bloody scenes turned Mortal Kombat into one of the most popular...

  • Atari Tournament Table, 1978

    One of the first multiplayer arcade games

    The Tournament Table is basically a multigame arcade with several Pong variations. After inserting a coin, the player is prompted to choose one of the several games available. Breakout, Soccer (2...

  • Up Scope, Grand Products, 1986

    Shooting torpedoes

    Similar to the Jet Rocket from 1970, this arcade game immediately stands out. No big screen or joystick but a small window and two handles mounted on a periscope. The mission can't be more simple:...

  • 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...

  • Level 2: Arcade

    Coin swallowing amusement machines

    Mortal Kombat, Jet Rocket, Badlands and more. This page offers you an overview of the video arcade machines in our collection.

  • Level 1: Sensor Fest

    Mediamatic's interactive ikInstallations

    ikBijt, ikStaar, Wow! and more. These are the ikInstallations featuring in the Arcade exhibition.

  • Hackers Camp Day 2

    Sunny Day 2 started with a meeting exploring potential project ideas. Out of 15 original ideas a bunch seem to be the most promising. The ones that generate the most enthusiasm from team members...

  • Arcade Collection

    Arcade is an expanding collection of games

    Arcade will grow into a collection of interactive installations, video arcade machines, all-generation consoles, handhelds and mobile games. The opening of Level 3: Consoles is on January 22nd.
  • Project:

    iTea

    Throwing facts about you on the tea table

    During the Eurosonic conference, visitors dropped their RFID tag in the teacup. The iTea was able to find out surprising info about visitors and their friends.

  • Badlands, Atari, 1989

    A post-apocalyptic racing game

    Badlands must be one of the most fun racing games out there. The two steering wheels offer such nice game play that it's hard for anyone not to get swept up in the race. Not only do you race each...

  • De ikTag en andere RFID-tags

    Wat kan je allemaal gebruiken als RFID-tag?

    In de zomer van 2008 introduceerde Mediamatic de karakteristieke roze ikTag, waarmee je in de Mediamatic tentoonstellingen telkens weer iets nieuws kan doen in de ikCam photobooth. Je tag is...

  • 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...

  • Pachinko, i.a. Nishijin & Sankyo, from 1980…

    Extremely addictive

    The first Pachinko machines appeared in Japan around 1920 and were initially intended as children's toys. A decade later Pachinko became very popular among grown-ups as well. It's highly addictive...

  • TODAYSART 2011

    Festival beyond art

    TODAYSART is a festival in The Hague organized by The Generator, which profiles itself in Art, Music and Technology.
  • 1 Jan 2003

    Publications

    Korsakow in the press

  • Mediamatic Atelier

    2004

    In the Mediamatic Atelier we research and develop different types of hard- and software, including (interactive) installations like the IkCam . Since 2006 we've been focusing on integrating RFID...

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  • Dennis Timm 1 Jan 2004

    Ein Workshop zum nonlinearen Erzählen

    Das 16, internationale Dokumentarfilm-Festival Amsterdam begrüßte seine Gäste im Dezember wieder am Rande der Altstadt. Verteilt über mehrere Gebäude und Kinos in der Nähe des Leidseplein, liefen...

  • Mediamatic Workshops

    We design and organize courses on new developments in interactive (media) technologies, with a cultural approach. Our courses offer effective hands-on training along with sharp conceptual exploration.

  • Innovation award for Mediamatic

    ikTag and Interactive Social RFID Games

    Tonight Mediamatic, together with a team of over 35 artists and designers won a silver SpinAward. With the ikTag & Interactive Social RFID Games ( www.mediamatic.nl/iktag ) Mediamatic won in the...

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