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  • 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.
  • Persbericht Bas van den Broeke

    Geschiedenis van games tentoongesteld

    Arcade tentoonstelling wordt uitgebreid met consoles

    19 januari 2011, Amsterdam - Op zaterdag 22 januari opent bij Mediamatic het derde level van de game tentoonstelling Arcade. Level 3 belicht de geschiedenis van de console spelcomputers (1975 - 2011).

  • 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:...

  • Atari 2600, 1977

    Game: Space Invaders

    The Atari 2600 is a video game console released in October 1977 by Atari. In 2009, the 2600 was named the second greatest video game console of all time by IGN.

  • Level 3: Consoles

    Interactive entertainment computers

    Atari, Commodore, Sega and more. These are the consoles on display in the Arcade exhibition. This level was opened on January 22nd 2011.

  • Team Arcade

    The people who helped build Arcade

  • 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...

  • Space Invaders, Taito, 1978

    Moeder aller shooting games

    De muziek, de graphics en het speelgenot: Space Invaders is de moeder aller shooting games. Ontwikkeld door Tomohiro Nishikado en in 1978 door Taito in Japan op de markt gebracht bouwde deze game al...

  • 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...

  • History of Gaming

    An incomplete overview

    The first human-computer interaction took place in 1951. Now, almost sixty years later, we're in an age of ubiquitous computing, a state of constant connection. What hasn't changed, is our desire to...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Smoke Pong, 2009

    Game: smokers only!

    After a year of being bullied by the EU smoking ban, Lieven van Velthoven wanted to boost the smoking crowd's moral, and help smokers feel a little bit better about themselves. He developed a version...

  • 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...
  • Persbericht Bas van den Broeke

    Arcade

    Drie maanden gamen bij Mediamatic

    7 december 2010, Amsterdam - Arcade is een groeiende collectie oude en nieuwe games en installaties. De tentoonstellingsruimte van Mediamatic wordt voor drie maanden omgebouwd tot arcadehal. Kom...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Atari 2600 jr, 1983

    Game: E.T.

    The Atari 2600jr was the last version of the Video Computer System to be sold. It was introduced by Atari Corp in 1986. However the Atari 2600jr was originally designed in 1983. The Atari 2600jr was...
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    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...

  • 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.

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