The Mother of All Video Game Museums
Space Invaders video game. Photo: Wikipedia
Berlin is now host to the world’s largest game museum.
From Fast Company:
The Computerspielemuseum (Computer Game Museum), located on Karl-Marx-Allee, just unveiled a new permanent exhibition, Computer Games: Evolution of a Medium. For video game fans, the exhibition will be a pixelated dream come true: Over 300 video and computer systems and stand-alone games dating from 1951 until the present obtained from around the world, many of which are playable.Alongside epochal games like Pong, Super Mario Brothers and World of Warcraft, the Computerspielemuseum’s exhibition includes some extremely interesting rarities. Among the products on display are the Nimrod—an incredibly rare game-playing computer from 1951, the first ever arcade game, 1971’s ComputerSpace which guests can play), Cold War-era strategy game Balance of Power and numerous rare video games from the former Eastern Bloc.
