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25-561: The Computerspielemuseum (German for Computer Game Museum) is a German video game museum founded in 1997. From 1997 to 2000, it had a permanent exhibition in Berlin . Afterward, it became an online-only museum. In 2011, the museum reopened its permanent exhibition in Berlin's neighborhood of Friedrichshain , on Karl-Marx-Allee . During the first month of its permanent exhibition, it had 12,000 visitors. The Computerspielemuseum opened

50-559: A complex circuit that could replace it. A special department at the SoyuzAttraction was responsible for adaptation of foreign gaming machines to the Soviet ideology. The subjects and characters of arcade - aliens and cowboys were replaced by heroes of Russian folk tales. The arcade machines had to give young people an idea of future professions, for example, a taxi driver. In total, about 90 types of arcade machines were produced in

75-623: Is also a contributor to the EU research project Keeping Emulation Environments Portable . The Computerspielemuseum shows in special exhibitions chosen games, books, merchandise etc. to different topics. The museum won the German Children's Cultural Prize in 2002 and the Deutscher Computerspielpreis (German Computer games Prize) in 2017 in the category Special Award . Video game museum From Misplaced Pages,

100-514: Is located on Kuznetsky Most Street. The museum's collection includes about 80 slot machines. In April 2017, the museum turned 10 years old. Museums in St. Petersburg and Moscow regularly hold temporary exhibitions: The daughter project of the founders of the Museum of Soviet slot machines is the Museum of Computer Games, created in 2014, which still exists in the format of a temporary exhibition. At

125-512: Is the only known Soviet pinball machine), "TV-sports", "Overtake", "Virage", "Crane", "Lucky shot" and many others among them. In addition to arcade machines, the museum also features an automaton with sparkling water, "Reference", automatic coin exchange machines, a Soviet mixer "Voronezh". The oldest arcade machine in the museum is the "Battle of the Sea" made in 1979. Almost all machines accept 15-copeck coins. The coin-receiver first checks

150-1321: The International Center for the History of Electronic Games and the World Video Game Hall of Fame Rochester, NY, USA Website Finnish Museum of Games Tampere, Finland Website Nexon Computer Museum Jeju-do, South Korea Website National Videogame Museum (The Netherlands) Zoetermeer, the Netherlands Website Nintendo Museum Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan Website Video Game Museum Riga, Latvia Website aGameorama: The unique interactive game museum Lucerne, Switzerland Website Muzeul Jocurilor Video (Romania) Reșița, Romania Online video game museums [ edit ] Museum Website Notes Video Games Museum Website Museu Bojogá de Jogos Eletrônicos Website Israel Computer Games Museum Website Museum of Computer Adventure Game History Website Computer Gaming World Museum Website Virtual museum based on

175-486: The 1970s through to the 1990s Software Library: MS-DOS Games Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_video_game_museums&oldid=1245685293 " Categories : Lists of museums by subject Video game museums Virtual museums Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata Incomplete lists from August 2016 Museum of Soviet Arcade Machines The museum

200-756: The Moving Image (ACMI) Melbourne, Australia Website Video Game Museum of Rome Rome, Italy Website Digital Game Museum California, USA Website The Nostalgia Box Perth, Australia Website National Videogame Museum Frisco, TX, USA Website National Videogame Museum Sheffield, England Website Museum of Pop Culture – Permanent exhibit entitled Indie Game Revolution Seattle, WA, USA Website Retro Video Game Museum – small permanent exhibit area inside of The Gamesmen Computer game store Sydney, Australia Website The Strong National Museum of Play – houses

225-539: The USSR, some of which were an exact copy of the western ones, but many of them appeared in the Soviet Union — for example, the machine "Gorodki". In the first years of the amusement industry, all arcade machines were owned by SoyuzAttraction, which had a financial plan for the day of work, which gave rise to the corruption. In the early 80s a different structure appeared instead of this association and dealt only with

250-772: The World Amusement and Gaming Exhibition "Attraction-71", which took place in Gorky Park . Soviet samples appeared several years later, when the Ministry of Culture of the USSR commissioned the creation and production to the Union SoyuzAttraction, which distributed orders between 22 classified defense factories. For example, the arcade machine "Sea Battle" was manufactured by the Serpukhov Radio Engineering Plant. In

275-568: The actions " Night of Museums ", "Night of Arts", "Restaurant Day", social project "Uppsala-Circus", in the international festival of museums "Intermuseum". Museum exhibits were presented at the festivals " VKontakte ", Geek Picnic , "Disco 90", "Retro FM". In addition, exhibitions of old filmstrips , lectures, table tennis tournaments, checkers, chess, master classes and other events are regularly held in Moscow and St. Petersburg branches. The first foreign arcade machines were presented in 1971 at

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300-553: The arcade machines were incomplete. Almost all the machines that came to the museum were not working, and one machine was assembled from three broken ones. In April 2010, the museum moved to the building of the former workshop of the Rot Front factory in Malaya Ordynka. The museum started to work daily, and the collection expanded to 40 kinds of arcade machines. In August 2011 the museum moved to Baumanskaya street, and

325-532: The cultural history of computer gaming . One of the highlights is an actual video arcade from the 1980s with authentic arcade games from the decade that launched video games into popular culture. All console game systems are on display from the original Magnavox Odyssey from 1972 to more recent household devices like the Nintendo systems and all versions of the PlayStation family. An original exhibit in

350-511: The exposition was replenished with dozens of arcade machines. A branch of the museum was opened on June 15, 2013 on Koniushennaya Square in St. Petersburg. It is located in a building that was used to store carriages in the 18th century. Garages, repair and production workshops of the Leningrad taxi fleet #1 were located on this territory during the Soviet times. The branch collection includes more than 50 working arcade machines. According to

375-808: The first permanent exhibition in the world for digital interactive entertainment culture in 1997 in Berlin. After that, it became responsible for 30 national and international exhibitions. Among these was the project "pong.mythos" sponsored by the German Federal Cultural Foundation , Germany's most successful traveling exhibition in the history of computer games. In the last five years, over 470,000 visitors have seen this exhibition. The museum contains around 25,000 data storage devices with games, around 12,000 technical magazines, many historical arcade games , home computers and console systems, and an extensive amount of other documents, for example: videos, posters, and handbooks. It contains one of

400-715: The 💕 (Redirected from Video game museum ) This list of video game museums shows video game museums in the world. [REDACTED] This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items . ( August 2016 ) Video game museums [ edit ] Museum Location Website Museum of Soviet Arcade Machines Moscow, Russia Website Computerspielmuseum Berlin Berlin, Germany Website Centre for Computing History Cambridge, England Website Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment Oakland, CA, USA Website Australian Centre for

425-540: The heart of the collection are more than 30 original gaming devices of eight generations, most of which are working. The collection is replenished with new game consoles. The collection was exhibited at VDNHh , in the loft project "Etazhi", in the halls of the St. Petersburg branch of the museum. Museums participate in city projects: they create programs for the annual children's festivals "Museums, Parks, Manors" and "Family Travel" in Moscow, "Children's Days in St. Petersburg" and "Big Regatta" in St. Petersburg; Take part in

450-724: The largest collections of entertainment software and hardware in Europe. The Computerspielemuseum ' s collection is the property of the Booster Club for Youth and Social Work. The museum itself is run by Gameshouse GmbH . Building the new permanent exhibition was financed by the German Lottery Fund in Berlin and from the Cultural Investment Program of Berlin's Cultural Affairs Department. There are over 300 interactive exhibits illustrating

475-558: The magazine Computer Gaming World The Video Game Museum Website Videospielarchiv München Website Retro Video Game Museum Website Femicom Museum Website Collects and archives historic games that fall under the category of 'Girl Games' See also [ edit ] List of museums Video game List of computer museums References [ edit ] External links [ edit ] Internet Arcade – web-based library of arcade (coin-operated) video games from

500-485: The manufacture of arcade machines and their sale. After the collapse of the USSR, the production of arcade machines stopped. Today the exposition of each museum branch has more than 50 arcade machines. There are "Sea Battle", " Gorodki ", "Snaiper-2", "Highway", "Rally", "The Giant Turnip", "Basketball", "Football", "Safari", "Winter Hunt", "Quiz", "Buttle-planes", "Horse Racing", "Submarine", "Tank-training area", "Doublet", "Probe", "Billiards", "Snow Queen", "Circus" (which

525-684: The museum is called the "PainStation", where the loser of the game is subject to physical punishment such as heat or a mild electric shock. The Computerspielemuseum is a member of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) as well as the Nestor project, which is financed by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research . The museum is a cooperative partner of the EU research project '' PLANETS (Preservation and Long-term Access through Networked Services). Besides that, it

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550-592: The museum, the number of visitors to the St. Petersburg branch in 2016 totalled 23 000 people, which is 9% more than in 2015. At the end of August 2014, the third branch of the museum was opened in Kazan on the Kremlin street. About 40 arcade machines were presented there. The museum did not exist for a long time — on January 12, 2015 it was closed. Since June 2015, the Moscow Museum of Soviet arcade machines

575-425: The production of arcade machines the most modern microcircuits, alloys, and plastic were used, and the design engineers of the plant were engaged in the design of games and arcade machines. However, this was an irrational production: engineers assembled copies of foreign slot machines basing on available parts, which often were not suitable for these needs. Instead of using one modern processor, engineers had to assemble

600-566: Was founded in 2007 by graduates of the Moscow Polytechnic University Alexander Stakhanov, Alexander Vugman and Maxim Pinigin and was located in the basement-bomb shelter of the university dormitory. At that time, the museum's collection included 37 arcade machines. It was possible to visit the museum only on Wednesdays and by prior arrangement. It all started when we wanted to have the "Sea Battle" arcade machine at home, and we realized that it

625-410: Was interesting not only for us, but also for our friends. The founders of the museum looked for the first arcade machines all over the country in landfills, abandoned pioneer camps, parks, cultural centers and cinemas. Several machines, which were the first in the collection, were bought for 210 rubles in the park of Pryamikov on Taganka . However, the dream of the "Sea Battle" was never realized, since

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