Way back in May, when I was at
Futuresonic, and Kraftwerk were due a few weeks later at the Manchester International Festival, I caught the first day of
Videogame Nation at Urbis.
It was a really enjoyable exhibition, a celebration of the British gaming industry with a particularly keen eye for Mancunian and regional contributions. The
Guardian posted something about it, and there are a couple of reviews I came across that are informed by a knowledge of games and gaming heritage that I lack (almost completely):
National Videogames Archive and
Negative Gamer.
There were timelines displayed on the way out. I was hurrying past them with
Guy as Urbis shut up shop for the night and I had just a few seconds to snap what I could. From 1948 …
… to 2009,
It’s the timelines I want to keep in mind just now as I read more about the history and development of games. Other photos (uploaded back in May and then forgotten about) are
here, including five more of the timelines — and these wonderful maps of
Wonderland Dizzy and
Fantastic Dizzy by
Philip and Andrew Oliver:
Most of the images need to be viewed at large size.
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