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Videogame History Museum finds a home in Frisco, Texas
Traveling galleries from the Videogame History Museum can be spotted at industry events, but the collection will soon find its first static home: As reported by DallasNews, The Frisco Community Development Corporation board in Frisco, Texas, has approved a deal that grants the nonprofit museum a 10,400 square foot space in the Frisco Discovery Center. By April, National Videogame Museum 1.0 should be ready for patrons. Frisco will spend up to $800,000 for building improvements and extra parking, with $100,000 donations (that the museum matched with raised funds) from the CDC and Frisco Convention and Visitors Bureau contributed to help with startup costs. Museum co-founders Sean Kelly and John Hardie told DallasNews that aside from preserving games for future generations and building a traditional arcade space, education is a primary focus for the museum, both regarding industry history and games themselves. Kelly and Hardie described hypothetical workshops that would teach students how to build their own version of Pong and better understand the science and mechanics behind video games. The Videogame History Museum's portfolio spans decades, and due to limited space and the collection's scope, portions of the museum will be periodically rotated to help show more of the industry's depth than just what can fit in a single space. [Image: Videogame History Museum]
TGS Video Games Museum highlights Japan's taste
Hidden away at the very end of the second hall at Tokyo Game Show was a booth dedicated to, supposedly, showcasing top of the class video games from generations past. Several stations were set up, around 12 or so, which allowed gamers to step back in time and play those great games that perhaps they hadn't had the chance to play before. All well and good you might think, until you notice that the majority of the games are RPGs and a large proportion of those are from the Final Fantasy series. This particular "museum" (which failed to showcase anything older than the PlayStation 1) was clearly tailored to the very specific tastes found in Japan. Still, why not just cut out the middle man and call it the "Final Fantasy Museum"? We were a bit snap-happy and took a few photos of the booth - the gallery for which can be found below. Our favourite image shows two old rivals sitting side by side in perfect harmony. Seeing Final Fantasy VII and Zelda: Ocarina of Time together like that really tugged at our heartstrings. Other games shown at the booth included: Phantasy Star Online Dragon Quest VIII Brain Training Final Fantasy XII Final Fantasy XI Taiko Drum Master %Gallery-7992%
