Game-On 2.0

On April 17, 2006 I visited the Game On 2.0 exhibit in Chicago's Museum of Science & Industry. The trip
downtown to see it was a gift from my wife to me for my birthday. It was a fun-filled experience where I was
able to play some games and systems from my childhood and relive some of those fond memories in the
arcade and with consoles of long ago. All in all, I would have liked to see a bit more extensive display, but it
satisfied my desire to play some old arcade games in their original forms with their original controls, such
as Tron: Deadly Discs and Star Wars: The Arcade Game. Here are some pictures of the event.
Sorry...some of them turned out blurry.

(Click on any picture to see it full-size)

ENTER THE EXHIBIT

Entrance to the
Game On Exhibit - It's
hard to see, but the fake
button I'm pressing says,
"Press Start."

Ah, the vintage arcade
scene. It brings back
fond memories of
my childhood.

Albiet hard to see, they had a
MAME emulator running
arcade games projected on a
screen that you could play via
a special controller.

CLASSIC ARCADE GAMES

Just me and my buddy,
Pong. It wasn't playable,
but I still had to get a
picture with it.

A real
Computer Space
machine...one of the
coolest cabinets
ever designed.

I love arcade
Berzerk. I have a lot
of memoribilia
pertaining to
this game.

The original Donkey
Kong...a classic.

I wish the American
Space Invaders
came in this cabinet!
I believe this is
a European
conversion.

Next to Discs of
Tron was Star Wars:
The Arcade Game

Discs of Tron, with its unique control system was a fun
and beautiful-looking game for its time.

I remember playing the stand-up version of this at Six Flags: Great America when it was
new, and at a local arcade after that. This was my first time in the sit-down version.

ARCADE FLYERS

VIDEO GAME ART

Mario, Luigi and Sonic (old and new) were represented at the
exhibit with these excellent pieces of art.

Color sketches of Donkey Kong and
Mario drawn and signed by none other
than Shigeru Miyamoto himself!

Dirk and Daphne from the Dragon's Lair games...the
preliminary sketch and the finished cel art.

Dirk and Daphne also had their own position drawing
charts at the show from creator, Don Bluth.

HANDHELDS AND PERIPHERALS

A myriad of portable video games and accessories were present at the show. My favorites were the
Game & Watch handhelds, such as Zelda, and the tabletop arcade games such as Donkey Kong and Pac-Man.

MISCELLANEOUS

The wall of video game magazines.
Electronic Gaming Monthly #1 is
represented in the lower-right corner.
Note: I was recently informed that this is
in fact issue #2 of EGM. The first was
actually a buyer's guide.

Ralph Baer's Brown Box -
the first video game
console. (Blurry pic
through glass. Sorry.)

Making a fool of myself
with Eyetoy and Monkey
Ball, and Pachinko...a
Japanese favorite.