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23 September 2008

Video game library and at the U of Michigan

Video Game Librarian, via a post on the Ann Arbor Chronicle:

Dave Carter, a librarian at the University of Michigan and the writer behind the blog Eaten by a Grue, wants everyone to know that the Computer and Video Game Archive is now open to the public! One might say it's currently in beta as Carter calls this the "Preview Opening" with the official Grand Opening coming in November.

But for now, the Archive is open during weekday afternoons and offers a ton of gaming opportunities as seen in the pictures in the post.

It's some kind of awesome to know that if I want to relive the mis-spent Atari 2600 days of my youth that I know where to go.  I wonder if they have any old terminals set up to play Lunar Lander or any of the other classic BASIC games from David Ahl.  There really should be some old VAX in the corner set up to play ADVENTURE.  ...

Posted at 11:41 PM in Games |

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This is great! I had the atari xe and loved the loadrunner, i wanna play it again..haha and some gold game, i forgot what it was called but i was on it 24/7

Posted by: jen love | 24 September 2008 at 12:48 PM

review by fabi

http://fabilouslibrarian.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/uofm-libraries-offnen-ein-computer-and-video-games-archive/

quotes a michigan daily story

http://www.michigandaily.com/content/campus-life/library-opens-video-game-archive

The archive is seeking donations for games, systems and money, as well as grants to expand its collection.

Along with supporting academic inquiry, archive administrators are focused on preservation of the games and systems.

“We called it an ‘archive’ rather consciously,” Carter said. “We want to, as much as possible, try to preserve the original experience, playing games. So when possible, be able to play it on the original equipment.”

Posted by: Edward | 01 October 2008 at 04:53 PM

Hi,

My system is capable of playing 64mb video card games so please suggest me exiting games for this config?

Posted by: r4 revolution | 27 June 2009 at 07:32 AM

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