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« on: November 30, 2005, 10:56:32 AM »

Last weekend I went to Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn Michigan.

http://www.hfmgv.org/

they have a "through the decades" themed exhibit that features several video games.

heres a few handhelds, Simon, Merlin, Mattel Football:



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« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2005, 10:57:31 AM »

here's an old Mac:



an original Gameboy:

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« Reply #2 on: November 30, 2005, 10:58:26 AM »

Pong:

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« Reply #3 on: November 30, 2005, 10:59:59 AM »

and some more recent stuff.

Gameboy Color and an I Mac:



and the Playstation:


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« Reply #4 on: November 30, 2005, 11:13:32 AM »

Nothing out of the ordinary there, but that's cool to see video games in a traditional museum.  I wonder if they know that those Pokemon games were technically not GameBoy Color games.  Probably not.

Did the caption for the Simon mention anything about Ralph Baer?
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« Reply #5 on: November 30, 2005, 11:33:53 AM »

C&C Tiberian Sun!!!!!

That looks cool. Lots of love for the Mac. Any PC's there?
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« Reply #6 on: November 30, 2005, 11:35:59 AM »

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Nothing out of the ordinary there, but that's cool to see video games in a traditional museum.  I wonder if they know that those Pokemon games were technically not GameBoy Color games.  Probably not.

Did the caption for the Simon mention anything about Ralph Baer?


no, just title, manufacturer and release date.
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« Reply #7 on: November 30, 2005, 11:37:17 AM »

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C&C Tiberian Sun!!!!!

That looks cool. Lots of love for the Mac. Any PC's there?


nope. and now that I think about it they had a display that was a typical teenagers bedroom fro the 80's and the computer in it was an Apple II.
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« Reply #8 on: November 30, 2005, 01:07:58 PM »

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Nothing out of the ordinary there, but that's cool to see video games in a traditional museum.  I wonder if they know that those Pokemon games were technically not GameBoy Color games.  Probably not.

Did the caption for the Simon mention anything about Ralph Baer?


Actually they are not GBC games.
Those ones where the Gameboy versions.

In anycase as you said it is pretty cool.
I remember Den saying something about this before.
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« Reply #9 on: November 30, 2005, 01:42:22 PM »

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Actually they are not GBC games.
Those ones where the Gameboy versions.


Yeah, that's what I said.
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« Reply #10 on: November 30, 2005, 01:46:41 PM »

Oops i misread what you said.
I thought i was confirming an assumption you had.
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« Reply #11 on: November 30, 2005, 04:21:52 PM »

I would love to have that Gameboy carrying case CIB.  I have a Gameboy and Gameboy battery pack that are both CIB, and that case would complete the set (the battery pack and carrying case are both advertised on the Gameboy box).

- Zac
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« Reply #12 on: November 30, 2005, 04:26:49 PM »

opps missed Neps post.
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« Reply #13 on: December 01, 2005, 04:46:43 AM »

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Thats what he said.


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Yeah, that's what I said.


that's what he said he said.

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« Reply #14 on: December 01, 2005, 06:34:47 PM »

Wow...I didn't know you could fit the internet into a box... Smiley
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