New shizzle from MEGA? Yes! We are currently working on several unusual projects that will be presented at several events in 2013. Be prepared for vintage lo-fi hacking at it’s best!

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The new B3 Biennial was presented for the first time to the public in a one-day event. The Biennial combines film, television, communication, games, design, art, and culture, in an “alliance of the moving image.” B3 brings together the strengths of universities and art schools, the film and media industry, and art and cultural institutions in and around the financial center of Frankfurt. MEGA positioned itself with various exhibits in the field of media archeology and initiated a discourse from which not only politicians felt addressed.

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In 2011 MEGA already matched milestones of the history of technology with the evolution of SAP in the exhibiton “Digital Revolution”. At this year’s SAPPHIRE NOW in Madrid SAP displayed a history wall “40 Years of Inspiration” which was equipped with exhibits from the MEGA archive. Many visitors enjoyed for example the original Game Boy.

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An ancient church has been the exhibition space for the “LOOK & FEEL” exhibition. In addition to our T42 setups MEGA was displaying the complete collection of GAME&WATCH plus a series of rare ULTIMAs, ranging from “ULTIMA I – The First Age Of Darkness” from to 1981 “ULTIMA IX – Ascension” from 1999. A truly appropriate location for those legendary games.

The opening of VIGAMUS – Video Game Museum of Rome was a great success! Around 1800 visitors arrived within the 1st two days. Several hundreds of them played T42 – Tennis for Two and T42kinect. MEGA is proud to have a permanent exhibition and to have found great new friends in Rome! More details about the grand opening of VIGAMUS here.

A cooperation of MEGA – Museum of Electronic Games & Art – and ViGaMus – Video Game Museum of Rome, has been started. This cooperation is an important step towards social acceptance of videogames. Insuring the accessiblity and research of electronic games and art this partnership is a great milestone of european preservation efforts. From October 20th MEGA is displaying over 150 pieces of classic gaming gear at ViGaMus’ main exhibition.

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Numerous interested vistors experienced Tennis For Two with New Media at gamescom 2012 in Cologne and were impressed by fun gameplay as well as the fascination for the history of electronic game development.