Gutspiller
08-08-2003, 04:13 PM
The Electronic Entertainment Expo each May draws upward of 60,000 people to the Los Angeles Convention Center for a glimpse of the gaming industry's future.
This weekend's Classic Gaming Expo will bring a comparatively tiny 1,200 people to a downtown Las Vegas hotel to celebrate the industry's past -- everything from old coin-op arcade games such as Joust and Tempest to now-primitive titles played on the Apple II, Amiga, Atari 2600 and Commodore 64.
The Classic Gaming Expo comes as close as anything to representing a Museum of Video Games, albeit one that only comes into existence for one weekend each year.
Efforts to preserve the medium's history otherwise seem to be lagging, and enjoy little support from the game business itself. That's symptomatic of a young industry that's always looking ahead, perhaps not yet aware of the importance of keeping its past alive.
Wired.com (http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,59948,00.html)
This weekend's Classic Gaming Expo will bring a comparatively tiny 1,200 people to a downtown Las Vegas hotel to celebrate the industry's past -- everything from old coin-op arcade games such as Joust and Tempest to now-primitive titles played on the Apple II, Amiga, Atari 2600 and Commodore 64.
The Classic Gaming Expo comes as close as anything to representing a Museum of Video Games, albeit one that only comes into existence for one weekend each year.
Efforts to preserve the medium's history otherwise seem to be lagging, and enjoy little support from the game business itself. That's symptomatic of a young industry that's always looking ahead, perhaps not yet aware of the importance of keeping its past alive.
Wired.com (http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,59948,00.html)