"Through the main gate" |
Father and child check out "Pole Position" and its transparent cabinet panels. |
"Part arcade, part quiz, part history lesson, Videotopia features virtually every important game in the history of the medium..."
- Alan Sepinwall, The Star-Ledger, June 25, 1997.
a crowd by the Atari vector and laser disc sections
The "VIDEOTOPIA: Ultimate Arcade" banners looked cool
on the giant entrance to the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia.
"...probably the world's most comprehensive private collection of vintage arcade machines. [The] collection forms the beeping, flashing, throbbing heart of 'Videotopia,' an exhibition... assembled to document the history and societal contribution of video games such as Space Invaders, Pac-Man, Centipede and Asteroids."
- Don Steinberg, Inquirer Magazine, June 22, 1997. The Philadelphia Inquirer
"Tempest" packs 'em in. Notice Atari's '81 Xmas card displayed on the
"info-pedestal".
Outside the Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh
the site of VIDEOTOPIA's maiden showing.
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