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Author Topic: Hey all you Aussies(Melbourne Guys) Check out GameOn :)  (Read 776 times)

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Hey all you Aussies(Melbourne Guys) Check out GameOn :)
« on: March 05, 2008, 06:33:32 pm »
I just found this out lastnight :)

GameOn is now in Melbourne, Australia

Starts Thursday 6 March 2008 (opps missed it hehe) and finishes Sunday 13 July 2008 (Lots of time)
Open 10am - 6pm Daily - Late night Thursdays until 9pm
Full Ticket Price $15  or Concession $10

It's on at the ACMI (Australia Centre for the Moving Image)
Its on Federation Square in Flinders Street

You must buy Tickets Online sadly

A little Blurb About this exhibition

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Rare early arcade games from the late ‘70s and early ‘80s including Pong (1976), Space Invaders (1978), Asteroids (1979) and Donkey Kong (1982); home consoles and personal computers from the past 30 years including working versions of the Magnavox Odyssey (1972) - the first console to made videogames playable on the TV screen and early P.C.s such as the Commodore 64 and the Sinclair Spectrum; classic movie-inspired games such as GoldenEye; Star Warsand Discs of Tron; a special kid-friendly games area; as well as sections devoted to sound design and music in games; Australian-developed games, online games and original games artwork will be among the highlights of Game On, the forthcoming international exhibition dedicated to the history and future of videogames and games culture, which opens March 6, 2008

http://www.acmi.net.au/game_on.aspx

I'm gonna be going in a few weeks who else is gonna go?
« Last Edit: March 05, 2008, 06:35:13 pm by NiN^_^NiN »