[game_edu] Atari by Design Display Opens Soon

[Trien, Susan]

Hi Everyone,

The International Center for the History of Electronic Games at The Strong has produced a new exhibit at The Strong's National Museum of Play that I thought you'd find of interest. Summary and link to press kit with high resolution images follows:

Atari by Design: From Concept to Creation
Opens at the National Museum of Play(r)
June 22

ROCHESTER, New York-Arcade video games often sport stunning graphics and wildly different playing elements-like shifters, pedals, joysticks, buttons, and steering wheels-to heighten a gamer's playing pleasure. See the creative thinking behind the finished designs of some of the most popular video arcade games at Atari by Design: From Concept to Creation, an original new display opening at the National Museum of Play <http://www.museumofplay.org> at The Strong Saturday, June 22. The display offers game enthusiasts a rare opportunity to delve into the development of Gauntlet<http://www.thestrong.org/online-collections/icheg/6/109.17173>, Street Fighter, Gran Trak 10, Red Baron<http://www.thestrong.org/online-collections/icheg/6/109.17152>, and Gotcha. Game cabinets are paired with displays of preliminary designs, drawings, and sketches that went into their creation as well as some of the fliers and advertising materials used to promote their sale. Several of the machines, including Street Fighter and Gauntlet, are available for play. For a full press kit with high res images: http://www.thestrong.org/press/kits/atari-design

Susan Trien
Senior Director of Public Relations & Advertising
The Strong
One Manhattan Square
Rochester, New York 14607 U.S.A.
Tel 585-410-6359
Fax 585-263-2493
strien at thestrong.org<mailto:strien at thestrong.org>
www.thestrong.org<http://www.thestrong.org>

The Strong Play Partners
National Museum of Play  |  www.museumofplay.org<http://www.museumofplay.org>
National Toy Hall of Fame  |  www.toyhalloffame.org<http://www.toyhalloffame.org>
International Center for the History of Electronic Games  |  www.icheg.org<http://www.icheg.org>
Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play  |  www.libraryandarchivesofplay.org<http://www.libraryandarchivesofplay.org>
American Journal of Play  |  www.journalofplay.org<http://www.journalofplay.org>

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