[game_preservation] Marvin's

[Andrew Armstrong]

Not been there no, I will eventually get around to contacting him about 
his museum - along with the other museums we know about, since he hosts 
everything from these mechanical items up to present day stuff, pretty 
amazing.

Andrew

Melanie Swalwell wrote:

> This is an amazing website. A great find: it has heaps of info on 

> electro mechanical arcade games -- 

> http://marvin3m.com/arcade/index.htm -- including got posters, photos, 

> manufacturers' info, etc. Most helpful for my current project: an 

> exhibition of documentary photos taken in arcades (or other spaces 

> with arcade machines) in the 1970s and 80s in New Zealand. Many are at 

> the crossover of electro-mechanical to video. I will let the list know 

> when it's online (due to launch next month).

>

> Has anyone been to Marvin's and played the games?

>

> You just gotta love collectors!

>

> Melanie

>

>

> Andrew Armstrong wrote:

>> Interesting stuff, an early (or the first?) light gun game:

>>

>> http://marvin3m.com/arcade/rayolit.htm

>>

>> I should post this in the blog perhaps, but I think it's not a 

>> videogame as such, although it is a game!

>>

>> Andrew

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