[game_preservation] Congratulations to Jon-Paul Dyson and Greg James!!

[Devin Monnens]

The latest issue of Game Developer Magazine has featured the top 50
influential people of the 2010-2011 year among these are Jon-Paul Dyson of
The International Center for the History of Electronic Games and Greg
James, of the Visual 6502 Project (visual6502.org) which was also featured
in Archaeology magazine. Both received awards for Evangelism!

Jon-Paul Dyson
The International Center for the History of Electronic Games (a division of
the Strong Museum of Play in Rochester, New York) is showing a lot of
vision and dedication to preserving the history of our medium. Whereas most
private collections and museums focus on amassing boxed product, the ICHEG
goes beyond that to collect valuable paperwork, documentation, and ephemera.
Thanks to Dyson and his crew, priceless artifacts like Ralph Baer's
handwritten notes, Will Wright's design documents, and the private
collection of Sierra cofounders Ken and Roberta Williams will forever be
accessible to historians. With a recent $500k grant and a 5,000 square foot
play space, that collection is only the beginning.

Greg James
The 6502 CPU powered the games many of us played in our youth. It ran home
computers from Apple, Commodore, Acorn, and Atari. It was the main brains
behind the Atari 2600 console, and was the core of the Nintendo
Entertainment System. It is one of the most popular chips ever designed,
and yet its schematics have been lost to time.
James has taken it upon himself to devise a method for preserving outdated
computer chips on a microscopic level; stripping away the plastic, taking
photographs, and re-creating every little trace in a virtual environment.
It might not mean much to game development now, but his tireless work will
ensure that we'll always be able to play these old games just as they were
intended.


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Devin Monnens
www.deserthat.com

The sleep of Reason produces monsters.
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