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

[Henry Lowood]

Wow, that's great news. Congratulations, Jon-Paul and Greg.
Henry

On 11/3/2011 7:21 PM, Devin Monnens wrote:

> 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 

> <http://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 outdated computer chips on a microscopic level; stripping away the 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.

>

>

> -- 

> Devin Monnens

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>

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>

>

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