Video Game Room
This room contains a collection of video game systems spanning over range of nearly 50 years. From commercial arcade cabinets, to home consoles.
We have over 40 different home, portable, and arcade systems on display, representing seven generations of video game console development
Several of the video game systems in this room are functional and playable!
Several Highlights are featured here
Tennis for Two (Replica)
Created at Brookhaven National Labs in 1958. Tennis for Two is considered by many to be the world’s first video game. Our replica version is fully functional and plays on an Oscilloscope screen, just like the original.
Computer Space
Introduced in 1971, Nutting Associates’ Computer Space was the first commercially available video game and the first ever arcade game system. Available in one-and -two player configurations, it used a commercial CRT television to display visuals.
Ms Pac Man
Perhaps the most iconic game of the Arcade Era, Ms Pac Man was the 1982 successor tom 1980’s Pac Man and has remained a staple in the history of classic video games for years.
Home Console Display
A selection of home video game consoles spanning over four decades of history, including examples from Atari, Nintendo, Sega, Sony, and more.