June 8, 2012
Overall, the Computerspiele Museum is pretty decent. There’s some interesting breakdowns of the history, archival footage, displays and even a short section on Soviet made games. But as far as a museum goes, it’s a lot more telling than showing. Writing on well presented walls, videos on a series of screens. Most of the machines there are only playable on some days for preservation, but the collection has a lot of space to balloon as even a lot of retro gaming stores have amassed a more impressive collection than this one you pay a fee to see. The hacked game set ups are a good idea, such as the Painstation, above, which is a variation of Pong but actual shocks, burns and hurt are delivered to your opponent. The museum could benefit from more of that kind of stuff. Just sayin’.

Overall, the Computerspiele Museum is pretty decent. There’s some interesting breakdowns of the history, archival footage, displays and even a short section on Soviet made games. But as far as a museum goes, it’s a lot more telling than showing. Writing on well presented walls, videos on a series of screens. Most of the machines there are only playable on some days for preservation, but the collection has a lot of space to balloon as even a lot of retro gaming stores have amassed a more impressive collection than this one you pay a fee to see. The hacked game set ups are a good idea, such as the Painstation, above, which is a variation of Pong but actual shocks, burns and hurt are delivered to your opponent. The museum could benefit from more of that kind of stuff. Just sayin’.

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