Donor Highlighted in MLibrary Newsletter

The generous donor of our Arcade Legends machine, Joshua A. Bilmes, has been highlighted in the library's newsletter. A lover of classic games, he is also the president of the JABberwocky Literacy Agency, where he represents authors of science fiction and fantasy, and is the author of the blog Brillig.

Amiga Games

We recently got a donation that included an Amiga 3000 computer, as well as an Amiga 500. After some love and care from our fearless restorer of old games and equipment, Doug, they are now in working order.

Here are a few titles that are now available to play on the Amigas:

 

Commodore 64

Last week we received a donation of a Commodore 64 (actually a later-model Commodore 64C), including a disk drive, monitor and joysticks. All of which works, and also came with about thirty-five games.

Here are some pictures:

TI-99/4A

We received a donation this week of a TI-99/4A computer along with a case full of games. They all work great (except for the fact that the computer keyboard is missing the 'H' key!):

Battlezone

A couple of weeks ago, the fine folks at the Computer Aided Engineering Network (CAEN) gave us a Battlezone mini-cabinet for the archive. As you can see, it fit in just perfectly near the back door!

Nintendo Donations

Got a nice box of donations this morning, full of Nintendo stuff:

Nintendo 64, with controllers & games:


Nintendo Game Boy & Game Boy Color with games:

More Donation Photos

Here are a few more pictures of items we've had donated to the game archive over the past few weeks:

Nintendo Entertainment System:


SEGA Genesis:


SEGA Master System:


SEGA Games:


TRS-80 Color Computer Game Cartridges:

Even More Donation Photos

A few more things we've had donated recently:



A TurboGrafx 16.




A Tandy Color Computer 3.




A dedicated Tetris game (just plug it into your tv and go!)

Intellivision & Atari 2600

Things are still going slow with the game collection, but they should start to pick up in July as I'll finally be able to start purchasing games and systems and hardware and stuff. No worries, everything is still on track for an opening in mid to late August.

In the meanwhile we've received a couple of classic game systems as donations. These are the games from my own childhood!

Last week we got a Mattel Intelivision (with a handful of games):








And then yesterday we received a nice donation of an Atari 2600 Jr. with 20 or so games, most all in their original packaging:

Games Donated (so far)

We're in a bit of a lull on activity for the game collection: Waiting for the fiscal year to kick over so that we have a budget to buy things; waiting for various dominoes to fall in the room renovation; waiting to interview applicants for the manager position; etc.

Monday morning I'm meeting with one of the managers from the electronic cataloging unit to discuss how exactly we're going to catalog these things. Should be interesting! She asked me to give her a list of the donated games we've received, so I figured I'd share:

Intellivision:

• Demon Attack
• Donkey Kong
• Las Vegas Poker & Blackjack
• NFL Football
• Space Armada
• Tron Maze-a-Tron

Macintosh:

• 1994 Holiday Lemmings
• Anyone for Cards?
• The C.H.A.O.S. Continuum
• Eagle Eye Mysteries in London
• King’s Quest V
• The Labyrinth of Time
• Lighthouse: The Dark Being
• MYTH: The Total Codex
• PGA Tour Golf II
• Populous II
• Power Poker
• Powermonger
• Sim Farm
• The Sims
• Syndicate
• Theme Park
• Victor Vector & Yondo: The Vampire’s Coffin

Playstation:

• Allied General
• Army Men 3D
• Bust -A- Move ‘99
• Command & Conquer: Red Alert
• Croc: Legend of the Gobbos
• Final Fantasy VII
• Final Fantasy Tactics
• Gran Turismo 2
• King’s Field
• King’s Field II
• Medal of Honor
• Metal Gear Solid
• NCAA Football 99
• Panzer General
• Pro Pinball
• Pro Pinball: Big Race USA
• Pro Pinball: Fantastic Journey
• Rally Cross 2
• Resident Evil 2
• Spin Jam
• Spyro the Dragon
• Tomb Raider II
• Tomb Raider III
• Vandal Hearts
• Virtual Pool
• Warcraft II: The Dark Saga

Playstation 2:

• Escape from Monkey Island
• Gauntlet: Dark Legacy
• Gran Turismo 3: A-spec
• LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game
• Madden 2001
• NHL 2001
• SSX
• Super Bust-a-Move

We Want Your Videogames!

One of the ways we plan on growing the video game archive is through in-kind donations. How many people have old game consoles taking up space in the basement, looking for a good home? Quite a few, we think, and we can offer that good home to them!

I have a page up on our Website with details on what we're looking for and who to contact.

Here are a few of the things we've received so far:


PlayStation (One) and assorted games, anonymously donated in a large paper bag.


A PlayStation 2 and assorted games. The box underneath has another PS1 & games. Off to the right is a bag full of old Macintosh games.


A Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer, ca. 1981. This is the box...


...and here's the computer. Ooooo. Originally shipped with 4K of memory, but the previous owner upgraded it to a whopping 16K!


An original MicroSoft force-feedback joystick controller. With it's very own power source!

More to come as we get more in...