The Wall is Up!

The wall for our Computer & Video Game Archive room was installed yesterday afternoon. Here are a few pictures:

Exterior view (from the hallway):





Interior view (looking out towards the hallway):





So now we are waiting for the door to be keyed (should happen this week), and for the equipment we've requested to be ordered to arrive. Then we'll be ready to open.

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:

Games!

A couple of days ago we received the first batch of new games that have made their way through acquisitions -> cataloging -> labelling. Here they are:



We received another large tote full of games today, so there's plenty more to come.

I've started an RSS feed for the video games that arrive; you can subscribe at http://www.lib.umich.edu/aael/feeds/aaelgames.xml