An Apple II and I

[studioprisoner]

Originally Posted by Ginamos

BTW That looks like a brilliant exhibition.

oh yeh it was!! I'm going to go back there so I can play all the games i didn't get to, as there were sooooo many kids there (as it was school holidays as well), i think i might sneak some more photos in too with my iphone, as when were taking this picture it was wayyy more obvious that we were taking a photo. lol

[houltmac]

Originally Posted by Ginamos

...the good old MacGuffin.

Finally, someone else who knows what a MacGuffin is! Am I super smart, do I hang out with idiots IRL, or am I just the only one went to film school?

[Ginamos]

Actually, for a long time I didn't know what it was. I remember seeing Belle de Jour and wondered what the Japanese client kept in his box, I thought I must have missed a bit of the plot, it was several years later that I realised it's one of the classic MacGuffins of cinema. I think I found out about the MacGuffin watching a documentary about Alfred Hitchcock.

[Bunyip]

Hey all,
I just went to that exhibition last week and spent waay too long in there. It was during the week so no school kids. What a trip down memory lane.
I too was happy to see the old Apple II. It was my first computer as well studioprisoner, although I had the amber and black screen. Ahhh, the good old days.

One thing which impressed me looking at that exhibition and playing the old 8 bit graphics games which I cut my gaming teeth on as a lad, was how well the game play stood up. Of course graphically they don't compare, but the good ones all had a "hook" which challenged you and made you want to play more.

I was also very happy to see the arcade "Tron" game. I used to love that as a kid, although I was crap at it. Funnily, I played it, and my first game this time I did better than I ever did feeding all those coins into it back in the day.

The exhibition is brilliant, although there were a couple of glaring omissions. Such as Battlezone, which really was an iconic arcade vector graphic game.

Oh, and hi to the community here. This is my first post although I have been enjoying reading the Apple Blog for quite some time now.

Cheers

Bunyip.

[Yuiichi]

Welcome to the TAB forums, Bunyip! Hope you enjoy your stay!

I really hope an exhibition, or something similar, eventually comes to Canada. Looks like great fun playing all of those old games again!

[studioprisoner]

i'm going back to the Game On exhibition on saturday, i'll try and get more photos this time with my iphone

yay!