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The story of game consoles from 1972 to the present day.

It describes and displays the range of machines produced by Atari, Sega, Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft and others, which have brought gaming into the home over the last 30 years. Visitors will be able to play and see some of the key consoles, including the first one made for the home - the Magnavox Odyssey (1972).

Following the exhibition tour, these consoles will form a unique permanent collection at the Museum of Scotland.

Playable games

  • Dead or Alive Ultimate (Microsoft Xbox)
  • Death Chase (Sinclair Spectrum - PC)
  • Fighting Street (PC Engine)
  • Freeway (Atari VCS)
  • Lemmings (Commodore Amiga)
  • Mario Bros (Nintendo Famicom)
  • Mario Superstar Baseball (Nintendo Gamecube)
  • MSX Collection (Spectravideo SVI-318 / MSX) [Sega Saturn]
  • Odin Sphere (Sony Playstation 2)
  • Ridge Racer (Playstation)
  • Tempest 2000 (Atari Jaguar)
  • Tennis (Magnavox Odyssey)
  • Tetris (Super Nintendo)
  • Virtua Tennis 2 (Sega Dreamcast)
  • Way of the Exploding Fist (Commodore 64 - PC)

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amokk20us says:

sweeeeeeet, but I think you meant Street Fighter ( PC Engine ) not Fighter Street :) .

Crash from Jindalee says:

Hey Amokk, it is totally sweet. Went to the game on the other week, and it is Fighter STreet. IT's a Japanese game - check it out: http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-m8-49-en-70-2sqz.html

ChrisO says:

Some nice screenshots and some Youtube of "Fighting Street" here too:

http://www.pcengine.co.uk/HTML_Games/Fighting_Street.htm

Still, why bother while there's a perfectly serviceable Samurai Shodown II cabinet downstairs!!

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