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Nintendo's Super Mario at
Ehrenbreitstein Fortress
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From 4 June
to 19 November, 2006, the exhibition "Nintendo. From the Game
of Cards to the Game Boy" can be seen on Festung
Ehrenbreitstein in the State Museum of Koblenz. After the
overwhelming success of "LegoWorld" in 2003, the state
museum has prepared another exhibition on games and plays. This
time, the focus is on the virtual worlds of playing and gaming,
which are not only part and parcel of the leisure time culture of
our children and youths but increasingly also of that of adults.
Computer and video games make ever deeper inroads in the market and
have become a major leisure time activity for millions of people.
The organizers of the exhibition go to the roots of this phenomenon
and by the example of the corporate development of Nintendo trace
the meteoric rise of video games. In the technical museum of the
state of Rhine Land Palatinate, you can take a look behind the
scenes and see how these games are produced and understand their
social relevance.
Nintendo, the company that is partner of the exhibition, is a
typical example of this industry. The development of that company
not only embraces all important stages of the video game industry,
Nintendo is the only producer of consoles, handhelds, game controls
and games.
It is the almost ritual character of Super Mario, developed by
Nintendo's chief designer, Shigeru Miyamoto, that brought new life
to the industry after it had been shattered by the big crash in
1983. Super Mario and the invention of the Game Boy a few years
later marked the beginning of the second heyday of computer and
video games which is continuing to this day. So visitors can be sure
to meet that merry plumber and many other Nintendo heroes in the
exhibition.
Accompanying the exhibition is a range of other events with
workshops, seminars and a number of others devoted to art education.
Other highlights in connection with the Nintendo exhibition include
the large event "The Nintendo truck's coming..." (23 July
2006) and Pokémon Day 2006 (24 September 2006).
Take the challenge, have fun and win!
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Landesmuseum Koblenz
Festung Ehrenbreitstein · D-56077 Koblenz
Phone: +49 (0) 2 61 - 66 75 - 0
Web site: www.landesmuseumkoblenz.de
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