Hi,
Some starter research for you.
Matthew Smith can likely be contacted via:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Matthew-Smith-is-Here/594565187238520
Ian Smith via:
http://www.retrogamer.net/profiles/developer/ian-livingstone/
Jez San via:
http://calvinayre.com/2014/07/30/business/jez-san-gaming-industry-profiles-bl-video/
Robin
On 17 July 2015 at 13:10, Aravani, Foteini <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> That would be amazing!
> Thanks Doug! Let me know if you had any luck!
> F>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> Doug MacBeath
> Sent: 17 July 2015 13:07
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> Subject: Re: Video Games Collecting Project at the Museum of London
>
>
>
> Back in the day, I had all of these on the Spectrum, but sadly they got
> binned 20 odd years ago. Ian Livingstone is President of Eidos who do the
> Tomb Raider games so should be the easiest to contact. Matthew Smith did a
> disapearing act in the late 80s but I think recently reappeared on various
> retro game forums. I've a few colleagues who are active in those, so can
> make some enquiries if you wish.CheersDoug
>
>
> Sent from my Samsung device
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> -------- Original message --------
> From: "Aravani, Foteini" <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 17/07/2015 11:06 (GMT+00:00)
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [MCG] Video Games Collecting Project at the Museum of London
>
> The Museum of London is currently engaged in a new, experimental
> collecting project which encompasses all digital media including
> film/video, sound, social media, and the web. We are enhancing the museum's
> digital collecting activities and identifying opportunities for acquiring
> digital material to enrich the Museum’s collections. The digital collecting
> area we are focusing on at the moment is around Video Games.
>
> Interest in collecting video games as examples of art, design and social
> history is currently at an all-time high. MOMA recently acquired 14 video
> games including Pac-Man (1980), Tetris (1984), SimCity 2000 (1994) and
> Passage (2007). The V&A has recently acquired the mobile app game for iOS
> Flappy Bird as part of its Rapid Response Collecting. The Barbican hosted
> the Digital Revolutions exhibition in 2014 which showcased the development
> of video gaming with emulated games for visitors to play in the gallery.
>
> The Museum of London is planning to acquire works that explore and
> articulate the unique boundaries of video games as a new media approach and
> as a documentation of London’s social history. The inclusion of video games
> furthers the mission of the museum around a new digital approach to our
> collections and ensures the ongoing preservation, social history study and
> interpretation of video games as part of the overall collections. By
> bringing these games into a public collection, the museum has the
> opportunity to research both the social history of video games and develop
> best practices for the digital preservation of the games themselves.
> The collecting policy is based on the following criteria:
> 1. Historical Value
> 2. About London or developed by Londoners 3. Social Impact 4. Non
> corporate (mostly focused on UK Indie scene when possible) 5. Not online
> games
>
> In this first phase we are looking into getting permissions for the
> following ZX Spectrum and C64 games:
>
> - Manic Miner/ Matthew Smith
> - Eureka!/Ian Livingstone
> - Starglider/ Jez San
> - Give my regards to Broad Street/Argus Press, Mind Games
> - Streets of London/ Allan Webb & Grant Privett
>
> I was wondering if anyone would have contact details for the above
> publishers/developers. Any extra information would be of great help!
> Also if anyone would have a copy of the above video games, please do get
> in touch!
>
> If you need more information about our project, i am more than happy to
> have a chat!
>
> All the best,
>
> Foteini Aravani
> Digital Curator
> Museum of London
> 150 London Wall
> London EC2Y 5HN
> Tel: 020 7814 5719
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> www.museumoflondon.org.uk
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> Foteini Aravani
> Digital Curator (Maternity Cover)
> Museum of London
> 150 London Wall
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> www.museumoflondon.org.uk
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