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Re: Video Games Collecting Project at the Museum of London

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"Aravani, Foteini" <[log in to unmask]>

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Museums Computer Group <[log in to unmask]>

Date:

Fri, 17 Jul 2015 12:12:36 +0000

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Thanks Simon!



I am contacting both developers and publishers- in order to get permissions and moral rights from both sides!

Same applies to the emulated versions- I would like their permissions for those too!



Looking forward to your thoughts and contacts!



All best,

Foteini







Foteini Aravani

Digital Curator (Maternity Cover)

Museum of London

150 London Wall

London EC2Y 5HN

Tel: 020 7814 5719

Email: [log in to unmask]

www.museumoflondon.org.uk





P Before printing, pleasethink about the environment



-----Original Message-----

From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of simon richardson

Sent: 17 July 2015 12:53

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Subject: Re: Video Games Collecting Project at the Museum of London



I'll drop you an email - when I get a bit of time.



The games you are looking for - all of these will (almost certainly) be available for multiple devices through emulation.  Manic Miner, for example, as available on iOS, Android and even xbox.



You might be better off contacting the publishers/ owners rather than the developers. It's highly unlikely that the developers actually have the rights for the games. I think, manic miner is actually owned by Epic, for example.



I'll email you directly with additional thoughts. I used to run a games company and might have a few contact names/ numbers for you.



Regards.



Simon



On 17 July 2015 at 11:06, Aravani, Foteini <[log in to unmask]>

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> 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

> Email: [log in to unmask]

> www.museumoflondon.org.uk

>

>

> Foteini Aravani

> Digital Curator (Maternity Cover)

> Museum of London

> 150 London Wall

> London EC2Y 5HN

> Tel: 020 7814 5719

> Email: [log in to unmask]

> www.museumoflondon.org.uk

>

>

> P Before printing, pleasethink about the environment

>

>

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