VIRTUAL ROOM / 1990

1990s teenager’s bedroom

Consoles · posters · CDs

Game Boy, a 1989 Handheld CONSOLE

Game Boy, a 1989 Handheld

Exhibit dedicated to Game Boy and to the 1989 milestone in the evolution of handheld platforms noted by the sources.

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3DO Interactive Multiplayer CONSOLE

3DO Interactive Multiplayer

A 1993 home console conceived as licensable specifications for different manufacturers. The available source mentions Panasonic’s first models; it does not provide enough documentation to detail the industrial design or reconstruct its use in the home.

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Nintendo Entertainment System: the home console in its different versions CONSOLE

Nintendo Entertainment System: the home console in its different versions

An exhibit for considering how the console appeared under different names and designs in different markets. The supplied documentation identifies its Japanese release as the Family Computer or Famicom and notes that the Western model was redesigned.

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3DO Interactive Multiplayer and the licensable-specification model CONSOLE

3DO Interactive Multiplayer and the licensable-specification model

3DO was based on licensable specifications and had models produced by different manufacturers. It is important to distinguish documented facts—including Panasonic's first models in 1993—from any interpretation of its design or user experience.

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A Console Platform with Multiple Manufacturers CONSOLE

A Console Platform with Multiple Manufacturers

A display on the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer can present the licensable-specification model and the different hardware versions described in the evidence.

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