Museo del Recreativo

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A cultural and technological outreach and preservation centre associated with arcade machines, according to its website description.

ENTITY DATA

Type: Museum
Year: Pending verification
Country or region: Spain
Status: Documented

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Museo Del Recreativo | Cultura Arcadebrave_web · 65%

Video-game preservation encompasses hardware, software, documents, advertising, magazines, audiovisual materials and the cultural conditions of use. Drawing on Spanish initiatives and academic debates, this article defines what can be verified about that work and why a playable copy does not exhaust a game’s history.

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Analysis · contemporary

Preserving Video Games Means Preserving Their Contexts

Spanish museums, archives and associations show that conserving video games also means caring for machines, software, documentation, images, publications and the means of access that make the whole intelligible.

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Museo del Recreativo

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