Friday 18 October 2013

Video Gaming 1979-1989 at the NCCD

Video Gaming 1979-1989 exhibition at The National Centre for Craft and Design

The National Centre for Craft & Design is hosting an event to celebrate the golden age of video games, "Revolution in the Bedroom, War in the Playground: Video Gaming 1979-1989". The exhibition runs from 19th October to 5th January in the main gallery.

The exhibition focuses on bedroom programmers, 8-bit games design and magazine cover art with classic games running on several computers. If you're in the Sleaford area, it's definitely worth a visit.

ZX Spectrum circuit schematic diagram by Simon Patterson

Detail from Simon Patterson's 15 metre chalkboard circuit diagram

artwork by Oliver Frey

Cover artwork by Oliver Frey

Video Gaming 1979-1989 exhibition