AUSRETROGAMER

The Pop-Culture E-Zine

You are here: Home / Archives for video game collection

video game collection

‘GAMEBOY’ Tells The Story Of Austrian Game-Expert Andranik Ghalustians

By

game boy 1

The short-documentary ‘GAMEBOY’ by filmmaker Carlo Hofmann tells the story of Austrian game-expert Andranik Ghalustians and his amazing (and well used) video game collection – he estimates he has somewhere between 40,000 and 50,000 games!

Source: Carlo Hofmann on Vimeo via Laughing Squid

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

msausretrogamerMs. ausretrogamer
Editor and Researcher at ausretrogamer – The Australian Retro Gamer E-Zine. Lover of science fiction, fashion, books, movies and TV. Player of games, old and new.

Follow Ms. ausretrogamer on Twitter

 

 

Syd Bolton’s Video Game Collection And Personal Computer Museum

By

headerNext time I’m in Brantford, Ontario I know where I’m going: Syd Bolton’s Personal Computer Museum!

According to the website, they have over 45 interactive computer displays and over 1,000 computers in total. The collection consist of a massive 25,000 artifacts (including computers, software, magazines and books) with approximately 5,000 items in the museum at any given time. Check out the lists of computers and software.

The museum is open on select dates as well as for school/group tours (best school excursion ever!).

PCM1

PCM

syd bolton's collection 1

PCM 4

PCM 5

PCM 3

PCM 2

Syd is Canada’s top video game collector – watch him and his partner Jenny Schween talk about what it’s like to have such a large collection of video games (15,000!) and computers:


Source: Syd Bolton’s YouTube Channel

Source: The Personal Computer Museum Facebook Page, The Personal Computer Museum Website, Syd Bolton’s YouTube Channel

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

msausretrogamerMs. ausretrogamer
Editor and Researcher at ausretrogamer – The Australian Retro Gamer E-Zine. Lover of science fiction, fashion, books, movies and TV. Player of games, old and new.

Follow Ms. ausretrogamer on Twitter