Have you ever tried playing the kind of video games that your parents played? The Museum of Science in Manchester, in the UK, has held an exhibition for the last few years, which invites visitors to do 75 that. It offers them the chance to play games from the last 40 years, in various sessions throughout the day.
These video game sessions have now become one of the main attractions of the museum. They are full of people every day, playing a wide range of games. However, visitors often choose the ones they’re 76 . For parents, for example, these are usually the games they used to play in their childhood. There’s also a(n) 77 purpose to the games. For instance, some old types of computer, dating back 40 years, are also available in the sessions. They were originally used in classrooms to teach pupils to write their own computer programs. And at the time, it helped lots of young people to do that. Now, the museum is holding workshops that encourage children to learn similar skills – and they’re still very popular.
The exhibition also shows how much 78 technology has made over the last 40 years. Parents can often remember playing very simple games. But the games that are played today are more complex. They have better storylines and animation, too. And the players also have to use much more complicated techniques.
79 , one serious side of the exhibition is that organisers also want to show that video gaming is an important industry, employing many skilled people. So they hope the exhibition will 80 this message.
That way, people who enjoy gaming will also understand all the hard work, talent, imagination that goes into creating these amazing games.
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