Pokémon, PS2, Dreamcast, and Joypolis: VGHF Archive Features 300 Photos of ’00s Japan’s Gaming Events

When you had to make those 24 exposures count.

Gather round, kids, and I’ll tell you a tale. A tale of gaming events where you weren’t packed in like sardines, a tale of the future of the industry: Sega’s Dreamcast, and a tale of photographic limitations where you had a limited number of shots, no filters, and had to wait two weeks to get your pictures back, only to find you had your finger over the viewfinder the whole time.

Actually… instead of listening to me, you should probably just look through this great collection of photographs, recently archived by the Video Game History Foundation (VGHF). Taken by travelling games journo Colin Williamson, the collection of over 300+ photos documents the Japanese gaming conventions of the late-’90s and early-’00s – a record of our favourite pastime at the dawn of a new millennium.

Read the full article on timeextension.com

When you had to make those 24 exposures count.

Gather round, kids, and I’ll tell you a tale. A tale of gaming events where you weren’t packed in like sardines, a tale of the future of the industry: Sega’s Dreamcast, and a tale of photographic limitations where you had a limited number of shots, no filters, and had to wait two weeks to get your pictures back, only to find you had your finger over the viewfinder the whole time.

Actually… instead of listening to me, you should probably just look through this great collection of photographs, recently archived by the Video Game History Foundation (VGHF). Taken by travelling games journo Colin Williamson, the collection of over 300+ photos documents the Japanese gaming conventions of the late-’90s and early-’00s – a record of our favourite pastime at the dawn of a new millennium.

Read the full article on timeextension.com

 

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