The ludoscience team is pleased to announce the release of a new game created in our laboratory: Vintage Game Shop. It's a “documentary game” about the history of video games. The game is freeware, available for Web browser and Mobile (Android and iOS). Everyday, people will come to your shop to sell you vintage games and consoles. Your goal is buying them as cheaply as possible, so you can earn some money when you’ll resell them to another client! Your profit wil
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Keywords : vintage game shop, history, video game, serious game
Vintage Game Shop is a “documentary game” about the history of video games.Everyday, people will come to your shop to sell you vintage games and consoles. Your goal is buying them as cheaply as possible, so you can earn some money when you’ll resell them to another client! Your profit will enable you to buy rarer and more expensive items, so you can complete your personal game collection.Will you earn enough money to buy all of the most iconic games in history? The gam
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Keywords : history, video game, retro gaming, serious game, collection
This tall book (larger than A4) is a collection of articles written by different authors who offer you a journey through the main video game-related events from the year 1992, in France. The book begins with a handful of papers dealing with year-long events, such as the home console competition between Nintendo and Sega, with a lot of figures. They are completed by a portrait of Masahiro Sakurai (Kirby, Smash Bros) and another one of the Lucasarts studio. Then, several articles are dealing with
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Keywords : history, 1992, console, pc, super nes, lucasarts
(Broacasting our studies)
Retrogaming #2 : La Vectrex Cette 2eme session Rétrogaming se propose de (re)découvrir la console de jeu Vectrex (MB, 1982). Sur un plan pratique cet atelier se propose de présenter la machine et de la tester.Les différents jeux et accessoires proposées pour cette machine seront également évoqués.Enfin, une séance d'échanges autour de la Vectrex sera proposée au public.Quand ? : mercredi 8 juin de
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Keywords : Retrogaming, History, Videogames, Vectrex
(Broacasting our studies)
Retrogaming #2 : La Vectrex Cette 2eme session Rétrogaming se propose de (re)découvrir la console de jeu Vectrex (MB, 1982). Sur un plan pratique cet atelier se propose de présenter la machine et de la tester.Les différents jeux et accessoires proposées pour cette machine seront également évoqués.Enfin, une séance d'échanges autour de la Vectrex sera proposée au public.Quand ? : mercredi 8 juin de
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Keywords : Retrogaming, History, Videogames, Vectrex
(Broacasting our studies)
Retrogaming #2 : La Vectrex Cette 2eme session Rétrogaming se propose de (re)découvrir la console de jeu Vectrex (MB, 1982). Sur un plan pratique cet atelier se propose de présenter la machine et de la tester.Les différents jeux et accessoires proposées pour cette machine seront également évoqués.Enfin, une séance d'échanges autour de la Vectrex sera proposée au public.Quand ? : mercredi 8 juin de
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Keywords : Retrogaming, History, Videogames, Vectrex
Retrogaming #2 : La Vectrex Date, heure et lieu de l'événement :Mercredi 8 juin 2016 de 13:00 à 14:00 (heure avancée d’Europe centrale Heure : France)Serre Numérique2 rue Péclet59300 ValenciennesFrance Assister à l'Evénement Cette 2eme session Rétrogaming se propose de (re)découvrir la console de jeu Vectrex (MB, 1982). Sur un plan pratique cet atelier se p
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Keywords : Retrogaming, History, Videogames, Vectrex
Retrogaming #1 : Introduction Date, heure et lieu de l'événement :Mercredi 1 juin 2016 de 13:00 à 14:00 (heure avancée d’Europe centrale Heure : France)Serre Numérique2 rue Péclet59300 ValenciennesFrance Assister à l'Evénement Cette 1ere session Rétrogaming introduira le sujet en proposant une frise temporelle qui passe en revue la préhistoire du jeu vid&eacut
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Keywords : Serious game history, Video Game history, Retrogaming, Workshop
As you may have noticed, these last months have been quiet for Ludoscience. Don't worry, the lab is still running, it's just that we have all been so busy with our current projects, that nobody had the time to actually update the website! As these projects near completion, in the upcoming weeks we will have new projects to share with you, including... a new book written by all the Ludoscience members! In the meantime, here is a selection of our activities during the last months: Our b
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Keywords : ludoscience, news, conferences
This book details the history of two legendary game consoles, both released in 1994. The 300 pages are divided in two parts. The first part tells with great details the history of the PlayStation, and the making of its 10 most popular games (Wipeout, Tekken, Gran Turismo, Final Fantasy VII, Metal Gear Solid…). The second half is dedicated to the history of the Saturn and 10 of its best titles (Nights, Guardian Heroes, Grandia, Panzer Dragoon, Daytona USA…). Despite already abundant
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Keywords : saturn, playstation, history, sony, sega, wipeout, virtua fighter, 32 bits