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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Jack Schofield

The Barbican art gallery in

The Barbican art gallery in London is planning an exhibition to celebrate forty years of computer gaming. Game On will open on May 16 with more than 250 exhibits and "lots of interactive opportunities for visitors", according to Conrad Bodman, the Barbican's resident curator. Of course, if you want to know what games were like 20 years ago, all you have to do is pick up one of today's more expensive mobile phones. Games from early 80s Sinclair Spectrum tapes, Atari cartridges and other things recently considered almost worthless are now being given a new lease of life by companies such as iFone.

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