Remembering & Exhibiting Games Past: The Popular Memory Archive

Authors

  • Helen Stuckey Department of Screen and Media Flinders University
  • Melanie Swalwell Department of Screen and Media Flinders University
  • Angela Ndalianis School of Culture and Communication University of Melbourne
  • Denise de Vries School of Computer Science, Engineering and Mathematics Flinders University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26503/todigra.v2i1.40

Abstract

The Popular Memory Archive is an online collaborative research portal for collecting and exhibiting the production and reception histories of Australian and New Zealand micro-computer games of the 1980s. Proposed as a resource for both historians of technology and media, and the public, the site provides the means to collect and share the memories of those who lived and played their way through this period. This article surveys activity on the site and offers some preliminary evaluation of the significance of the online contributions. From this we consider the discursive, inclusive and questioning practices of the portal as a means of exhibiting historic games.

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Published

2015-12-14

How to Cite

Stuckey, H., Swalwell, M., Ndalianis, A., & de Vries, D. (2015). Remembering & Exhibiting Games Past: The Popular Memory Archive. Transactions of the Digital Games Research Association, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.26503/todigra.v2i1.40

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2015)

Section

Articles