MUSEUM VOOR POPULAIRE CULTUUR
Pole Position
Namco | Atari
1982
Race your Indy car around the Fuji course before the timer runs out. The first run is the qualifying lap and your starting position is determined by your completion time. Avoid road hazards and other cars as you drive, earning extra time for each completed lap.
genre | racing
design | Kazunori Sawano, Sho Osugi, Shinichiro Okamoto
programmer | Koichi Tashiro
composers |Nobuyuki Ohnogi, Yuriko Keino
cockpit
acquisitie | februari 2025
Cycle Rider
Taito
1970
genre | racing
upright cabinet
acquisitie | maart 2023
Popeye
Nintendo
1982
You play Popeye who must win the love of Olive Oyl in three different scenarios while avoiding the nasty Bluto. Your main weapon against this relentless brute is the cans of spinach that appear at the beginning of each screen. You must dodge the projectiles thrown by Bluto and the Sea Hag, as well as Bluto’s punches.
genre | platform
design | Genyo Takeda, Shigeru Miyamoto
cocktail
acquisitie |
Pac-Man
Namco | Midway
1980
A yellow, pie-shaped character named Pac-Man runs along inside a maze, eating dots as it avoids four ghosts. Each ghost has its own unique personality and gobbling one of the four super dots makes Pac-Man invincible to the ghosts for a given period of time. Each maze has its own unique bonus fruit or object with bonus points increasing as the game progresses.
genre | maze
design | Toru Iwatani
programming | Shigeo Funaki, Shigeichi Ishimura
art | Hiroshi Ono
composer | Shigeichi Ishimura, Toshio Kai
cabaret
acquisitie | December 2020
Ms. Pac-Man
General Computer Corporation | Midway
1982
Ms. Pac-Man must eat all the dots in a maze in order to advance to the next stage. She’s chased by killer ghosts but she can eat them while powered up after eating one of four large dots. Bonus points are awarded for eating the fruits and snacks that appear and wander the maze.
genre | maze
design | Steve Golson
composer | Chris Rode
cocktail
acquisitie | juli 2017
Galaxian
Namco | Midway
1979
A game where a spaceship flies back and forth shooting aliens in space.
genre | fixed shooter
design | Kazunori Sawano, Shigeichi Ishimura
programmer | Koichi Tashiro
art | Hiroshi Ono
composer | Toshio Kai
upright cabinet
acquisitie | april 2021
Hyper Sports
Konami
1984
This game consists of Olympic events. The player must qualify the event to move onto the next.
genre | sports
upright cabinet
acquisitie | september 2023
Q*Bert
Gottlieb
1982
A two-legged, big-nosed, orange creature jumps diagonally around on a pyramid, changing the color of the blocks he lands on. Avoid most moving objects and characters while luring Coily, the snake, to his demise by jumping off the edge of the pyramid onto one of the flying disks. The game has nine levels of four rounds each.
genre | action, puzzle
design | Warren Davis, Jeff Lee
programmer | Warren Davis
art | Jeff Lee
composer | David Thiel
upright cabinet
acquisitie | mei 2023
Ms. Pac-Man
General Computer Corporation | Midway
1982
Ms. Pac-Man must eat all the dots in a maze in order to advance to the next stage. She’s chased by killer ghosts but she can eat them while powered up after eating one of four large dots. Bonus points are awarded for eating the fruits and snacks that appear and wander the maze.
genre | maze
design | Steve Golson
composer | Chris Rode
cabaret
acquisitie | mei 2023
Monaco GP
Sega
1979
An overhead driving game where you try to beat the clock. During the game a player is given an unlimited number of cars lives. Extended play is awarded once a player’s score reaches a certain amount.
genre | racing
cabaret
acquisitie | mei 2023
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