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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Amanda Holpuch

Video games at the Museum of Modern Art – in pictures

Pac-Man screen shot from MOMA
Pac-Man. Toru Iwatani (Japanese, born 1955). Publisher: Namco Bandai Games Inc. 1980-1981. Photograph: MoMA Photograph: MoMA/PR
Tetris screen shot from MoMA
Tetris. Alexei Pajitonov (Russian, born 1955). 1984. Photograph: MoMA Photograph: MoMA/PR
Another World from MoMA
Another World. Éric Chahi (French, born 1967). 1991. Photograph: MoMA Photograph: MoMA/PR
Myst screen shot for MoMA
Myst. Rand Miller (American, born 1959) and Robyn Miller (American, born 1966). Publisher: Cyan Worlds (USA, est. 1987). 1993. Photograph: MoMA Photograph: MoMA/PR
SimCity 2000 screen shot for MoMA
SimCity 2000. Will Wright (American, born 1960). Publisher: Electronic Arts. 1989. Photograph: MoMA Photograph: MoMA/PR
Vid-Ribbon screen shot for MoMA
Vib-Ribbon. Masaya Matsuura (Japanese, born 1961). Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. 1997-1999. Photograph: MoMA Photograph: MoMA/PR
The Sims for MoMA
The Sims. Will Wright (American, born 1960). Publisher: Electronic Arts. 2000. Photograph: MoMA Photograph: MoMA/PR
Katamari screen shot for MoMA
Katamari Damacy. Keita Takahashi (Japanese, born 1975). Publisher: Namco Bandai Games Inc. 2003. Photograph: MoMA Photograph: MoMA/PR
Eve Online screen shot for MoMA
Eve Online. CCP Games (Iceland, est. 1997). 2003. Photograph: MoMA Photograph: MoMA/PR
Dwarf Fortress screen shot for MoMA
Dwarf Fortress (Detail). Tarn Adams (American, born 1978) and Zach Adams (American, born 1975). 2006. Photograph: MoMA Photograph: MoMA/PR
Portal screen shot for MoMA
Portal. Valve (USA, est. 1996). 2005-2007. Photograph: MoMA Photograph: MoMA/PR
flOw screen shot for MoMA
flOw. Jenova (Xinghan) Chen (Chinese, born 1981) and Nick Clark (American, born 1984). Publisher: thatgamecompany. 2007. Photograph: MoMA Photograph: MoMA/PR
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