Atari 50th birthday celebration: gaming, guests - prizes!

The National Museum of Computing (TNMOC) is home to the world's largest collection of working historic computers.Follow the development of computing: from the Turing-Welchman Bombe and Colossus of the 1940s through the large systems and mainframes of the 1950s, 60s and 70s, to the rise of personal computing and the rise of mobile computing and the internet.Recognised as one of England’s top 100 ‘irreplaceable places’, we welcome corporate and group visits, schools and individuals from all over the world.We are normally open Tuesday to Friday 10:30 -17:00, Saturday & Sunday 10:30 – 17:00. Please check tickets for actual opening days and times.TNMOC operates independently of Bletchley Park Trust, although we are located on the Bletchley Park Estate.To visit us, go through the main Bletchley Park entrance, through the barrier, walk or drive bearing left beyond the main car parks, to our separate entrance located at the top of the Park.Visit their website here for more information.https://www.tnmoc.org/Sat Nav users: please use the postcode for the railway station MK3 6DS on Sherwood Drive and then follow signs. The postcode for Bletchley Park will actually take you to an old entrance which is closed.

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Join us at The National Museum of Computing to mark the 50th anniversary of Atari with a day of retro gaming!

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We’re celebrating 50 years of Atari - one of the world’s most important and influential computer games makers with a day of gaming, guests and prizes on September 17.Please note that these tickets give you access to the whole musuem from 10:30-17:00Atari was more than a best-selling brand of video game maker and manufacturer of personal computers: Atari transformed popular culture.With consoles like the 2600 and the ST personal computer, Atari put gaming in people’s homes across the UK with hundreds of tiles including Space Invaders and Pac-Man still played today!On September 17 we have a trio of treats for you in celebration of this.You are invited to participate in our Atari games tournament, playing some classic titles on original hardware from our museum’s collection with prizes for top scorers!You will experience joystick, keyboard and cockpit gaming:<ul><li>Space Invaders, Yar's Revenge, Centipede</li><li>Atari 2600, Atari 800, Atari ST</li><li>Race Drivin’ - cockpit game that left the keyboard behind with early 3D rendering and features to simulate vehicle handling.</li><li>And more...</li></ul>Second: winners will be announced for our competition: <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/atari-art-re-imagined-competition-tickets-375040755997?aff=ebdssbdestsearch">Atari art reimagined</a> - a summer-long challenge for artists of all ages to redesign their favourite Atari games art cover.Prizes include £50 of vouchers for either art supplies or game.co.uk, the chance for their design to appear on one of our museum’s T-shirts or tote bags, and to win signed copies of the fabulous <a href="https://wordery.com/art-of-atari-tim-lapetino-9781524101039?cTrk=MTk0MjUwNzYyfDYyYmMzNmUzM2RhNGQ6MToxOjYyYmMzNmQ5ZTQzZDY5Ljg2NzAwOTk0OjlkNTE1OTEw" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Art of Atari</a> and <a href="https://wordery.com/pac-man-birth-of-an-icon-arjan-terpstra-9781789099393?cTrk=MTk0MjUwNzg2fDYyYmMzNzVmMmUyN2E6MToxOjYyYmMzNmQ5ZTQzZDY5Ljg2NzAwOTk0OmEyMWVlMjJl" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Pac-Man: Birth of an Icon</a> signed by author Tim Lapetino.Full schedule for the day is:10:30: Museum opens10:30-12:30: Visitors invited to explore the Museum and participate in the Atari games tournament12:30-13:15: Refreshments - tea, coffee, juice, water and biscuits 13:15-15:30: Visitors invited to explore the Museum and join or rejoin the retro Atari games tournament.16:00 Winners of the Atari games tournament announcedRefreshments - tea, coffee, water and biscuits - served throughout

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