Location Perth Founder Jessie Yeoh Established 16 December 2015 | Type Video Game Museum Nearest parking Street parking Phone +61 8 9227 7377 | |
Public transit access Blue CAT Bus, Stop 6 or 7 Address 3/16 Aberdeen St, Perth WA 6000, Australia Hours Closed now Wednesday10:30AM–5PM, 6–9PMThursday10:30AM–5PM, 6–9PMFriday10:30AM–5PM, 6–9PMSaturday10:30AM–5PM, 6–9PMSunday10:30AM–5PM, 6–9PMMonday10:30AM–5PM, 6–9PMTuesday10:30AM–5PM, 6–9PMSuggest an edit Similar Scitech, Matilda Bay Reserve, Art Gallery of Western Australia, DNA Tower, Horseshoe Bridge Profiles | ||
The nostalgia box museum in perth for video games and educational tours
The Nostalgia Box is a video game museum located in Western Australia. It is the first interactive Video Game Console museum in Australia and was founded by video game lover Jessie Yeoh.
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- The nostalgia box museum in perth for video games and educational tours
- Red coin visits the nostalgia box
- Permanent exhibits
- Game play area
- References
The Nostalgia Box requires that visitors book their tickets in advance online so that they may reduce over crowding, giving everyone a chance to play at the console of their choice.
Every month in partnership with Perth Film and Television Institute, Playup Perth, the museum hosts an event to test games from local Perth developers.
Red coin visits the nostalgia box
Permanent exhibits
Featured in the exhibit space is over four decades worth of video games and hundreds of consoles, starting in the 1970s with the Magnavox Odyssey through the 2000s with the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The permanent exhibits have been set up chronologically to show the progression of the gaming industry and is meant to be a "stroll down memory lane" as well as a "crash course in the history of gaming"
Game play area
The museum features an interactive gaming area in addition to its permanent exhibits, which allows visitors to play a variety of video games. Included in this section are games such as Pong, Space Invaders, Super Mario Bros., Sonic the Hedgehog, and Crash Bandicoot. Ten different consoles are available such as the Atari 2600 and Nintendo 64. The consoles featured in the gaming area also span across decades.