With recent headlines all abuzz with factoids about video gaming reducing the length and quality of a person’s life, the Strong National Museum of Play has blazed ahead and stood by its position that gaming can be stimulating and beneficial.

Strong National Museum of Play

It has developed the National Center for the History of Electronic Games, which proudly displays and protects nearly 15,000 different items and is currently one of the largest single collections of video gaming history in the United States, and encompasses every facet of gaming history from packaging to merchandising. The Center features an example of every major home gaming console ever manufactured since 1972. It also offers over one hundred different hand held systems.

National Center for the History of Electronic Games

With so much in classic gaming to choose from, and the recent advent of more modern consoles, the National Center for the History of Electronic Games currently is home to over 10,000 titles. It features everything from the early Magnavox Odyssey to the Nintendo Wii. Read more at Playthings.

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