WARRINGTON Museum is to be transformed into an entertainment arcade when the history of gaming is explored.
Consoles from decades ago including the Sega Megadrive, Atari 7800, Playstation 1 and 2 and the Nintendo 64 will be playable.
And from ancient board games to retro video games, the new exhibition, which opens today, Thursday, will question what truly defines a great game.
'The Museum of Gaming' will also explore how the games industry evolved from a generation of bedroom coders in the 1980s to a multibillion pound industry in the 21st century
Vicky Armstrong, from Culture Warrington, said: "The exhibition explores how we have evolved to learn through play and how some of the games we still play now make active use of the evolutionary adaptations that we made more than 11,000 years ago.
"Long before games were mainly used for leisure purposes, they were used for educational purposes, for developing military strategy as well as for exploring morality."
The free exhibition will also feature some recent work created as part of Priestley College's computer game design course.
Culture Warrington has teamed up with the Museum of Gaming in Lancashire which has provided many of the items featured in the display.
The Museum of Gaming exhibition is on display at Warrington Museum and Art Gallery in Museum Street until September 19.
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