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MEMO5 #4.2 -Interview : Joseph Redon

Following on from 50%'s interview with the Hard Looters team, we're continuing to publish the interviews that took place at Retrogaming Play 2019. For this second episode, our host Belasco spoke to Joseph Redon, President of the Game Preservation Society, about his work to preserve video games.

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MEMO5 #4 - Hard Looters

At Retrogaming Play, our team recorded a series of interviews, which we'll be airing here over the coming weeks. To mark the launch of their Hard Looters series, we spoke to Asenka and Mr Quaraté about their search for the rare pearl of retrogaming in Europe.

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Electronic games: there's more to life than Game & Watch!

There's more to life than Game & Watch and Tiger! Many of us had less accomplished, unlicensed electronic games, but they were just as much fun and, above all, cheaper! The low price meant that we sometimes had to be a little indulgent. A football pitch in

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MO5.COM on 8 March live on Tuyatrojouey

Every Friday evening from 9pm to 11pm, TuyatrojoueY broadcasts a live JV news show on Twitch/Youtube/Mixer (on TuYa TV, the live extension of the Tuyatrojouey webzine), and on web-radio (Play Geek). After a 1-hour round-table discussion with the columnists, a special feature will be presented, with the participation of

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New acquisitions: CD-ROMs galore!

We regularly add new items to our collections. Sometimes it's games that are fairly common, but that we strangely don't own, and sometimes it's rarer items. Last month, we acquired several Wondermega games (from SEGA and Victor) and a System CD-ROM with its Interface.

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February donations: lots of games, but not just games!

Once again, we can thank our donors for their generosity, as we received a huge number of pledges in February. Not all have been finalised, but here are those that have already entered our collections. We have also reviewed some older donations that had not yet been received.

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MO5.COM partner of the E-Lab at the Cité des Sciences

The E-Lab is a new permanent exhibition space at the Cité des Sciences, opening on 19 February 2019. Its aim: to explore video games in all their facets: technologies, professions, impact on society, etc. The 700m² space offers a broad overview of the world of video games.

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MEMO5 #3 - Video game controllers

After a podcast dedicated to the thirtieth anniversary of the Mega Drive, and while we wait for the next programme devoted to a console - we'll let you guess which one - we bring you a little MEMO5 on the evolution of game controllers. Our hard-hitting reporter Pippeauletsu was able to interview, during a short episode

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A podcast on the origins of video games with MO5.COM

Produced by two friends, Marguerite and Pauline, Technocurious is a brand new podcast (the first episode was published in January!), dedicated to talking about new technologies in a way that's accessible to everyone. The fifth episode is devoted to the Origins of Video Games,

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January donations: SEGA, Nintendo, Sony... and Frédérick Raynal

The end of 2018 and the beginning of 2019 were prolific, both in terms of acquisitions (more on that later) and donations: Cyril Maubois kindly donated a selection of consoles and games, including a Mega Drive and its

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