Special Philips donation from Hélène
We recently received a large special Philips donation from Hélène H., whom we would like to thank once again. For the record, she worked for Thomson for a long time and with her husband, they both worked on the MO5, TO7, TO9 and the
MO5.COM in Visites privées on France 2
Following on from La grande épopée des jeux vidéo on the Mangas channel, the MO5.COM association will be making an appearance tomorrow in the new programme Visites privées broadcast on France 2. Presented by Stéphane Bern, this daily programme takes a behind-the-scenes look at heritage and its institutions, and the episode entitled "La Véritable Histoire du jeu vidéo" (The True Story of Video Games) will look at a part of our cultural heritage.
Podcast #36 - Metroid turns 30
We promised we wouldn't keep you waiting too long after our show on Nolife, so MO5.COM Podcasts is back to tackle a very different subject, the Metroid saga, which may be in relative slumber but is not seriously threatened. A couple of months after its 30th birthday, we're going to take a look at a very different subject.
Gift of Guillaume Delalande
The summer period is in full swing, some people have gone on holiday, others are working, and what about us? We're working, tinkering, tidying up and continuing our preservation work. The activity continues and so do the donation emails. Guillaume Delalande, a journalist with LCI, has given us a superb, well-stocked donation. Guillaume follows us
Last donation in July
Etienne M. has graciously donated his Xbox 360 console, along with a bunch of games, all in excellent condition. Many thanks for this superb donation. If you would like to make a donation, please email us at don@mo5.com!
Podcast #35 - The History of Nolife
Sadly, we haven't kept our promise to keep you waiting as long as we did last time, but we hope that you will at least enjoy this new programme. The MO5.COM Podcasts are moving away from cult magazines and tackling TV channels, starting with the one at the top of the list
Special evening at the Extra Life Café
On 9 June, we organised a special evening for our members in partnership with Extra Life Café. It's a multi-themed bar, video games and manga, located in the 5th arrondissement of Paris. More generally, it focuses on Japanese culture. The bar is pretty well stocked
Stunfest 2016
Stunfest 2016 took place from 20 to 22 May 2016 at Le Liberté in Rennes. This festival, initially focused on fighting games, has seen itself grow since its inception in 2005 and now deals with video games in general. Although Versus Fighting is the main focus, the
Latest donations
Julian contacted the association to give us a splendid, very well preserved Dreamcast commercial terminal. We would like to thank him warmly for this gesture and have decided to consider him a benefactor member! Romain H. has also donated several Atari machines to the association, and we'd like to say a huge thank you to him too.
Gamers Assembly 2016
The 17th Gamers Assembly took place from 26 to 28 March 2016 at the Parc des Expositions in Poitiers. This flagship esport event broke its attendance record, welcoming more than 1,800 players and 19,000 visitors. As a prelude to the event, an exhibition
Le Mag
- Joysticks and controllers finally get their own book with Trigger Happy
- SEGA Mark III vs. Master System test and other retro shows of the week
- Streets of Rage (again) tested on the Amiga and other retro news of the week
- Gigasword and other retro releases this week
- Snow Bros. compilation available for pre-order from Limited Run Games
