Restoring the Galaxian3 Theatre 6, 1992 six player arcade machine

Re:Restoring the Galaxian3 Theatre 6, 1992 six player arcade... by timcobb on Saturday April 19, 2025 @08:45AM (#43736040)

> a 28 player behemoth that debuted in April 1990 at the International Garden and Greenery Exposition in Osaka, Japan

Why would an arcade game be debuted at a gardening and greenery expo?

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Re:Restoring the Galaxian3 Theatre 6, 1992 six player arcade... by shakna on Saturday April 19, 2025 @09:59AM (#43736472)

Expo '90 had over 23 million people turn up. That is a sizeable audience. However, on top of that, one of the themes with the expo was "coexistence" with nature. It wasn't just a gardening show. [0]

For example, Professor Iwatsuki gave the conference talk "Coexistence of Nature and Mankind in Urban Areas Role of Natural Science", and one of the forums was on "The Role of the Science in Building the 21st Century".

It was definitely partly a garden show. But it was also a scientific conference, discussing how to shape the world in the future, in a sustainable way. That meant any technological breakthrough was something to pull the crowd.

[0] https://web.archive.org/web/20130314172710/http://www.expo90...

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Re:Restoring the Galaxian3 Theatre 6, 1992 six player arcade... by loloquwowndueo on Saturday April 19, 2025 @09:26AM (#43736236)

Why not?

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Re:Restoring the Galaxian3 Theatre 6, 1992 six player arcade... by timcobb on Sunday April 20, 2025 @04:08PM (#43746198)

Relevance?

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