We visited the Gaming Museum in Kärnten while on vacation in Austria. Although small, the museum offers a wide spread of consoles from many generations as well as some some 8 bit computers, an Amiga 500 and a 386 PC. A lot of the systems on display are playable. What makes the experience unique are the floppies and cartridges that are just lying around. Although mostly backups, which makes the experience only more authentic, the few floppies I tried were all working.  My son enjoyed a few rounds of Stunt Car Racer on the Amiga 500 while I was playing Gateway to Apshai on the Commodore 64.

In between all those original systems are a lot of minis such as The C64 mini and The 400 mini, as well as an Evercade VS. My daughter was playing Pinball Dreams on The A500 mini, but didn’t enjoy it much. I get that because she doesn’t understand what the goal of a pinball game is. Later on she enjoyed playing The Sims on the Gamecube though.

One thing the kids agreed on was that they couldn’t stand the whine of the crts. A thing I’m actually jealous of.

There was also a nice collection of big box pc games. Especially a boxed copy of Maniac Mansion was a nice encounter.

Although it was very crowded we enjoyed visiting the little museum. The person at the counter was very friendly and enthusiastic even though it was very busy. I can recommend visiting the Gaming Museum to anyone who wants to have a quick glimpse at a lot of gaming history as well as anyone who has time to play old and new games.