Hello, friends! Now that I've been here for almost a year (!), I thought I'd share a little bit about one of my game-related endeavors.
I am the director of FEMICOM, the feminine computer museum, online at
http://femicom.org. I seek to archive girly video games, electronic toys, and software of the 20th century. You can read more about the museum on the website's About page, but briefly, the goal is to collect and preserve the memory of "pink games," often derided or discarded, and other electronic items that were created in the '80s and '90s in an attempt to appeal to a female audience. I maintain an online database of games as well as a physical collection of games, boxes, manuals, etc. By collecting physical copies, I am able to get reliable sources for release data as well as photos, screenshots, video gameplay, etc. (From what I can tell via Google searches, FEMICOM is the sole source of information on at least a few of these games!) In addition to collecting games, I am also collecting gameplay memories from the site's visitors as well as information from game developers and artists in the form of sketches, interviews, and so on.
If you have memories to share, suggestions, or materials to donate to the collection, do let me know. (I'm especially eager to get a complete collection of the Casio Loopy games, though I know they're hard to come by.) Or, just check out the site! I would appreciate it. The site is fairly new, so there is certainly much to add, but FEMICOM is getting bigger and more complete by the week. I'm hopeful that I can one day make the physical collection open to the public through museum installation, though I realize there may be some legal barriers. Stay tuned for further developments, and thank you for reading!
Contact information:
femicommusem@gmail.com
