Pacific Science Center is an outstanding science museum in Seattle, located just north of downtown at Seattle Center next to the Space Needle.

For July 2006, I could witness a special temporary exhibition, titled "Game On," chronicling the development of video games, starting with the Atari Pong to the latest hi-def consoles. Sponsor was none other than Nintendo, whose US headquarters is in Redmond.

These are video game machines that saw commercial use in video game arcades, bowling centers, and elsewhere. A common scene around 1980 was to sink every spare quarter into one of these games, trying to get the highest possible score (and leave my name as a 3-letter initial as a reward). For this exhibition, I don't need to feed quarters to play - they are all free.