"... In the fall of 1981 I was going to college and became addicted to the Atari arcade games Centipede and Tempest. I knew a little bit about the hardware of the Atari 400/800 home computer systems ..."
"... Do you know if Game On has a website or anything that lists where they're going to be next? ..."
No. They have a list of where they have toured [0] but not where they are going. It might be passing through MoMA in NY soon. I noticed that the Pixar exhibition we had last year was starting there. Maybe GAME ON is following the same round? Best to contact the Barbican in the UK directly ~ http://www.barbican.org.uk/about-barbican/contact-us
Man, I wish I could get a look at the elite physics engine hiding within Mario's jump routines. I probably would have faked it out, you know: x+1 y+1 repeat 10 times, x+1 y-1 repeat 10 times.
Guess who just got back from Game On? (retro exhibition of 125 console 'playable' games :) ~ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bootload/2319687705/