Museum news archives

Museum news archives

• December 21, 2025: As the Wikipedia consensus on console generations doesn't take in to account handheld consoles, we no longer follow this. Our pages have been adjusted to account for all consoles.
  • First-generation video game consoles consist of transistors, diodes, integrated circuits, as well as mechanical mechanisms. Due to this, as well as the era's focus on Pong clones, the Tomy Blip, an early attempt to mimic Pong mechanically in handheld form has been included.
  • Second-generation video game consoles expanded the scope of the earlier focus on Pong clones, Breakout clones, and racing games. This remains in-sync with the Wikipedia consensus on the consoles of this generation.
  • Third-generation video game consoles were marketed as 8-bit after the release of consoles in the following generation. Because of this, Game Boy Color has been included.
  • Fourth-generation video game consoles were the first to be marketed using bits to mark the beginning of its generation. As a result, this generation is affected by the situation above.
• December 21, 2020: Transcribed Jim Storer's Lunar Landing Game FOCAL source code to the WEC Museum's Github repository.
• August 1, 2020:
  • August 2020 newsletter released. Read it here.
  • Coding for COVID: Development has begun on Open Quest II for Wintermute on Linux, macOS, and Windows via ScummVM. It is a sequel to Michael Sheail's OpenQuest that takes place right where the last one left off.
• July 30, 2020: July 29, 2020 meeting minutes added. Read them here.
• July 29, 2020:
  • June 2020 newsletter released. Read it here.
  • July 2020 newsletter released. Read it here.
• July 28, 2020:
  • January 2020 newsletter released. Read it here.
  • February 2020 newsletter released. Read it here.
  • March 2020 newsletter released. Read it here.
  • April 2020 newsletter released. Read it here.
  • May 2020 newsletter released. Read it here.
• July 26, 2020:
  • September 2019 newsletter released. Read it here.
  • October 2019 newsletter released. Read it here.
  • November 2019 newsletter released. Read it here.
  • December 2019 newsletter released. Read it here.
• July 23, 2020:
  • June 2019 newsletter released. Read it here.
  • July 2019 newsletter released. Read it here.
  • August 2019 newsletter released. Read it here.
• May 21, 2020: Coding for COVID: Development has begun to convert Host Master from Flash to Wintermute on Linux, macOS, and Windows via ScummVM.
• May 17, 2020: Coding for COVID: Development has begun on A Host Master Carol, a sequel to Host Master and Host Master Deux.
• May 16, 2020: Coding for COVID fundraiser has begun. This is a game making fund drive with funds being raised through the West Elmira Computers Museum, with game development by museum president Jennifer McMurray's Cydoca Entertainment with support by Double Fine through use of their intellectual property. 90% of all donations will be split up evenly among Doctors without Borders, Direct Relief, and Action Against Hunger. The remaining 10% will go to the West Elmira Computer Museum.
• February 26, 2020: Transcribed Perry Dyball's Super Air Raid BASIC source code to the WEC Museum's Github repository.
• February 12, 2020: Transcribed Gregory Yob's Hunt the Wumpus BASIC source ecode to the WEC Museum's Github repository.
• January 23, 2020: Transcribed Christopher Gaylo's Highnoon BASIC source code to the WEC Museum's Github repository from images uploaded by s1axter.
• June 4, 2019:
  • April 2019 newsletter released. Read it here.
  • May 2019 newsletter released. Read it here.
• March 31, 2019:
  • February 2019 newsletter released. Read it here.
  • March 2019 newsletter released. Read it here.
• March 28, 2019: Beginning of process of converting the museum website from Dokuwiki to MediaWiki.
• March 25, 2019:
  • January 2019 newsletter released. Read it here.
  • January 4, 2019 meeting minutes added. Read them here.
• February 6, 2019: December 31, 2018 meeting minutes added. Read them here.
• December 31, 2018: December 2018 newsletter released. Read it here.
• November 17th, 2018: November 2018 newsletter released. Read it here.
• November 11th, 2018: Museum meeting. Read the minutes.
• November 3rd and 4th, 2018: DreamCon 2018 Sega Dreamcast exhibit at the RetroGameCon 6 in Syracuse, NY. See pictures from the event.
• May 31, 2018: We restored the Telltale Texas Hold'em promotional website http://www.wecmuseum.org/dudebrough/, with permission from Caroline Liddick, Telltale's Community Media Manager. View it here.
• May 2, 2018: Beginning of process of transcribing the museum inventory list online via the Dokuwiki system.