Systeme kreieren immer ihre eigenen Entsprechungen, gerade wenn sie in Konkurrenz stehen zu anderen Systemen. Und so wundert es kaum, dass aus Russland Klone der Game&Watches kamen aber auch Arcades durften nicht fehlen. Angefangen bei elektromechanischen Automaten bis hin zu rein digitalen Automaten.
Webseite des Museums: http://15kop.ru/de/
Ein Museum in Moskau und St. Petersburg macht diese Spiele zugänglich. Auf der Webseite ist es auch möglich, das elektro-mechanische Spiel SEA BATTLE zu spielen.
Los geht es hier: http://morskoy-boy.15kop.ru/en/game/
Zu den Unterschieden in Produktion, Thema und Nutzung der Arcades in der Sovjetunion (https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-alternate-universe-of-soviet-arcade-games)
„every single machine that was produced during Soviet-era Russia had to align with Marxist ideology. […] Well, to put it simply: it means no Pac-Man. It means no fantasies. It means presenting work as physical labor, promoting Communist patriotism, and glorifying habits of mind that were appropriate to Marxist thinking. Fantasy and role-playing games featuring treasure-hunting, princesses, and invented creatures had no home in the USSR.
Instead, the most popular games were created to teach hand-eye coordination, reaction speed, and logical, focused thinking. Not unlike many American games, these games were influenced by military training, crafted to teach and instill patriotism for the state by making the human body better, stronger, and more willful.“
„Oskana’s favorite game is called Gorodki, or “little village,” a bat-and-sticks game originally invented by Russian peasant farmers. The game began in rural Russia, where families would line up and try to knock down wooden poles arranged into shapes on the ground; the goal was to destroy as many of the pole arrangements (known as “little villages”) as possible.“
Eindrücke vom Museum findet man in folgendem Bericht:
http://www.justanotherbackpacker.com/moscows-museum-of-soviet-arcade-machines/
oder hier aus St. Petersburg:
oder einige Designikonen:
