Enlarge / We thank the curators and designers at the Strong National Museum of Play for including a human-scale joystick set at ground level. While more accurate, the cabinet controls would offer terrible ergonomics. (credit: Strong Museum of Play)
Working with Nintendo, and perhaps the surreal dreams of emulation enthusiasts, the Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, New York, intends to offer a nearly 20-foot-tall, yet playable, version of the 1981 classic Donkey Kong this summer.
The cabinet, built to barrel-tossing-gorilla scale, will be part of a $65 million, 90,000-foot expansion to the museum, due to open June 30. The museum, which also hosts the World Video Game Hall of Fame and contains some of the most fascinating objects of gaming history, intends to make the giga-cabinet "as authentically and true to the original game as possible," according to a press release.
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