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Digital Gaming Technology - Pinball to Video Consoles

ChipScapes Historical Series - 16x20

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Historical Series

 

Digital Gaming Technology

Pinball Machines to Video Game Consoles

ChipScapesTM Historical Series

 

Production:

Limited edition size of 50 (production may be limited by availability of chips)

Full Artwork
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Mixed Media:

16"x20" digital photographs. Archival photo papers and inks are used. Chips and other specimens are mounted with threads and/or acid free adhesives.

Framing:

The artwork is framed in an 16"x20" black wood shadow box frame, with glass, using suspension framing techniques. All framing materials are acid free. A narrative about the artwork that includes the artist’s signature is placed on the back of the artwork.

About this Artwork:

This is a mixed media artwork exhibiting a rare collection of computer chips used in various games from pinball machines to home video consoles. This collection covers a period of over 30 years, 1972 to 2005. The increase in game processing power during this period is over 2,500 times. In the beginning, games started out in monochrome and by 2005 were using over 16 millions colors. Games went from moving a single dot on a screen to rendering over 500 million triangles per second.

 

Below is a list of the chips included in this artwork:

 

Chip

Identification

Comments

PPS-4/2 MPU

Rockwell 11660EC

Lead configuration led to the “spider chip” nickname

6800 MPU

Motorola MC6800P

 

6507 MPU

MOS 6507D

 

Pong Chip

GI AY-3-8500

 

68000 MPU

Motorola MC68000LC8

 

ROM Board

Signetics C016459-03

This is the entire electronics that are in an Atari 2600 Game Cartridge. This ROM contains the Raiders of the Lost Ark game

Game Cartridge

Missile Command

This is an Atari 2600 Game Cartridge

MMX Pentium

Intel FV80503166

 

Gekko MPU

IBM 06K4884ESD

This is a rare NOS prototype version of the Gekko and is labeled IBM Confidential. This early version ran at 405MHz

RAM Chip

Intel D2148

4Kb Static RAM (1K x 4b)

EPROM Chip

TI TMS2516JDL

This is at 16Kb EPROM

Xbox 360 GPU

ATI X02056-010

This is a NOS version of the chip

6845 CGA

Motorola MC6845P

 

Speech Chip

TI TMS5200NL

 

Sound Chip

AMI POKEY  C012294

The sound making capabilities of the POKEY were patented

 

General Information:

These artworks are the creation of ChipScapesTM artist Steve Emery. ChipScapesTM are photographs taken of computer chips, boards, and other computer artifacts. They are sort of chip landscapes, or ChipScapesTM for short. Most often a macro-lens or microscope is used with special lightning to achieve these unique artworks.

This artwork is part of the ChipScapesTM Historical Series dedicated to preserving and sharing chips that changed the world. ChipScapesTM are great collectibles or gifts for the technology savvy.

Close-up View

 

Narrative Excerpts:

"When pinball game designers first looked at microprocessors they were more interested in driving design costs down and increasing game reliability, than in improving the gaming experience. However, designers quickly grasped the potential of the microprocessor to vary game play, increase realism, and increase excitement. Video games started as simple games, limited by the simple hardware on which they were implemented..."

Backside View

 

Questions?

For more information about ChipScapesTM, please click on the following links that will take you to my ChipScapes website www.ChipScapes.com:

Click here to learn how ChipScapesTM are made
Click here to learn about suspension framing
Click here to learn more about narratives
Click here to learn more about the artist
Click here to see my most Frequently Asked Questions

 


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