Retro LEGO games and Skywalker Saga available to play at summer exhibition

The UK’s National Videogame Museum is debuting an exhibition to celebrate 30 years of LEGO videogames, with a spotlight on retro games.

From July 24, Sheffield’s National Videogame Museum is putting on the ‘Make It! Play It!’ exhibition, celebrating all games with a focus on making and modelling. That includes plenty of space dedicated to 30 years of LEGO videogames, with the chance to play LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga and retro classics like 1998’s LEGO Creator and 1999’s LEGO Racers 2.

There will also be rarely seen objects and LEGO sets on display, from both the NVM’s collection and provided by the LEGO Group.

Elsewhere in the exhibition, you can find other model-based games, including Platypus Reclayed. This is a revamp of the 2002 shoot-‘em-up game Platypus, known for its unique claymation style, which has been remastered by Sheffield-based Claytmatic Games with the original creator Anthony Flack.

“For 30 years, the LEGO Group has been immersing adults and kids in fantasy worlds through its games, igniting their imaginations,” said Kuran Sharma, Marketing Director for UK & Ireland at the LEGO Group. “We’re delighted that the National Videogame Museum will be showcasing some of our gaming-themed sets and playable games this summer, with make-and-take sessions also taking place for visitors to enjoy.”

Visitors to the Make It! Play It! experience can return again throughout the summer thanks to the ‘One Ticket Play All Summer’ offer, with tickets starting from £12 for under-18s.

Featured image: Andy Brown via the National Videogame Museum

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