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  • Purple-lit dark room with screens.
  • Person seated in a purple-lit dark room with screens and strange white flashes.
  • People seated at tables in a game space with screens.
  • People playing games stations in a purple-lit dark room.
Until 29 Mar

Game Worlds

  • Family and kids
  • Art

Spanning over 50 years of play, Game Worlds features more than 30 videogames from the 1970s to today, with 44 playable moments alongside original builds, rare design materials and hands-on prototypes you won’t find anywhere else.

Explore major titles like Minecraft, Final Fantasy XIV Online, The Elder Scrolls Online, SimCity and Stardew Valley, alongside World of Warcraft, The Sims, Neopets and the highly anticipated Hollow Knight: Silksong.

Discover four new microgames made exclusively for ACMI by Australian developers – from nostalgic dial-ins to playful perspective shifts.

Hours

Date Times
Tue 24 Mar
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 25 Mar
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 26 Mar
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 27 Mar
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 28 Mar
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 29 Mar
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm

Location

ACMI (Australian Centre for the Moving Image)
Flinders St
Melbourne 3000

Open in maps location for ACMI (Australian Centre for the Moving Image)

Price and bookings

Adult / general $30
Student / concession $27
Children $17
Book online for Game Worlds

Contact details

  • telephone number: 03 8663 2200
  • email address: info@acmi.net.au
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The best pop-up and outdoor cinemas in Melbourne

Find the best outdoor cinema, pop-up theatres and free movies.

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  • Family and kids
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Melbourne's essential night-time events

From hidden laneway markets to epic pop-ups, Melbourne gets lit once the lights go out.

  • Comedy
  • Theatre
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Until 5 Apr

Moonlight Cinema

Kick back with a film under the stars at Melbourne’s most spectacular open-air cinema.

  • Film
  • Entertainment

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A person taking a photo of two mannequins dressed in colourful clothing in a fashion exhibition.
Until 19 Apr

Westwood | Kawakubo

NGV’s summer exhibition pairs two icons of the fashion world, Vivienne Westwood and Rei Kawakubo.

  • Art
  • Exhibition
A couple on stage kissing in front of a red cursive sign saying L'amour.
Until 11 Oct

Encore!

See 50 objects, from 50 years in one collection.

  • Art
  • Exhibition
Elton John in the 1970s wearing large spectacles and satin suit with Cher wearing Bob Mackie midriff-revealing strappy gown and Diana Ross wearing feather and sequin gown.
Until 26 Apr

DIVA

From opera stars to pop icons, celebrate the power and creativity of the diva.

  • Art
  • Exhibition
Steps in a landscaped garden leading to a memorial cross, at the Yokohama Commonwealth War Cemetery in Japan.
Until 2 Aug

Eucalypts of Hodogaya

An exhibition that reflects on a remarkable story of post-war reconciliation and remembrance.

  • Free
  • Art
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