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''Bit Museum'' is a web series focusing on the topic of obsolete, antiquated, obscure, foreign, and otherwise relatively unknown or poorly documented video game hardware. Opinionated reviews and ratings of video game hardware or titles are generally avoided. The show is not released on a regular schedule, with new episodes being released, on average, once every 1.5 months. The host, Jason Cirillo, is an independent designer for Robotube Games, and appears in each episode. The setting of the show is usually said to be "the offices of Robotube Games" with each show opening in front of a flatscreen television displaying the Bit Museum logo. Earlier episodes opened with a tinny-sounding 8-bit filtered rendition of pianist George Shearing's ''I'm Getting Sentimental Over You'', hastily created in order to launch the show quickly, but starting from episode 4 a new vocalized theme song has been used.〔(Zack Weisinger's theme song on YouTube )〕 The song, composed by guitarist Zack Weisinger, features 8-bit sounding electronic music featuring the simplistic lyrics:
==History== The show's first episode features a detailed history of video game hardware made by Nintendo in the 1970s, and released only in Japan. The consoles "Racing 112" and "Block Kuzushi" are both displayed and demonstrated, with a Nintendo Famicom and Famicom Disk System shown, but not demonstrated. The show opens immediately with an outtake which was intentionally left into the final edit. As Cirillo introduces the show, someone in an office chair rolls by in the background at a high speed, prompting laughter and a camera cut. The show's tone is comedic with the occasional insertion of visual gags, juvenile humor, and frequent camera jump cuts. On occasion, characters make appearances in the show to add humor, such as a shouting, fake-bearded Billy Mays parody in Bit Museum #3: ''The Wizard of Odyssey'', and the "Official Bit Museum Handler" who was "summoned" to bring out the show's subject matter in Bit Museum #4: ''The Smoke and Mirrors of Entex Adventure Vision''. These characters are both portrayed by Ed Wilson. Bit Museum usually features 2-3 pieces of antiquated video game hardware per episode. Detailed inspection of features, physical build, game play, history and facts about inventors, historical sales numbers, and production notes are staples of each episode. Certain pieces of hardware featured on Bit Museum are considered to be extremely rare amongst game collectors, such as the Entex Adventure Vision, which is featured in Episode #4.〔(Entex Adventurevision information page )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bit Museum」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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