A French video game museum in Paris

The first French museum tracing the history of video games, located in the La Défense district of Paris, near the computer museum, will open its doors on April 14, the communication agency Alerte Orange and the Toit de la Grande Arche, which initiated the project, announced in a joint statement.

Visitors will be able to see more than 200 pieces from the private collection of the director of Alerte Orange, as well as portraits of the industry's leading figures. "Donations from individuals are starting to come in," Chloé Francaville, head of public relations for the communications agency, told AFP.

The possibility of allowing people to play with the games on display is "still under consideration," she added. Contacted by AFP, an official from the M05.com association, which works to preserve video game heritage and has a stock of "several thousand items," was "delighted" by the creation of this museum, noting that negotiations were underway to determine whether the association would participate in the project.