“A Fantastic Failure” – a special exhibition about courage, innovation, and gaming dreams. In the early 2000s, Nokia set out to turn the N-Gage into a gaming console—and failed spectacularly.
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A Fantastic Failure
The exhibition tells the fascinating story of this “fantastic failure”:
Why did the N-Gage become a meme?
What do its games reveal about the gaming culture of the time?
And how can mistakes pave the way for future successes?
The traveling exhibition from the Suomen pelimuseo in Tampere features original devices, playable classics, and poses the question: Are missteps inevitable on the path to innovation?