Nexon Computer Museum Launches Game Preservation with 'KartRider' Archive Exhibition

Nexon Computer Museum showcases 'KartRider' as part of the game archive exhibition 'Nefository' project.

Nexon announced on the 27th that the Nexon Computer Museum will showcase ‘KartRider,’ which ended its domestic service last March, in the game archive exhibition project ‘NEpository.’

The Nexon Computer Museum has been conducting the ‘NEpository’ project since 2021, combining ‘Nexon’ and ‘repository,’ meaning storage. The ‘NEpository’ exhibition reveals seven unreleased Nexon games whose development was halted and highlights the developers' efforts to launch new titles. This time, the scope of the archive has been expanded to include the service-terminated game ‘KartRider.’

‘KartRider’ is a popular racing game that officially launched in 2004 and has accumulated 33 million riders domestically. As one of Nexon’s representative IPs that has been loved for a long time, this archive work was carried out with the active will of the ‘KartRider’ development team and the museum.

The exhibition will exclusively reveal a single-player experience build that allows access to all karts and tracks, along with various development data accumulated over 19 years of service, such as original artwork and BGM. Additionally, goods such as postcards commemorating ‘KartRider’ will be sold for collectors.

Choi Yoon-ah, director of the Nexon Computer Museum, said, “KartRider is a game that suggests the possibility that anyone can enjoy gaming regardless of age or gender,” adding, “We hope the NEpository project will help meticulously preserve the value of this IP, which has led the history of domestic casual games together with countless riders.”

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