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The show will also include the first website designed by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, a Linn LM-1 drum machine and a Fairlight CMI Synthesiser famously used by Peter Gabriel and Stock Aitken and Waterman.

The games and consoles, many of which have been sourced from eBay as well as vintage collectors, will be in working condition, with visitors being able to reminisce while playing them.

The "Digital Archaeology" project is the first part of an exhibition showing how digital technology has contributed to creativity in recent decades.

Conrad Bodman, guest curator at the Barbican, said he hoped the show would be enjoyed by "anyone who carries a mobile phone", demonstrating how technology has helped people "come together".

Other elements of the exhibition will include new commissions from musician will.i.am, acclaimed film director Christopher Nolan and Oscar-winning special effects supervisor Paul Franklin.

It is intended to showcase "immersive and interactive art works", with a spokeswoman claiming it "brings together for the first time a range of artists, filmmakers, architects, designers, musicians and game developers pushing the boundaries of their fields using digital media".

The Digital Revolution exhibition is just one element of a new season announced by the Barbican, outlining its plans for 2014.

It will also include a theatrical adaptation of Colm Tóibín's 2013 Man Booker shortlisted novel The Testament of Mary by Deborah Warner and Fiona Shaw, and collaborations with the English National Ballet and Royal Shakespeare Company.

Jean Paul Gaultier will curate a film season from April showing his work as a costume designer, entitled The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk.

The career of Sir Michael Caine is also celebrated in February with a concert of the music in his films, called Blow the Bloody Doors Off.

Sir Nicholas Kenyon, managing director of Barbican, said: "Where else can audiences encounter artists ranging from will.i.am to Fiona Shaw, Jean-Paul Gaultier to Bernard Haitink or Toni Servillo to Wynton Marsalis?

"The Barbican's commitment to offer world-class arts and learning for all is taken to a new level in this season."

The Digital Revolution exhibition will open on July 3 at the Barbican Centre, London, and will run until September 14.