Video games matter.
The Video Game History Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to preserving, celebrating, and teaching the history of video games.
We’re changing the future of video gaming’s past!
We’ve built the first dedicated video game history research library, collected rare behind-the-scenes materials, built pop-up museum exhibits, and even recovered lost art for video game companies!
A trusted historical resource around the world!
Our blog demonstrates the potential of a world-class video game archive in an historian’s hands.
We’ve featured deep-dives into video game source code to demonstrate how games were built, the unveiling of a legendary game thought to be lost, the archaeological reconstruction of a game from 30-year-old materials, and even an analysis of design trends in video game marketing from the 1960s!
- Revisit E3 like you’ve never seen it before
The Electronic Entertainment Expo was the biggest event in gaming. These new collections in our digital archive will let you experience E3 for yourself. - Meet VGHF’s New Development Director!
Our newest employee, Meera Swanson, talks about her favorite collection pieces. - We’ve freed Cookie’s Bustle from copyright hell. Here’s how.
We’ve stopped a persistent copyright troll who was trying to impede our work. Here’s everything we learned—and how we beat them.
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