“It’s incredible, dudes!” Preserving the MaxiVision Power Video Challenge tape

A bonus for our winter fundraiser: We’ve re-digitized a campy piece of NES history at the highest quality possible.

Our impact in 2025

2025 was our biggest year ever. See how your support has helped video game history.

Library Highlight: The art of GamePro

We’ve digitized the first 200 CDs in our massive collection of art and screenshots sent to GamePro magazine.

Our first narrative collection: the Andrew Nelson papers

A new archival collection from the writer of the mystery game Titanic: Adventure Out of Time.

Discovering early Activision history in the William Volk papers

Dig into the early production history of Activision in this new digital collection from former Activision vice president William Volk.

Library Highlight: 23 years of Music and Gaming

Our new library collection celebrates the origins of the community-run Music and Gaming Festival.

VGHF acquires early game magazine Computer Entertainer

The magazine, which ran from 1982–1990, has been released into the Creative Commons for anyone to use.

It’s Trade Magazine Week!

Nearly 400 historical industry-only magazines, now available in our digital library.

Introducing the Craig Stitt papers

Presenting our newest library collection from Sega and Insomniac artist Craig Stitt.

Library Highlight: The unseen history of Myst

Watch over 100 hours of archival footage from the making of the revolutionary computer game series Myst.