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· May 25
Video Game Preservation 101
YouTube video by Nerd Nite
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Curious about video game preservation? Wondering what the issues are and how you can help? Hit Save Board member @kazoodac.bsky.social recently gave a presentation on Video Game Preservation 101 at a local #NerdNite event, and it's now available to watch on YouTube! youtu.be/_W5BGr2OW1I
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Has anyone ever made a list of trans video game protags? If not, suggest them below, let’s get a list happening. What’s the earliest one?
i can’t believe I’d never heard The Devil Inside (2000). Written and directed by the writer of Alone In The Dark, you play as reality TV action hero Dave, who can transform into a sexy witch named Deva by activating pentagrams found throughout the levels? How is this real? How is it so obscure?
November 28, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Has anyone ever made a list of trans video game protags? If not, suggest them below, let’s get a list happening. What’s the earliest one?
Today we'd like to express our gratitude to the game preservation community! Whether you're scanning, dumping, researching, maintaining, programming, interviewing, donating, or any of the other innumerable tasks involved, it's because of your passion that game preservation persists. Thank you! ❤️
November 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Today we'd like to express our gratitude to the game preservation community! Whether you're scanning, dumping, researching, maintaining, programming, interviewing, donating, or any of the other innumerable tasks involved, it's because of your passion that game preservation persists. Thank you! ❤️
Happy 26th birthday to Donkey Kong 64! Rare's enormous Kong collectathon was one of the few Nintendo 64 games to require the expansion pak, and came bundled with the device as a result! Imagine the power you could wield with EIGHT MEGABYTES of RAM!
November 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Happy 26th birthday to Donkey Kong 64! Rare's enormous Kong collectathon was one of the few Nintendo 64 games to require the expansion pak, and came bundled with the device as a result! Imagine the power you could wield with EIGHT MEGABYTES of RAM!
Happy 27th birthday to The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time! After the success of Link to the Past, Zelda fans had to wait about 7 years for Link's 3D debut...about as long as Link spent sealed in the Temple of Light! Fortunately, the Hero of Time did not disappoint...and that's putting it mildly!
November 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Happy 27th birthday to The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time! After the success of Link to the Past, Zelda fans had to wait about 7 years for Link's 3D debut...about as long as Link spent sealed in the Temple of Light! Fortunately, the Hero of Time did not disappoint...and that's putting it mildly!
Two decades ago today, Microsoft redefined the video game console space with the release of the Xbox 360. HD visuals, achievements and Gamerscore, expanded media features, and of course the revamped Xbox Live service were among the many advancements the system brought to the table.
November 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Two decades ago today, Microsoft redefined the video game console space with the release of the Xbox 360. HD visuals, achievements and Gamerscore, expanded media features, and of course the revamped Xbox Live service were among the many advancements the system brought to the table.
35 years ago today, Nintendo released the Super Famicom in Japan, alongside F-Zero, PilotWings, and most notably: Super Mario World! The impact of Nintendo's 16-bit system cannot be overstated, and its enormous software lineup contains some of the greatest games ever made. Which is your favorite?
November 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
35 years ago today, Nintendo released the Super Famicom in Japan, alongside F-Zero, PilotWings, and most notably: Super Mario World! The impact of Nintendo's 16-bit system cannot be overstated, and its enormous software lineup contains some of the greatest games ever made. Which is your favorite?
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We are back. Our provider found and repaired a fiber issue last night and traffic has returned. We are sorry for the disruption.
The Wayback Machine, openlibrary.org, and some other archive.org functions are offline because some network gear has failed.
We apologize and are working on it. More as it happens.
We apologize and are working on it. More as it happens.
November 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
We are back. Our provider found and repaired a fiber issue last night and traffic has returned. We are sorry for the disruption.
Happy 25th birthday to Banjo-Tooie! The ambitious sequel to Banjo-Kazooie continued Rare's trend of pushing the limits of N64 hardware, including in ways that Nintendo had to veto! Anyone else wonder what life might have been like in a "Stop 'n' Swop" timeline? Would our N64s have paid the price?
November 20, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Happy 25th birthday to Banjo-Tooie! The ambitious sequel to Banjo-Kazooie continued Rare's trend of pushing the limits of N64 hardware, including in ways that Nintendo had to veto! Anyone else wonder what life might have been like in a "Stop 'n' Swop" timeline? Would our N64s have paid the price?
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Incredible article with some brand new information on one of my all time favorite creators’ career!!
Next up in our music game series: a big profile of Sound Fantasy and Electroplankton creator Toshio Iwai, based on a three-hour call with @radishgames.com.
Toshio Iwai's journey from Sound Fantasy to Electroplankton
We profile the artist behind two of Nintendo's attempts at making experimental music games in the '90s and early 2000s -- one a canceled Super Famicom game based on musical insects, and the other a Ni...
www.designroom.site
November 19, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Incredible article with some brand new information on one of my all time favorite creators’ career!!
Happy 23rd birthday to 007: Nightfire! EA's third entry in the #JamesBond video game franchise made excellent use of Pierce Brosnan's likeness, but it wouldn't be until Everything or Nothing that they got his voice to go along with it!
November 19, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Happy 23rd birthday to 007: Nightfire! EA's third entry in the #JamesBond video game franchise made excellent use of Pierce Brosnan's likeness, but it wouldn't be until Everything or Nothing that they got his voice to go along with it!
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With the passing of Rebecca Heineman today, I wanted to share some images from her last, now forever unfinished project. She was working on amazing stuff right up until the end.
It was Dragon Wars remastered.
Jennell Jaquays was art directing.
It was Dragon Wars remastered.
Jennell Jaquays was art directing.
November 17, 2025 at 11:58 PM
With the passing of Rebecca Heineman today, I wanted to share some images from her last, now forever unfinished project. She was working on amazing stuff right up until the end.
It was Dragon Wars remastered.
Jennell Jaquays was art directing.
It was Dragon Wars remastered.
Jennell Jaquays was art directing.
Happy 24th birthday to the Nintendo Gamecube! We love getting excuses to share clips from one of the rarest items in our archive: watch as Nintendo NTD Software Engineer John Cho debuts the system to NOA employees for the first time! What was your first impression of the funky purple console?
November 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Happy 24th birthday to the Nintendo Gamecube! We love getting excuses to share clips from one of the rarest items in our archive: watch as Nintendo NTD Software Engineer John Cho debuts the system to NOA employees for the first time! What was your first impression of the funky purple console?
The game industry lost a legend today. Thanks for everything, Rebecca. You will be missed.
My trailblazing game industry bad-ass friend Rebecca Heineman has passed away.
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Rebecca Heineman - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 17, 2025 at 11:04 PM
The game industry lost a legend today. Thanks for everything, Rebecca. You will be missed.
EA's Star Wars: Battlefront turns 10 years old, today! Even a decade later, the game stands out as one of the most authentic-looking #StarWars experiences in any video game, with a level of fidelity and screen-accuracy that few other studios have been able to match! Maybe DICE was using the Force?
November 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM
EA's Star Wars: Battlefront turns 10 years old, today! Even a decade later, the game stands out as one of the most authentic-looking #StarWars experiences in any video game, with a level of fidelity and screen-accuracy that few other studios have been able to match! Maybe DICE was using the Force?
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Up in the @hitsave.org archives today: Ridge Racer (no, the other one), Ridge Racer (no, the OTHER other one), Ridge Racer 2 (also the other one), R4: Ridge Racer Type 4, Ridge Racer V, Ridge Racer 6, Ridge Racer 7, and Ridge Racer 3D. Oh and Noby Noby Boy. Enjoy!
archive.hitsave.org/press-material
archive.hitsave.org/press-material
November 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Up in the @hitsave.org archives today: Ridge Racer (no, the other one), Ridge Racer (no, the OTHER other one), Ridge Racer 2 (also the other one), R4: Ridge Racer Type 4, Ridge Racer V, Ridge Racer 6, Ridge Racer 7, and Ridge Racer 3D. Oh and Noby Noby Boy. Enjoy!
archive.hitsave.org/press-material
archive.hitsave.org/press-material
Happy 20th birthday to True Crime: New York City! The 2nd game in the series featured an open-world Manhattan, Hollywood talent, and even NYPD consulting, but still fell short of sales expectations. The planned Hong Kong sequel was cancelled, but eventually was reborn as Square Enix's Sleeping Dogs!
November 16, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Happy 20th birthday to True Crime: New York City! The 2nd game in the series featured an open-world Manhattan, Hollywood talent, and even NYPD consulting, but still fell short of sales expectations. The planned Hong Kong sequel was cancelled, but eventually was reborn as Square Enix's Sleeping Dogs!
Happy birthday to Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, which came out 21 years ago today! While light and dark world mechanics are staples in many Nintendo games, this was Samus's first foray into the tried and true gaming trope, and Retro Studios made sure the legendary bounty hunter looked awesome doing it!
November 15, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Happy birthday to Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, which came out 21 years ago today! While light and dark world mechanics are staples in many Nintendo games, this was Samus's first foray into the tried and true gaming trope, and Retro Studios made sure the legendary bounty hunter looked awesome doing it!
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In our latest Video Game History Hour podcast, let’s learn what made our Library Director, Phil Salvador, into Phil Salvador! Producer Robin Kunimune sat down with Phil to discuss his path to video game library greatness: https://gamehistory.org/episode-144-phil-salvador-a-rule-following-hooligan/
November 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM
In our latest Video Game History Hour podcast, let’s learn what made our Library Director, Phil Salvador, into Phil Salvador! Producer Robin Kunimune sat down with Phil to discuss his path to video game library greatness: https://gamehistory.org/episode-144-phil-salvador-a-rule-following-hooligan/
Happy birthday to Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon, which came out on this day in 2001! As technology progressed, studios like Red Storm challenged themselves to find the best mix of realism and fun when developing games, all while pushing the limits of what computer graphics could do!
November 13, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Happy birthday to Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon, which came out on this day in 2001! As technology progressed, studios like Red Storm challenged themselves to find the best mix of realism and fun when developing games, all while pushing the limits of what computer graphics could do!
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We've added 100 new CDs to our collection of press CDs from GamePro magazine, with thousands of pieces of game art, screenshots, and more
So, what's the GamePro press CD collection? We put together an explainer
So, what's the GamePro press CD collection? We put together an explainer
The art of GamePro | VGHF Library Highlights
YouTube video by The Video Game History Foundation
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November 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
We've added 100 new CDs to our collection of press CDs from GamePro magazine, with thousands of pieces of game art, screenshots, and more
So, what's the GamePro press CD collection? We put together an explainer
So, what's the GamePro press CD collection? We put together an explainer
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One of my favorite pickups for the office
November 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM
One of my favorite pickups for the office
Happy #N7Day, Mass Effect fans! We've got more ME1 content incoming later this month, but we'll kick things off with the Microsoft X05 reveal trailer from '05! @bioware.bsky.social had just released Jade Empire earlier that year, but was already working on something special for the upcoming Xbox 360
November 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Happy #N7Day, Mass Effect fans! We've got more ME1 content incoming later this month, but we'll kick things off with the Microsoft X05 reveal trailer from '05! @bioware.bsky.social had just released Jade Empire earlier that year, but was already working on something special for the upcoming Xbox 360
Happy birthday to EA's video game adaptation of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, which came out 22 years ago today! Developed by the now-defunct Visceral Games, Return of the King flexed EA's budget by hiring many of the movie's cast and crew to make the game as authentic as possible!
November 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Happy birthday to EA's video game adaptation of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, which came out 22 years ago today! Developed by the now-defunct Visceral Games, Return of the King flexed EA's budget by hiring many of the movie's cast and crew to make the game as authentic as possible!
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Last month at PRGE, we held a reunion panel with Nintendo employees who launched the NES. Hear from Bruce Lowry, Gail Tilden, and Lance Barr about how the scrappy staff at NOA defied all odds and released one of the most iconic game systems ever: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2WDfsiLiRA
November 5, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Last month at PRGE, we held a reunion panel with Nintendo employees who launched the NES. Hear from Bruce Lowry, Gail Tilden, and Lance Barr about how the scrappy staff at NOA defied all odds and released one of the most iconic game systems ever: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2WDfsiLiRA
Happy birthday to @infinityward.com's #CallOfDuty 4, which shed its WWII roots and thrust players into the modern era in more ways than one! In addition to a powerful single player campaign, the game debuted its new perks system that set the standard for the series going forward. Did you prestige?
November 5, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Happy birthday to @infinityward.com's #CallOfDuty 4, which shed its WWII roots and thrust players into the modern era in more ways than one! In addition to a powerful single player campaign, the game debuted its new perks system that set the standard for the series going forward. Did you prestige?