UM CVGA
@umcvga.bsky.social
The Computer and Video Game Archive at the University of Michigan Library collects materials relating to games for the purpose of academic inquiry.
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UM CVGA
@umcvga.bsky.social
· Aug 25
Welcome Back! Our hours for Fall semester are:
Mon - Thu: Noon - 8pm
Friday: Noon - 5pm
Closed on holidays and during fall break.
Mon - Thu: Noon - 8pm
Friday: Noon - 5pm
Closed on holidays and during fall break.
New games arrived last week in the CVGA:
PS5
NBA 2K26
Cronos: The New Dawn
God of War: Ragnarok
Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound
Silent Hill f
Switch
Sonic Racing: Cross Worlds
Switch 2
Donkey Kong Bananza
Xbox Series X
Dead Rising: Deluxe Remaster
Hell is Us
FC26
PS5
NBA 2K26
Cronos: The New Dawn
God of War: Ragnarok
Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound
Silent Hill f
Switch
Sonic Racing: Cross Worlds
Switch 2
Donkey Kong Bananza
Xbox Series X
Dead Rising: Deluxe Remaster
Hell is Us
FC26
November 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
New games arrived last week in the CVGA:
PS5
NBA 2K26
Cronos: The New Dawn
God of War: Ragnarok
Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound
Silent Hill f
Switch
Sonic Racing: Cross Worlds
Switch 2
Donkey Kong Bananza
Xbox Series X
Dead Rising: Deluxe Remaster
Hell is Us
FC26
PS5
NBA 2K26
Cronos: The New Dawn
God of War: Ragnarok
Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound
Silent Hill f
Switch
Sonic Racing: Cross Worlds
Switch 2
Donkey Kong Bananza
Xbox Series X
Dead Rising: Deluxe Remaster
Hell is Us
FC26
Current Leaderboard for the CVGA Game Challenge! Can you do better?
October 29, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Current Leaderboard for the CVGA Game Challenge! Can you do better?
Join the Video Game Challenge in the CVGA featuring classic favorites Katamari Damacy and Bubble Bobble! Test your skills, compete for the highest score, and see your name rise on the leaderboard. Top scorers for each game win a prize! Everyone gets a sticker! Through Nov 14. (U-M students only.)
October 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Join the Video Game Challenge in the CVGA featuring classic favorites Katamari Damacy and Bubble Bobble! Test your skills, compete for the highest score, and see your name rise on the leaderboard. Top scorers for each game win a prize! Everyone gets a sticker! Through Nov 14. (U-M students only.)
Switch 2 is now available in the CVGA. Handheld, or reserve station 1 to play on the large screen.
(The only Switch 2 game we currently have is Mario Kart World; more games are on order)
(The only Switch 2 game we currently have is Mario Kart World; more games are on order)
September 30, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Switch 2 is now available in the CVGA. Handheld, or reserve station 1 to play on the large screen.
(The only Switch 2 game we currently have is Mario Kart World; more games are on order)
(The only Switch 2 game we currently have is Mario Kart World; more games are on order)
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Introducing the William Volk papers, a new digital collection in the VGHF Library!
Explore thousands of documents, developments schedules, and memos from the early history of Activision.
Read more: gamehistory.org/william-volk...
Explore thousands of documents, developments schedules, and memos from the early history of Activision.
Read more: gamehistory.org/william-volk...
Discovering Activision's early history | VGHF Library Highlights
YouTube video by The Video Game History Foundation
www.youtube.com
September 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Introducing the William Volk papers, a new digital collection in the VGHF Library!
Explore thousands of documents, developments schedules, and memos from the early history of Activision.
Read more: gamehistory.org/william-volk...
Explore thousands of documents, developments schedules, and memos from the early history of Activision.
Read more: gamehistory.org/william-volk...
Good news: Our SEGA Saturn is working again (at least for now...) Thanks to @backofficeshow.bsky.social vid on YouTube for the inspiration: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcSS...
August 29, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Good news: Our SEGA Saturn is working again (at least for now...) Thanks to @backofficeshow.bsky.social vid on YouTube for the inspiration: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcSS...
Alas, the optical drive on our SEGA Saturn has died. As a result, Saturn games can't be played until we repair or replace the console.
(Our Japanese Saturn still works though!)
(Our Japanese Saturn still works though!)
August 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Alas, the optical drive on our SEGA Saturn has died. As a result, Saturn games can't be played until we repair or replace the console.
(Our Japanese Saturn still works though!)
(Our Japanese Saturn still works though!)
We’re hanging out at the 3rd floor of Shapiro until 4pm for Party For Your Mind @umichlibrary.bsky.social
August 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
We’re hanging out at the 3rd floor of Shapiro until 4pm for Party For Your Mind @umichlibrary.bsky.social
Welcome Back! Our hours for Fall semester are:
Mon - Thu: Noon - 8pm
Friday: Noon - 5pm
Closed on holidays and during fall break.
Mon - Thu: Noon - 8pm
Friday: Noon - 5pm
Closed on holidays and during fall break.
August 25, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Welcome Back! Our hours for Fall semester are:
Mon - Thu: Noon - 8pm
Friday: Noon - 5pm
Closed on holidays and during fall break.
Mon - Thu: Noon - 8pm
Friday: Noon - 5pm
Closed on holidays and during fall break.
The CVGA will be closed from Wednesday August 13 through Sunday August 24 for the intersession.
We will re-open with our Fall schedule on Monday August 25.
We will re-open with our Fall schedule on Monday August 25.
August 12, 2025 at 9:59 PM
The CVGA will be closed from Wednesday August 13 through Sunday August 24 for the intersession.
We will re-open with our Fall schedule on Monday August 25.
We will re-open with our Fall schedule on Monday August 25.
Heads-up: The CVGA will be closed Thursday and Friday this week (July 17 & 18). We resume regular summer hours on Monday.
July 16, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Heads-up: The CVGA will be closed Thursday and Friday this week (July 17 & 18). We resume regular summer hours on Monday.
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Here’s something you don’t see every day - an ad for asciiPad featuring the Archie gang and in the tried and true Hostess style (1993).
July 6, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Here’s something you don’t see every day - an ad for asciiPad featuring the Archie gang and in the tried and true Hostess style (1993).
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Last night I got access to a digitized film reel from 1969 that shows off a computer artillery game called Potshot. And to explain why that’s a big deal, I need to talk about Dartmouth and the BASIC computer language.
Here’s a clue that will probably only mean something to 5 people
July 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Last night I got access to a digitized film reel from 1969 that shows off a computer artillery game called Potshot. And to explain why that’s a big deal, I need to talk about Dartmouth and the BASIC computer language.
One of the rarest items in our collection: an Interact Home Computer, from Ann Arbor-based Interact Electronics ca. 1978
July 3, 2025 at 6:53 PM
One of the rarest items in our collection: an Interact Home Computer, from Ann Arbor-based Interact Electronics ca. 1978
The CVGA will close early (at 4pm) on July 3rd, and is closed on July 4.
July 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The CVGA will close early (at 4pm) on July 3rd, and is closed on July 4.
Extra game cartridges (duplicates in our collection)
July 2, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Extra game cartridges (duplicates in our collection)
And here's a look at some of the gaming stations in the CVGA archive room.
June 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
And here's a look at some of the gaming stations in the CVGA archive room.
Here's a look at one of the shelves in the CVGA storage area, with several extra game consoles ready to be called into service!
June 25, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Here's a look at one of the shelves in the CVGA storage area, with several extra game consoles ready to be called into service!
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I’m so excited that the @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social talked to @umcvga.bsky.social, University of Michigan’s game archives! I’ve been able to visit a couple times and it’s a wonderful place
pca.st/episode/e2b1...
pca.st/episode/e2b1...
Episode 134: Preservation Work Inside the University of Michigan Library Computer and Video Game Archive
pca.st
June 25, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I’m so excited that the @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social talked to @umcvga.bsky.social, University of Michigan’s game archives! I’ve been able to visit a couple times and it’s a wonderful place
pca.st/episode/e2b1...
pca.st/episode/e2b1...
We are giving a brief (remote) presentation about the CVGA at @narrascope.org this afternoon at 1:30 EDT.
June 22, 2025 at 2:42 PM
We are giving a brief (remote) presentation about the CVGA at @narrascope.org this afternoon at 1:30 EDT.
A few recent ColecoVision game arrivals in the CVGA.
June 20, 2025 at 4:56 PM
A few recent ColecoVision game arrivals in the CVGA.
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Tomorrow (Fri June 13) in #AnnArbor: “Comics in Conversation: Artist, Writer, Reader” panel with @tonyweaverjr.bsky.social @goraina.bsky.social & @scottmccloud.bsky.social (moderator @elephanteater.bsky.social) 1pm Hatcher Library Gallery @umichlibrary.bsky.social www.lib.umich.edu/visit-and-st...
Comics in Conversation: Artist, Writer, Reader
www.lib.umich.edu
June 12, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Tomorrow (Fri June 13) in #AnnArbor: “Comics in Conversation: Artist, Writer, Reader” panel with @tonyweaverjr.bsky.social @goraina.bsky.social & @scottmccloud.bsky.social (moderator @elephanteater.bsky.social) 1pm Hatcher Library Gallery @umichlibrary.bsky.social www.lib.umich.edu/visit-and-st...
Atari 5200 games added to the CVGA collection this week #atari #retrogames
May 23, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Atari 5200 games added to the CVGA collection this week #atari #retrogames
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played some Rhyme Rider Kerorican for the Wonderswan Color over at the @umcvga.bsky.social, and also got to check out the box! Very cool stuff :]
(Stage 4 is still hard as heck even on original hardware)
(Stage 4 is still hard as heck even on original hardware)
May 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
played some Rhyme Rider Kerorican for the Wonderswan Color over at the @umcvga.bsky.social, and also got to check out the box! Very cool stuff :]
(Stage 4 is still hard as heck even on original hardware)
(Stage 4 is still hard as heck even on original hardware)
CVGA hours for the Spring/Summer:
M, T, W, F: Noon - 4pm
Thurs: Noon - 6pm
Sat & Sun: Closed
(Through August 12; closed holidays.)
M, T, W, F: Noon - 4pm
Thurs: Noon - 6pm
Sat & Sun: Closed
(Through August 12; closed holidays.)
May 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
CVGA hours for the Spring/Summer:
M, T, W, F: Noon - 4pm
Thurs: Noon - 6pm
Sat & Sun: Closed
(Through August 12; closed holidays.)
M, T, W, F: Noon - 4pm
Thurs: Noon - 6pm
Sat & Sun: Closed
(Through August 12; closed holidays.)