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.
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?
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
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
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!
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.
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
Attempted surgery today on a pair of Atari VCS consoles.
We had one with a bad controller port, and another with a bad power switch. So we took the switch board from the one with the bad controller port and put it in the other. Sealed it back up and it worked...
We had one with a bad controller port, and another with a bad power switch. So we took the switch board from the one with the bad controller port and put it in the other. Sealed it back up and it worked...
March 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Attempted surgery today on a pair of Atari VCS consoles.
We had one with a bad controller port, and another with a bad power switch. So we took the switch board from the one with the bad controller port and put it in the other. Sealed it back up and it worked...
We had one with a bad controller port, and another with a bad power switch. So we took the switch board from the one with the bad controller port and put it in the other. Sealed it back up and it worked...
Recent additions to the CVGA's TTRPG book collection:
March 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Recent additions to the CVGA's TTRPG book collection:
Tested some of our ersatz Atari 2600 consoles today. One of the original Sears units works like new; the others work but have at least one touchy switch.
March 17, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Tested some of our ersatz Atari 2600 consoles today. One of the original Sears units works like new; the others work but have at least one touchy switch.
Arrived today in the CVGA: An Atari 7800+ (plays 2600 & 7800 games on a modern display over HDMI) and an Evercade-compatible Super Pocket handheld.
January 16, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Arrived today in the CVGA: An Atari 7800+ (plays 2600 & 7800 games on a modern display over HDMI) and an Evercade-compatible Super Pocket handheld.
We now have a Logitech G920 steering wheel + pedals for all your Xbox One/S/X & Windows 11 racing game needs!
January 9, 2025 at 7:56 PM
We now have a Logitech G920 steering wheel + pedals for all your Xbox One/S/X & Windows 11 racing game needs!
The new shelves are in! We should have everything back on the shelves and in order by the time we re-open in January.
December 20, 2024 at 6:11 PM
The new shelves are in! We should have everything back on the shelves and in order by the time we re-open in January.
The games have been removed from the shelves, and the old shelves themselves are gone. The new shelving should be installed sometime in the next week.
December 11, 2024 at 6:27 PM
The games have been removed from the shelves, and the old shelves themselves are gone. The new shelving should be installed sometime in the next week.
We were testing & cleaning our Genesis games today, and one of the student assistants came across this Illegal Instruction error with the Gunslugs cartridge
November 11, 2024 at 11:09 PM
We were testing & cleaning our Genesis games today, and one of the student assistants came across this Illegal Instruction error with the Gunslugs cartridge
Fired up the Vectrex for testing today; unfortunately it is not working properly 🙁
October 25, 2024 at 4:45 PM
Fired up the Vectrex for testing today; unfortunately it is not working properly 🙁
We set up and tested Steel Battalion (Xbox) today
October 4, 2024 at 6:36 PM
We set up and tested Steel Battalion (Xbox) today
New TTRPG books have arrived at the CVGA:
- Fabula Ultima TTJRPG Core Rulebook
- Cy_Borg
- Deadpool Role-Plays the Marvel Universe
- Mini-Dungeon Tome II
- Blade Runner: The Roleplaying Game
- Teatime Adventure
- Fabula Ultima TTJRPG Core Rulebook
- Cy_Borg
- Deadpool Role-Plays the Marvel Universe
- Mini-Dungeon Tome II
- Blade Runner: The Roleplaying Game
- Teatime Adventure
October 2, 2024 at 3:59 PM
New TTRPG books have arrived at the CVGA:
- Fabula Ultima TTJRPG Core Rulebook
- Cy_Borg
- Deadpool Role-Plays the Marvel Universe
- Mini-Dungeon Tome II
- Blade Runner: The Roleplaying Game
- Teatime Adventure
- Fabula Ultima TTJRPG Core Rulebook
- Cy_Borg
- Deadpool Role-Plays the Marvel Universe
- Mini-Dungeon Tome II
- Blade Runner: The Roleplaying Game
- Teatime Adventure
We got the Turbo Duo up and running! Received in a donation a while ago (with a bunch of TG CD games), but without a power supply or AV cord or controller. Finally acquired all those missing pieces, and thankfully it works!
August 28, 2024 at 8:18 PM
We got the Turbo Duo up and running! Received in a donation a while ago (with a bunch of TG CD games), but without a power supply or AV cord or controller. Finally acquired all those missing pieces, and thankfully it works!
Marvel vs Street Fighter and X-Men vs. Street Fighter for Sega Saturn (Japanese versions)
July 22, 2024 at 6:25 PM
Marvel vs Street Fighter and X-Men vs. Street Fighter for Sega Saturn (Japanese versions)
This came in with a donation a while back: the classic Star Wars Destroy Death Star Game (1977)
June 4, 2024 at 2:08 AM
This came in with a donation a while back: the classic Star Wars Destroy Death Star Game (1977)
Here's a Throwback Thursday photo of when the CVGA first opened back in 2008—we've grown a lot since then!
March 14, 2024 at 4:43 PM
Here's a Throwback Thursday photo of when the CVGA first opened back in 2008—we've grown a lot since then!
We just added a bunch of Atari Lynx games to our collection!
February 21, 2024 at 7:13 PM
We just added a bunch of Atari Lynx games to our collection!
Say Hello to 'Valkyrie', the CVGA's new gaming PC! A Dell Precision 3660 with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card, 64 GB of internal memory, and more than 12 TB of drive storage. Now available on Station 13 (replacing the aging Gryffin PC).
February 16, 2024 at 7:29 PM
Say Hello to 'Valkyrie', the CVGA's new gaming PC! A Dell Precision 3660 with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card, 64 GB of internal memory, and more than 12 TB of drive storage. Now available on Station 13 (replacing the aging Gryffin PC).