i saw a blurry version of this magazine snippet today and checked the vghf archives and found a hi res scan... 😊 thank you as always vghf
November 9, 2025 at 7:24 PM
i saw a blurry version of this magazine snippet today and checked the vghf archives and found a hi res scan... 😊 thank you as always vghf
Gaming Alexandria is a huge deal in game culture preservation. Incredible organization. Probably the single most important group this side of the VGHF
I reference their work constantly for @hyruleinterviews.bsky.social!
I reference their work constantly for @hyruleinterviews.bsky.social!
Hard to believe it's already been ten years that Gaming Alexandria has been around. Here's a (late) article about our history, as well as special thanks and small blurbs from others of what Gaming Alexandria has meant to them. Here's to another ten years! www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/2025/11/g...
November 9, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Gaming Alexandria is a huge deal in game culture preservation. Incredible organization. Probably the single most important group this side of the VGHF
I reference their work constantly for @hyruleinterviews.bsky.social!
I reference their work constantly for @hyruleinterviews.bsky.social!
Who's on the cover of this 1992 Electronics Boutique game catalog scanned by VGHF? Why, it's EB mascot Elbo the dog. Hi, Elbo! https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/3e598ac1-b4bc-4f66-a8ba-6463d78782c1
November 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Who's on the cover of this 1992 Electronics Boutique game catalog scanned by VGHF? Why, it's EB mascot Elbo the dog. Hi, Elbo! https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/3e598ac1-b4bc-4f66-a8ba-6463d78782c1
Found in the VGHF GamePro press CD collection, CD 150. File titled "アメコミ風イラスト", which seems to imply it's in the style of an American comic book.
archive.gamehistory.org/folder/f7cae...
archive.gamehistory.org/folder/f7cae...
November 11, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Found in the VGHF GamePro press CD collection, CD 150. File titled "アメコミ風イラスト", which seems to imply it's in the style of an American comic book.
archive.gamehistory.org/folder/f7cae...
archive.gamehistory.org/folder/f7cae...
if you're interested in learning more about mark flitman and the video game history foundation, i wrote a piece for @newyorker.com a few years back where i got to watch the vghf at work -- at mark flitman's house! www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-...
November 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
if you're interested in learning more about mark flitman and the video game history foundation, i wrote a piece for @newyorker.com a few years back where i got to watch the vghf at work -- at mark flitman's house! www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-...
Being able to see all the Quest 64 press and packaging materials in full source quality is super rad. Thanks, VGHF!
November 10, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Being able to see all the Quest 64 press and packaging materials in full source quality is super rad. Thanks, VGHF!
Hear about the NES US launch 40 years ago from the people that made it happen: Gail Tilden, Bruce Lowry and Lance Barr with @frankcifaldi.bsky.social from the @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social moderating! Panel recording at youtu.be/f2WDfsiLiRA
#prge #prge2025 #retrogaming #VGHF
#prge #prge2025 #retrogaming #VGHF
We Launched the NES 40 Years Ago Today - Gail Tilden, Lance Barr, Bruce Lowry - PRGE 2025 Portland
YouTube video by Portland Retro Gaming Expo
youtu.be
November 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Hear about the NES US launch 40 years ago from the people that made it happen: Gail Tilden, Bruce Lowry and Lance Barr with @frankcifaldi.bsky.social from the @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social moderating! Panel recording at youtu.be/f2WDfsiLiRA
#prge #prge2025 #retrogaming #VGHF
#prge #prge2025 #retrogaming #VGHF
I made a stupid short-form video for VGHF tomorrow and if it doesn't blow up I will be disappointed
November 3, 2025 at 3:19 AM
I made a stupid short-form video for VGHF tomorrow and if it doesn't blow up I will be disappointed
This 1993 U.S. print ad scanned by the VGHF showcases the Super Bomberman Party Pak, including the game and the four-player adaptor for the SNES. (So much fun!)
October 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
This 1993 U.S. print ad scanned by the VGHF showcases the Super Bomberman Party Pak, including the game and the four-player adaptor for the SNES. (So much fun!)
The Roottrees Are Dead, but make it the VGHF digital archive and solving the mystery of licensed game vaporware
October 31, 2025 at 12:05 AM
The Roottrees Are Dead, but make it the VGHF digital archive and solving the mystery of licensed game vaporware
My wife is very excited about this. She loved this game as a kid. Thanks to VGHF for all that you do!
October 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
My wife is very excited about this. She loved this game as a kid. Thanks to VGHF for all that you do!
Look, VGHF unearthed this issue of short-live B2B mag Interactive Age, featuring Yoichi Wada, David Cage and Ian Livingstone discussing the global nature of games.
October 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Look, VGHF unearthed this issue of short-live B2B mag Interactive Age, featuring Yoichi Wada, David Cage and Ian Livingstone discussing the global nature of games.
I don't know anything about them, try the VGHF. I assume Lynne Griffes created Griffes Advertising that Nintendo Power used starting with vol 3.
October 27, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I don't know anything about them, try the VGHF. I assume Lynne Griffes created Griffes Advertising that Nintendo Power used starting with vol 3.
Really exciting months coming up ahead at VGHF as we close out the year. I keep saying that, but it keeps being true!
October 24, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Really exciting months coming up ahead at VGHF as we close out the year. I keep saying that, but it keeps being true!
For VGHF Patreon members: we have a preview of a new collection coming to our library next week, featuring the history of the interactive movie company Cyberflix!
Preview of the Andrew Nelson papers | The Video Game History Foundation
Get more from The Video Game History Foundation on Patreon
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October 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
For VGHF Patreon members: we have a preview of a new collection coming to our library next week, featuring the history of the interactive movie company Cyberflix!
@philsalv.bsky.social I would buy so much Bubsy-themed VGHF merch. Who'se boss do I have to harangue to make that happen?
October 20, 2025 at 11:23 PM
@philsalv.bsky.social I would buy so much Bubsy-themed VGHF merch. Who'se boss do I have to harangue to make that happen?
Another super-rare VGHF scan, Christian Comics & Games was a short-lived 1995 periodical reviewing Christian games like the superhero-starring Captain Bible. Yes, really: https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/642ea239-64b2-49aa-b5e6-ee0c5eea924a
October 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Another super-rare VGHF scan, Christian Comics & Games was a short-lived 1995 periodical reviewing Christian games like the superhero-starring Captain Bible. Yes, really: https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/642ea239-64b2-49aa-b5e6-ee0c5eea924a
VGHF did not do the museum at PRGE this year... but it uses resources (in this case, a magazine) that we digitized, cataloged, and made accessible
This feels like a realization of our goal! We provided the resources to make game history better
This feels like a realization of our goal! We provided the resources to make game history better
When you get a chance to put Retsuprae in a museum exhibit, you put Retsuprae in a museum exhibit.
Thanks for signing our Dark Seed all those years ago, @slowbeef.bsky.social!
Thanks for signing our Dark Seed all those years ago, @slowbeef.bsky.social!
October 18, 2025 at 1:02 AM
VGHF did not do the museum at PRGE this year... but it uses resources (in this case, a magazine) that we digitized, cataloged, and made accessible
This feels like a realization of our goal! We provided the resources to make game history better
This feels like a realization of our goal! We provided the resources to make game history better
This dual-game VGHF-scanned Konami ad from 1990 reminds us that, yes, Snake's Revenge had a character called Higharolla Kockamamie in it. (This horrible Ayatollah Khomeini riff is apparently not Hideo Kojima's fault, folks.)
October 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
This dual-game VGHF-scanned Konami ad from 1990 reminds us that, yes, Snake's Revenge had a character called Higharolla Kockamamie in it. (This horrible Ayatollah Khomeini riff is apparently not Hideo Kojima's fault, folks.)
The winners (Deer Hunter, Ocarina Of Time) and losers (CompUSA, Interplay) of 1998 in U.S. game retail, per Game Intelligence magazine (as scanned by VGHF!) - https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/f61d4f21-efce-44ee-bdc7-860d5713b1df
October 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The winners (Deer Hunter, Ocarina Of Time) and losers (CompUSA, Interplay) of 1998 in U.S. game retail, per Game Intelligence magazine (as scanned by VGHF!) - https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/f61d4f21-efce-44ee-bdc7-860d5713b1df
Ah yes, finish shooting all the terrorists after your homework's done, won't you? (This is a very weirdly pitched VGHF-scanned ad for Rescue: The Embassy Mission, aka Hostages.)
October 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Ah yes, finish shooting all the terrorists after your homework's done, won't you? (This is a very weirdly pitched VGHF-scanned ad for Rescue: The Embassy Mission, aka Hostages.)
VGHF recently archived a LucasArts press CD-ROM from 1996 as part of the GamePro archives, including a full history of the company to date: https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/fc835949-e496-47ff-9800-e8f5428e01e2 (The LucasArts .com website got '5,000 visits a day' back in 1996!)
October 12, 2025 at 8:27 PM
VGHF recently archived a LucasArts press CD-ROM from 1996 as part of the GamePro archives, including a full history of the company to date: https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/fc835949-e496-47ff-9800-e8f5428e01e2 (The LucasArts .com website got '5,000 visits a day' back in 1996!)
Here's the 'main' show floor for E3 1998 in Atlanta, via the E3 Show Daily magazine (as scanned by VGHF): archive.gamehistory.org/item/65ce6bc... - which companies are you surprised by? (Size or location-wise!)
October 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Here's the 'main' show floor for E3 1998 in Atlanta, via the E3 Show Daily magazine (as scanned by VGHF): archive.gamehistory.org/item/65ce6bc... - which companies are you surprised by? (Size or location-wise!)
Today at the VGHF office: we decided we're going to celebrate Fabio Friday
If you know what Fabio Friday is, please let us know because we don't
If you know what Fabio Friday is, please let us know because we don't
October 7, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Today at the VGHF office: we decided we're going to celebrate Fabio Friday
If you know what Fabio Friday is, please let us know because we don't
If you know what Fabio Friday is, please let us know because we don't
Has the VGHF archived original Bubsy 3D art from a press CD provided to GamePro magazine? Yes. Do you want it? No? Well you're getting it anyhow... archive.gamehistory.org/folder/0119a...
October 6, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Has the VGHF archived original Bubsy 3D art from a press CD provided to GamePro magazine? Yes. Do you want it? No? Well you're getting it anyhow... archive.gamehistory.org/folder/0119a...