Japanese Mobile Game Preservation: A Race Against Digital Erasure
The urgent need to preserve the rich history of Japanese mobile gaming, a frontier that predates modern app stores and ushered in an era of pocket-sized internet access, is the…
The urgent need to preserve the rich history of Japanese mobile gaming, a frontier that predates modern app stores and ushered in an era of pocket-sized internet access, is the…
Long before the advent of ubiquitous subscription services like Xbox Game Pass or the digital storefront dominance of Steam, a groundbreaking initiative known as Sega Channel emerged, a visionary endeavor…
The enduring narrative of the 16-bit console wars, often summarized by Sega’s audacious slogan "Genesis does what Nintendon’t," has long painted a picture of Sega as a triumphant challenger that…
The International Center for the History of Electronic Games (ICHEG) at The Strong National Museum of Play has announced a significant update to its digital archive platform, aiming to enhance…
The digital library of the International Center for the History of Electronic Games (ICHEG) has recently seen significant additions, enhancing two of its existing archival collections: the Mark Flitman papers…
The evolution of computing, from its nascent stages powered by vacuum tubes to the immersive virtual worlds of modern video games, represents a monumental technological and cultural trajectory. This journey,…
In the annals of computer gaming, few titles possess the enigmatic allure and genre-bending complexity of Cookie’s Bustle, a game developed by the Japanese studio RODIK and released in 1999.…
The retro gaming community is abuzz with the recent preview from James of RetroHQ, showcasing an innovative Game Drive solution designed for the International Games System (IGS) PolyGame Master (PGM)…
The digital archives of video game history have been significantly enriched with the recent release of digitized lecture recordings from the 1989 Computer Game Developers’ Conference (CGDC). This groundbreaking collection,…
The Video Game History Foundation (VGHF), a prominent 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving, celebrating, and teaching the history of video games, is actively seeking to fill a critical new…