The Video Game History Foundation

<h1 style="">We're bringing video game history back to life!</h1><p style="">The Video Game History Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to preserving, celebrating, and teaching the history of video games. Our archives provide rare material for study, and our advocacy and educational outreach bring everyone together to do their part in celebrating and discovering video game history.</p><h2 style="">The projects your money supports:</h2><p style=""><img src="https://gamehistoryorg.stage.site/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/02_small.jpg" title=""></p><h4 style="">Research Library</h4><p style="">We’re building the country’s first dedicated library for the study of video game history! We offer near-complete sets of most North American video game magazines going back to the late 1970s, as well as international publications, foreign language magazines, history and art books, and a wide range of rare historical material. <img src="https://gamehistoryorg.stage.site/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Baseball_0102-1.png" title=""></p><h4 style="">Source Code Preservation</h4><p style="">We believe that there is no better way to study how a game was made than access to its raw materials. We are actively collecting and preserving historical source code and assets, including development tools, raw art, and documentation. In some cases, we’ve even used these collections to bring lost games back to life! <img src="https://gamehistoryorg.stage.site/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/CGCLOUD.jpg" title=""></p><h4 style="">Media Assets Archive</h4><p style="">Throughout history, the video game media has been privy to an abundance of art and information that today is priceless for study and presentation. We are actively working with current and former editors and journalists to capture as much of that raw material as possible.</p><h2 style="">And much more!</h2><p style="">Check out our full projects list&nbsp;<a href="https://gamehistory.org/what-were-doing/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">at our website</a>.</p>

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Thank you for helping us save video game history! At this tier you'll get :
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<p>- All of our updates delivered straight to your Patreon feed.</p>
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<p>- Occasional exclusive posts that go behind-the-scenes, and involve YOU in our decision-making.</p>

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Exclusive Discord Access

All of the previous tiers, plus:
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<p>Each month, we host an informal Town Hall-style Google Hangout with all of our generous $25-and-up backers to discuss what we're doing, give a preview of what's to come, and field your questions and talking points in real-time. Join us at this tier!</p>

Monthly Hangout

For our extremely generous backers: have a one-on-one video meeting, once a month, with VGHF director Frank Cifaldi. We can talk shop, discuss the preservation needs that are important to you, or just hang out and chat. 
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<p>(Meetings will probably be limited to 30 minutes or so, but we'll work with you!)</p>

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