VGHF Digital Archive passes 5000 magazines. Here's what's next
The Video Game History Foundation has reached a milestone of 5,000 digitized magazines, creating a significant research library spanning 46 years of gaming history. The project relies on community collaboration and has become a primary source for historical research.
Why it matters
This demonstrates the importance of digital archiving in preserving cultural history and the effectiveness of community-driven open-access initiatives.
We’ve passed a big milestone for our digital archive. Let’s talk about where our magazine collection is going next…
By Phil Salvador Post date September 24, 2026 The Video Game History Foundation has added over 5000 total magazines to our digital archive, a major milestone in our project to build a first-in-class video game history research library.
When we launched our digital archive last year , we announced an initial collection of over 1500 out-of-print, text-searchable magazines, which are free for research access. In the time since we launched, we’ve more than tripled the size of that collection—now totaling nearly 600,000 pages , the equivalent of nearly 100 feet of shelf space!
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