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What a month! What's next for VGHF @ GDC

Added 2025-03-07 21:22:23 +0000 UTC

Thanks for all your support for the launch of our digital library a little over a month ago. After what felt like years of buildup, we've taken the last month to shift our gears back down and work on some bigger collections and longer-term projects, which we'll be sharing more about in the future.

But that doesn't mean we're going anywhere! In less than two weeks, we'll be at the 2025 Game Developers Conference! There's a couple different places you'll be able to find us...

First off, we're back running our Game History Gallery booth! This year, we're celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Nintendo Entertainment System with our exhibit Lost Levels: Unreleased Games for the Nintendo Entertainment System. The interactive exhibit tells stories from around the world about games that never saw the light of day—and the challenge of preserving that history.

We'll also be showcasing the VGHF Library at our booth! We're excited to show the game industry what a state-of-the-art digital archive looks like... and maybe see if they'd like to contribute.

You can find us between the Moscone North and South halls, next to [checks notes] the Sony Honda Mobility electric car company.

We're also participating in two talks over the week!

On Wednesday, March 19 at 3pm, our founder Frank Cifaldi will be presenting Preserving Game History: It's Just Us, a sort of state-of-the-industry keynote about Frank's 25 years of experience in the world of game history and what it actually takes to preserve our past, present, and future.

Library director Phil Salvador will also be presenting on Friday, March 21 at 3pm on the panel What's New in Game History: 2025. He'll be talking with other video game historians and archivists sharing the latest news from the field. Phil will be talking about what the gaming community and citizen historians have been up to.

Let us know if you'll be in attendance! GDC is one of the best events for us to meet people from the extended game industry community.