[STEAM] VGHF opens free online access to 1,500 classic game mags, 30K historic files

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The Video Game History Foundation has officially

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to a large portion of its massive archives today, offering fans and researchers unprecedented access to information and

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surrounding the past 50 years of the game industry.

Today's launch of

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comprises more than 30,000 indexed and curated files, including

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, promotional material, and searchable full-text archives over 1,500 video game magazine issues. This initial dump of digital materials also contains never-before-seen

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stored by the VGHF, such as

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or

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contributed by artist Tom Payne.

A labor of love

In

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and

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, VGHF head librarian Phil Salvador explains how today's launch is the culmination of a dream the organization has had since its launch in 2017. But it's also just the start of an ongoing process to digitize the VGHF's mountains of

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into a cataloged digital form, so people can access it "without having to fly to California."

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