Best Preservation Org — 8 verified

Game preservation organizations work to keep games, hardware, and development history accessible — digitizing source code, restoring lost titles, archiving developer interviews.

• International Center for the History of Electronic Games — New York. ICHEG is the research and preservation arm of The Strong devoted to electronic games. It runs the Video Game Play Capture Project, which records gameplay from original hardware to preserve titles whos
• Video Game History Foundation — California. Founded in 2016 by Frank Cifaldi, the Video Game History Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that has built the first dedicated video game history research library in the United States. It collects de
• Hit Save! — California. Hit Save! is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in early 2020 to advocate for and assist video game preservation worldwide. It runs Scanning.Guide, a community resource that teaches volunteers how to scan
• Internet Archive Software Library — California. Headquartered in San Francisco, the Internet Archive runs the largest collection of historical software online in the world. Its Internet Arcade, Console Living Room, and MS-DOS Games libraries make t
• Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play — New York. Housed within The Strong, the Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play is a 220,000-volume research repository devoted to the intellectual and cultural history of play. Its holdings include tra
• Videogame & Arcade Preservation Society — California. VAPS has been dedicated to serving video game and arcade collectors since 1990, and now functions as the community database underpinning the International Arcade Museum. It tracks ownership and proven
• International Arcade Museum — California. The International Arcade Museum, operated by the Museum of the Game nonprofit, is the world's most comprehensive online resource covering arcade games, pinball, jukeboxes, and coin-operated amusement
• VGA Gallery — Illinois. VGA Gallery is a Chicago-based nonprofit that exhibits, studies, and sells video game art. It supports working game artists with print sales and gallery shows while preserving original artwork from ma

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