Game Preservation SIG/Collectors

International Game Developers Association

Private videogame collectors hold a large array of rare, unique or otherwise unavailable videogames and materials in private collections. Here you can find out the how, what why and who behind private game collectors.

Please contact the SIG if you can contribute to this specialised area of preservation.

This resource is intended for non-collectors (archivists, historians and other interested parties) who want to know about videogame collecting and how to get in contact with private collectors.

1 Why do collectors collect?
2 What collectors collect?
- 2.1 Collectors who sell material
3 How collectors collect?
4 Who are some collectors
5 Links
- 5.1 Collector sites
- 5.2 Information on Collecting

[edit] Why do collectors collect?

[edit] What collectors collect?

[edit] Collectors who sell material

Commonly second hand games are sold on online auction sites such as eBay. Certain larger collection of hundreds or thousands of items can sometimes appear, with high price tags. Some collectors will donate material or otherwise give it away too.

[edit] How collectors collect?

[edit] Who are some collectors

[edit] Links

[edit] Collector sites

Jamma+ - UK-based Hobbyist website on collecting arcade games.
Pinballers Anonymous - A small group of UK Pinball enthusiasts/collectors who maintain, repair and sell pinball machines.
Commodore16.com - A collectors site for Commodore16 players.
RetroPassion.Co.Uk - Retro Gaming Sales website
Retro Trader - A retro shop and community hub website
The Software Collector's Mailing List is "a list dedicated to people who collect computer software as a hobby. Mostly this translates into game software for 1980's-era home computers, but occasionally branches out into related fields such as discussions on nostalgia, copy-protection, history, etc."