Game Preservation SIG/Contributions
International Game Developers Association
You can find here a short directory of archives and museums who are willing to accept developer materials, game source code and physical materials (such as consoles, game copies, marketing materials and documents).
Please contact the organisation you want to send the material to before sending it! Certain material might not be accepted by certain places, and unsolicited sending of material might not be allowed.
If you are able to provide another location for this page, please contact the SIG. The aim of the project is to become a hub of contact information so developers know who they can send material to, which is currently a major unsolved problem.
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[edit] North America
| UT Videogame Archive | |
| Address:
UT Videogame Archive Website: http://www.utvideogamearchive.org | Collection Info
The collection centres on videogame preservation, creating a archive of the material with information made available online about the contents of the archive. Academic and historian accesses will likely be allowed at a later date, since as of 2008 it had only just started as a project at the University of Texas. More information about the project is being regularly posted on their website.
Contact Zach Vowell before sending anything in and for any queries on what is accepted. Postal deliveries are accepted. |
[edit] South America
Do you know anywhere that might accept material? If so, please contact us!'
[edit] Europe
| The National Museum of Computing | |
| Address:
Block H Phone: Awaiting | Collection Info
The National Museum of Computing houses a lot of old equipment ranging from PDP machines, servers and mainframes, to air traffic control items, home and office computers and some other electronic items such as calculators. Software and documents are stored in a archive filing system on site. There is also a catalogue system used to index all items held in the museum, although no specific database of historical information. The museum is opening fully later in 2008, with a more substantial public collection. The site is run by volunteers opening on Saturday afternoons, with academic and school availability being available on more days if arranged.
To get material to the museum Ben Trethowan must be contacted beforehand, since in some cases material might duplicate what is already available or space might not be available. Generally any historical physical devices, documents or software are accepted, but unsolicited items are unwelcome since there are some steps to be taken beforehand. |
| The Centre For Computing History | |
| Address:
The Counting House Phone: 01440 709794 | Collection Info
The museum website hosts information about additions and the collections available. Hardware, software and documents are all being collected. One of the aims of the centre is to archive on their website all documents, magazines, software as well as the hardware that they have. See their Project Aims for more information.
Material is accepted when contacting the Centre staff, Jason or David, beforehand, since it needs to be arranged correctly. Unsolicited material is unwelcome. More information can be found on their website. |
[edit] Asia
Do you know anywhere that might accept material? If so, please contact us!'
[edit] Oceania (Australia etc.)
Do you know anywhere that might accept material? If so, please contact us!'
[edit] Africa
Do you know anywhere that might accept material? If so, please contact us!'
