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Video Game History Foundation Launches New Digital Library
The Video Game History Foundation has officially launched an Early Access version of its new Digital Library, totally free for people to check out right now If you're not familiar with them, the VGHF is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and celebration of the history of video games across multiple sources of[...]
RESET (Image: VICE TV)
Set to premiere on February 3 at 10 pm ET/PT (with a preview on Waypoint's Twitch channel today at 2 pm ET), series host Dexter Thomas, Culture Correspondent, VICE News Tonight interviews the experts behind history's culture-defining games, gaming journalists, and industry insiders; including NBA Hornets player Gordon Hayward, Cobra Kai's Xolo Maridueña, The Leftover's[...]
Opinion: SimCity on NES Was a Lost Opportunity
The unfinished game, laden with bugs and scripting issues, became a long sought-after item to which the Video Game History Foundation calls "The Holy Grail" among collectors The only video footage of the game in action then was on a show called Video Power. https://youtu.be/2GSqc4mjh2oVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: SimCity NES Prototype –[...]
Someone Unearthed the Long Lost NES Port of SimCity
One of them was purchased by Frank Cifaldi, founder of The Video Game History Foundation, who did some digging. Turns out that SimCity designer Will Wright was collaborating on the project with Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto, developing a port for both consoles But as time passed and the SNES was the future, the NES version quietly got canceled, even[...]