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The Morgue File is a wiki for materials that give videogames context.

Our aim is to build an archive of information, links and media open to all researchers of videogame history, bringing scattered, difficult-to-find resources together into a single reference. And we need your help to build it!

"You don't understand a game by playing it."

Frank Cifaldi, Video Game History Foundation

Who is this for?

Researchers
Academics
Journalists
YouTubers
Anyone else interested in the history of videogames

What's with the name?

"A morgue file originally was a collection of paper folders containing old files and notes kept by criminal investigators, as well as old article clippings kept by newspaper reporters, in case they became of later use as a quick reference collection."

definition from Wikipedia

Want to help?

This wiki is still young. Please, join in and help shape this community project! We have a Getting Started guide, and we're open to suggestions.

What belongs here?

If it's relevant to videogames, and it's not made of code, this is probably the place for it. A non-exhaustive list:

Design documents
Advertisements
Trade press
Newspaper clippings
Reviews
Interviews
Talks
Histories
Letters to the editor
Old messageboard threads
Cultural ephemera

Sample Collections

Why not take a look at the resources we've gathered for...

Or see the list of all 284 games on the wiki.

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+  <h4 class="alert-heading">The Morgue File has been moved.</h4>
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+  <p>Editing is re-enabled. Please report any errors on my talk page. [[User:MorgueFile|MorgueFile]] ([[User talk:MorgueFile|talk]]) 18:45, 12 October 2025 (UTC)</p>
+  <p class="mb-0">Account creation is disabled for now due to a problem with the extension. Contact me offsite and I'll create an account for you manually. [[User:MorgueFile|MorgueFile]] ([[User talk:MorgueFile|talk]]) 19:00, 12 October 2025 (UTC)</p>
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+<p class="h1 text-white">The <span style="font-family: Montserrat; font-weight: 700;">Morgue File</span> is a wiki for materials that '''give videogames context'''.</h1>
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+<p class="lead">Our aim is to build an archive of information, links and media open to all researchers of videogame history, bringing scattered, difficult-to-find resources together into a single reference. And we need your help to build it!</p>
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-<h3 class="mb-0">"You don't understand a game by playing it."</p>
+<h3><span style="font-weight: 700;">"You don't understand a game by playing it."</span></h3>
 <p class="blockquote-footer">Frank Cifaldi, Video Game History Foundation</p>
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-<p class="h1 text-white">The '''Videogame Morgue File''' is a collection of materials intended to <em>give videogames context</em>.</h1>
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-<p class="lead">Our aim is to build an archive of information, links and media for researchers of videogame history, bringing scattered, difficult-to-find resources into a single reference wiki. And we need your help to build it!</p>
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 * YouTubers
 * Anyone else interested in the history of videogames
 == What's with the name? ==
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-<p class="mt-4 px-4">"A morgue file originally was a collection of paper folders containing old files and notes kept by criminal investigators, as well as old article clippings kept by newspaper reporters, in case they became of later use as a quick reference collection."</p>
+<p><em>"A morgue file originally was a collection of paper folders containing old files and notes kept by criminal investigators, as well as old article clippings kept by newspaper reporters, in case they became of later use as a quick reference collection."</em></p>
+<p class="blockquote-footer">definition from Wikipedia</p>
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+== Want to help? ==
+This wiki is still young. Please, join in and help shape this community project! We have a [[Help:Getting_Started|Getting Started guide]], and we're open to suggestions.
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 * Talks
 * Histories
+* Letters to the editor
+* Old messageboard threads
+* Cultural ephemera
+== Sample Collections ==
+Why not take a look at the resources we've gathered for...
+* [[Computer Space|...the first commercial videogame?]]
+* [[Amsterdoom|...an obscure Dutch first-person shooter?]]
+* [[Lemmings|...one of the most ported games of all time?]]
-== Help us figure out the future ==
+Or see the list of [[:Category:Game|all {{PAGESINCATEGORY:Game|pages}} games on the wiki]].
-This wiki is still young, and we're open to suggestions. Please, join in and help shape this community project!
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