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<h3 class="mb-0">"You don't understand a game by playing it."</p>
<h3 class="mb-0"><span style="font-weight: 700;">"You don't understand a game by playing it."</span></p>
<p class="blockquote-footer">Frank Cifaldi</p>
<p class="blockquote-footer">Frank Cifaldi, Video Game History Foundation</p>
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<p class="display-4 text-white">The '''Videogame Morgue File''' is a collection of materials intended to give videogames <em>context</em>.</h1>
<p class="h1 text-white">The <span style="font-family: Montserrat; font-weight: 700;">Videogame Morgue File</span> is a place for materials that '''give videogames context'''.</h1>
<p class="lead text-white">Our aim is to build an archive of information, links and media that can be of value to researchers of videogame history, bringing scattered, hard-to-find resources into one place.</p>
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<p class="lead">Our aim is to build an archive of information, links and media for 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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* Journalists
* Journalists
* YouTubers
* YouTubers
* Anyone else who's interested in the history of videogames
* Anyone else interested in the history of videogames
 


== What's with the name? ==
== 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."
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<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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== What belongs here? ==
== 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
* Design documents
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* Talks
* Talks
* Histories
* 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?]]


In general: if it's relevant to a videogame, and it's not made of code, this is the place for it.


== Are we on the right track? ==
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 any and all suggestions. All decisions and policies are open to discussion, so please, join in and help shape this community project!


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Revision as of 19:28, 5 January 2022


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


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

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


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."


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 268 games on the wiki.