{"id":921769,"date":"2026-07-22T16:12:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T21:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/22\/the-video-game-history-foundations-latest-collection-is-a-deep-dive-into-e3-like-youve-never-seen-it-before\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T16:12:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T21:12:13","slug":"the-video-game-history-foundations-latest-collection-is-a-deep-dive-into-e3-like-youve-never-seen-it-before","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/22\/the-video-game-history-foundations-latest-collection-is-a-deep-dive-into-e3-like-youve-never-seen-it-before\/","title":{"rendered":"The Video Game History Foundation&#8217;s latest collection is a deep dive into E3 &#8220;like you&#8217;ve never seen it before&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Entertainment <\/p>\n<div>\n<article data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div>\n<figure>\n        <picture><source  media=\"(max-width: 549px) and (max-resolution: 1dppx)\"><source  media=\"(max-width: 549px) and (max-resolution: 1.5dppx)\"><source  media=\"(max-width: 549px) and (max-resolution: 1.75dppx)\"><source  media=\"(max-width: 549px) and (max-resolution: 2dppx)\"><source  media=\"(max-width: 549px) and (max-resolution: 3dppx)\"><source  media=\"(min-width: 550px) and (max-resolution: 1dppx)\"><source  media=\"(min-width: 550px) and (max-resolution: 1.5dppx)\"><source  media=\"(min-width: 550px) and (max-resolution: 1.75dppx)\"><source  media=\"(min-width: 550px) and (max-resolution: 2dppx)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/e3-2019-queue_VfxT7dN.jpg?width=690&#038;quality=85&#038;format=jpg&#038;dpr=3&#038;auto=webp\" alt=\"Entertainment A queue outside E3 2019.\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-uri=\"e3-2019-queue_VfxT7dN.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"690\" height=\"388\">\n      <\/picture>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div data-component=\"article-content\">\n<p>\nAh, the Electronic Entertainment Expo, better known by many as Summer Game Fes-, wait, sorry, guess I&#8217;ve already moved on! Better known as E3, of course, the first of its kind showcase dedicated entirely to video games that died because it simply couldn&#8217;t figure out how to live in the modern world (they probably should have asked Geoff). The whole thing ended with much more of a whimper than a bang, but once upon a time it was the place to have your game. And now, the Video Game History Foundation have revealed a new collection all about the event &#8220;like you&#8217;ve never seen it before,&#8221; covering many years worth of a range of materials.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;Over the past year, we\u2019ve received some exciting donations from the people who ran and attended E3, going all the way back to its first year in 1995,&#8221; explain the VGHF in a <a href=\"https:\/\/gamehistory.org\/e3-history\/\">blog post<\/a> announcing the collection. &#8220;We\u2019re excited to preserve this important history &#8211; and to make it available for anyone studying the history of E3, for free.&#8221; They go on to note that this might be one of the largest single collections of E3 ephemera, showing, for example, how you could pay $25,000 to put your logo on the badge lanyards attendees would wear at E3 1999. What a steal!\n<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<a aria-label=\"Revisit E3 Like You've Never Seen it Before\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9VeLhqbXNf4?autoplay=1\" onclick=\"((e) => { e.preventDefault(); e.currentTarget.closest(&#8216;.video_wrapper&#8217;).innerHTML = e.currentTarget.querySelector(&#8216;template&#8217;).innerHTML; enableElements(); })(event)&#8221; title=&#8221;Click to play video from YouTube&#8221;><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Entertainment Cover image for YouTube video\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/9VeLhqbXNf4\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span>Revisit E3 Like You&#8217;ve Never Seen it Before<\/span><br \/>\n<template><br \/>\n<iframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9VeLhqbXNf4?autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" loading=\"lazy\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/9VeLhqbXNf4?autoplay=1\" title=\"Revisit E3 Like You've Never Seen it Before\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe> <\/template><br \/>\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9VeLhqbXNf4\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p>\nA large part of the collection is bits like industry reports, marketing programs, and press kits, so some of this will definitely be for the history buffs and those who like a bit of inside baseball. But there&#8217;s some other really great resources too, like <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.gamehistory.org\/item\/bcd920e1-b73d-4f57-b358-727a70684fc5\/gallery?token=d53ce529-bced-4a1d-8af2-e8e38cdb21fd\">oodles of photography<\/a> from a few of the events, an <a href=\"https:\/\/us.preservica.com\/Render\/render\/external?entityRef=d35fcfa9-2920-4e89-a663-8aa02c51f213&#038;token=2c1953e9-7e51-49c3-a89f-18b3a4c57209\">incredibly 2000s exhibitor prospectus video<\/a>, and almost <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.gamehistory.org\/folder\/b4d8ee8c-0658-44ad-970b-d97ee21fe879\">12 hours of footage<\/a> from the early years of the event showing off development builds and more. It even includes <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.gamehistory.org\/item\/dd16d027-f60b-41ab-812d-f72ccb7edae3\">Nintendo&#8217;s 1997 press conference<\/a>, which certainly has a bit of a different vibe from their current Direct format.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nIt&#8217;s a seriously impressive collection, one you could probably spend way too long trawling through, something I&#8217;ll certainly be doing post-shift. The value of this really can&#8217;t be understated, especially considering that as time moves on, E3 won&#8217;t be something younger generations will have ever experienced even vicariously. The passage of time! Ain&#8217;t it swell?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockpapershotgun.com\/the-video-game-history-foundations-latest-collection-is-a-deep-dive-into-e3-like-youve-never-seen-it-before\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Oisin Kuhnke<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ah, the Electronic Entertainment Expo, better known by many as Summer Game Fes-, wait, sorry, guess I&#8217;ve already moved on! 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