Editing Video game (section)

==Collecting and preservation==
{{main|Video game collecting|Video game preservation}}
{{see also|List of video game museums}}
Players of video games often maintain collections of games. More recently there has been interest in [[retrogaming]], focusing on games from the first decades. Games in retail packaging in good shape have become collectors items for the early days of the industry, with some rare publications having gone for over {{USD|100,000}} {{As of|2020|lc=y}}. Separately, there is also concern about the preservation of video games, as both game media and the hardware to play them degrade over time. Further, many of the game developers and publishers from the first decades no longer exist, so records of their games have disappeared. Archivists and preservations have worked within the scope of copyright law to save these games as part of the cultural history of the industry.

There are many video game museums around the world, including the [[National Videogame Museum (United States)|National Videogame Museum]] in [[Frisco, Texas]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nvmusa.org |title=National Videogame Museum |publisher=nvmusa.org |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171202165057/http://www.nvmusa.org/ |archive-date=2 December 2017 }}</ref> which serves as the largest museum wholly dedicated to the display and preservation of the industry's most important artifacts.<ref>{{cite web |date=12 April 2016 |title=National Videogame Museum opens in Frisco |url=http://www.fox4news.com/good-day/national-videogame-museum-opens-in-frisco |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107015007/http://www.fox4news.com/good-day/national-videogame-museum-opens-in-frisco |archive-date=7 November 2017 |website=Fox4news.com}}</ref> Europe hosts video game museums such as the [[Computerspielemuseum Berlin|Computer Games Museum]] in Berlin<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.computerspielemuseum.de/index.php?lg=en |title=Computerspielemuseum – Berlin |publisher=Computerspielemuseum.de |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501141756/http://www.computerspielemuseum.de/index.php?lg=en |archive-date=1 May 2011 }}</ref> and the [[Museum of Soviet Arcade Machines]] in Moscow and Saint-Petersburg.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.15kop.ru/en/ |title=Museum of Soviet arcade machines |publisher=15kop.ru |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100128025438/http://15kop.ru/en/ |archive-date=28 January 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.redpenguin.net/trans-siberian-part-7-the-museum-of-soviet-arcade-machines.php |title=Red Penguin: Review of the Museum of Soviet arcade machines |publisher=redpenguin.net |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921225512/http://www.redpenguin.net/trans-siberian-part-7-the-museum-of-soviet-arcade-machines.php |archive-date=21 September 2013 |access-date=1 June 2013 }}</ref> The [[Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment]] in [[Oakland, California]] is a dedicated video game museum focusing on playable exhibits of console and computer games.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.themade.org/content/what-are-we |title=About The MADE |publisher=themade.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530145047/http://www.themade.org/content/what-are-we |archive-date=30 May 2013 }}</ref> The [[Video Game Museum of Rome]] is also dedicated to preserving video games and their history.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vigamus.com/en/ |title=ViGaMus |publisher=vigamus.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121213050653/http://www.vigamus.com/en/ |archive-date=13 December 2012 }}</ref> The [[International Center for the History of Electronic Games]] at [[The Strong]] in [[Rochester, New York]] contains one of the largest collections of electronic games and game-related historical materials in the world, including a {{convert|5000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} exhibit which allows guests to play their way through the history of video games.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia| title=International Center for the History of Electronic Games (ICHEG) | encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Video Games: The Culture, Technology, and Art of Gaming | editor=Wolf, Mark J.P. | year=2012 | pages=329}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/31666/Strongs_eGameRevolution_Exhibit_Gives_Game_History_Its_First_Permanent_Home.php | title=Strong's eGameRevolution Exhibit Gives Game History Its First Permanent Home | website=Gamasutra | date=22 November 2010 | access-date=26 May 2013 | author=Jacobs, Stephen | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512142656/http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/31666/Strongs_eGameRevolution_Exhibit_Gives_Game_History_Its_First_Permanent_Home.php | archive-date=12 May 2013 | df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.icheg.org/see-do/egamerevolution | title=eGameRevolution | publisher=International Center for the History of Electronic Games | access-date=26 May 2013 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527093827/http://www.icheg.org/see-do/egamerevolution | archive-date=27 May 2013 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> The [[Smithsonian Institution]] in Washington, DC has three video games on permanent display: ''[[Pac-Man]]'', ''[[Dragon's Lair (1983 video game)|Dragon's Lair]]'', and ''[[Pong]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=History of Computing: Video games – Golden Age |url=http://www.thocp.net/software/games/golden_age.htm#PacMan |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111226002728/http://www.thocp.net/software/games/golden_age.htm#PacMan |archive-date=26 December 2011 |work=thocp.net}}</ref>

The [[Museum of Modern Art]] has added a total of [[List of video games in the Museum of Modern Art|20 video games and one video game console]] to its permanent Architecture and Design Collection since 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.moma.org/explore/inside_out/2012/11/29/video-games-14-in-the-collection-for-starters/ |last1=Anttonelli|first1=Paola|title=Video Games: 14 in the Collection, for Starters |date=29 November 2012 |publisher=[[MoMA]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908154513/http://www.moma.org/explore/inside_out/2012/11/29/video-games-14-in-the-collection-for-starters/|archive-date=8 September 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.moma.org/explore/inside_out/2013/06/28/video-games-seven-more-building-blocks-in-momas-collection | title= Video Games: Seven More Building Blocks in MoMA's Collection | first = Paul | last = Galloway | date = 23 June 2013 | publisher = [[MoMA]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908155158/http://www.moma.org/explore/inside_out/2013/06/28/video-games-seven-more-building-blocks-in-momas-collection|archive-date=8 September 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2012, the [[Smithsonian American Art Museum]] ran an exhibition on "[[The Art of Video Games]]".<ref>{{cite web |title=Exhibitions: The Art of Video Games |url=http://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/archive/2012/games/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110110015838/http://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/archive/2012/games/ |archive-date=10 January 2011 |access-date=8 July 2012 |publisher=Americanart.si.edu}}</ref> However, the reviews of the exhibit were mixed, including questioning whether video games belong in an art museum.<ref>{{cite news |last=Barron |first=Christina |date=29 April 2012 |title=Museum exhibit asks: Is it art if you push 'start'? |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/exhibits/the-art-of-video-games,1215143/critic-review.html |url-status=dead |access-date=12 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130604201354/http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/exhibits/the-art-of-video-games,1215143/critic-review.html |archive-date=4 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Kennicott |first=Philip |date=18 March 2012 |title=The Art of Video Games |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/exhibits/the-art-of-video-games,1215143/critic-review.html |url-status=dead |access-date=12 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130604201354/http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/exhibits/the-art-of-video-games,1215143/critic-review.html |archive-date=4 June 2013}}</ref>