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VGHF-PROMO. Promotional Material

 Classification
Identifier: VGHF-PROMO
This classification is comprised of promotional material for games, such as commercials, posters, and memorabilia.

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

FromSoftware promotional material collection

 Collection — Location FromSoftware promotional material collection
Identifier: PROMO-FROMSOFT
Abstract

FromSoftware is a Japanese game developer and publisher that has been releasing video games since 1994. Over the course of three decades, the company has released dozens of games, notably the King's Field series, the Armored Core series, the Dark Souls series, and Elden Ring.

Dates: 1994–2024

Video game flyers, assorted

 Collection
Identifier: PROMO-FLYERSMISC
Scope and Contents

This is an unorganized collection of miscellanous video game flyers, likely sourced from trade show events. These items may be reorganized in the future as this collection grows.

Dates: Publication: 1971–1999

Michael Shorrock, Sega Channel collection

 Collection
Identifier: SHORROCK
Abstract Michael Shorrock is a game producer and executive who worked at companies including Broderbund, Sega of America, and e-learning company Ninth House Network. Shorrock's career focused on interactive content delivery and educational games. Notably, Shorrock was the vice president of programming for Sega Channel, a cable-based game delivery system for Sega Genesis, produced by Sega of America in conjunction with Tele-Communications, Inc. and Time Warner Cable. While working for Sega,...
Dates: Publication: 1993–1998

Andrew Nelson papers

 Collection — Box Andrew Nelson, Cyberflix papers
Identifier: NELSON
Abstract

Andrew Nelson is a writer who was the cofounder and creative director of Cyberflix, a studio that created interactive movies for computers. CyberFlix titles were developed using a proprietary authoring toolset called DreamFactory, which was meant to allow non-programmer writers and artists to design mulitmedia games.

As the lead writer at Cyberflix from 1993–1997, Nelson wrote the scripts for games including Dust: A Tale of the Wired West and Titanic: Adventure Out of Time.

Dates: 1993–1997

Promotional trade event periodicals, assorted

 Collection
Identifier: PROMO-EVENTMAGS
Abstract

Various one-off promotional magazines and newspapers were distributed at video game industry trade shows. Although these items are simliar in function to press kits, they have been cataloged separately.

Dates: Publication: 2002–2006