Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3)

Electronic Entertainment Expo 2003, May 14–16, 2003

Sub-Series — Box A-002: Series RAUCH-E3, Folder: 8

Identifier: RAUCH-002-08

Scope and Contents From the Series:

This subcollection includes ephemera from E3 1996–2012. This mainly encompasses press kits, brochures, photographs, and promotional CDs.

Dates: Event: May 14–16, 2003

Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / Carolyn Rauch event ephemera collection / Electronic Entertainment Expo event ephemera

Electronic Entertainment Expo directories, 1995–2006

Collection

Identifier: EVENTS-GUIDES-E3

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This is a collection of various event guides from various gaming events, including the Consumer Electronics Show, the Game Developers Conference, and the Electronic Entertainment Expo.

Dates: Publication: 1995–2006

Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / Trade show and event guidebooks

Electronic Entertainment Expo event ephemera, 1996–2012

Series

Identifier: RAUCH-E3

Abstract Carolyn Rauch was long-time organizer of the Electronic Entertainment Expo. As senior vice president of the Interactive Digital Software Association (later the Entertainment Software Association), Rauch oversaw the organization's trade show programs, including E3. When the ESA restructured E3 as a smaller-scale business summit in 2007, Rauch joined IDG World Expo to run a public-facing spinoff event, E for All. In 2009, E3 returned as a full-scale trade show, now operated by IDG....

Dates: Event: 1996–2012

Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / Carolyn Rauch event ephemera collection

Event videos, assorted

Collection

Identifier: EVENTS-VIDEOMISC

Abstract

This collection includes a variety of videos recorded at, or for, video game events. This encompasses promotional videos as well as independently produced event footage.

Dates: Publication: Majority of material found within 1995–1998

Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library

exp. minus three, Black Days: E3 2011, 2011

Item — Location Zines: Series EPHEMERA-ZINES-VIDMAGIC; Series EPHEMERA-ZINES-SAVEPOINT; Series EPHEMERA-ZINES-IJAG; Series EPHEMERA-ZINES-EXP; Series EPHEMERA-ZINES-ISG; Series EPHEMERA-ZINES-GAMETIME; Series EPHEMERA-ZINES-1UP

Identifier: EPHEMERA-ZINES-EXP.MINUS3

Scope and Contents From the Series:

This collection of exp. includes issues from the original "negative" run as well as the "260x" run from the 2020s. It is unclear how many issues of exp. were published in total.

Dates: Publication: 2011

Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / Zines, assorted / exp.

Games Business, June 1, 1999, supplement section dated May 15, 1999

Item — Location Games Business

Identifier: MAG-GAMESBUSINESS.1999.06.01

Scope and Contents

This issue of Games Business was printed with a complimentary copy of E3 Show Daily for E3 1999, Day 3, dated May 15, 1999. This year's E3 Show Daily was published under the Games Business brand.

Dates: Publication: June 1, 1999; Publication: supplement section dated May 15, 1999

Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / Games Business

Games Business, E3 Edition, June 2000

Item — Location Games Business

Identifier: MAG-GAMESBUSINESS.2000.06.E32000

Scope and Contents From the Series:

This collection includes all known issues of Games Business, including a 1998 preview issue and an E3 special issue from June 2000. It is unclear if any other special issues were produced.

Issues of Games Business are unnumbered and are cataloged by date only.

Dates: Publication: June 2000

Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / Games Business

GameTap E3 2006 brochure, May 10–12, 2006

Item — Location Game publisher publicity kits

Identifier: PROMO-KITS.GAMETAP.1

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This is a collection of folders and catalogs that video game publishers used to advertise their games. Based on the included information, it is unclear if these were intended for retailers or the press, possibly both, since they contain information about product ordering as well as general press releases. Unless otherwise noted, the original provenance of these folders is unclear.

Dates: Publication: May 10–12, 2006

Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / Game publisher publicity kits, brochures, and catalogs, assorted