Role-playing games

This is the earliest known physical release of the landmark role-playing game Rogue, published independently by Artificial Intelligence Design Systems and predating its wide release in 1984 by Epyx. At the time of digitization, the game media for this copy of Rogue could not be located but is known to exist; it was likely separated from the game at undetermined point.

This is the earliest known physical release of the landmark role-playing game Rogue, published independently by Artificial Intelligence Design Systems and predating its wide release in 1984 by Epyx. At the time of digitization, the game media for this copy of Rogue could not be located but is known to exist; it was likely separated from the game at undetermined point.

This is the earliest known physical release of the landmark role-playing game Rogue, published independently by Artificial Intelligence Design Systems and predating its wide release in 1984 by Epyx. At the time of digitization, the game media for this copy of Rogue could not be located but is known to exist; it was likely separated from the game at undetermined point.

This is the earliest known physical release of the landmark role-playing game Rogue, published independently by Artificial Intelligence Design Systems and predating its wide release in 1984 by Epyx. At the time of digitization, the game media for this copy of Rogue could not be located but is known to exist; it was likely separated from the game at undetermined point.

This collection includes digitized copies of paperwork, audio and video cassettes, disks, and game data from Michael Shorrock's work for Sega Channel from 1993–1997. Shorrock's papers primarily deal with programming research and user studies for Sega Channel, as well as samples of promotional and sales materials.

SOE Worlds was the official magazine for Sony Online Entertainment, a major publisher of massively multiplayer games in the 2000s. The magazine covered content from a variety of SOE games, such as EverQuest, PlanetSide, and Star Wars Galaxies, as well as SOE's annual Fan Faire event.

SOE Worlds appears to have only run for a single issue, along with a digital preview issue.

This collection includes a physical copy of the Spring 2005 issue of SOE Worlds, as well as a digital copy of the special preview issue. It is unclear if the special preview issue was ever distributed physically.

The library only has a digital copy of this issue, obtained from SOE's defunct website.

This is a collection of zines and ephemera donated to the Video Game History Foundation by Nathalie Lawhead. Lawhead collected these zines from events they attended between roughly 2016–2018.

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.