{"id":987,"date":"2021-06-25T08:20:54","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T14:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/strong-wp.cloud.fruitionqa.com\/?page_id=987"},"modified":"2024-08-16T11:21:33","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T15:21:33","slug":"icheg","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/collections\/icheg\/","title":{"rendered":"International Center for the History of Electronic Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"heroInternal__bgImage \" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/app\/uploads\/2021\/07\/VideoArcade.jpg');\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"heroInternal bgGradient bgGradient__medium\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/app\/uploads\/2021\/07\/VideoArcade.jpg');\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"row\">\n            <div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n                <h1>International Center for the History of Electronic Games<\/h1>\n                <svg id=\"animateLink\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 300 11\"><g id=\"Layer_2\" data-name=\"Layer 2\"><g id=\"Layer_1-2\" data-name=\"Layer 1\"><path stroke=\"#ffd204\" fill=\"none\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" stroke-width=\"5\" class=\"cls-1\" d=\"M0,2.5c8.82,0,8.82,6,17.65,6s8.82-6,17.64-6,8.82,6,17.65,6,8.82-6,17.64-6,8.83,6,17.65,6,8.82-6,17.64-6,8.82,6,17.64,6,8.83-6,17.65-6,8.82,6,17.65,6,8.82-6,17.64-6,8.83,6,17.65,6,8.82-6,17.65-6,8.82,6,17.64,6,8.83-6,17.65-6,8.83,6,17.65,6,8.83-6,17.66-6,8.82,6,17.65,6\"><\/path><\/g><\/g><\/svg>\n                                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"row\">\n        <div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n            <ul id=\"breadcrumbs\" class=\"breadcrumbs\"><li class=\"item-home\"><a class=\"bread-link bread-home\" href=\"https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\" title=\"Homepage\">Homepage<\/a><\/li><li class=\"separator separator-home\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"breadsep\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/app\/themes\/navigation-pro\/images\/triangle-right.svg\"> <\/li><\/ul>        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"container copyFull\" style=\"padding:0px 0px;\">\n    <div class=\"grid\">\n        <div class=\"col-12\">\n           <p>With more than 60,000 artifacts and hundreds of thousands of archival materials, ICHEG cares for the world\u2019s most comprehensive collection dedicated to the history of video games. The collection includes games and the platforms on which they are played, game packaging and advertising, game-related publications, game-inspired consumer products, and other items that illustrate the impact of electronic games on people\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n<p>The Strong\u2019s holdings include materials documenting the work of some of the foremost individuals and companies in the history of the video game industry. Collections include the personal papers of such influential game designers, programmers, and business leaders as Ralph Baer, Bill Budge, Jerry Lawson, Jordan Mechner, Carol Shaw, and Ken and Roberta Williams. Key business holdings include archives from Atari, Bally, Br\u00f8derbund, Her Interactive, MECC, Midway, Sierra, and Williams. The collections are made available to researchers from around the world and are featured in exhibits visited by more than half-a-million guests annually.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"cardsFluidLeft darkBackground\" style=\"padding: 100px 0px\" >\n    <div class=\"container\">\n\n\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/app\/themes\/navigation-pro\/images\/dotGrid3.png\" id=\"dotAnimation\">\n\n\n        <div class=\"grid\">\n\n            <div class=\"col-4 fullTablet\">\n                <div class=\"intro\">\n                <h2 class=\"introTitle\">What We Do<\/h2>\n                                    <p>The Strong\u2019s International Center for the History of Electronic Games (ICHEG) collects, preserves, studies, and interprets video games, other electronic games, and related materials. A major goal for ICHEG is to examine the ways in which electronic games are changing how people play, learn, and connect with each other, including across boundaries of culture and geography.<\/p>\n                                    <a class=\"ctaLeft\" href=\"https:\/\/onlinecollection.museumofplay.org\/ArgusNet\/Portal\/Public.aspx\" target=\"_self\">View Video Game Collections<\/a>\n                                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n\n            \n                                                        <div class=\"col-auto col-grid\">\n                          <div class=\"cardWrapperLeft cardDark\">\n                              <div class=\"cardImage\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Pica-Mario.jpg');\" data-video=\"\">\n                                                                <\/div>\n                              <div class=\"cardBody\">\n                                                                                                          <h3 style=\"font-size:18px\">Video Game History Timeline<\/h3>\n                                                                                                      <p>Learn how video games are changing how people play, learn, and connect with each other\u2014including across boundaries of culture and geography. Many artifacts illustrated in the timeline reside in The Strong\u2019s collections.<\/p>\n                                                                <\/div>\n                              <div class=\"cardFooter\" data-video=\"\">\n                                  \n                                                                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/video-game-history-timeline\/\" target=\"_self\">View Timeline<\/a>\n                                                                                                      <\/div>\n\n                              \n                          <\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n                                        <div class=\"col-auto col-grid\">\n                          <div class=\"cardWrapperLeft cardDark\">\n                              <div class=\"cardImage\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/app\/uploads\/2021\/07\/ICHEG-games-sq.jpg');\" data-video=\"\">\n                                                                <\/div>\n                              <div class=\"cardBody\">\n                                                                                                          <h3 style=\"font-size:18px\">World Video Game Hall of Fame<\/h3>\n                                                                                                      <p>Discover the best, most influential video games of all time!<\/p>\n                                                                <\/div>\n                              <div class=\"cardFooter\" data-video=\"\">\n                                  \n                                                                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/exhibits\/world-video-game-hall-of-fame\/\" target=\"_self\">View Inductees<\/a>\n                                                                                                      <\/div>\n\n                              \n                          <\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n                                  \n            \n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<script>\n\tjQuery( document ).ready(function($) {\n\t\t;(function() {\n\t\t\tvar throttle = function(type, name, obj) {\n\t\t\t\tvar obj = obj || window;\n\t\t\t\tvar running = false;\n\t\t\t\tvar func = function() {\n\t\t\t\t\tif (running) { return; }\n\t\t\t\t\trunning = true;\n\t\t\t\t\trequestAnimationFrame(function() {\n\t\t\t\t\t\tobj.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent(name));\n\t\t\t\t\t\trunning = false;\n\t\t\t\t\t});\n\t\t\t\t};\n\t\t\t\tobj.addEventListener(type, func);\n\t\t\t};\n\t\t\tthrottle (\"scroll\", \"optimizedScroll\");\n\t\t})();\n\t\tvar leftgear2 = document.getElementById(\"dotAnimation\");\n\t\twindow.addEventListener(\"optimizedScroll\", function() {\n\t\t\tleftgear2.style.transform = \"rotate(\"+window.pageYOffset+\"deg)\";\n\t\t});\n\n\t\t$(window).scroll(function() {\n\t\t\tif ($(\".introTitle\")[0].getBoundingClientRect().top < 550)\n\t\t\t\t$(\".introTitle\").addClass(\"bounceAnimate\");\n\t\t});\n\t});\n<\/script>\n\n\n<div class=\"container copyFull\" style=\"padding:0px 0px;\">\n    <div class=\"grid\">\n        <div class=\"col-12\">\n           <p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>To learn more, see ICHEG Director Jon-Paul C. Dyson, PhD&#8217;s interview, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/10-1-interview-dyson.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Collecting, Preserving, and Interpreting the History of Electronic Games<\/a>,\u201d in The Strong&#8217;s <em>American Journal of Play<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>In 2006, ICHEG established an interpretive framework that includes &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ConcentricCircles_052521.pdf\">Concentric Circles: A Lens for Exploring the History of Electronic Games<\/a>&#8221; to help inform the museum&#8217;s collecting program and develop its long term, interactive exhibit <em>eGameRevolution<\/em> and subsequent exhibits. This framework examines electronic games through a continual zooming back and forth of a \u201clens of focus\u201d\u2014from a close-up look at the games themselves, to a broader look at who makes the games and how, to a wide-angle view of the impact of these games on players and society, to a panoramic consideration of the role of electronic games in the understanding of play.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"cardsFluid \" style=\"padding: 50px 0px\" >\n    <div class=\"container\">\n                        <div class=\"grid\" style=\"display:flex;\">\n                                                                                <div class=\"col-auto col-grid\">\n                                <div class=\"cardWrapper\">\n                                    <div class=\"cardImage\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Women-Games-group2018.jpg');\"><\/div>\n                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