The museum was founded by John Hardie, Sean Kelly, and Joe Santulli, the creators of the enormously successful Classic Gaming Expo. Long before there was mainstream interest in "classic" or "orphaned" games, each had been privately gathering as many physical artifacts, memorabilia, and information as possible. Everything began to come together with the publication of the Digital Press Collector’s Guide which is recognized as the blue book standard of classic videogame information and rarity and is published by museum founder Joe Santulli. A physical museum display was first seen at Classic Gaming Expo in 1999 which essentially spawned the awareness of not just the forgotten games themselves, but the importance that they never be forgot-ten again or even worse, lost forever. Through the relationships forged with hundreds of former and present game designers, their generous donations as well as personal acquisitions, the unparalleled archive that will be displayed in the Videogame History Museum will truly be a sight to see!