# Great Read on Collecting Classic Video Games

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**Created:** [September 6, 2022, 11:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/great-read-on-collecting-classic-video-games/653387 "2022-09-06T23:15:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 11:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/great-read-on-collecting-classic-video-games/653387/1 "2022-09-06T23:15:55Z")

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> **[The Collectors Who Save Video-Game History from Oblivion](https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/the-collectors-who-save-video-game-history-from-oblivion)**
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> Where does a game like Star Fox, Super Mario Bros., or Sharknado: The Video Game actually come from?

In reading this, I am wondering what are some of the things that we all accidentally are accumulating that can one day be really valuable. A lot of those games listed in this article were ones that I had growing up, but most of them are in some unlabeled box that I wouldn’t even know where to begin to start looking for.

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