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Video Game Anniversaries is a passion project maintained by a small team of dedicated gaming enthusiasts. Your support helps us keep the servers running, expand our database, and develop new features.
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At Video Game Anniversaries, we believe games are more than just entertainment—they're cultural artifacts that mark technological advances, artistic innovation, and shared memories across generations. Our mission is to:
- Preserve gaming history by tracking and celebrating release anniversaries
- Connect players with their past by reminding them of the games that shaped their experiences
- Document the evolution of the medium and highlight significant milestones in interactive entertainment
- Create a reliable reference for researchers, journalists, and enthusiasts interested in gaming history
We work to ensure that both influential classics and lesser-known gems are remembered and celebrated on their special days, maintaining a collective memory of gaming's rich history.
With your support, we aim to expand the project in several exciting directions:
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- Continuously add new games to our growing database
- Expand coverage of indie, non-Western, and historically significant titles
- Include more detailed information about each game's development and impact
- Track industry figures (directors, composers, artists) to celebrate their contributions
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buildEnhanced Features
- Develop notification systems for upcoming anniversaries of followed games/franchises
- Create new API endpoints (e.g., upcoming-anniversaries, genre-specific celebrations)
- Improve media integration with more screenshots, promotional materials, and gameplay videos
- Build a curated links section for reviews, retrospectives, and historical analysis
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- Generate statistics on gaming trends across time periods, regions, and genres
- Visualize industry shifts and patterns through interactive charts and timelines
- Track developer/publisher histories and their evolution
- Map connections between influential games and their successors
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peopleCommunity Focus
- Develop features that allow users to share their personal memories of games
- Create community events around major anniversaries
- Enable customized alerts for individual users based on their personal gaming history
Thank You!
Your contribution helps cover server costs, API access, development time, and research resources—all essential to keeping this project accurate, comprehensive, and growing.