Frank Cifaldi
Frank Cifaldi | |
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.jpg) Cifaldi at the 2024 Game Developers Conference | |
| Born | May 22, 1982 |
| Occupation(s) | Video game archivist, historian, and developer |
| Known for | Founding the Video Game History Foundation |
Frank Cifaldi (born May 22, 1982)[1] is a video game preservationist, historian, and developer.
Cifaldi founded Lost Levels, a website that collected information about unreleased video games, in 2003.[2] This began his career in the video game industry, and after years of writing about and producing games, he founded the Video Game History Foundation in 2016.[2] He is currently the director of the organization,[3][4] and has assisted in projects including Digital Eclipse's Mega Man Legacy Collection[5][6] and The Disney Afternoon Collection remasters.[7] Cifaldi would leave Digital Eclipse around 2020 to work on the Video Game History Foundation full time.[8]
He is also known for his extensive personal collection of video game periodicals.[9][10] Cifaldi has also researched early video game advertising,[11] early Nintendo prototypes,[12] and the official Super Mario Bros. release date.[13] He presented on games preservation at the 2016 Game Developers Conference.[14][15] Cifaldi is additionally a former features editor of Gamasutra,[16] and a former host of the Retronauts podcast.[17]
References
[edit]- ^ Cifaldi, Frank [@frankcifaldi] (May 22, 2022). "I'm 40 today for some reason??" (Tweet). Archived from the original on May 22, 2022. Retrieved May 22, 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ a b Stephen, Bijan (September 1, 2022). "The Collectors Who Save Video-Game History from Oblivion". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on September 4, 2022. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
- ^ Bowman, Mitch (February 27, 2017). "Inside The Video Game History Foundation". Polygon. Archived from the original on November 17, 2021. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
- ^ Alexandra, Heather (February 27, 2017). "New Non-Profit Has Plans To Save Gaming's Past". Kotaku. Archived from the original on November 11, 2020. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
- ^ Alexandra, Heather (December 12, 2017). "Why Some Video Games Are In Danger of Disappearing Forever". Kotaku. Archived from the original on February 10, 2017. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
- ^ Sarkar, Samit (June 8, 2015). "Mega Man Legacy Collection remasters first six games this summer". Polygon. Archived from the original on March 2, 2021. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
- ^ Hall, Charlie (April 18, 2017). "Why is The Disney Afternoon Collection so good? Because one of the devs helped pirate it as a kid". Polygon. Archived from the original on May 19, 2020. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
- ^ Yarwood, Jack (March 5, 2024). ""A True Original" - Digital Eclipse on 'Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story'". Time Extension. Archived from the original on March 5, 2024. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
- ^ Corriea, Alexa Ray (September 25, 2014). "These Lord of the Rings games were never released". Polygon. Archived from the original on May 29, 2020. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
- ^ Hamilton, Kirk (January 29, 2014). "The First And Only English-Language Review Of Super Mario Bros". Kotaku. Archived from the original on January 22, 2018. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
- ^ Alexandra, Heather (December 19, 2016). "It Took Five Years For One Man To Find The First NES Advertisement". Kotaku. Archived from the original on August 28, 2021. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
- ^ Hall, Charlie (August 16, 2016). "This could be the first code Satoru Iwata ever wrote for Nintendo". Polygon. Archived from the original on August 27, 2021. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
- ^ Hamilton, Kirk (March 28, 2012). "Nobody Knows When the Hell Super Mario Bros. Was Released". Kotaku. Archived from the original on November 14, 2020. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
- ^ Orland, Kyle (March 20, 2016). "How the demonization of emulation devalues gamings heritage". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on March 20, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
- ^ Hall, Charlie (March 18, 2016). "Emulation isn't a dirty word, and one man thinks it can save gaming's history". Polygon. Archived from the original on December 5, 2021. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
- ^ Kohler, Chris (April 9, 2007). "Take Frank Cifaldi's Job at Gamasutra". Wired. Archived from the original on June 17, 2019. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
- ^ Parish, Jeremy (October 27, 2015). "Cover Story: Retronauts Looks Back 30 Years to the NES Launch". USgamer. Archived from the original on December 9, 2021. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
Further reading
[edit]- Davison, Pete (January 28, 2014). "The Case of the Disappearing Video Games". USgamer. Archived from the original on March 22, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
- Stephen, Bijan (September 1, 2022). "The Collectors Who Save Video-Game History from Oblivion". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on September 4, 2022. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
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