Archive Mission

Game Cover Gallery is a digital archive dedicated to preserving video game cover art as cultural artifacts. Operating under Australian archival provisions, we maintain these materials for historical documentation and cultural preservation purposes.

This archive serves the community by ensuring gaming cultural artifacts remain accessible for future generations, preserving an important aspect of digital entertainment history.

What We Preserve:

  • • Original game box art and packaging
  • • Regional variants and cultural editions
  • • Historical gaming promotional materials
  • • Cover art from different gaming platforms
  • • Cultural artifacts from gaming history

Archive Features

Digital Preservation

Long-term preservation of gaming cultural artifacts using modern digital archival methods.

Searchable Collection

Easy browsing and searching by platform, region, publisher, and other metadata.

Community Access

Free public access to preserved gaming cultural materials and historical documentation.

Community Contributions

Community-driven preservation allowing contributors to help build the collection.

Detailed Cataloging

Comprehensive metadata and categorization for proper archival organization.

Legal Compliance

Operating within Australian archival and copyright frameworks for sustainable preservation.

Community Archive

How to Contribute

  • 1Submit materials: Upload game covers from your collection
  • 2Provide metadata: Include accurate cataloging information
  • 3Quality review: Submissions reviewed for archival suitability
  • 4Archive integration: Approved items added to permanent collection

Archive Status

This archive is maintained as a cultural preservation project, documenting the visual history of video game packaging and cover art.

Archive established:2025
Operator location:Australia
Legal framework:Australian Copyright Act
Archive type:Cultural preservation

Legal Framework

Australian Archival Provisions

This archive operates under the Australian Copyright Act 1968, specifically utilizing provisions for library and archival purposes:

  • Section 49: Library and archive copying
  • Section 40: Fair dealing for study purposes
  • Section 41: Fair dealing for criticism and review
  • Cultural preservation: Digital heritage protection

Archive Operator

This archive is operated by an individual in Australia, maintaining the collection as a cultural preservation initiative.

  • Location: Australia
  • Purpose: Cultural preservation
  • Access: Public, non-commercial
  • Compliance: Australian copyright law

Help Preserve Gaming History

Contribute to this cultural archive and help preserve gaming heritage for future generations