Guardian Story
Ruba · Spain
PlayStation 1
“Empecé en esto de los videojuegos con una NASA que nos compró mi madre a mis hermanos y a mí, quedamos enamorados de los juegos que ofrecía esa máquina clónica…”
#YoSiApoyoElFormatoFisico
Preserve the history. Defend the future.
Every box, every manual, every disc, every cartridge: physical fragments of a collective memory. Archivo de Guardianes is the place where that memory is preserved, shared, and endures.
What is the Archivo de Guardianes
Archivo de Guardianes is a non-profit project. It is not a store or a social network, but a living archive built by players and collectors from all over the world to preserve the cultural, historical and emotional value of physical video game formats.
Every shared story becomes part of a collective memory, kept by those who believe that the physical format is not just a way of playing, but part of our heritage as players, one that deserves to be preserved for future generations.
Purpose of the project
- Cultural preservation
- Preserving the physical format as part of video game heritage, beyond its original function.
- Shared memory
- Building a collective archive of real stories, told by those who lived them.
- Historical approach
- Looking at the physical format with respect and historical perspective, without confrontation or commercial urgency.
Stories from the archive
Some of the stories that are already part of the Archivo de Guardianes.
Guardian Story
ARC Multiversal · Spain
Saturn
“Los videojuegos son parte de mi ADN. Sin ellos no sería la persona que soy a día de hoy. No contemplo una vida sin ellos ya que me han dado alegría, tristeza,…”
Guardian Story
freak0ker · Spain
PC
“Es 1992 y en casa de mis tíos me traen la Nintendo NES con el Mario/Duck, el Megaman 1 y la pistola. Abro la caja y los juegos con una emoción increible,…”
Guardian Story
OUTA · Spain
GameCube
“Me declaro un amante de las aventuras gráficas desde que era un niño y un enamorado de las míticas Big Box de PC. Mi salto a las videoconsolas llegó con Mega…”
How to become a Guardian
This is how submitting a story works:
- 01
Share your story
Tell us why the physical format still has a place in your memory as a player.
- 02
The archive reviews it
Every story is carefully reviewed before becoming part of the public archive.
- 03
It joins the archive
Your story is preserved alongside those of the rest of the Guardians community.
Every collection holds video games.
Every Guardian holds a story.
An archive for the history of the physical video game