History
Started by Garrett "Mek" Dockery on August 20, 1999, out of his need to have screenshots for as many games as possible, the site was originally called Gamepics.
On December 12, 1999, the first game scans were added to the site and they became so popular that by January 14, 2000, the sub-site Gamescans was online, followed quickly by merging of these two sites into the Video Game Museum, launching officially on January 26, 2000. In the following months and years after the merge, more sections such as Game Endings, Game Ads and Game Reviews were added, various redesigns were applied to the site, several staff members joined and left building the VGMuseum as it is today.
The site is updated and maintained by staff members Rey and Oli with Mek serving as the webmaster.
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