https://door.donau-uni.ac.at/o:5801 Anything not saved will be lost. On building the VAULT.NRW to preserve the history of the German games development Blankenheim, Björn Björn Blankenheim VAULT.NRW University of Krems Press text eng Based on Harry Brewis’ video essay “ROBLOX_OOF.mp3”, which highlights some of the problems of historiography in the games industry, in particular the structural problems in recognizing developers, the article is dedicated to the first important steps towards preserving the history of computer and video games in Germany. The founding of the VAULT.NRW is a promising milestone in the right direction to preserve and promote this history. It is important that we take seriously and document the stories and contributions of all those who were involved in the development of games. Game History Preservation Archive Founding Germany http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ https://door.donau-uni.ac.at/api/object/o:5801/download 10.48341/3xdt-hb45 https://door.donau-uni.ac.at/o:5827 application/pdf 453.00 kB 2025-11-14