The Video Game Bible was founded in 2001 by Andy Slaven and Michael Collins. It published a game collector's guide, which covered United States

United States

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-released home consoles from 1985 to 2002.

Video Game Bible: 1985-2002 was published by Trafford Publishing in August 2002, and was released at the Classic Gaming Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...

, the same month. The book's authors were: Andy Slaven, Michael Collins, Lucus Barnes, and Vincent Yang, with a contributing credit to Charlie Reneke. Later on, Mark Hartholt, Laurel Settee, Mike Leon, Rick Kuethe, Eddie Herrmann, and R.W. Bivins (of OlderGames, a retro re-release company) joined the Video Game Bible staff.

Some of these authors went on to create RF Generation

RF Generation

RF Generation is a video gaming website that collects information, images and statistics related to video games and video game hardware both past and present. Games and hardware developed in every region around the world are featured for the public to view, track and search for information...

, a video game information site.