Kelvin Padilla is the head of a non-profit organization that calls itself Gaming Preservationists Co. The goal of this non-profit is to preserve as much of gaming history as possible from the 80’s all the way to the current age of Sony’s PlayStation 5, Microsoft’s Xbox Series X/S, & Nintendo’s Nintendo Switch line of consoles including the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2. We preserve the more essential parts of gaming history from the Video Game Crash in the 80s all the way to the boom of the PlayStation and even the advent of online gaming in the 2000’s. This is to allow both old time gamers to relive nostalgic moments in their lives and newcomers to learn about the pieces of history they had either missed or not been born for.
The reason Kelvin had founded the organization was for his interest in all things gaming related, from the artistic decisions of the character designs to the very mechanics define each game genre and the effort that went into every innovation. He felt like all of this history should be preserved for future generations to appreciate and so began working on collecting the information from various sources.