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UNT Media Library Game Collection

This collection fulfills the research, educational, and recreational needs of UNT faculty, staff, and students who are interested in games and game studies.
Video Games and Game Equipment

The Media Library acquires physical games, game consoles, and accessories, including a legacy collection that features older and rare titles and formats. Patrons can borrow most of these materials to play in the library or at home. 

The library offers console and PC gaming stations for individuals and groups, as well as table space for studying, tabletop gaming, and projects. Reservations for game spaces are required and can be created at https://calendar.library.unt.edu/reserve/spaces/medialibrary.

Console video games

Handheld video games

Digital video games (PC)
Patrons can access content they own on Battle.net, Steam, Origin, and Epic Games. Media staff can help with any password or access issues. If you wish to play new content outside of the games provided on these platforms, you can email the Media Library and we'll consider adding it to the UNT software approval process. Not all content will be approved.

Legacy Collection
This collection features older or rare items. If you are interested in playing content in this collection please email the Media Library.

Tabletop games 

Patrons can browse part of the tabletop game collection in the library or go online to see the entire collection.

Roleplaying Guides and Games

The library has tabletop roleplaying guides, games, and dice available for checkout.

Accessibility Devices

The library provides access to several accessibility devices and braille tabletop games. You can find these by searching Self-help devices for people with disabilities.

Searching the collection

All Media materials are in the library catalog (https://discover.library.unt.edu/). The easiest way to access information is to click the Gaming dropdown below the search box. It includes some quick searches. Users can then filter by format or media type to narrow the search further.

Users can also start from the search box and type in information related to an item then filter and sort to narrow down the entries. Examples:

  • Black Myth Wukong PS5
  • Switch video games horror (limit to games) to see the Switch horror video games 
  • Mysterium (limit to games) to see the games and expansions for this tabletop game title
  • Game console (limit to equipment) to see all of the consoles or PS5 console (limit to equipment) to see that specific console

Reminder: click start over to clear limits between searches

Media Library Materials

The Media Library has a portion of its collection available in the Media Commons at Willis Library; however, a significant number of our materials are stored off-campus in remote storage. To request materials from remote storage, please access the item’s record online and select "Request pickup" for any items labeled "Available - Media Storage." Once the materials have been delivered, patrons will receive a notification to collect the items at the library.