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-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, 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, a video game information site.