Stemming from his lifelong collecting, since the early 1970s, and building upon his work in the video games industry for more than 15 years, PastPixels was created as an entity for him to pursue preservation projects.

Chris Melissinos is the exhibit curator and he assembled an advisory group made up of experts, developers, and journalists in the interactive entertainment industry.

[9] On May 6, 2017, Chris Melissinos gave a talk at the TEDx conference in Herndon, Virginia, titled "Video Games: Limitless Universe for Exploring Humanity".

Chris Melissinos expands on the humanity that video games are imbued with through their creators and demonstrates how their evolution and maturation has enabled them to become a powerful medium for storytelling and empathy."

[12] This award was presented by his longtime friend and industry luminary Mark DeLoura, who is currently serving as the Senior Adviser for Digital Media at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.