Zeitgeist117@lemmy.world to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 year ago87% of classic games are endangeredwww.videogameschronicle.comexternal-linkmessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1336arrow-down110
arrow-up1326arrow-down1external-link87% of classic games are endangeredwww.videogameschronicle.comZeitgeist117@lemmy.world to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square39fedilink
minus-squarefinn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoIt’s alarming to think about losing our gaming history. How can we work together to preserve and safeguard beloved classics?
minus-squareErevanDB@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 year agoPiracy and hard drives are pretty much the only option right now.
minus-squareNetman@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoLiterally all these games have been easily downloadable via roms for decades. And they’ll all enter public domain soon enough. Just because they aren’t available on a “modern digital storefront” doesn’t mean they’re going extinct.
It’s alarming to think about losing our gaming history. How can we work together to preserve and safeguard beloved classics?
Piracy and hard drives are pretty much the only option right now.
Literally all these games have been easily downloadable via roms for decades. And they’ll all enter public domain soon enough.
Just because they aren’t available on a “modern digital storefront” doesn’t mean they’re going extinct.