realcaseyrollins@narwhal.city to Technology@kbin.social · 1 year agoAlmost 90 percent of classic games are ‘critically endangered,’ say archivistsmessage-squaremessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up134arrow-down1message-squareAlmost 90 percent of classic games are ‘critically endangered,’ say archivistsrealcaseyrollins@narwhal.city to Technology@kbin.social · 1 year agomessage-square9fedilinkfile-text
It is impossibly hard to play games released before 2010. https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/14/23792586/classic-game-preservation-video-game-history-foundation-esa
minus-squareMattTheProgrammer@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoBecause licensing is complicated and likely they are not the sole owners of all technology involved in doing so and there’s no perceived benefit for them to do that unless they feel like they can make money on it somehow.
Because licensing is complicated and likely they are not the sole owners of all technology involved in doing so and there’s no perceived benefit for them to do that unless they feel like they can make money on it somehow.