Zeitgeist117@lemmy.world to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 year ago87% of classic games are endangeredwww.videogameschronicle.comexternal-linkmessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up180arrow-down10
arrow-up180arrow-down1external-link87% of classic games are endangeredwww.videogameschronicle.comZeitgeist117@lemmy.world to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square45fedilink
minus-squarefinn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIt’s alarming to think about losing our gaming history. How can we work together to preserve and safeguard beloved classics?
minus-squareNetman@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 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.
minus-squareErevanDB@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoPiracy and hard drives are pretty much the only option right now.
minus-squareBrisolo32@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoIf i had a homeserver (or just some bigger hard drives) I’d try do download every game available
minus-squareRikudou_Sage@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI tried downloading just the ones I own on GOG. Well, my NAS was full very soon.
It’s alarming to think about losing our gaming history. How can we work together to preserve and safeguard beloved classics?
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.
Piracy and hard drives are pretty much the only option right now.
If i had a homeserver (or just some bigger hard drives) I’d try do download every game available
I tried downloading just the ones I own on GOG. Well, my NAS was full very soon.