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87% of classic games are endangered(www.videogameschronicle.com)

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finn@lemmy.world
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It’s alarming to think about losing our gaming history. How can we work together to preserve and safeguard beloved classics?

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ErevanDB@lemmy.zip
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Piracy and hard drives are pretty much the only option right now.

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Brisolo32@lemmy.eco.br
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If i had a homeserver (or just some bigger hard drives) I’d try do download every game available

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Rikudou_Sage@lemmings.world
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I tried downloading just the ones I own on GOG. Well, my NAS was full very soon.

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Netman@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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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.

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