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Video game preservation: Is the industry torching its own legacy? (www.gamesindustry.biz)
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Experts say efforts to preserve gaming's rich history are failing, which threatens the industry's long-term health | From GamesIndustry.biz

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[–] Deadend@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Play Beyond Earth. You can’t.

Overwatch 1?

Also there is a world of difference between quality of emulation vs hardware.

It’s very noticeable with games from ps1 and forward.

FPGAs are great, but there is so much that just isn’t kept in an archival state, especially to be publicly accessible.