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[–] baascus@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] ErevanDB@lemmy.zip 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Piracy and hard drives are pretty much the only option right now.

[–] Brisolo32 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If i had a homeserver (or just some bigger hard drives) I'd try do download every game available

[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 1 points 1 year ago

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

[–] Netman@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago

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.