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87% of classic video games are 'critically endangered.' As a millennial, I'm worried it means a huge chunk of my childhood will disappear. (www.businessinsider.com)
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87% of classic video games are 'critically endangered.' As a millennial, I'm worried it means a huge chunk of my childhood will disappear.::Games don't stay on store shelves forever and are constantly falling out of commercial distribution.

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[–] housepanther@lemmy.goblackcat.com 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am sorry OP but I am just not seeing it. I've found all kinds of emulators and ROM downloads for all the classics. What do you see as critically endangered?

[–] DaFuqs@feddit.de 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Well, compared to books which have public archives that pretty much receive one print of each book in existance, all of those dumps come from private people. Even those emulators are created by hobbyists.

And then there are the always-online / drm ridden games that are unplayable again.

Movies have the same issues. Lots of old movies have been lost to time, only the most popular ones have been preserved. Yet again, mostly by private collectors.

[–] housepanther@lemmy.goblackcat.com 8 points 1 year ago

All around fair points you raise.

[–] MrBungle@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I didn't think of the always online games.