That probably doesn’t come as much of a surprise to retro gaming enthusiasts, but those outside the gaming community might not even know there is a problem…

  • Zed@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    This is awful, to think that all this legacy would go to waste someday, I can’t fathom having all these unique experiences, all these stories and love letters to genres and cultures getting lost in the vortex of time.

    I feel sad for the people that are just getting into gaming and them not experiencing games that made history, the good and the bad.

    Something like this should be preserved even if just for study purposes, for those games before the digital era, the only options that are left for us are either piracy or emulation, and thankfully we do have these options but yeah we really should have future proofed this industry in some way.

    • DudePluto@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I can’t fathom having all these unique experiences, all these stories and love letters to genres and cultures getting lost in the vortex of time.

      Something something lost like tears in the rain. (Blade Runner)

      Just know that every generation before you and every generation after feels the same about their culture/experiences. C’est la vie