This has gotten me thinking about legal deposit requirements, such as those that have existed for centuries in certain countries where published works must have a copy submitted to a national library for conservation purposes. Does anyone know if there are initiatives like this for video games? How are they going?
Almost 90% of classic video games are “critically endangered” and it’s only getting worse, preservation study warns
https://lemmy.world/post/1422090
Almost 90% of classic video games are “critically endangered” and it’s only getting worse, preservation study warns - Lemmy.world
publication croisée depuis : https://lemmy.world/post/1419337
[https://lemmy.world/post/1419337] > > The Game Availability Study published in
partnership by the Video Game History Foundation and the Software Preservation
Network found that 87% of video games released in the US before 2010[…]simply
aren’t in print anymore.
This has gotten me thinking about legal deposit requirements, such as those that have existed for centuries in certain countries where published works must have a copy submitted to a national library for conservation purposes. Does anyone know if there are initiatives like this for video games? How are they going?
Almost 90% of classic video games are “critically endangered” and it’s only getting worse, preservation study warns
https://lemmy.world/post/1419337
Almost 90% of classic video games are “critically endangered” and it’s only getting worse, preservation study warns - Lemmy.world
> The Game Availability Study published in partnership by the Video Game History
Foundation and the Software Preservation Network found that 87% of video games
released in the US before 2010[…]simply aren’t in print anymore.
