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Publishers are absolutely terrified "preserved video games would be used for recreational purposes," so the US copyright office has struck down a major effort for game preservation (www.gamesradar.com)

submitted 1 day ago by minnix@lemux.minnix.dev to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world

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[-] nul42@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago

I feel like locating any kind of a not for profit foundation in the US is not going to end well.

[-] JoeKrogan@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Greedy fucks

[-] ben_dover@lemmy.ml 1 points 22 hours ago

god forbid

[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Which is why I bought a ~~16 bit~~ [8 bit] Nintendo system a year ago with Super Mario / Duck Hunt and Tetris .... I also bought a little 14" CRT TV that I can plug in to play everything like I did when I was ten years old.

I spent hours and hours having fun with it back then ... I'm having hours and hours of fun with it now.

Correction: I have an 8bit not a 16bit game system

[-] Fondots@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

FYI, duck hunt was an NES game, which was an 8 bit console, the SNES was Nintendo's 16 bit generation

[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Right you are Ken .... I goofed because I never understood in then as a kid and seldom remember it as an adult ... the original unit I have is an 8bit Nintendo system ... but I've also been on the lookout for the 16 bit SNES and I hope to get one eventually (my favourite on that unit was F-Zero)

[-] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

If you want an SNES that's going to take a while, but it's definitely findable. If you want a device that can play SNES cartridges (along with many others) look into getting a Retron. It's got NES, SNES, GBA, Genesis, Famicom, Super Famicom, and Gameboy plus a place to plug in those old controllers.

[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Wow ... I love the nostalgia of the original old units but this is definitely an option I'll have to look into.

Lol ... I feel like a 12 year old fantasizing about the latest 16bit and 32bit gaming systems

Thanks for this

[-] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Sure thing! I had an older one before my current emulation setup. It worked really well.

[-] mrfriki@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Yeah corporations are terrified of you having fun without paying money to them.

[-] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

When the programmers of these old titles are saying they’d rather have people keep playing them even if they’re only available on archive site, I say screw the publishers.