Companies Don't Want You Playing Classic Games
34,631The Video Game History conducted a study and revealed that 87% of Classic Games are commercially unavailable. This is a preservation nightmare, so let's break this all down.
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0:38 - What Is Preserved Play?
2:29 - What Is a "Classic Game"
4:05 - The Study's Results
5:57 - How Classic Games Are Currently Being Preserved
7:45 - Regarding Piracy and Emulation
9:06 - Company Solutions
10:37 - Problems with New Hardware
12:28 - Problems with Porting
14:41 - What's Next?
16:52 - Continuing the Preservation Conversation
Read the Full Study Here: https://zenodo.org/record/7996492
Read The Video Game History's Blog: https://gamehistory.org/87percent/
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