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 - eviltoast
"This fails the needs of citizens in favor of a weak sauce argument from the industry, and it's really disappointing"
    • kippinitreal@lemmy.world
      8·
      19 days ago

      That will always be an option. But for the less tech savvy its a minefield of fakes & frauds which will keep media out of reach. This is the objective of these companies, to make the uncontrollable scary, so people will pay be in their manufactured safe space.

      • Valmond@lemmy.world
        5·
        19 days ago

        Yeah, nut you know, in the mean time?

        Lots of games are gone forever because it is “not legal”.