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Almost 90% of classic video games are “critically endangered” and it’s only getting worse, preservation study warns (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
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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.

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[–] Quentintum@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Emulation is kind of in a legal grey area, and relies on the free labour of volunteers. Who's to say that in 50-100 years' time there will still be people able and/or willing to maintain the emulators? You could also argue that emulation is an imperfect reproduction of the actual gaming experience - emulators can both cause bugs or make the game actually run better than it did when it was released.