As platforms evolve, old games become unplayable. Open sourcing them will help us preserve them for future generations.

A lot of old games have become unplayable on modern hardware and operating systems. I wrote an article about how making games open source will keep them playable far into the future.

I also discuss how making games open source could be beneficial to developers and companies.

Feedback and constructive criticism are most welcome, and in keeping with the open source spirit, I will give you credit if I make any edits based on your feedback.

  • Petter1@lemm.ee
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    6 months ago

    I am old enough that already have lost some childhood (e.g. early iPod touch) games to time

    Like all the donout games Or papi games Doodle jump …

    Some still exist, but got updates that they not at all behaving like remembered or having tons of ads making it impossible to game

    As an example:

    I am so happy that they released Hill Climb Racing again without ads, sadly it is on Apple Arcade, but luckily my parents have a Apple One subscription that I am allowed to use through family sharing (for the time being)

    But if this subscription is ended, I have no way on playing Hill Climb Racing in a version without tons of micropayments and ads.