New study reveals most classic video games are completely unavailable

    • bozo@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      Right, but that’s not the availability problem that this survey is highlighting. They’re always going to be available illegally - no one’s debating that, even the VGHF folks have said as such.

      The problem is that video games aren’t legally protected for institutional use the same way books, movies, music, etc are.

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      1 year ago

      I wonder if Nintendo even has all the ROMs for their old games still saved somewhere.

      It would be funny, if Nintendo would be forced one day to download a ROM from an illegal ROM site for a future re-release