As the prices of used video game copies (even those that had plenty of copies manufactured) have ballooned, and so has the cost of living, video game preservationists are slowly giving up on their efforts.Is the effort, time and certainly the money used to preserve very niche releases worth it?
>>12468424Anything worth caring about has already been dumped
>>12468427To that point you will never be bored if you pirate. Although the number of games is finite, there isn't enough hours in your life to play every game that is better than 7/10. just off of piracy alone.
>>12468432I can't even play all the 8+/10s on my to-play list given the remaining hours of my life, even if I'm lucky and live to 80 or so.I think about this a lot.
>>12468424I calculate, and if you don't take in account multiple versions (regions despite having the us or no different language, or like 360/PS3 and they both identical) its actually a very small amountLess than 100-200tb or 2k$ max.
One of my favorite things about being a rich chad and coming here is seeing your poorfag problems lmao
>>12468424>video game preservationists are slowly giving up on their effortsHow did you come to this conclusion?
>>12468427pretty much this and the only thing you really have to worry about are niche computer games that arent going to run properly anymore regardless
>>12468427I believe the original experience includes handling the physical media and the unique quirks of each machine and input methodunfortunately, things degrade over timethat's why I think true preservation requires manufacturing precise clones and parts and shells. until 3d printing and fpga gets there, I'll hold on to my old stuff>>12468438you could be 12 and get run over by a cement mixer tomorrow, you could be 80 and live a lucid and reasonably healthy life until 120 (very likely for gen x and above). not worth thinking about, friend
>>12468424Interest in retro gaming and collecting has certainly waned in recent years as the new generation coming into adulthood for the past few years aren't even old enough to remember growing up in a time before smartphones and flat screen displays, but this will have no bearing on preservation efforts which have only strengthened in recent years thanks to the backing of VGHF and dedicated autists from sites like HiddenPalace with the right tools and connections.
>>12469007cyo.the.vile was a leading FM Towns preservationist, and has kinda given up preserving titles of the platform.The chance to obtain copies of both Little Big Planet and Fatal Fury Special, and then the owners of those copies getting cold feet after wasting everyone's time and deciding not to sell them probably convinced him he did the right thing.
>>12469048More like in spite of hoarding efforts of VGHFVGHF is the same as indie porn game maker who just sits on his Patreon and never intends to release the game. They just want to write articles about every goddamn floppy they get and then put it behind the glass and showcase it in conventions while milking donations forever. VGHF has no interest in releasing anything to the public.
>>12468424Preservation is an actual meme at this point, we're well beyond that, and it's perpetuated by collectors who see video games as an "investment" and are just hurting people who actually have genuine use cases for these games. Anyone who collects physical video games nowadays hates them and doesn't want people to play them.
>>12469105NTA.>VGHF has no interest in releasing anything to the public.NTA. That's the Game Preservation Society, tho.They do donate protos to the Hidden Palace all the time.https://hiddenpalace.org/Video_Game_History_Foundationhttps://hiddenpalace.org/Frank_Cifaldihttps://hiddenpalace.org/Lost_Levels
>>12468427Yup. It's just code. That's all there is.The reading machine doesn't matter as long as it can decipher it coherently. It might be a little different, but if the message is loud and clear, why does it matter?The rest you can make it yourself, custom stuff/DYI is easy to find. Modding is a thing, some games are highly customisable.
>>12469173>why does it matter?you dont understand. when im playing Drimbo's Pedestrian Adventure on me speccy clone there cant be any latency whatsoever. even one frame destroys the intended experience
>>12468990I'm a poorfag, but i still get games weekly for cheap because im not retarded and know how/where to get stuff for affordable prices.
>>12469102Why does he have to buy them? Can't he just pay someone to archive them and then return them?
>>12469123>Anyone who collects physical video games nowadays hates them and doesn't want people to play them.What a profoundly retarded statement.
>>12469282No idea. In any case, it doesn't matter, the owner blocked everyone involved.https://old.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/1rzlq2o/a_scam_preservation_report_raiders_of_the_lost/
>video game preservationOh fuck off you fucking faggots you don't give a shit and never have
>>12469126Just like those Patreon leeches, they drop some crumbs now and then.Check this out:https://gamehistory.org/what-were-doing/"Source Code Preservation" - where is the game baseball from the image?"Public Education" - they pimp their blog, podcast and pop-up museum"Archival Collections" - "concept art, source code, marketing and promotional materials" - where is it?"Game Informer Project" - "25TB of historical information" - where is it?"Recovery & Restoration" - "Our archives are a trusted source for video game companies to turn to for the recovery of lost material! The collection has benefited restorative efforts from companies like Limited Run Games, Bethesda, SNK, Capcom, and Disney." Right, that's what they want to be. They want to be an industry player, not a Robin Hood, but still present themselves as such to leech off donations.https://gamehistory.org/source/"In the video game industry, the preservation and documentation of source is what allows a game to survive past its initial release. Remastering a game, or even porting it to another platform, is nearly impossible without it." - again, that's what they want to do - insert themselves in industry.Showcased in that page are assets from Aladdin and Monkey Island - they've been sitting on source code of both for years."We’re also proud to announce an event on October 30, celebrating the 30th anniversary of The Secret of Monkey Island by looking through its source material with the game’s creator, Ron Gilbert. Tickets are available here." - hahahttps://gamehistory.org/our-impact-in-2025/"The Video Game History Foundation Library is the base for everything we do. We find history, we preserve it, and we share it with researchers who need it." - with researchers, who need it... that's funny"Our library materials have also appeared in commercial video game projects! like MK Legacy Kollection, GEX, Bubsy, and Atari 50" - again - industry playerCrumbs is all you're gonna get from VGHF
>>12469401Still way more than his peers (Andrew Borman, Joseph Redon) will ever do.
>>12469398Neither did (you).
>>12469401This is literally how preservation works. Stop misusing that term for you wanting free shit.
>>12469507Moving a thing from one closed storage space to another closed storage space is not preservationNeither is selling your accumulated horde to triple A companiesredump.org is preservation, no-intro is preservation, mamedev is preservation - they put stuff out in public
With the eventual heat death of the universe, it will all be lost.
Here you have something more meaty to attack good ol' Frankie.Cifaldi thinks the current state of the retro game market is a good thing.https://bsky.app/profile/frankcifaldi.bsky.social/post/3lek7xiks2c2f
>>12469273I get them for cheap too. You're one of the smart poorfags with the potential to be rich, just not ambitious enough and that's ok.But most other anons here are just actually too fucking stupid.
>>12469286Every single person running a retro store is a grifter who doesn't play anything and treats video games like collecting beanie babies or some shit
>>12469586So what?
>>12469756There's literally nothing wrong with what he wrote.
>>12469507It doesn't mean shit that a game is "preserved" if no one can play it
>>12469756There's literally nothing right with what he wrote.
>>12470494>video game preservationist should waste 2,000 GBP to obtain two obscure ports so they can preserve them
>>12469105>VGHF has no interest in releasing anything to the public.They were responsible for a ton of Sega Channel content being released to the public for the first time in thirty years recently, and they also neutralized the copyright troll who was responsible for suppressing download links for Cookie's Bustle on Abandonware sites.
>>12471071you're not a preservationistyou aren't going to start a museum
>>12471071Yes
>>12468424Dino-fly looks like he's about to die.
>>12471178I wasn't speaking for me, but the poor bastards who wanted to buy the FM Towns ports of Little Big Adventure and Fatal Fury Special to get them datted for Redump.
>>12468990Based.
>>12471071Why couldn't the so-called video game preservationist buy the game when it was initially released?
>>12472478Because back then they weren't interested in game preservation nor knew they would become rare titles?Because they weren't Japenese?Because back then they couldn't have afforded a FM Towns?
>>12471071That's a job for a museum.
>>12473192Most video game preservation orgs seem to focus on press materials, tho. The most notable exception is the Game Preservation Society.
>>12469537>>12470540Get a job.
>>12472757>Because back then they weren't interested in game preservation nor knew they would become rare titles?Skill issue.>Because they weren't Japenese?You don't have to be?>Because back then they couldn't have afforded a FM Towns?Try not being poor.
>>12468427The problem is that retards also doesnt care on restoring said boxes so people can print better versions of them in better quality since termites loves old vidya boxes and manuals
