New study reveals most classic video games are completely unavailable

  • Meow.tar.gz@lemmy.goblackcat.com
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    1 year ago

    I can still find the ROMs for the classic NES, SEGA, and TurboGrafix 16 platforms. But that’s only a subset of the desired ones. Where are they going?

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      1 year ago

      I can’t actually open the URL but I imagine they are speaking about alder generations and arcade cabinets. I recall a GDC talk about piracy where they discuss attempting to find any information on some of the earliest releases for a studio and finding one or two adverts only,