[SPG_Active_Members] Saving video games

[Al Kossow]

On 2/12/09 9:09 AM, "Randall Neff" <randall.neff at gmail.com> wrote:

>> From Techradar.com     linked to from Slashdot.org
> http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/uk-uni-developing-massive-games-emulator-
> 528487
> 
> UK university develops massive games emulator
> Videogames are not pulp cultural artefacts and should be preserved
> 
> UK researchers at Portsmouth University developing massive, universal
> games and data emulator to preserve our digital heritage

This is part of a 3.5 million euro 3 year effort called KEEP.

http://www.computerspielemuseum.de/index.php?lg=en&main=News&site=02:00:00&i
d=186

http://cordis.europa.eu/fetch?CALLER=FP7_PROJ_EN&ACTION=D&DOC=1&CAT=PROJ&QUE
RY=011f37a73b31:61ba:091d22f8&RCN=89496

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Now, if someone would come up with $5m for preservation of something OTHER
than games...