[SPG_Active_Members] video games rotting away

[Randall Neff]

"There's been a movement to preserve virtual worlds but MIT's Tech
Review paints a dire picture of our video game memories rotting away
in the attic of history. From the article: 'Entire libraries face
extinction the moment the last remaining working console of its kind —
a Neo Geo, Atari 2600 or something more obscure, like the Fairchild
Channel F — bites the dust.' Published in The International Journal of
Digital Curation, a new paper  highlights this problem and explains
how emulators fall short to truly preserve our video game heritage.
The paper also breaks down popular SNES emulators to illustrate the
growing problem with emulators and their varying quality. Do you
remember any video consoles like the Magnavox Odyssey that are forever
lost to the ages?"

http://games.slashdot.org/story/10/06/22/050245/Preserving-Virtual-Worlds
http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/post.aspx?bid=377&bpid=25538

Randall.