[SPG_Active_Members] video games rotting away

[Al Kossow]

OK, I'll take the bait...

Games are the BEST preserved of all software because of nostalgia and
reissue value to the entertainment industry. There are THOUSANDS of titles
archived in private collectors hands. I am a member of both the MAME and
MESS emulator teams, and know this to be a FACT.

How about OS-360? There are NO known copies of the early versions known to
exist. Perhaps it's because maybe a few dozen people in the whole world
care.

http://www.nationalvideogamearchive.org/

It would be nice if a fraction of the millions of Euros being spent on this
could go to what CHM attempts to preserve.

On 7/29/10 9:32 AM, "Randall Neff" <randall.neff at gmail.com> wrote:

> "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.