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87% of classic video games are 'critically endangered.' As a millennial, I'm worried it means a huge chunk of my childhood will disappear. (www.businessinsider.com)
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87% of classic video games are 'critically endangered.' As a millennial, I'm worried it means a huge chunk of my childhood will disappear.::Games don't stay on store shelves forever and are constantly falling out of commercial distribution.

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[–] sj_zero@lotide.fbxl.net 5 points 1 year ago

I'm not sure that's true.

I mean, which classic video games are endangered? As far as I know, virtually every video game for every classic console has backups online, as well as the overwhelming majority of PC games. There's even an overwhelming wealth of arcade games archived.

The things we should be most concerned about are the more recent games that require a central server because as Ross Scott likes to remind us, those are the games that can and will be killed at any time.