Library of Congress to preserve video games
I’ve noticed a bit of concern amongst classic game enthusiasts about proper preservation of older games. Their concerns range from digital downloads replacing physical items (what happens when a download service is no longer available) to online games becoming unplayable (what happens when a company decides it’s not profitable to keep running servers) to hardware [...]
EA not totally put-off by 3DO experience
It’s not often that the 3DO gets any mention in the modern gaming environment. While other older platforms like the NES, SNES, Genesis, and TurboGrafx-16 are seeing new life with services like XBLA and the Wii Virtual Console, the 3DO is pretty much dead and forgotten to modern console owners. But, it’s interesting to see [...]
New “classic” games for 3DO, C64, Saturn, and more
Nothing warms my heart quite like seeing old game consoles get new releases. There’s just something uplifting about knowing there are other people out there that remember and are recapturing the same good times I had with my old games. Plus, it’s just plain fun to finally see “what almost was” back in the day.
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