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[HN] Study: 87% of classic video games are not legally available (gamehistory.org)
submitted 1 year ago by aion to c/retrogaming
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cross-posted from: https://radiation.party/post/41704

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Shovelware still deserves to be accessible IMHO. Someone out there has fond memories of some shovelware DS game and wants to give it a shot again.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you want to make a paper on "The history of fucking over video game consumers" this dataset is invaluable.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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