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What procedures do you take to save and archive your games? (slrpnk.net)
submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/games
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For example; GOG games - what happens if they were to shutdown their busieness. How would you archive these games if you had to?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Blu-rays are a viable backup medium for long-term storage

[–] SidewaysHighways 3 points 3 days ago (3 children)

No bdrot?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I mean, you should always check your backups and make 2 for good measure, but supposedly some of these newer ones are made for archival and claim between 10-100 years. Never trust such claims without verification but if true could be the best thing for archival besides punching bits in stone.

[–] SidewaysHighways 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

heck yeah! my buddies were making fun of me for trying to get an old BD rom to play nice with proxmox, and i have a stack of old bdr's from 10 years ago lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Sounds like those old bdr's should be checked and possibly rearchived 😂. I think the Blu-ray M-Discs are the ones that claim the longevity.