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We're in danger of losing 87% of games and it's only getting worse. (www.youtube.com)
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You’ve probably seen the raging debate among gaming enthusiasts: emulation “right or wrong?” This video essay aims to explore, in detail, the morality of emu...

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

I agree with you, we need legal protections - but for the future. Even the E.T. game for Atari has ROMs easily available. It was just too easy up until recently (and still is with Nintendo hardware) to dump ROMs and write very functional emulators. I'd say nothing up to the PS3 era is in danger, but that's a very partially educated guess.