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Hasbro Wants Old Transformers Games To Return, But Activision Lost Them (kotaku.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/games
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“Sadly, apparently Activision’s not sure what hard drives they’re on in their building,” Hasbro told TFW2005. “When a company eats a company that eats a company things get lost, and that’s very frustrating.”

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[–] paddirn 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not nearly on the same level, but reminds me of the Apollo 11 missing tapes. Historical data that’s just lost out of negligence. Chances are pirates have saved these games somewhere deep in the cockles of the intranets. Pirates are really just digital archivists, preserving information for future generations.

[–] SuperIce 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't think the games themselves missing is the problem, it's probably the source code they want

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

Pirates would preserve that too, if they had the opportunity.