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Publishers are absolutely terrified "preserved video games would be used for recreational purposes," so the US copyright office has struck down a major effort for game preservation (www.gamesradar.com)

submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/retrogaming

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

What's the fucking point of preservation then?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Which is why I bought a ~~16 bit~~ [8 bit] Nintendo system a year ago with Super Mario / Duck Hunt and Tetris .... I also bought a little 14" CRT TV that I can plug in to play everything like I did when I was ten years old.

I spent hours and hours having fun with it back then ... I'm having hours and hours of fun with it now.

Correction: I have an 8bit not a 16bit game system

[–] Fondots 9 points 6 days ago (6 children)

FYI, duck hunt was an NES game, which was an 8 bit console, the SNES was Nintendo's 16 bit generation

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago

Shhh they're too busy playing Sonic right now

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago (2 children)

You're not allowed to have fun without paying for the privilege.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago

Ugh, playing games for fun? They're not toys!

[–] mrfriki 7 points 5 days ago

Yeah corporations are terrified of you having fun without paying money to them.

[–] Mango 6 points 5 days ago

Oh no! Recreation!

[–] JigglySackles 3 points 5 days ago

Yeah because I go to the library and complain and scowl the whole time I'm reading. Occasionally I make sure to belt out "I'm not enjoying this! I only do it for preservation reasons!" bunch of greedy fucks.

[–] Agent641 3 points 5 days ago

Yo ho...

[–] QuarterSwede 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

When the programmers of these old titles are saying they’d rather have people keep playing them even if they’re only available on archive site, I say screw the publishers.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago

I feel like locating any kind of a not for profit foundation in the US is not going to end well.

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