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🎮🐸 "Breaking News: A centuries-old amphibian game rises from the ashes of obsolete tech—Frogger 2's source code heroically #salvaged from a tape that met an untimely death. Because clearly, humanity's greatest challenge is preserving *more* games we forgot existed. 📼✨"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvEO4IaEJlw #Frogger2 #RetroGaming #GamePreservation #ObsoleteTech #RetroRevival #HackerNews #ngated

Lena Raine interview about her soundtrack work on never-to-be-released-games.

Lena Raine’s Escape From Video Game Music Purgatory
https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/lena-raines-earthblade-soundtrack-interview

#GamePreservation #GameMusic

Capcom treats Switch 2’s Game Key Cards as digital sales. Critics call it a blow to game preservation. Is physical gaming fading away? #NintendoSwitch2 #GameKeyCard #GamePreservation #Capcom

https://www.gameops.net/2025/06/nintendo-switch-2s-game-key-cards-stir.html

Steps for "ethical" (and real, no BS) game preservation (For PC gamers)

1. Buy game digitally (because newer physical games don't include full game as part of the disc)
2. Get "yarrrr" copy
3. Invest in hard drives.

Your current digital library depends depends on the internet.

#GamePreservation

European #Gamers!
I encourage you to support the "Stop Killing Games" Initiative and share it around.
It runs until the end of July THIS YEAR! It's go time! #France #Spain #Austria and others need to pass the threshold still.

Follow this guide, there is only one chance to support:
https://www.stopkillinggames.com/eci

Video by Ross Scott: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkMe9MxxZiI
#gaming #gamePreservation #art #pcgaming #consolegaming #gamers #videogames #eu #europe

A BIG explainer by Ross Scott: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEVBiN5SKuA

If you haven’t seen it yet, there’s a fantastic itch.io account archiving loads of C64 games and applications—mostly in Spanish! The collection has grown massively and is a real treasure trove. #C64 #retrocomputing #retrograming #softwarepreservation #gamepreservation
🎮💾 https://c64cracks.itch.io/

There is an emulator called hhugboy which focuses on unlicensed #GameBoy carts / bootleg games, and a related dumping project -- Handheld Underground Dumping Project hhug.me?tags=hhugboy #retrodev #emudev #gbdev #emulation #retrogaming #gamepreservation #gbc #gameboycolor

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ucwjleevh3u7yq4safl6dnsa/post/3lqta6swtfc2g

🧽 Retro game cleaning guide just dropped!

Learn how to clean NES, SNES, PS1, and GBA games without damaging your collection. Includes:
• Disc scratch tips
• Sticker & residue removal
• Battery acid fixes
• Console care

How to Clean Video Games Safely – A Must for Retro Collectors & Sellers

"Every step filled with dread" -
The Hidden Costs of Convenience: Choosing Between Control and SaaS in Game Dev #gamedev #saas #selfhosting #indiedev
#digitalsovereignty #gamepreservation
https://tomwor.com/every-step-filled-with-dread/

more buried treasure: origin's UO booth at the E3 in may 1996

iirc, the E3 public demo was held concurrently with the pre-alpha test. the pre-alpha was the most excitement i had ever had in my life - playing a graphical massively multiplayer game in 1996 was a life changing event.

https://web.archive.org/web/19970606074650/http://www.origin.ea.com:80/english/about/point-of-origin/may96/uo.jpg

#gamePreservation #ultima #ultimaOnline

The Ultima Online booth at E3 1996. It shows a faux-medieval side of a house as the booth, and a computer with nerds huddled around someone playing the pre-alpha.

one of my little hobbies is digging for buried treasure on WBM before bed.

today's find: the ultima online beta test application form has been rediscovered 28 years later

i remember filling this cgi-bin form out when i was a teenager. i had a 486 SX-33 with 4 megs of ram and 14.4k dialup modem at the time, and this put me well below the minimum requirements. i lied on the beta application because i was convinced i'd never get in without higher system specs. 😅

https://web.archive.org/web/19970330183403/http://www.origin.ea.com:80/english/ultima/uo/uo-apply.html

#ultima #ultimaOnline #gamePreservation

Ultima Online Beta Tester Application Form

Ultima Online is a multi-player role-playing game designed for real-time adventuring over the Internet. Eventually, thousands of people will be able to access this fantastic world around the clock and interact simultaneously with each other and the entire world. Set in the Ultima universe, Ultima Online enables players to adventure in a truly ongoing world. A world where battles are fought with might and mind, alliances are formed and shattered, and both enemies and friends are just as interested in wealth and power as you are. Slay a dragon, form a government, join a guild, craft and sell wares, and meet your friends at the tavern, all while playing Ultima Online.

For more information on Ultima Online, visit the Ultima Online home page.

Please read The Ultima Online FAQ and The Ultima Online News Update before sending in any email.

It's that time again...
We're accepting applications for beta testers for Ultima Online.
No word on when the test will commence, but it will be some time this winter.

To cover the cost of producing, packaging, and mailing the CDs we will require a small fee from each Beta Tester. A check or money order made out to Origin for $2 (two dollars) should be sent to the address at left for orders to the United States, Canada, and Mexico ($10 US international money order for outside U.S., Canada, and Mexico). You may include a note with your submission with your name and address:

https://www.alojapan.com/1285655/one-of-the-rarest-video-games-in-history-has-finally-been-preserved/ “One Of The Rarest Video Games In History” Has Finally Been Preserved #GamePreservation #Japan #Kyoto #KyotoNews #news #pc #TimeExtension #京都 #京都府 When you’re talking about obscure video games, they don’t come much more obscure than 1993’s Cosmology of Kyoto, developed by Japanese studio SoftEdge. A nonlinear CD-ROM adventure, the game was lucky enough to get a Western release in 1994, and while it wasn’t commercially successful, …

Today I'm happy to release a collection of documents for DMA Design's cancelled Zenith / Climber title. Enjoy!

https://archive.org/details/zenith-climber-design-report-documents-1995-1996

#gamepreservation #gamedev #digipres

https://www.alojapan.com/1276140/japans-game-preservation-society-is-safe-for-now-and-its-all-thanks-to-you/ Japan’s Game Preservation Society Is Safe For Now, And It’s All Thanks To You #Features #GamePreservation #GamePreservationSociety #Japan #JapanNews #news #TimeExtension Image: @gamepresintl Two weeks ago, when Time Extension ran a feature on our struggles, we weren’t optimistic about turning things around. There was a crisis of confidence that perhaps we weren’t needed, weren’t wanted, or that the community wasn’t interested. The…

This is a petition to the EU Parliament aimed at helping game preservation, and stop forbidding players to own their digital games (so basically a petition against the Davos Agenda in which "you will own nothing, and you will be happy")
Sign and share everywhere ;)

https://eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#/screen/home

#stopkillinggames #gog #gamepreservation #eu

🕹️ GOG is saving classic PC games — even after they disappear from stores.
✅ Star Wars Dark Forces
✅ TIE Fighter Special Edition
✅ Rebel Assault (yes, that FMV madness)
It’s retro heaven — and it’s 75% off right now.
https://youtu.be/TyZ8VpmC8Mc
#GOG #StarWarsPC #GamePreservation #AwesomeCast

Preserving Digital History:
Classic games aren't just fun—they're cultural history. Without #Emulation and dedicated fan projects, many titles would be lost forever. Some only exist on aging cartridges or corrupted floppies. The work of #GamePreservation communities is essential. When we play, we also help keep history alive. #gog

#games #videogames #retro #art