Just because it’s not sold doesn’t mean they’re “critically endangered”. You can get most if not all ROMs on the internet.
this is referring to them being officially available for purchase
Yeah but what can you do if a lot of the companies who made the original games aren’t around anymore and didn’t sell the rights to anyone else? Even some of the people who claim piracy is immoral understand that “pirating” abandonware is perfectly fine.
Should be a given that once the company dissolves the rights become open
deleted by creator
That’s one thought process.
And then there’s mine: I will help anyone download old game roms, if I know them personally I’ll do it for them and send it. Fuck them companies.
Pirates" I am something of a game preservationist my self."
RIP Pleasuredome. They were the best source for building a MAME cabinet or getting an entire collection of old computer games that are really hard to find nowadays.
shoutsout to rom sites
It’s alarming to think about losing our gaming history. How can we work together to preserve and safeguard beloved classics?
Literally all these games have been easily downloadable via roms for decades. And they’ll all enter public domain soon enough.
Just because they aren’t available on a “modern digital storefront” doesn’t mean they’re going extinct.
It’s all good guys, I got a NAS full of roms, and a few cartridges. If world goes to shit I’ll be here to save everyone!!
Not around these parts!
Shit though that reminds me I need to go bookmark the r/roms megathread.
